- // Step 14. Reduced search
- // if the move fails high will be re-searched at full depth.
- bool doFullDepthSearch = true;
-
- if ( depth >= 3 * OnePly
- && !dangerous
- && !captureOrPromotion
- && !move_is_castle(move)
- && !move_is_killer(move, ss[ply]))
- {
- ss[ply].reduction = reduction<PvNode>(depth, moveCount);
- if (ss[ply].reduction)
- {
- value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss, -(alpha+1), -alpha, newDepth-ss[ply].reduction, ply+1, true, threadID);
- doFullDepthSearch = (value > alpha);
- }
- }
-
- // Step 15. Full depth search
- if (doFullDepthSearch)
- {
- ss[ply].reduction = Depth(0);
- value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss, -(alpha+1), -alpha, newDepth, ply+1, true, threadID);
+ // Step 14. Reduced depth search
+ // If the move fails high will be re-searched at full depth.
+ bool doFullDepthSearch = true;
+
+ if ( depth >= 3 * OnePly
+ && !captureOrPromotion
+ && !dangerous
+ && !move_is_castle(move)
+ && !move_is_killer(move, ss))
+ {
+ ss->reduction = reduction<PvNode>(depth, moveCount);
+ if (ss->reduction)
+ {
+ Depth d = newDepth - ss->reduction;
+ value = d < OnePly ? -qsearch<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, Depth(0), ply+1)
+ : - search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, ply+1);
+
+ doFullDepthSearch = (value > alpha);
+ }
+
+ // The move failed high, but if reduction is very big we could
+ // face a false positive, retry with a less aggressive reduction,
+ // if the move fails high again then go with full depth search.
+ if (doFullDepthSearch && ss->reduction > 2 * OnePly)
+ {
+ assert(newDepth - OnePly >= OnePly);
+
+ ss->reduction = OnePly;
+ value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, newDepth-ss->reduction, ply+1);
+ doFullDepthSearch = (value > alpha);
+ }
+ ss->reduction = Depth(0); // Restore original reduction
+ }