Stockfish Development Versions are build automatically if there are changes on the master branch in the git repository (https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish). Use it at your own risk.
They are compiled with gcc 11.2/mingw 10 on Ubuntu 22.04.

Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
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Windows x64 + SSSE3
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Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
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Linux x64
Author: Linmiao Xu
Date: Wed May 15 16:26:00 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715783160

Use same eval divisor for both nets

Passed non-regression STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/66428f146577e9d2c8a29cf8
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 241024 W: 62173 L: 62177 D: 116674 Elo -0.01
Ptnml(0-2): 904, 28648, 61407, 28654, 899

Passed non-regression LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6643ae6f1f32a966da74977b
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 193710 W: 48762 L: 48717 D: 96231 Elo +0.08
Ptnml(0-2): 70, 21599, 53481, 21626, 79

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5246

Bench: 1700680
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Stefan Geschwentner
Date: Wed May 15 16:20:14 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715782814

Reduce more when improving and ttvalue is lower than alpha

More reduction if position is improving but value from TT doesn't
exceeds alpha but the tt move is excluded.

This idea is based on following LMR condition tuning
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/66423a1bf9f4e8fc783cba37
by using only three of the four largest terms P[3], P[18] and P[12].

Passed STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 27840 W: 7309 L: 7004 D: 13527 Elo +3.81
Ptnml(0-2): 85, 3219, 7018, 3502, 96
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6643dc1cbc537f56194508ba

Passed LTC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 191280 W: 48656 L: 48020 D: 94604 Elo +1.16
Ptnml(0-2): 78, 20979, 52903, 21589, 91
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6643e543bc537f5619451683

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5245

Bench: 1430835
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: mstembera
Date: Wed May 15 16:19:04 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715782744

Call adjustEval with correct parameters after rescore

Set smallNet to false after rescoring so we call adjustEval() w/ correct
parameters.

STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/664308687134c82f3f7a4003
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 146912 W: 37856 L: 37756 D: 71300 Elo +0.24
Ptnml(0-2): 566, 17562, 37122, 17618, 588

LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6643a0821f32a966da7485d6
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 390414 W: 98015 L: 98173 D: 194226 Elo -0.14
Ptnml(0-2): 162, 43555, 107929, 43401, 160

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5244

Bench: 1819318
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Michael Chaly
Date: Wed May 15 16:15:15 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715782515

Add extra bonus to pawn history for a move that caused a fail low

Basically the same idea as it is for continuation/main history, but it
has some tweaks.
1) it has * 2 multiplier for bonus instead of full/half bonus - for
whatever reason this seems to work better;
2) attempts with this type of big bonuses scaled somewhat poorly (or
were unlucky at longer time controls), but after measuring the fact
that average value of pawn history in LMR after adding this bonuses
increased by substantial number (for multiplier 1,5 it increased by
smth like 400~ from 8192 cap) attempts were made to make default pawn
history negative to compensate it - and version with multiplier 2 and
initial fill value -900 passed.

Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/66424815f9f4e8fc783cba59
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 115008 W: 30001 L: 29564 D: 55443 Elo +1.32
Ptnml(0-2): 432, 13629, 28903, 14150, 390

Passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6642f5437134c82f3f7a3ffa
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 56448 W: 14432 L: 14067 D: 27949 Elo +2.25
Ptnml(0-2): 36, 6268, 15254, 6627, 39

Bench: 1857237
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: FauziAkram
Date: Wed May 15 16:13:43 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715782423

Add extra bonus for high-depth condition

Passed STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 54208 W: 14058 L: 13717 D: 26433 Elo +2.19
Ptnml(0-2): 166, 6277, 13885, 6602, 174
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/664136d8f9f4e8fc783c9b82

Passed LTC:
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 112548 W: 28492 L: 28018 D: 56038 Elo +1.46
Ptnml(0-2): 53, 12186, 31318, 12668, 49
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/664143fef9f4e8fc783c9bf6

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5242

Bench: 1725980
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: xoto10
Date: Wed May 15 16:09:30 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715782170

Use 5% less time on first move

Stockfish appears to take too much time on the first move of a game and
then not enough on moves 2,3,4... Probably caused by most of the factors
that increase time usually applying on the first move.

Attempts to give more time to the subsequent moves have not worked so
far, but this change to simply reduce first move time by 5% worked.

STC 10+0.1 :
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 78496 W: 20516 L: 20135 D: 37845 Elo +1.69
Ptnml(0-2): 340, 8859, 20456, 9266, 327
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663d47bf507ebe1c0e9200ba

LTC 60+0.6 :
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 94872 W: 24179 L: 23751 D: 46942 Elo +1.57
Ptnml(0-2): 61, 9743, 27405, 10161, 66
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663e779cbb28828150dd9089

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5235

Bench: 1876282
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: mstembera
Date: Mon May 13 07:32:32 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715578352

Optimize update_accumulator_refresh_cache()

STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/664105df26ac5f9b286d30e6
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 178528 W: 46235 L: 45750 D: 86543 Elo +0.94
Ptnml(0-2): 505, 17792, 52142, 18363, 462

Combo of two yellow speedups
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6640abf9d163897c63214f5c
LLR: -2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 355744 W: 91714 L: 91470 D: 172560 Elo +0.24
Ptnml(0-2): 913, 36233, 103384, 36381, 961

https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6628ce073fe04ce4cefc739c
LLR: -2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 627040 W: 162001 L: 161339 D: 303700 Elo +0.37
Ptnml(0-2): 2268, 72379, 163532, 73105, 2236

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5239

No functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Linmiao Xu
Date: Mon May 13 07:30:18 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715578218

Re-evaluate some small net positions for more accurate evals

Use main net evals when small net evals hint that higher eval
accuracy may be worth the slower eval speeds. With Finny caches,
re-evals with the main net are less expensive than before.

Original idea by mstembera who I've added as co-author to this PR.

Based on reEval tests by mstembera:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/65e69187b6345c1b934866e5
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/65e863aa0ec64f0526c3e991

A few variants of this patch also passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663d2108507ebe1c0e91f407
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663e388c3a2f9702074bc152

Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663dadbd1a61d6377f190e2c
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 92320 W: 23941 L: 23531 D: 44848 Elo +1.54
Ptnml(0-2): 430, 10993, 22931, 11349, 457

Passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663ef48b2948bf9aa698690c
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 98934 W: 24907 L: 24457 D: 49570 Elo +1.58
Ptnml(0-2): 48, 10952, 27027, 11382, 58

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5238

bench 1876282

Co-Authored-By: mstembera <5421953+>
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Linmiao Xu
Date: Mon May 13 07:25:22 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715577922

Simplify npm constants when adjusting eval

Passed non-regression STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663d0c4f507ebe1c0e91ec8d
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 162784 W: 41987 L: 41906 D: 78891 Elo +0.17
Ptnml(0-2): 520, 19338, 41591, 19427, 516

Passed non-regression LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663d20fd507ebe1c0e91f405
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 457242 W: 115022 L: 115250 D: 226970 Elo -0.17
Ptnml(0-2): 271, 51566, 125179, 51330, 275

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5237

Bench: 2238216
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Michael Chaly
Date: Mon May 13 07:22:11 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715577731

Adjust standpat return value in qsearch

Instead of returning value itself return value between it and beta for non pv nodes - analogous to what we do after actual search there.

Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663cb1b4c0b75d7f7b98188e
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 131552 W: 34131 L: 33673 D: 63748 Elo +1.21
Ptnml(0-2): 420, 15446, 33600, 15876, 434

Passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663cda5dc0b75d7f7b981c6f
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 282798 W: 71658 L: 70833 D: 140307 Elo +1.01
Ptnml(0-2): 112, 31187, 77979, 32006, 115

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5233

Bench: 1606672
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Muzhen Gaming
Date: Mon May 13 07:20:03 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715577603

VVLTC search tune

Tuned at 111k games of VVLTC.

Passed VVLTC 1st sprt: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/664090c6d163897c63214324
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 83046 W: 21071 L: 20747 D: 41228 Elo +1.36
Ptnml(0-2): 2, 7574, 26048, 7896, 3

Passed VVLTC 2nd sprt: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6640cb2abaa6260a5688dc17
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 68630 W: 17620 L: 17270 D: 33740 Elo +1.77
Ptnml(0-2): 4, 6242, 21471, 6596, 2

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5240

Bench: 1752471
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Shawn Xu
Date: Mon May 13 07:16:59 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715577419

simplify away quietCheckEvasions pruning

simplifies away the pruning of quiet evasion moves in quiescent search.

Passed STC:
LLR: 2.98 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 343520 W: 88356 L: 88470 D: 166694 Elo -0.12
Ptnml(0-2): 1061, 40073, 89706, 39759, 1161
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663c7ddfc0b75d7f7b980f3b

Passed LTC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 168744 W: 42454 L: 42384 D: 83906 Elo +0.14
Ptnml(0-2): 75, 18678, 46782, 18776, 61
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663ce34fc0b75d7f7b981ed9

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5231

bench 3681552
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: xu-shawn
Date: Mon May 13 07:15:25 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715577325

Fix usage of abs vs std::abs

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5229

no functional change
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Shawn Xu
Date: Thu May 9 09:02:57 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715238177

Simplify Away Negative Extension

This patch simplifies away the negative extension applied when the value returned by the transposition table is assumed to fail low over the value of reduced search.

Passed STC:
LLR: 2.99 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 248736 W: 64293 L: 64302 D: 120141 Elo -0.01
Ptnml(0-2): 925, 29833, 62831, 29884, 895
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663bee3bca93dad645f7f64a

Passed LTC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 254970 W: 64289 L: 64308 D: 126373 Elo -0.03
Ptnml(0-2): 110, 28428, 70422, 28421, 104
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663c11f0c0b75d7f7b97d4bb

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5226

Bench: 2353057
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: FauziAkram
Date: Thu May 9 09:00:32 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715238032

Simplify depth formula based on score improvement

Simplify depth formula based on score improvement.
This idea was first tried by cj5716

Passed STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 347104 W: 89683 L: 89804 D: 167617 Elo -0.12
Ptnml(0-2): 1357, 38824, 93307, 38711, 1353
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/66378edf9819650825aa75d0

Passed LTC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 63000 W: 15851 L: 15694 D: 31455 Elo +0.87
Ptnml(0-2): 22, 5396, 20499, 5569, 14
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663c04e5c0b75d7f7b97d461

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5225

Bench: 2691699

Co-Authored-By: cj5716 <125858804+>
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Michael Chaly
Date: Thu May 9 08:56:36 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715237796

Remove conthist 3 from moves loop pruning

Followup to previous gainer that made it twice less impactful there - this patch removes it entirely as a simplification.

Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6637aa7e9819650825aa93e0
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 26208 W: 6930 L: 6694 D: 12584 Elo +3.13
Ptnml(0-2): 113, 2997, 6652, 3225, 117

Passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/66383cba493aaaf4b7ea90c2
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 67866 W: 17294 L: 17118 D: 33454 Elo +0.90
Ptnml(0-2): 46, 7627, 18415, 7795, 50

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5221

Bench: 2691699
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Michael Chaly
Date: Thu May 9 08:52:06 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715237526

Simplify away conthist 3 from statscore

Following previous elo gainer that gained by making conthist 3 less important in pruning this patch simplifies away this history from calculation of statscore.

Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6637aa7e9819650825aa93e0
LLR: 3.00 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 35392 W: 9352 L: 9120 D: 16920 Elo +2.28
Ptnml(0-2): 141, 4145, 8888, 4385, 137

Passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/66383cd8493aaaf4b7ea90c5
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 33948 W: 8714 L: 8503 D: 16731 Elo +2.16
Ptnml(0-2): 39, 3701, 9270, 3938, 26

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5220

Bench: 2508571
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: FauziAkram
Date: Thu May 9 08:48:29 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715237309

simplify moveCountPruning

no (significant) speedup upon renewed testing

Passed stc:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 88992 W: 22779 L: 22633 D: 43580 Elo +0.57
Ptnml(0-2): 137, 8706, 26681, 8818, 154
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6636c4844b68b70d85800dae

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5213

No functional change.
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: MinetaS
Date: Thu May 9 08:42:56 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715236976

Fix nodestime

1. The current time management system utilizes limits.inc and
limits.time, which can represent either milliseconds or node count,
depending on whether the nodestime option is active. There have been
several modifications which brought Elo gain for typical uses (i.e.
real-time matches), however some of these changes overlooked such
distinction. This patch adjusts constants and multiplication/division to
more accurately simulate real TC conditions when nodestime is used.

2. The advance_nodes_time function has a bug that can extend the time
limit when availableNodes reaches exact zero. This patch fixes the bug
by initializing the variable to -1 and make sure it does not go below
zero.

3. elapsed_time function is newly introduced to print PV in the UCI
output based on real time. This makes PV output more consistent with the
behavior of trivial use cases.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5186

No functional changes
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: rn5f107s2
Date: Thu May 9 08:38:04 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715236684

IIR on cutnodes if there is a ttMove but the ttBound is upper

If there is an upper bound stored in the transposition table, but we still have a ttMove, the upperbound indicates that the last time the ttMove was tried, it failed low. This fail low indicates that the ttMove may not be good, so this patch introduces a depth reduction of one for cutnodes with such ttMoves.

Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663be4d1ca93dad645f7f45f
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 139424 W: 35900 L: 35433 D: 68091 Elo +1.16
Ptnml(0-2): 425, 16357, 35743, 16700, 487

Passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663bec95ca93dad645f7f5c8
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 129690 W: 32902 L: 32390 D: 64398 Elo +1.37
Ptnml(0-2): 63, 14304, 35610, 14794, 74

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5227

bench 2257437
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Michael Chaly
Date: Thu May 9 08:33:07 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715236387

Refactor quiet moves pruning in qsearch

Make it formula more in line with what we use in search - current formula is more or less the one we used years ago for search but since then it was remade, this patch remakes qsearch formula to almost exactly the same as we use in search - with sum of conthist 0, 1 and pawn structure history.

Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6639c8421343f0cb16716206
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 84992 W: 22414 L: 22019 D: 40559 Elo +1.61
Ptnml(0-2): 358, 9992, 21440, 10309, 397

Passed LTC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 119136 W: 30407 L: 29916 D: 58813 Elo +1.43
Ptnml(0-2): 46, 13192, 32622, 13641, 67

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5224

Bench: 2138659
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: FauziAkram
Date: Thu May 9 08:29:33 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715236173

Depth dependent statscore based reductions

Test a modification of Fawzi's PR #5223, against that PR.

parameters locally tuned with nevergrad4sf.

passed STC:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 1047424 W: 271478 L: 269649 D: 506297 Elo +0.61
Ptnml(0-2): 3851, 124543, 265290, 125982, 4046
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663b0889ca93dad645f7c58c

passed LTC:
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 796236 W: 201712 L: 199825 D: 394699 Elo +0.82
Ptnml(0-2): 361, 88381, 218778, 90206, 392
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663be6adca93dad645f7f509

https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5228

Bench: 3346224
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: FauziAkram
Date: Thu May 9 08:26:35 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1715235995

Tweak reduction formula based on depth

The idea came to me by checking for trends from the megafauzi tunes, since the values of the divisor for this specific formula were as follows:
stc: 15990
mtc: 16117
ltc: 14805
vltc: 12719
new vltc passed by Muzhen: 12076

This shows a clear trend related to time control, the higher it is, the lower the optimum value for the divisor seems to be.
So I tried a simple formula, using educated guesses based on some calculations, tests show it works pretty fine, and it can still be further tuned at VLTC in the future to scale even better.

Passed STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 431360 W: 110791 L: 109898 D: 210671 Elo +0.72
Ptnml(0-2): 1182, 50846, 110698, 51805, 1149
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663770409819650825aa269f

Passed LTC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 114114 W: 29109 L: 28625 D: 56380 Elo +1.47
Ptnml(0-2): 105, 12628, 31101, 13124, 99
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/66378c099819650825aa73f6

https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5223

bench: 2273551
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: Muzhen Gaming
Date: Sun May 5 15:11:53 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1714914713

VVLTC search tune

This patch is the result of two tuning stages:
1. ~32k games at 60+0.6 th8:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/662d9dea6115ff6764c7f817
2. ~193k games at 80+0.8 th6, based on PR #5211:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/663587e273559a8aa857ca00.
Based on extensive VVLTC tuning and testing both before and after
#5211, it is observed that introduction of new extensions positively
affected the search tune results.

Passed VVLTC 70+0.7 th7 1st sprt: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6636c6f04b68b70d85801409
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 18566 W: 4864 L: 4620 D: 9082 Elo +4.57
Ptnml(0-2): 0, 1608, 5827, 1844, 4

Passed VVLTC 70+0.7 th7 2nd sprt: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6636d4b84b68b70d85802ab7
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 43142 W: 11141 L: 10838 D: 21163 Elo +2.44
Ptnml(0-2): 4, 3915, 13427, 4224, 1

Passed VVLTC 70+0.7 3rd sprt: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/66376b4f9819650825aa230b
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 40322 W: 10374 L: 10076 D: 19872 Elo +2.57
Ptnml(0-2): 1, 3660, 12544, 3952, 4

The first two sprts were run against passed #5211. The third sprt was
run against latest master.

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5216

Bench: 2180675
see source
Windows x64 for Haswell CPUs
Windows x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Windows x64 for modern computers
Windows x64 + SSSE3
Windows x64
Linux x64 for Haswell CPUs
Linux x64 for modern computers + AVX2
Linux x64 for modern computers
Linux x64 + SSSE3
Linux x64
Author: cj5716
Date: Sun May 5 15:11:37 2024 +0200
Timestamp: 1714914697

Simplify accumulator refreshes

Passed Non-Regression STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6631f5d5d01fb9ac9bcdc7d0
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 57472 W: 14979 L: 14784 D: 27709 Elo +1.18
Ptnml(0-2): 185, 6486, 15192, 6695, 178

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/5207

No functional change
see source

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