bestThread = Threads.get_best_thread();
bestPreviousScore = bestThread->rootMoves[0].score;
+ bestPreviousAverageScore = bestThread->rootMoves[0].averageScore;
// Send again PV info if we have a new best thread
if (bestThread != this)
&& !Threads.stop
&& !mainThread->stopOnPonderhit)
{
- double fallingEval = (318 + 6 * (mainThread->bestPreviousScore - bestValue)
+ double fallingEval = (142 + 6 * (mainThread->bestPreviousScore - bestValue)
+ + 6 * (mainThread->bestPreviousAverageScore - bestValue)
+ 6 * (mainThread->iterValue[iterIdx] - bestValue)) / 825.0;
fallingEval = std::clamp(fallingEval, 0.5, 1.5);
// Bonus for prior countermove that caused the fail low
else if ( (depth >= 3 || PvNode)
&& !priorCapture)
- update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, stat_bonus(depth) * (1 + (PvNode || cutNode)));
+ {
+ //Assign extra bonus if current node is PvNode or cutNode
+ //or fail low was really bad
+ bool extraBonus = PvNode
+ || cutNode
+ || bestValue < alpha - 94 * depth;
+
+ update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, stat_bonus(depth) * (1 + extraBonus));
+ }
if (PvNode)
bestValue = std::min(bestValue, maxValue);