Remove insufficient material rule

joergoster · lucasart · commit 9da015517c20 · 2014-08-06T18:42:10.000+08:00
The eval already returns zero in KK, KBK, KNK (see material.cpp). The difference is:
- we lose the "TB pruning" benefit of the draw rule (ie. search goes on even if eval is zero)
- we gain some speed by removing a useless test from the hot path

STC:
LLR: 0.05 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 128000 W: 21357 L: 21560 D: 85083

LTC:
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
Total: 33023 W: 4613 L: 4509 D: 23901

bench 7461881
diff --git a/src/position.cpp b/src/position.cpp
@@ -1116,10 +1116,6 @@ Value Position::see(Move m) const {
 
 bool Position::is_draw() const {
 
-  if (   !pieces(PAWN)
-      && (non_pawn_material(WHITE) + non_pawn_material(BLACK) <= BishopValueMg))
-      return true;
-
   if (st->rule50 > 99 && (!checkers() || MoveList<LEGAL>(*this).size()))
       return true;
 
