Remove cutNode condition

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 409a3c1d429aa666c7b67169a10ebb871653fe77..b3ca8c9afe531582cd41811f8aeaf190bbb33c74 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ Value search(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth, boo
              >= beta
         && eval >= beta && eval < 29462  // smaller than TB wins
         && (!ttMove || ttCapture))
-        return eval;
+        return (eval + beta) / 2;
 
     // Step 9. Null move search with verification search (~35 Elo)
     if (!PvNode && (ss - 1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL && (ss - 1)->statScore < 17257 && eval >= beta
@@ -1207,8 +1207,8 @@ moves_loop:  // When in check, search starts here
         // Step 18. Full-depth search when LMR is skipped
         else if (!PvNode || moveCount > 1)
         {
-            // Increase reduction for cut nodes without ttMove (~1 Elo)
-            if (!ttMove && cutNode)
+            // Increase reduction if ttMove is not present (~1 Elo)
+            if (!ttMove)
                 r += 2;
 
             // Note that if expected reduction is high, we reduce search depth by 1 here
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ Value qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta, Depth depth) {
     // will be generated.
     Square     prevSq = is_ok((ss - 1)->currentMove) ? to_sq((ss - 1)->currentMove) : SQ_NONE;
     MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, depth, &thisThread->mainHistory, &thisThread->captureHistory,
-                  contHist, &thisThread->pawnHistory, prevSq);
+                  contHist, &thisThread->pawnHistory);
 
     int quietCheckEvasions = 0;