X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=stockfish;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fsearch.cpp;h=5ff23ad0fd894791c7b5e8ac625246c40343e1e5;hp=7970a393d003848a537f9e4c18650266fd12580d;hb=36c82b751ce227c05bfb;hpb=ccf4ec6768b17f47b48a296978bc19e3eaaa70ba

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 7970a393..5ff23ad0 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ namespace {
     Stack ss[MAX_PLY_PLUS_2];
     int depth, prevBestMoveChanges;
     Value bestValue, alpha, beta, delta;
-    bool triedEasyMove = false;
 
     memset(ss, 0, 4 * sizeof(Stack));
     depth = BestMoveChanges = 0;
@@ -440,12 +439,10 @@ namespace {
             // Stop search early if one move seems to be much better than others
             if (    depth >= 12
                 && !stop
-                && !triedEasyMove
                 &&  PVSize == 1
                 && (   RootMoves.size() == 1
                     || Time::now() - SearchTime > (TimeMgr.available_time() * 20) / 100))
             {
-                triedEasyMove = true;
                 Value rBeta = bestValue - 2 * PawnValueMg;
                 (ss+1)->excludedMove = RootMoves[0].pv[0];
                 (ss+1)->skipNullMove = true;
@@ -748,7 +745,7 @@ namespace {
         && ttMove == MOVE_NONE
         && (PvNode || (!inCheck && ss->staticEval + Value(256) >= beta)))
     {
-        Depth d = (PvNode ? depth - 2 * ONE_PLY : depth / 2);
+        Depth d = depth - 2 * ONE_PLY - (PvNode ? DEPTH_ZERO : depth / 4);
 
         ss->skipNullMove = true;
         search<PvNode ? PV : NonPV>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, d);
@@ -859,7 +856,8 @@ split_point_start: // At split points actual search starts from here
           && !captureOrPromotion
           && !inCheck
           && !dangerous
-          &&  move != ttMove)
+          &&  move != ttMove
+          &&  bestValue > VALUE_MATED_IN_MAX_PLY)
       {
           // Move count based pruning
           if (   depth < 16 * ONE_PLY
@@ -877,18 +875,23 @@ split_point_start: // At split points actual search starts from here
           // but fixing this made program slightly weaker.
           Depth predictedDepth = newDepth - reduction<PvNode>(depth, moveCount);
           futilityValue =  ss->staticEval + ss->evalMargin + futility_margin(predictedDepth, moveCount)
-                         + Gain[pos.piece_moved(move)][to_sq(move)];
+                         + 2 * Gain[pos.piece_moved(move)][to_sq(move)];
 
           if (futilityValue < beta)
           {
+              bestValue = std::max(bestValue, futilityValue);
+
               if (SpNode)
+              {
                   splitPoint->mutex.lock();
-
+                  if (bestValue > splitPoint->bestValue)
+                      splitPoint->bestValue = bestValue;
+              }
               continue;
           }
 
           // Prune moves with negative SEE at low depths
-          if (   predictedDepth < 3 * ONE_PLY
+          if (   predictedDepth < 4 * ONE_PLY
               && pos.see_sign(move) < 0)
           {
               if (SpNode)