- // The opponent has played the expected move. GUI sends "ponderhit" if
- // we were told to ponder on the same move the opponent has played. We
- // should continue searching but switching from pondering to normal search.
- Search::Limits.ponder = false;
-
- if (Search::Signals.stopOnPonderhit)
+ // GUI sends 'ponderhit' to tell us to ponder on the same move the
+ // opponent has played. In case Signals.stopOnPonderhit is set we are
+ // waiting for 'ponderhit' to stop the search (for instance because we
+ // already ran out of time), otherwise we should continue searching but
+ // switching from pondering to normal search.
+ if (token != "ponderhit" || Search::Signals.stopOnPonderhit)