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
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
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
This change removes one of the constants in the calculation of optimism. It also changes the 2 constants used with the scale value so that they are independent, instead of applying a constant to the scale and then adjusting it again when it is applied to the optimism. This might make the tuning of these constants cleaner and more reliable in the future.
STC 10+0.1 (accidentally run as an Elo gainer:
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 154080 W: 41119 L: 40651 D: 72310
Ptnml(0-2): 375, 16840, 42190, 17212, 423
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/live_elo/64653eabf3b1a4e86c317f77
LTC 60+0.6:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 217434 W: 58382 L: 58363 D: 100689
Ptnml(0-2): 66, 21075, 66419, 21088, 69
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/live_elo/6465d077f3b1a4e86c318d6c
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4576
bench: 3190961
