private int AssessTimeForMiniMaxDepth(int depth, IList <SingleMove> availableMoves, Board board,
int previousDepth, DiagnosticsData previousData)
{
var previousTime = previousData.TimeElapsed.TotalMilliseconds;
var prevousEvalCount = previousData.EvaluationCount + previousData.CheckCount;
// Need a equation to model evalcount <-> time
// movecount ^ depth = evalcount
// evalcount correlates to time
// Estimated evaluation speed. moves per millisecond
// Speed = count / time
var previousEvalSpeed = prevousEvalCount / previousTime;
var evalCount = Math.Pow(Math.Max(availableMoves.Count, 6), depth);
// lets say 20 ^ 5 = 3 200 000
// Estimated total time with previous speed
// Time = count / speed
var timeEstimate = evalCount / previousEvalSpeed;
// Increase estimate proportionally depending of piece count
// All pieces -> use as is
// 1 piece -> 1/16 of the time
var powerPieces = board.PieceList.Count(p => Math.Abs(p.RelativeStrength) > PieceBaseStrength.Pawn);
var factor = (double)powerPieces / 16;
//var factor = 0.5 + (double)powerPieces / 32;
return((int)(timeEstimate * factor));
}
public int DecideSearchDepth(DiagnosticsData previous, List <SingleMove> allMoves, Board board)
{
_previous = previous;
var previousDepth = SearchDepth;
// Previous was opening move from database
if (previous.EvaluationCount == 0 && previous.CheckCount == 0)
{
Diagnostics.AddMessage($"Using search depth {SearchDepth}.");
return(SearchDepth);
}
// Logic needs to be rewritten when using transposition tables, because of how much they affect speed.
if (_useTranspositionTables)
{
SearchDepth = GetMaxDepthForCurrentBoardWithTranspositions(board);
Diagnostics.AddMessage($"Using search depth {SearchDepth}.");
return(SearchDepth);
}
var maxDepth = GetMaxDepthForCurrentBoard(board);
SearchDepth = maxDepth;
// TODO Skip until correlated to new speeds
Diagnostics.AddMessage($"Using search depth {SearchDepth}.");
return(maxDepth);
var previousEstimate = 0;
for (int i = 3; i <= maxDepth; i++)
{
var estimation = AssessTimeForMiniMaxDepth(i, allMoves, board, previousDepth, previous);
// Use 50% tolerance for target time
if (estimation > TargetTime * 1.50)
{
SearchDepth = i - 1;
Diagnostics.AddMessage($"Using search depth {SearchDepth}. Time estimation was {previousEstimate} ms.");
return(SearchDepth);
}
else
{
previousEstimate = estimation;
}
}
SearchDepth = maxDepth;
Diagnostics.AddMessage($"Failed to assess - using search depth {SearchDepth}. ");
return(maxDepth);
//AnalyzeGamePhase(allMoves.Count, board);
//return SearchDepth;
}
public (int searchDepth, GamePhase gamePhase) DecideSearchDepth(DiagnosticsData previous, List <SingleMove> allMoves, Board board)
{
// Testing
if (previous.OverrideSearchDepth != null)
{
return(previous.OverrideSearchDepth.Value, previous.OverrideGamePhase);
}
_previous = previous;
AnalyzeGamePhase(allMoves.Count, board);
return(SearchDepth, Phase);
}
/// <summary>
/// Call in start of each player turn
/// </summary>
public static void StartMoveCalculations()
{
_currentData = new DiagnosticsData();
_timeElapsed.Start();
}
/// <summary>
/// Refresh data in beginning of each turn
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data"></param>
/// <param name="turnCount"></param>
public void Update(DiagnosticsData data, int turnCount)
{
_previous = data;
TurnCount = turnCount;
}
public override IPlayerMove CreateMove()
{
if (_connectionTestOverride)
{
var diagnostics = Diagnostics.CollectAndClear();
// Dummy moves for connection testing
var move = new PlayerMoveImplementation()
{
Move = new MoveImplementation()
{
StartPosition = $"a{_connectionTestIndex--}",
EndPosition = $"a{_connectionTestIndex}",
PromotionResult = PromotionPieceType.NoPromotion
},
Diagnostics = diagnostics.ToString()
};
return(move);
}
else
{
var isMaximizing = IsPlayerWhite;
Diagnostics.StartMoveCalculations();
// Get all available moves and do necessary filtering
List <SingleMove> allMoves = Board.Moves(isMaximizing, true, true).ToList();
if (allMoves.Count == 0)
{
throw new ArgumentException($"No possible moves for player [isWhite={IsPlayerWhite}]. Game should have ended to draw (stalemate).");
}
// Reorder moves to improve alpha-beta cutoffs
// allMoves = MoveResearch.OrderMoves(allMoves, Board, isMaximizing);
if (MoveHistory.IsLeaningToDraw(GameHistory))
{
var repetionMove = GameHistory[GameHistory.Count - 4];
allMoves.RemoveAll(m =>
m.PrevPos.ToAlgebraic() == repetionMove.StartPosition &&
m.NewPos.ToAlgebraic() == repetionMove.EndPosition);
}
Diagnostics.AddMessage($"Available moves found: {allMoves.Count}. ");
Strategy.Update(PreviousData, TurnCount);
var strategyResult = Strategy.DecideSearchDepth(PreviousData, allMoves, Board);
SearchDepth = strategyResult.searchDepth;
Phase = strategyResult.gamePhase;
var bestMove = AnalyzeBestMove(allMoves);
if (bestMove == null)
{
throw new ArgumentException($"Board didn't contain any possible move for player [isWhite={IsPlayerWhite}].");
}
// Update local
Board.ExecuteMove(bestMove);
TurnCount++;
// Endgame checks
// TODO should be now read from singlemove
var castling = false;
var check = Board.IsCheck(IsPlayerWhite);
//var checkMate = false;
//if(check) checkMate = Board.IsCheckMate(IsPlayerWhite, true);
if (bestMove.Promotion)
{
Diagnostics.AddMessage($"Promotion occured at {bestMove.NewPos.ToAlgebraic()}. ");
}
PreviousData = Diagnostics.CollectAndClear();
var move = new PlayerMoveImplementation()
{
Move = bestMove.ToInterfaceMove(castling, check),
Diagnostics = PreviousData.ToString()
};
GameHistory.Add(move.Move);
return(move);
}
}