value = bestValue; // Workaround a bogus 'uninitialized' warning under gcc
moveCountPruning = false;
ttCapture = ttMove && pos.capture_or_promotion(ttMove);
+ int singularExtensionLMRmultiplier = 0;
// Step 12. Loop through all pseudo-legal moves until no moves remain
// or a beta cutoff occurs.
ss->excludedMove = MOVE_NONE;
if (value < singularBeta)
+ {
extension = ONE_PLY;
+ singularExtensionLMRmultiplier++;
+ if (value < singularBeta - std::min(3 * depth / ONE_PLY, 39))
+ singularExtensionLMRmultiplier++;
+ }
// Multi-cut pruning
// Our ttMove is assumed to fail high, and now we failed high also on a reduced
// Decrease reduction if opponent's move count is high (~10 Elo)
if ((ss-1)->moveCount > 15)
r -= ONE_PLY;
+ // Decrease reduction if move has been singularly extended
+ r -= singularExtensionLMRmultiplier * ONE_PLY;
if (!captureOrPromotion)
{