- // Perform a preliminary search at depth 1 to verify that the move holds.
- // We will only do this search if the depth is not 5, thus avoiding two
- // searches at depth 1 in a row.
- if (depth != 5 * ONE_PLY)
- value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -rbeta, -rbeta+1, ONE_PLY, !cutNode, true);
+ // Perform a preliminary qsearch to verify that the move holds
+ value = -qsearch<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -rbeta, -rbeta+1);