Tweak probcut threshold

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index ff31e0360a76c2c5201cd13e8944024054980fc0..cf7e411d8504e2c2cba05869d91aaccdafcd137a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -788,9 +788,8 @@ namespace {
     }
 
     // Step 9. ProbCut (skipped when in check)
-    // If we have a very good capture (i.e. SEE > seeValues[captured_piece_type])
-    // and a reduced search returns a value much above beta, we can (almost)
-    // safely prune the previous move.
+    // If we have a good enough capture and a reduced search returns a value
+    // much above beta, we can (almost) safely prune the previous move.
     if (   !PvNode
         &&  depth >= 5 * ONE_PLY
         &&  abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
@@ -802,7 +801,7 @@ namespace {
         assert((ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NONE);
         assert((ss-1)->currentMove != MOVE_NULL);
 
-        MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, PieceValue[MG][pos.captured_piece_type()]);
+        MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, rbeta - ss->staticEval);
 
         while ((move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE)
             if (pos.legal(move))