Cache good/bad-bishop pawn-structure score in the pawn hash

iBishopColorScore[color][complex] is a pure function of pawn placement
(own/enemy, stationary/transient) on a bishop's color complex, so it
doesn't need rescanning per-bishop -- computed once per pawn-hash miss
in _EvalPawns and reused by every bishop of that color/complex in
_EvalBishop, mirroring the same cache-the-per-structure-invariant idea
already used elsewhere in eval.c.

Also disables two speculative check-extension/futility-gating
experiments in search.c (#if 0, not deleted -- kept for reference)
that didn't hold up, and adds the BBLEFT/BBRIGHT bitboard constants
eval.c's bishop-mobility rewrite needs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>

6 files changed, 291 insertions, 296 deletions

diff --git a/src/bitboard.c b/src/bitboard.c
index 2832fdb..24e6ceb 100644
--- a/src/bitboard.c
+++ b/src/bitboard.c
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ BITBOARD BBFILE[8] = {
     BBFILEH
 };
 
+// Left / Right half of board.
+BITBOARD BBLEFT = BBFILEA | BBFILEB | BBFILEC | BBFILED;
+BITBOARD BBRIGHT = BBFILEE | BBFILEF | BBFILEG | BBFILEH;
+
 //
 // A way to select one rank
 //
diff --git a/src/chess.h b/src/chess.h
index b9cba3d..fde5c6f 100755
--- a/src/chess.h
+++ b/src/chess.h
@@ -1746,6 +1746,14 @@ typedef struct _PAWN_HASH_ENTRY
     UCHAR uCountPerFile[2][10];
     UCHAR uNumRammedPawns;
     UCHAR uNumUnmovedPawns[2];
+    SHORT iBishopColorScore[2][2];  // [color][IS_SQUARE_WHITE(bishop's
+                                     // square)] -- good/bad-bishop
+                                     // pawn-structure score, pure
+                                     // function of pawn placement (see
+                                     // _EvalBishop's cache-miss
+                                     // population in eval.c), reused by
+                                     // every bishop of that color/
+                                     // complex instead of rescanned.
 }
 PAWN_HASH_ENTRY;
 
@@ -3143,6 +3151,8 @@ extern MOVE MATEMOVE;
 extern FLAG g_fIsWhiteSquare[128];
 extern BITBOARD BBFILE[8];
 extern BITBOARD BBRANK[9];
+extern BITBOARD BBLEFT;
+extern BITBOARD BBRIGHT;
 extern BITBOARD BBWHITESQ;
 extern BITBOARD BBBLACKSQ;
 extern BITBOARD BBLEFTSIDE;
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index ae12f0a..18c3464 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -565,8 +565,6 @@ static SCORE ROOK_LEADS_PASSER_BY_PASSER_RANK[2][9] =
     { +0,  +0,  -3,  -5,  -9, -13, -16, -22,  +0 }  // white
 };
 
-static SCORE KING_TRAPPING_ROOK = -40;
-
 static SCORE ROOK_VALUE_AS_PAWNS_COME_OFF[17] =
 {//   0    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8
     +55, +51, +44, +38, +33, +27, +22, +16,  +7,
@@ -591,7 +589,7 @@ static SCORE ROOK_CONNECTED_HORIZ = +4;       // x2
 //
 static SCORE ROOK_MOBILITY_BY_SQUARES[15] =
 {//   0    1    2    3    4   5   6   7   8    9   10   11   12   13   14
-    -28, -24, -20, -14,  -7, -2, +0, +4, +8, +12, +15, +17, +19, +21, +22
+    -32, -26, -20, -14,  -7, -2, +0, +4, +8, +12, +15, +17, +19, +21, +22
 };//                          ^   |
 
 
@@ -962,7 +960,6 @@ static DNA_BASE_SIZE g_EvalDNA[] = {
     DNA_VAR(ROOK_ON_SEVENTH_BONUS),
     DNA_MATRIX(ROOK_BEHIND_PASSER_BY_PASSER_RANK),
     DNA_MATRIX(ROOK_LEADS_PASSER_BY_PASSER_RANK),
-    DNA_VAR(KING_TRAPPING_ROOK),
     DNA_ARRAY(ROOK_VALUE_AS_PAWNS_COME_OFF),
     DNA_VAR(ROOK_CONNECTED_VERT),
     DNA_VAR(ROOK_CONNECTED_HORIZ),
@@ -1549,12 +1546,12 @@ Return value:
     bb &= BBPRECEEDING_RANKS[(c & 0x70) >> 4][uColor];
     if (!bb)
     {
-        ASSERT(CountBits(bb) == 0);
+        ASSERT(FastCountBits(bb) == 0);
 
         // There are no enemy sentries so this pawn is a passer.
         pHash->bbPasserLocations[uColor] |= COOR_TO_BB(c);
-        ASSERT(CountBits(pHash->bbPasserLocations[uColor]) > 0);
-        ASSERT(CountBits(pHash->bbPasserLocations[uColor]) <= 8);
+        ASSERT(FastCountBits(pHash->bbPasserLocations[uColor]) > 0);
+        ASSERT(FastCountBits(pHash->bbPasserLocations[uColor]) <= 8);
         EVAL_TERM(uColor,
                   PAWN,
                   c,
@@ -1574,7 +1571,7 @@ Return value:
         }
         return;
     }
-    uSentries = CountBits(bb);
+    uSentries = FastCountBits(bb);
 
     // There's one or more sentry pawns so we'll look for friendly
     // helpers to decide if this pawn is a candidate passer.  First
@@ -1894,7 +1891,7 @@ Return value:
             ASSERT(RANK(cRightmostPasser) > 1);
             ASSERT(RANK(cLeftmostPasser) < 8);
             ASSERT(RANK(cRightmostPasser) < 8);
-            if (CountBits(pHash->bbPasserLocations[uColor]) == 1)
+            if (FastCountBits(pHash->bbPasserLocations[uColor]) == 1)
             {
                 ASSERT(cLeftmostPasser == cRightmostPasser);
             }
@@ -2220,18 +2217,18 @@ Return value:
 
         // Pre-count number of  pawns per file, unrolled.
         ASSERT(pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][0] == 0);
-        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][A + 1] = CountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[A]);
-        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][B + 1] = CountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[B]);
-        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][C + 1] = CountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[C]);
-        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][D + 1] = CountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[D]);
-        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][E + 1] = CountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[E]);
-        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][F + 1] = CountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[F]);
-        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][G + 1] = CountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[G]);
-        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][H + 1] = CountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[H]);
+        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][A + 1] = FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[A]);
+        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][B + 1] = FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[B]);
+        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][C + 1] = FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[C]);
+        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][D + 1] = FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[D]);
+        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][E + 1] = FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[E]);
+        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][F + 1] = FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[F]);
+        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][G + 1] = FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[G]);
+        pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][H + 1] = FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[H]);
         ASSERT(pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][9] == 0);
 
         // Count number of unmoved pawns.
-        pHash->uNumUnmovedPawns[uColor] = CountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] &
+        pHash->uNumUnmovedPawns[uColor] = FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] &
                                                     BBRANK[RANK(uUnmovedRank[uColor])]);
         ASSERT(pHash->uNumUnmovedPawns[uColor] <= 8);
 
@@ -2247,7 +2244,7 @@ Return value:
             (uColor == WHITE) ?
             (pos->bbPawns[WHITE] & (bbAllPawns << 8)) :
             (pos->bbPawns[BLACK] & (bbAllPawns >> 8));
-        ASSERT(CountBits(pHash->bbStationaryPawns[uColor]) <= 8);
+        ASSERT(FastCountBits(pHash->bbStationaryPawns[uColor]) <= 8);
 
         // Give central pawns a small bonus and rook pawns a small
         // penalty.
@@ -2269,9 +2266,86 @@ Return value:
     // (and no /2 fixup) is needed the way the old per-pawn,
     // per-color loop required.
     pHash->uNumRammedPawns =
-        CountBits(pos->bbPawns[WHITE] & (pos->bbPawns[BLACK] << 8));
+        FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[WHITE] & (pos->bbPawns[BLACK] << 8));
     ASSERT(pHash->uNumRammedPawns <= 8);
 
+    // Good/bad bishop pawn-structure score, cached per (color, color-
+    // complex) instead of rescanned by every bishop of that color/
+    // complex in _EvalBishop (board_representation/EVAL.md-style note:
+    // every input here -- bbStationaryPawns, bbPawns, bbPawnAttacks --
+    // is pure pawn-structure data already keyed by this pawn-hash
+    // entry's signature, and the bishop's own square only ever selects
+    // *which* of these two precomputed totals to use, never feeds the
+    // computation itself. Semantics (corrected from the old per-bishop
+    // version, which silently ignored enemy stationary pawns on the
+    // bishop's complex entirely):
+    //   - own stationary pawns on the complex: always count (full
+    //     weight) -- they're not moving, they wall the bishop in for
+    //     good.
+    //   - enemy stationary pawns on the complex: count (full weight)
+    //     only if defended by another enemy pawn -- an undefended
+    //     stationary pawn is still a static target, not a durable
+    //     obstruction, the same reasoning the transient case below
+    //     already applied to enemy pawns.
+    //   - own transient (non-stationary) pawns on the complex: always
+    //     count (full weight) -- might move off later, hence the
+    //     separate, lighter table.
+    //   - enemy transient pawns on the complex: count (half weight)
+    //     only if defended -- unsupported ones are likely to be traded
+    //     off soon, not a durable obstruction.
+    {
+        static const BITBOARD bbColorSq[2] = { 0x55aa55aa55aa55aaULL,
+                                               0xaa55aa55aa55aa55ULL };
+        ULONG uComplex;
+
+        FOREACH_COLOR(uColor)
+        {
+            ULONG xColor = FLIP(uColor);
+            BITBOARD bbNonStationary = ~(pHash->bbStationaryPawns[WHITE] |
+                                         pHash->bbStationaryPawns[BLACK]);
+
+            for (uComplex = 0; uComplex < 2; uComplex++)
+            {
+                BITBOARD bbMask = bbColorSq[uComplex];
+                SCORE i = 16;
+                BITBOARD bb;
+                COOR cSq;
+
+                bb = pHash->bbStationaryPawns[uColor] & bbMask;
+                while (IS_ON_BOARD(cSq = CoorFromBitBoardRank8ToRank1(&bb)))
+                {
+                    i += STATIONARY_PAWN_ON_BISHOP_COLOR[cSq];
+                }
+
+                bb = pHash->bbStationaryPawns[xColor] & bbMask;
+                while (IS_ON_BOARD(cSq = CoorFromBitBoardRank8ToRank1(&bb)))
+                {
+                    if (pos->bbPawnAttacks[xColor] & COOR_TO_BB(cSq))
+                    {
+                        i += STATIONARY_PAWN_ON_BISHOP_COLOR[cSq];
+                    }
+                }
+
+                bb = pos->bbPawns[uColor] & bbNonStationary & bbMask;
+                while (IS_ON_BOARD(cSq = CoorFromBitBoardRank8ToRank1(&bb)))
+                {
+                    i += TRANSIENT_PAWN_ON_BISHOP_COLOR[cSq];
+                }
+
+                bb = pos->bbPawns[xColor] & bbNonStationary & bbMask;
+                while (IS_ON_BOARD(cSq = CoorFromBitBoardRank8ToRank1(&bb)))
+                {
+                    if (pos->bbPawnAttacks[xColor] & COOR_TO_BB(cSq))
+                    {
+                        i += TRANSIENT_PAWN_ON_BISHOP_COLOR[cSq] / 2;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                pHash->iBishopColorScore[uColor][uComplex] = (SHORT)i;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // Second pass, requires pHash->uCountPerFile[] populated for both
     // colors.
     FOREACH_COLOR(uColor)
@@ -2279,7 +2353,7 @@ Return value:
         ASSERT(IS_VALID_COLOR(uColor));
         ULONG xColor = FLIP(uColor);
         ASSERT(IS_VALID_COLOR(xColor));
-        ASSERT(CountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor]) <= 8);
+        ASSERT(FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor]) <= 8);
 
         d1 = 16 * g_iAhead[uColor];
         BITBOARD bbPawnsToWalk = pos->bbPawns[uColor];
@@ -2333,7 +2407,7 @@ Return value:
 
             uPawnFile = FILE(c) + 1;
             ASSERT((1 <= uPawnFile) && (uPawnFile <= 8));
-            ASSERT(CountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[FILE(c)])
+            ASSERT(FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & BBFILE[FILE(c)])
                    == pHash->uCountPerFile[uColor][uPawnFile]);
 
             //
@@ -2391,7 +2465,7 @@ Return value:
                     // it is shielded or exposed.
                     //
                     pHash->bbStationaryPawns[uColor] |= COOR_TO_BB(c);
-                    ASSERT(CountBits(pHash->bbStationaryPawns[uColor]) <= 8);
+                    ASSERT(FastCountBits(pHash->bbStationaryPawns[uColor]) <= 8);
                     if (pHash->uCountPerFile[xColor][uPawnFile])
                     {
                         ASSERT(BACKWARD_SHIELDED_BY_LOCATION[c] < 0);
@@ -4213,7 +4287,6 @@ Return value:
     BITBOARD bb;
     BITBOARD bbMask;
     BITBOARD bbPc;
-    COOR cSquare;
     SCORE i;
     ULONG u;
     ULONG uTotalMobility;
@@ -4230,60 +4303,26 @@ Return value:
     pos->uMinorsAtHome[uColor] += (c == cBishopAtHome[uColor][1]);
     ASSERT(pos->uMinorsAtHome[uColor] <= 4);
 
-    // Good and bad bishops given stationary pawn structure.
-    i = 16;
+    // Good and bad bishops given pawn structure (own and enemy,
+    // stationary and transient) on this bishop's color complex --
+    // cached per (color, complex) in the pawn hash, since none of it
+    // depends on which square of that complex the bishop actually
+    // sits on. See the cache population in the pawn-hash-miss path
+    // above (_EvalPawns's FOREACH_COLOR block) for the full semantics.
     bbMask = bbColorSq[IS_SQUARE_WHITE(c)];
-    bb = pHash->bbStationaryPawns[uColor] & bbMask;
-    ASSERT(CountBits(bb) <= 16);
-    while(IS_ON_BOARD(cSquare = CoorFromBitBoardRank8ToRank1(&bb)))
-    {
-        // Consider stationary (rammed or backward) pawns of the same
-        // color as the bishop.
-        ASSERT(pos->rgSquare[cSquare].pPiece);
-        ASSERT(IS_PAWN(pos->rgSquare[cSquare].pPiece));
-        ASSERT(GET_COLOR(pos->rgSquare[cSquare].pPiece) == uColor);
-        i += STATIONARY_PAWN_ON_BISHOP_COLOR[cSquare];
-    }
+    i = pHash->iBishopColorScore[uColor][IS_SQUARE_WHITE(c)];
     EVAL_TERM(uColor,
               BISHOP,
               c,
               pos->iScore[uColor],
               i,
-              "good/bad stationary pawns ++");
+              "good/bad bishop pawns");
 
-    i = 0;
+    // Still needed below: "non-stationary pawns of either color on
+    // this color complex," used by the mobility walk's
+    // BMOB_FRIEND_PAWN case (see its comment just below).
     bbPc = ~(pHash->bbStationaryPawns[WHITE] |
-             pHash->bbStationaryPawns[BLACK]);
-    bbPc &= bbMask;
-    bb = pos->bbPawns[uColor] & bbPc;
-    while(IS_ON_BOARD(cSquare = CoorFromBitBoardRank8ToRank1(&bb)))
-    {
-        ASSERT(pos->rgSquare[cSquare].pPiece);
-        ASSERT(IS_PAWN(pos->rgSquare[cSquare].pPiece));
-        ASSERT(GET_COLOR(pos->rgSquare[cSquare].pPiece) == uColor);
-        ASSERT(pos->bbPawns[uColor] & COOR_TO_BB(cSquare));
-        i += TRANSIENT_PAWN_ON_BISHOP_COLOR[cSquare];
-    }
-
-    bb = pos->bbPawns[xColor] & bbPc;
-    while(IS_ON_BOARD(cSquare = CoorFromBitBoardRank8ToRank1(&bb)))
-    {
-        // N.B. Only count enemy pawns that are supported by another
-        // pawn.
-        ASSERT(pos->rgSquare[cSquare].pPiece);
-        ASSERT(IS_PAWN(pos->rgSquare[cSquare].pPiece));
-        ASSERT(GET_COLOR(pos->rgSquare[cSquare].pPiece) == xColor);
-        ASSERT(pos->bbPawns[xColor] & COOR_TO_BB(cSquare));
-        i +=
-         ((pos->bbPawnAttacks[xColor] & COOR_TO_BB(cSquare)) != 0) *
-            TRANSIENT_PAWN_ON_BISHOP_COLOR[cSquare] / 2;
-    }
-    EVAL_TERM(uColor,
-              BISHOP,
-              c,
-              pos->iScore[uColor],
-              i,
-              "good/bad transient pawns");
+             pHash->bbStationaryPawns[BLACK]) & bbMask;
 
     //
     // Bishop mobility (and update attack tables) -- board_representation/
@@ -4379,7 +4418,7 @@ Return value:
     }
     pos->bbMinorXrayAttacks[uColor] |= bbXrayAccum;
 
-    uTotalMobility = CountBits(bbMobility);
+    uTotalMobility = FastCountBits(bbMobility);
 
     ASSERT(uTotalMobility <= 13);
 
@@ -4652,7 +4691,7 @@ Return value:
         bbMobility = (bbAttack & bbEnemyNonPawnOcc) |
                      (bbAttack & ~bbFriendOcc & ~bbEnemyNonPawnOcc &
                       ~bbUnsafeForMinor);
-        uMobilitySquares = CountBits(bbMobility);
+        uMobilitySquares = FastCountBits(bbMobility);
     }
     ASSERT(uMobilitySquares >= 0);
     ASSERT(uMobilitySquares <= 8);
@@ -4708,7 +4747,6 @@ Return value:
     ULONG uColor;
     ULONG uTotalMobility;
     BITBOARD bbMobility;
-    COOR cSquare;
     SCORE i;
 
     ASSERT(IS_ON_BOARD(c));
@@ -4735,17 +4773,6 @@ Return value:
               "file/passer bonus");
 
     //
-    // Removed 2026-08-30 ("rook trapping enemy king"): a rook on the
-    // 7th/8th rank aligned with the enemy king is exactly the
-    // geometric pattern CountKingSafetyDefects' CHECK_VECTOR
-    // line-of-sight scan already picks up into
-    // uPiecesPointingAtKing/king-safety -- this was pricing the same
-    // king-danger fact a second time via a rook-specific bonus. Belongs
-    // in king safety, not here. (pFriendRook, only ever assigned in
-    // this block and never read, is gone too.)
-    //
-
-    //
     // Rooks increase in value as pawns come off:
     //
     // "A further refinement would be to raise the knight's value by
@@ -4759,9 +4786,12 @@ Return value:
               ROOK,
               c,
               pos->iScore[uColor],
-              ROOK_VALUE_AS_PAWNS_COME_OFF[FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor]) +
-                                           FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[xColor])],
+              ROOK_VALUE_AS_PAWNS_COME_OFF[
+                  FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[BLACK] | pos->bbPawns[WHITE])
+              ],
               "increase in value/pawns");
+    ASSERT((FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor]) + FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[xColor])) ==
+           (FastCountBits(pos->bbPawns[uColor] | pos->bbPawns[xColor])));
 
     //
     // Rook mobility (and update attack tables) -- board_representation/
@@ -4788,106 +4818,103 @@ Return value:
     //     credit at the blocker itself, matching the old table); a
     //     friendly rook blocker also earns the connected-rook bonus.
     //
-    {
-        BITBOARD bbAttack = _RookAttacksBB(c, pos->bbOccupied);
-        BITBOARD bbEnemyOcc = _BuildFriendlySideBB(pos, xColor);
-        BITBOARD bbEnemySame = pos->bbPieces[xColor][ROOK];
-        BITBOARD bbEnemyGEContinue = pos->bbPieces[xColor][QUEEN] |
-                                       COOR_TO_BB(KingPosition(pos, xColor));
-        BITBOARD bbFriendRQ = pos->bbPieces[uColor][ROOK] |
-                              pos->bbPieces[uColor][QUEEN];
-        BITBOARD bbUnsafeForRook = pos->bbPawnAttacks[xColor] |
-                                    pos->bbMinorAttacks[xColor];
-        BITBOARD bbExclude = 0;
-        BITBOARD bbSeen = 0;
-        BITBOARD bbLayer = bbAttack;
-        BITBOARD bbXrayAccum = 0;
-        BITBOARD bbFirstLayerMask = 0;
 
-        bbMobility = 0;
-        pos->bbRookAttacks[uColor] |= bbAttack;
+    BITBOARD bbAttack = _RookAttacksBB(c, pos->bbOccupied);
+    BITBOARD bbEnemyOcc = _BuildFriendlySideBB(pos, xColor);
+    BITBOARD bbEnemySame = pos->bbPieces[xColor][ROOK];
+    BITBOARD bbEnemyGEContinue = pos->bbPieces[xColor][QUEEN] |
+        COOR_TO_BB(KingPosition(pos, xColor));
+    BITBOARD bbFriendRQ = pos->bbPieces[uColor][ROOK] |
+        pos->bbPieces[uColor][QUEEN];
+    BITBOARD bbUnsafeForRook = pos->bbPawnAttacks[xColor] |
+        pos->bbMinorAttacks[xColor];
+    BITBOARD bbExclude = 0;
+    BITBOARD bbSeen = 0;
+    BITBOARD bbLayer = bbAttack;
+    BITBOARD bbXrayAccum = 0;
+    BITBOARD bbFirstLayerMask = 0;
 
-        //
-        // Unified chain walk over both mobility and x-ray population
-        // in one pass, board_representation/EVAL.md section 9. The
-        // old mailbox walk's RMOB_FRIEND_ROOK/_QUEEN and
-        // RMOB_ENEMY_GREATER cases don't just x-ray past their blocker
-        // for attack-bit purposes -- they keep walking (fStop=FALSE)
-        // and keep crediting mobility for whatever safe/empty squares
-        // and further captures lie beyond, however many such blockers
-        // are stacked on one ray. A first version of this conversion
-        // (committed, since fixed) only handled the near side (up to
-        // the first blocker) for mobility and treated the chain purely
-        // as an attack-bit population exercise -- caught by comparing
-        // against the old mailbox walk directly on a battery position
-        // (two same-color rooks on an open file: old code credited 13
-        // mobility to the far rook's near companion via squares beyond
-        // it, the near-side-only version credited only 9). Fixed by
-        // reusing the exact same "recompute with blockers excluded"
-        // chain used for x-ray population to also accumulate mobility
-        // credit at every layer, not just the first.
-        //
-        // Each iteration classifies the newly-revealed blockers on
-        // each still-open ray: friendly rook/queen and enemy queen/
-        // king continue the chain (recompute with them excluded too);
-        // everything else (friendly non-R/Q, enemy pawn/knight/bishop,
-        // enemy rook, or the board edge) stops that ray. Bounded: each
-        // iteration either terminates or consumes at least one new
-        // piece into the exclusion set, so this can loop at most
-        // once per piece on the board.
-        //
-        for (;;)
-        {
-            BITBOARD bbNew = bbLayer & ~bbSeen;
-            BITBOARD bbBlockersHere = bbNew & pos->bbOccupied;
-            BITBOARD bbEmptyHere = bbNew & ~pos->bbOccupied;
-            BITBOARD bbFriendRQHere = bbBlockersHere & bbFriendRQ;
-            BITBOARD bbEnemySameHere = bbBlockersHere & bbEnemySame;
-            BITBOARD bbEnemyGEHere = bbBlockersHere & bbEnemyGEContinue;
-            BITBOARD bbEnemyLEHere = bbBlockersHere & bbEnemyOcc &
-                                      ~bbEnemySameHere & ~bbEnemyGEHere;
-            BITBOARD bbFriendRookHere = bbBlockersHere &
-                                         pos->bbPieces[uColor][ROOK];
-            BITBOARD bbContinueHere;
+    bbMobility = 0;
+    pos->bbRookAttacks[uColor] |= bbAttack;
 
-            bbSeen |= bbNew;
-            bbXrayAccum |= (bbNew & bbFirstLayerMask);
-            bbFirstLayerMask = ~(BITBOARD)0;
+    //
+    // Unified chain walk over both mobility and x-ray population
+    // in one pass, board_representation/EVAL.md section 9. The
+    // old mailbox walk's RMOB_FRIEND_ROOK/_QUEEN and
+    // RMOB_ENEMY_GREATER cases don't just x-ray past their blocker
+    // for attack-bit purposes -- they keep walking (fStop=FALSE)
+    // and keep crediting mobility for whatever safe/empty squares
+    // and further captures lie beyond, however many such blockers
+    // are stacked on one ray. A first version of this conversion
+    // (committed, since fixed) only handled the near side (up to
+    // the first blocker) for mobility and treated the chain purely
+    // as an attack-bit population exercise -- caught by comparing
+    // against the old mailbox walk directly on a battery position
+    // (two same-color rooks on an open file: old code credited 13
+    // mobility to the far rook's near companion via squares beyond
+    // it, the near-side-only version credited only 9). Fixed by
+    // reusing the exact same "recompute with blockers excluded"
+    // chain used for x-ray population to also accumulate mobility
+    // credit at every layer, not just the first.
+    //
+    // Each iteration classifies the newly-revealed blockers on
+    // each still-open ray: friendly rook/queen and enemy queen/
+    // king continue the chain (recompute with them excluded too);
+    // everything else (friendly non-R/Q, enemy pawn/knight/bishop,
+    // enemy rook, or the board edge) stops that ray. Bounded: each
+    // iteration either terminates or consumes at least one new
+    // piece into the exclusion set, so this can loop at most
+    // once per piece on the board.
+    //
+    for (;;)
+    {
+        BITBOARD bbNew = bbLayer & ~bbSeen;
+        BITBOARD bbBlockersHere = bbNew & pos->bbOccupied;
+        BITBOARD bbEmptyHere = bbNew & ~pos->bbOccupied;
+        BITBOARD bbFriendRQHere = bbBlockersHere & bbFriendRQ;
+        BITBOARD bbEnemySameHere = bbBlockersHere & bbEnemySame;
+        BITBOARD bbEnemyGEHere = bbBlockersHere & bbEnemyGEContinue;
+        BITBOARD bbEnemyLEHere = bbBlockersHere & bbEnemyOcc &
+            ~bbEnemySameHere & ~bbEnemyGEHere;
+        BITBOARD bbFriendRookHere = bbBlockersHere &
+            pos->bbPieces[uColor][ROOK];
+        BITBOARD bbContinueHere;
 
-            bbMobility |= (bbEmptyHere & ~bbUnsafeForRook) |
-                          bbEnemySameHere | bbEnemyGEHere |
-                          (bbEnemyLEHere & ~bbUnsafeForRook);
+        bbSeen |= bbNew;
+        bbXrayAccum |= (bbNew & bbFirstLayerMask);
+        bbFirstLayerMask = ~(BITBOARD)0;
 
-            //
-            // Connected-rook bonus fires at every friendly rook found
-            // along the chain, not just the first (matches the old
-            // walk: each RMOB_FRIEND_ROOK hit its own EVAL_TERM call).
-            //
-            while (bbFriendRookHere)
-            {
-                COOR cBlocker = CoorFromBitBoardRank8ToRank1(&bbFriendRookHere);
-                FLAG fHoriz = (RANK(cBlocker) == RANK(c));
-                EVAL_TERM(uColor,
-                          ROOK,
-                          cBlocker,
-                          pos->iScore[uColor],
-                          (ROOK_CONNECTED_HORIZ * fHoriz +
-                           ROOK_CONNECTED_VERT * FLIP(fHoriz)),
-                          "rook connected");
-            }
+        bbMobility |= (bbEmptyHere & ~bbUnsafeForRook) |
+            bbEnemySameHere | bbEnemyGEHere |
+            (bbEnemyLEHere & ~bbUnsafeForRook);
 
-            bbContinueHere = bbFriendRQHere | bbEnemyGEHere;
-            if (!bbContinueHere)
-            {
-                break;
-            }
-            bbExclude |= bbContinueHere;
-            bbLayer = _RookAttacksBB(c, pos->bbOccupied & ~bbExclude);
+        // Connected-rook bonus fires at every friendly rook found
+        // along the chain, not just the first (matches the old
+        // walk: each RMOB_FRIEND_ROOK hit its own EVAL_TERM call).
+        while (bbFriendRookHere)
+        {
+            COOR cBlocker = CoorFromBitBoardRank8ToRank1(&bbFriendRookHere);
+            FLAG fHoriz = (RANK(cBlocker) == RANK(c));
+            EVAL_TERM(uColor,
+                      ROOK,
+                      cBlocker,
+                      pos->iScore[uColor],
+                      (ROOK_CONNECTED_HORIZ * fHoriz +
+                       ROOK_CONNECTED_VERT * FLIP(fHoriz)),
+                      "rooks connected");
         }
-        pos->bbRookXrayAttacks[uColor] |= bbXrayAccum;
 
-        uTotalMobility = CountBits(bbMobility);
+        bbContinueHere = bbFriendRQHere | bbEnemyGEHere;
+        if (!bbContinueHere)
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+        bbExclude |= bbContinueHere;
+        bbLayer = _RookAttacksBB(c, pos->bbOccupied & ~bbExclude);
     }
+    pos->bbRookXrayAttacks[uColor] |= bbXrayAccum;
+
+    uTotalMobility = FastCountBits(bbMobility);
     ASSERT(uTotalMobility <= 14);
     ASSERT(pos->uArmyScaler[xColor] <= 31);
 
@@ -4899,64 +4926,17 @@ Return value:
     // nonzero count here is still liable to be an overcount.
     if (uTotalMobility < EVAL_MOBILITY_CAREFULLY_BELOW)
     {
-        if (uTotalMobility == 0)
-        {
-            i = ROOK_MOBILITY_BY_SQUARES[0];
-            i *= (int)(REDUCED_MATERIAL_UP_SCALER[pos->uArmyScaler[xColor]] + 1);
-            i /= 8;
-            EVAL_TERM(uColor,
-                      ROOK,
-                      c,
-                      pos->iScore[uColor],
-                      i,
-                      "rook mobility");
-        }
         _RecordTrappedCandidate(pos, uColor, c, bbMobility);
-
-        // Is the rook trapped in the corner by a stupid friendly
-        // king? -- purely geometric (unrelated to the mobility
-        // deferral above), still gated on the same coarse "cramped"
-        // raw-mobility threshold -- color-indexed instead of a
-        // WHITE/BLACK branch over two mirrored blocks
-        // (board_representation/EVAL.md section 9).
-        ASSERT(IS_VALID_COLOR(uColor));
-        ASSERT(IS_ON_BOARD(c));
-
-        static const ULONG BACK_RANK_MASK[2] = { 0x00, 0x70 }; // BLACK, WHITE
-        static const COOR E_CORNER[2] = { E8, E1 };
-        static const COOR D_CORNER[2] = { D8, D1 };
-
-        if ((c & 0xF0) == BACK_RANK_MASK[uColor])
-        {
-            cSquare = KingPosition(pos, uColor);
-            ASSERT(IS_ON_BOARD(cSquare));
-            if ((cSquare & 0xF0) == BACK_RANK_MASK[uColor])
-            {
-                if (((cSquare > E_CORNER[uColor]) && (c > cSquare)) ||
-                    ((cSquare < D_CORNER[uColor]) && (c < cSquare)))
-                {
-                    EVAL_TERM(uColor,
-                              ROOK,
-                              c,
-                              pos->iScore[uColor],
-                              KING_TRAPPING_ROOK,
-                              "king trapping rook");
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    else // reasonable mobility
-    {
-        i = ROOK_MOBILITY_BY_SQUARES[uTotalMobility];
-        i *= (int)(REDUCED_MATERIAL_UP_SCALER[pos->uArmyScaler[xColor]] + 1);
-        i /= 8;
-        EVAL_TERM(uColor,
-                  ROOK,
-                  c,
-                  pos->iScore[uColor],
-                  i,
-                  "rook mobility");
     }
+    i = ROOK_MOBILITY_BY_SQUARES[uTotalMobility];
+    i *= (int)(REDUCED_MATERIAL_UP_SCALER[pos->uArmyScaler[xColor]] + 1);
+    i /= 8;
+    EVAL_TERM(uColor,
+              ROOK,
+              c,
+              pos->iScore[uColor],
+              i,
+              "rook mobility");
 }
 
 
@@ -5104,7 +5084,7 @@ Return value:
         pos->bbQueenAttacks[uColor] |= bbAttackTotal;
         pos->bbQueenXrayAttacks[uColor] |= bbXrayAccum;
 
-        uTotalMobility = CountBits(bbMobility);
+        uTotalMobility = FastCountBits(bbMobility);
     }
 
     ASSERT(uTotalMobility <= 27);
@@ -5177,7 +5157,7 @@ Return value:
     // instruction, since this is the hottest inner loop in eval.c and
     // scaler*(A+B+C+...) is one multiply instead of scaler*A + scaler*B
     // + ... Ring-square attack/defense/flight terms below are computed
-    // via bitboard intersection + CountBits() against the whole front/
+    // via bitboard intersection + FastCountBits() against the whole front/
     // back/side bucket at once (g_KingRingFrontBB/g_KingRingBackBB/
     // g_KingRingSideBB, data.c), not a per-square branchy loop -- a
     // fixed handful of AND+popcount ops regardless of how many ring
@@ -5266,7 +5246,7 @@ Return value:
         (SCORE)KING_COUNTER_BY_ATTACK_PATTERN[bvPattern];
 
     // Count how many ring squares are attacked by the enemy queen.
-    uQueenNearKing = CountBits(
+    uQueenNearKing = FastCountBits(
         bbRing & (pos->bbQueenAttacks[xColor] | pos->bbQueenXrayAttacks[xColor])
     );
     ASSERT(uQueenNearKing <= 8);
@@ -5274,45 +5254,45 @@ Return value:
 
     // Minor attacks at front, side, back.
     iSafety += KING_RING_ATTACK_MINOR[0] *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbFront & pos->bbMinorAttacks[xColor]);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbFront & pos->bbMinorAttacks[xColor]);
     iSafety += KING_RING_ATTACK_MINOR[1] *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbBack & pos->bbMinorAttacks[xColor]);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbBack & pos->bbMinorAttacks[xColor]);
     iSafety += KING_RING_ATTACK_MINOR[2] *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbSide & pos->bbMinorAttacks[xColor]);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbSide & pos->bbMinorAttacks[xColor]);
 
     // Rook attacks at front, side, back.
     iSafety += KING_RING_ATTACK_ROOK[0] *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbFront & pos->bbRookAttacks[xColor]);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbFront & pos->bbRookAttacks[xColor]);
     iSafety += KING_RING_ATTACK_ROOK[1] *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbBack & pos->bbRookAttacks[xColor]);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbBack & pos->bbRookAttacks[xColor]);
     iSafety += KING_RING_ATTACK_ROOK[2] *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbSide & pos->bbRookAttacks[xColor]);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbSide & pos->bbRookAttacks[xColor]);
 
     // Pawn attacks.
     iSafety += KING_RING_ATTACK_PAWN *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbRing & pos->bbPawnAttacks[xColor]);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbRing & pos->bbPawnAttacks[xColor]);
 
     // Undefended squares in front, side, back.
     iSafety += KING_RING_UNDEFENDED[0] *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbFront & bbUndefended);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbFront & bbUndefended);
     iSafety += KING_RING_UNDEFENDED[1] *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbBack & bbUndefended);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbBack & bbUndefended);
     iSafety += KING_RING_UNDEFENDED[2] *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbSide & bbUndefended);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbSide & bbUndefended);
 
     // Only xray attack, no direct attack.
     iSafety += KING_RING_XRAY_BONUS *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbRing & bbEnemyXrayAny & ~bbEnemyAtkAny);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbRing & bbEnemyXrayAny & ~bbEnemyAtkAny);
 
     // Flight squares are empty, unattacked squares around the king.
     // In front of the king, though, these are gaps and a negative
     // whereas behind the king they are legitimately small bonuses.
     iSafety += KING_RING_FRONT_FLIGHT_PENALTY *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbFront & bbEmpty & ~bbEnemyAtkAny);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbFront & bbEmpty & ~bbEnemyAtkAny);
 
     // Small bonus for empty squares behind the king to retreat into.
     iSafety += KING_BACK_FLIGHT_BONUS *
-        (SCORE)CountBits(bbBack & bbEmpty & ~bbEnemyAtkAny);
+        (SCORE)FastCountBits(bbBack & bbEmpty & ~bbEnemyAtkAny);
 
 #ifdef KING_DEFECT_DUMP
     {
@@ -5992,7 +5972,7 @@ Return value:
         bb = pHash->bbPasserLocations[uColor];
         if (bb != 0)
         {
-            uNumPassers[uColor] = CountBits(bb);
+            uNumPassers[uColor] = FastCountBits(bb);
             ASSERT(uNumPassers[uColor] > 0);
             d1 = 16 * g_iAhead[uColor];
             ASSERT((d1 * 2) == (32 * g_iAhead[uColor]));
@@ -6379,7 +6359,7 @@ Return value:
                 // EVAL_MOBILITY_CAREFULLY_BELOW's comment.
                 bbUnsafeNow = pos->bbKingAttacks[xColor] & ~bbOwnDefend;
                 bbStillSafe = pos->bbTrappedEscapes[uColor][u] & ~bbUnsafeNow;
-                uFinalMobility = CountBits(bbStillSafe);
+                uFinalMobility = FastCountBits(bbStillSafe);
 
                 if (IS_BISHOP(p))
                 {
@@ -7078,13 +7058,13 @@ Return value:
 **/
 {
     POSITION *pos = &(ctx->sPosition);
+    ULONG uColor = pos->uToMove;
+    ULONG xColor = FLIP(uColor);
     SCORE iScoreForSideToMove;
     SCORE iAlphaMargin, iBetaMargin;
     PAWN_HASH_ENTRY *pHash;
     COOR c;
     ULONG u;
-    ULONG uColor = pos->uToMove;
-    ULONG xColor = FLIP(uColor);
     BITBOARD bb;
     FLAG fDeferred;
     // Computed at most once per Eval() call, on first need, by
@@ -7129,17 +7109,8 @@ Return value:
 #ifdef EVAL_TIME
     UINT64 u64MaterialSetupTimer = SystemReadTimeStampCounter();
 #endif
-    pos->iScore[uColor] =
-        (PawnMaterial(pos, uColor) + pos->uNonPawnMaterial[uColor]);
-    pos->iScore[xColor] =
-        (PawnMaterial(pos, xColor) + pos->uNonPawnMaterial[xColor]);
 #ifdef EVAL_DUMP
     EvalTraceClear();
-    Trace("Material:\n%d\t\t%d\t\t(%d for %s)\n",
-          pos->iScore[WHITE], pos->iScore[BLACK],
-          (pos->iScore[uColor] - pos->iScore[xColor]),
-          COLOR_NAME(uColor)
-    );
 #endif
 
     // Initialize army scalers here (moved ahead of the super-lazy exit
@@ -7233,7 +7204,7 @@ Return value:
 #ifdef EVAL_TIME
         UINT64 uSuperLazyTimer = SystemReadTimeStampCounter();
 #endif
-        iScoreForSideToMove = (pos->iScore[uColor] -pos->iScore[xColor]);
+        iScoreForSideToMove = pos->iMaterialBalance[uColor];
         ASSERT(IS_VALID_SCORE(iScoreForSideToMove));
 
         // We have a super-rough eval -- material only at this point.
@@ -7302,6 +7273,7 @@ Return value:
             goto end;
 #endif
         }
+
         if (iScoreForSideToMove - iSuperLazySelfPessEnemyOptMargin > iBeta)
         {
             ASSERT(iScoreForSideToMove > iBeta);
@@ -7380,11 +7352,13 @@ Return value:
 #endif
     ASSERT(NULL != pHash);
     ASSERT(IS_VALID_FLAG(fDeferred));
-    pos->iScore[WHITE] += pHash->iScore[WHITE];
-    pos->iScore[BLACK] += pHash->iScore[BLACK];
+    pos->iScore[uColor] =
+        (PawnMaterial(pos, uColor) + pos->uNonPawnMaterial[uColor] + pHash->iScore[uColor]);
+    pos->iScore[xColor] =
+        (PawnMaterial(pos, xColor) + pos->uNonPawnMaterial[xColor] + pHash->iScore[xColor]);
     ASSERT(IS_VALID_SCORE(pos->iScore[WHITE] - pos->iScore[BLACK]));
 #ifdef EVAL_DUMP
-    Trace("After pawns:\n%d\t\t%d\t\t(%d for %s)\n",
+    Trace("After pawns + material:\n%d\t\t%d\t\t(%d for %s)\n",
           pos->iScore[WHITE], pos->iScore[BLACK],
           (pos->iScore[uColor] - pos->iScore[xColor]),
           COLOR_NAME(uColor)
diff --git a/src/generate.c b/src/generate.c
index f41a3b6..a2fc9c4 100644
--- a/src/generate.c
+++ b/src/generate.c
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ _ComputeCheckTargetMaskBB(IN COOR cKing, IN COOR cAttacker,
 // Non-static so testgenerate.c's harness can call it directly to set
 // up MOVE_STACK.bbFriendlyOccupied when calling a _Generate*BB
 // function outside of _GenerateAllMoves.
-BITBOARD
+BITBOARD INLINE
 _BuildFriendlySideBB(IN POSITION *pos, IN ULONG uSide)
 /**
 
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index ccaae74..e6249b0 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -938,6 +938,7 @@ Search(IN SEARCHER_THREAD_CONTEXT *ctx,
                     if (MOVE_COUNT(ctx, ctx->uPly))
                     {
                         // TODO: Experiment with removing these extensions.
+#if 0
                         if (NUM_CHECKING_PIECES(ctx, ctx->uPly) > 1)
                         {
                             iPositionalExtend += QUARTER_PLY;
@@ -948,7 +949,8 @@ Search(IN SEARCHER_THREAD_CONTEXT *ctx,
                             iPositionalExtend += QUARTER_PLY;
                             INC(ctx->sCounters.extension.uNoLegalKingMoves);
                         }
-                        else if (ONE_LEGAL_MOVE(ctx, ctx->uPly) &&
+#endif
+                        if (ONE_LEGAL_MOVE(ctx, ctx->uPly) &&
                                  CountKingSafetyDefects(pos, pos->uToMove) > 2)
                         {
                             iPositionalExtend += HALF_PLY;
@@ -1248,14 +1250,14 @@ Search(IN SEARCHER_THREAD_CONTEXT *ctx,
             // extensions which are represented by iPositionalExtend).
             iExtend = iPositionalExtend;
             ComputeMoveExtension(ctx,
-                                    iAlpha,
-                                    iBeta,
-                                    (x - 1),     // Note: x==0 if doing mvHash
-                                    iEval,
-                                    uDepth,
-                                    iMoveSee,
-                                    fIsLeftoverMove,
-                                    &iExtend);
+                                 iAlpha,
+                                 iBeta,
+                                 (x - 1),     // Note: x==0 if doing mvHash
+                                 iEval,
+                                 uDepth,
+                                 iMoveSee,
+                                 fIsLeftoverMove,
+                                 &iExtend);
 
             ASSERT((uLegalMoves > 1) ? (x != 0) : TRUE);
             fMoveIsPruneReduceEligible = CanWeReduceOrPruneMove(ctx,
@@ -2670,26 +2672,27 @@ _ShouldWeConsiderThisMove(IN SEARCHER_THREAD_CONTEXT *ctx,
         ASSERT(IS_CHECKING_MOVE(mv));
         ASSERT(TRUE == fGeneratedChecks);
 
+#if 0
         // IDEA: don't play obviously losing checks if we are already
         // way below alpha.
         if (iFutility < +VALUE_BISHOP)
         {
             return(TRUE);
         }
-        {
-            FLAG fConsider = (GetMoveSee(ctx, mv, uMoveNum) >= 0);
-#ifdef CALIBRATE_QSEARCH_FUTILITY
-            if (FALSE == fConsider)
-            {
-                _QFutDiagnoseReject(ctx, uMoveNum, iAlpha, iBeta,
-                                    iPositional, uPositionalSource,
-                                    QFUT_GATE_CHECK_BISHOP,
-                                    iFutility - (SCORE)VALUE_BISHOP,
-                                    fGeneratedChecks);
-            }
 #endif
-            return(fConsider);
+        FLAG fConsider = (GetMoveSee(ctx, mv, uMoveNum) >= 0);
+#ifdef CALIBRATE_QSEARCH_FUTILITY
+        if (FALSE == fConsider)
+        {
+            _QFutDiagnoseReject(ctx, uMoveNum, iAlpha, iBeta,
+                                iPositional, uPositionalSource,
+                                QFUT_GATE_CHECK_BISHOP,
+                                iFutility, //  - (SCORE)VALUE_BISHOP,
+                                fGeneratedChecks);
         }
+#endif
+        return(fConsider);
+
     }
     return(FALSE);
 }
diff --git a/src/searchsup.c b/src/searchsup.c
index 9e11631..ca75c92 100644
--- a/src/searchsup.c
+++ b/src/searchsup.c
@@ -1267,15 +1267,16 @@ Return value:
     BITV bvFlags;
 
     ASSERT(IS_CHECKING_MOVE(mv) || (mv.pCaptured != NULL));
-    if (uMoveNum != (ULONG)-1)
+    if (uMoveNum == (ULONG)-1)
     {
-        ASSERT(uMoveNum < MAX_MOVE_STACK);
-        ASSERT(IS_SAME_MOVE(mv, ctx->sMoveStack.mvf[uMoveNum].mv));
-        bvFlags = ctx->sMoveStack.mvf[uMoveNum].bvFlags;
-        if (bvFlags & MVF_SEE_KNOWN)
-        {
-            return((bvFlags & MVF_SEE_NONNEGATIVE) ? 0 : -1);
-        }
+        return(SeeFastSign(&ctx->sPosition, mv) ? 0 : -1);
+    }
+    ASSERT(uMoveNum < MAX_MOVE_STACK);
+    ASSERT(IS_SAME_MOVE(mv, ctx->sMoveStack.mvf[uMoveNum].mv));
+    bvFlags = ctx->sMoveStack.mvf[uMoveNum].bvFlags;
+    if (bvFlags & MVF_SEE_KNOWN)
+    {
+        return((bvFlags & MVF_SEE_NONNEGATIVE) ? 0 : -1);
     }
     return(SeeFastSign(&ctx->sPosition, mv) ? 0 : -1);
 }
@@ -2393,9 +2394,11 @@ TryNullmovePruning(SEARCHER_THREAD_CONTEXT *ctx,
         {
             ASSERT(GET_COLOR(mv.pCaptured) == FLIP(pos->uToMove));
             ASSERT(mv.pCaptured == pos->rgSquare[mv.cTo].pPiece);
+
             // Victim belongs to FLIP(pos->uToMove) here, i.e. the
             // mover at ctx->uPly - 1 (see RecordEnprisePieceAtPly).
             RecordEnprisePieceAtPly(ctx, ctx->uPly - 1, mv.cTo);
+#if 0
             mvRef = ctx->mvNullmoveRefutations[ctx->uPly - 2];
             if ((mvRef.uMove) &&
                 (mvRef.pCaptured == mv.pCaptured) &&
@@ -2410,6 +2413,7 @@ TryNullmovePruning(SEARCHER_THREAD_CONTEXT *ctx,
                 *piOrigExtend += _bm_by_piece[PIECE_TYPE(mv.pCaptured)];
                 INC(ctx->sCounters.extension.uBotvinnikMarkoff);
             }
+#endif
             ctx->mvNullmoveRefutations[ctx->uPly] = mv;
         }
         else if (!IS_CAPTURE_OR_PROMOTION(mv))