// Step 8. Null move search with verification search (is omitted in PV nodes)
if ( !PvNode
- && depth >= 2 * ONE_PLY
&& eval >= beta
&& (ss->staticEval >= beta - 35 * (depth / ONE_PLY - 6) || depth >= 13 * ONE_PLY)
&& pos.non_pawn_material(pos.side_to_move()))
&& ss->staticEval + futility_margin(predictedDepth) + 256 <= alpha)
continue;
- // Prune moves with negative SEE at low depths
- if (predictedDepth < 4 * ONE_PLY && pos.see_sign(move) < VALUE_ZERO)
- continue;
+ // Prune moves with negative SEE at low depths and below a decreasing
+ // threshold at higher depths.
+ if (predictedDepth < 8 * ONE_PLY)
+ {
+ Value see_v = predictedDepth < 4 * ONE_PLY ? VALUE_ZERO
+ : -PawnValueMg * 2 * int(predictedDepth - 3 * ONE_PLY);
+
+ if (pos.see_sign(move) < see_v)
+ continue;
+ }
}
// Speculative prefetch as early as possible