Allow SEE pruning at higher depths in shallow depth
pruning using a threshold increasing with depth.
STC
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,5.00]
Total: 35366 W: 7011 L: 6724 D: 21631
LTC
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) [0.00,5.00]
Total: 15578 W: 2243 L: 2070 D: 11265
Bench:
8417887
&& ss->staticEval + futility_margin(predictedDepth) + 256 <= alpha)
continue;
&& ss->staticEval + futility_margin(predictedDepth) + 256 <= alpha)
continue;
- // Prune moves with negative SEE at low depths
- if (predictedDepth < 4 * ONE_PLY && pos.see_sign(move) < VALUE_ZERO)
- continue;
+ // Prune moves with negative SEE at low depths and below a decreasing
+ // threshold at higher depths.
+ if (predictedDepth < 8 * ONE_PLY)
+ {
+ Value see_v = predictedDepth < 4 * ONE_PLY ? VALUE_ZERO
+ : -PawnValueMg * 2 * int(predictedDepth - 3 * ONE_PLY);
+
+ if (pos.see_sign(move) < see_v)
+ continue;
+ }
}
// Speculative prefetch as early as possible
}
// Speculative prefetch as early as possible