How to speed up my engine

[hgm]

I have also made my LMR more aggressive by reducing "equal moves" that is moves that get a zero score via the PST.

I'm now getting 10->11 ply which I am happy with for my first engine on pretty modest hardware.

Beware that any depth gain obtained by increasing reductions doesn't necessarily cause a gain in playing strength.

[lauriet]

After a bit of testing, I find that you are correct.
Probably because my LMR is poor.

'Ah well'......I will keep learning

[tttony]

I have three advices for you:

1. ASSERT everything
2. ASSERT everything

And last one that is the most important:

3. ASSERT everything



Do you plan to have windows compiles?

[Henk]

Asserts only make your code more complicated. Bugs are usually in cases you did not know about. So how can you test conditions you don't know about.

[flok]

Asserts only make your code more complicated. Bugs are usually in cases you did not know about. So how can you test conditions you don't know about.

You're not serious right?

[Henk]

I am always serious. Asserts is for (unit) tests and not in other code. Just use the debugger and verify. Don't want to view and debug code that is made more complicated than necessary due to assert statements you already have tested and verified ten times before.

[Daniel Anulliero]

Asserts only make your code more complicated. Bugs are usually in cases you did not know about. So how can you test conditions you don't know about.

You're not serious right?

Folkert , let him write nonsenses , He's well known a spécialist !

Have a look at fruit source code , it is full of asserts , it is very helpfull
Bests
Dany

[Sven]

I am always serious.

It just does not seem so.

Asserts is for (unit) tests and not in other code.

That is plain wrong.

Just use the debugger and verify. Don't want to view and debug code that is made more complicated than necessary due to assert statements you already have tested and verified ten times before.

ASSERT(false);

[Daniel Anulliero]

Just use the debugger and verify. Don't want to view and debug code that is made more complicated than necessary due to assert statements you already have tested and verified ten times before.

ASSERT(false);

[F. Bluemers]

Asserts only make your code more complicated. Bugs are usually in cases you did not know about. So how can you test conditions you don't know about.

Assert is usefull,but not worth the hype.They are f.i. not so helpfull for single person projects.