ext = ONE_PLY;
else if (givesCheck && pos.see_sign(move) >= 0)
- ext = ONE_PLY / 2;
+ ext = inCheck || ss->staticEval < VALUE_ZERO ? ONE_PLY : ONE_PLY / 2;
// Singular extension search. If all moves but one fail low on a search of
// (alpha-s, beta-s), and just one fails high on (alpha, beta), then that move