Increase reductions with thread count

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 8db295f1fd8ee47043fbce706c7b8c632bd357c6..3eb8e9e1ee867e0595b6b2a247fe13db633575c5 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ namespace {
 void Search::init() {
 
   for (int i = 1; i < MAX_MOVES; ++i)
-      Reductions[i] = int(21.9 * std::log(i));
+      Reductions[i] = int((21.9 + std::log(Threads.size()) / 2) * std::log(i));
 }
 
 
@@ -1147,7 +1147,14 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts here
       // Check extensions
       else if (   givesCheck
                && depth > 6
-               && abs(ss->staticEval) > Value(100))
+               && abs(ss->staticEval) > 100)
+          extension = 1;
+
+      // Quiet ttMove extensions
+      else if (   PvNode
+               && move == ttMove
+               && move == ss->killers[0]
+               && (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] >= 10000)
           extension = 1;
 
       // Add extension to new depth
@@ -1223,11 +1230,10 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts here
           // Decrease/increase reduction for moves with a good/bad history (~30 Elo)
           r -= ss->statScore / 14721;
 
-          // In general we want to cap the LMR depth search at newDepth. But if
-          // reductions are really negative and movecount is low, we allow this move
-          // to be searched deeper than the first move in specific cases (note that
-          // this may lead to hidden double extensions if newDepth got it own extension
-          // before).
+          // In general we want to cap the LMR depth search at newDepth. But if reductions
+          // are really negative and movecount is low, we allow this move to be searched
+          // deeper than the first move (this may lead to hidden double extensions if
+          // newDepth got its own extension before).
           int deeper =   r >= -1               ? 0
                        : noLMRExtension        ? 0
                        : moveCount <= 5        ? 1