// must be mate or stalemate. If we are in a singular extension search then
// return a fail low score.
if (!moveCount)
- return excludedMove ? alpha
- : inCheck ? mated_in(ss->ply) : DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];
+ bestValue = excludedMove ? alpha
+ : inCheck ? mated_in(ss->ply) : DrawValue[pos.side_to_move()];
+
+ // Quiet best move: update killers, history, countermoves and followupmoves
+ else if (bestValue >= beta && !pos.capture_or_promotion(bestMove) && !inCheck)
+ update_stats(pos, ss, bestMove, depth, quietsSearched, quietCount - 1);
TT.store(posKey, value_to_tt(bestValue, ss->ply),
bestValue >= beta ? BOUND_LOWER :
PvNode && bestMove ? BOUND_EXACT : BOUND_UPPER,
depth, bestMove, ss->staticEval);
- // Quiet best move: update killers, history, countermoves and followupmoves
- if (bestValue >= beta && !pos.capture_or_promotion(bestMove) && !inCheck)
- update_stats(pos, ss, bestMove, depth, quietsSearched, quietCount - 1);
-
assert(bestValue > -VALUE_INFINITE && bestValue < VALUE_INFINITE);
return bestValue;