No gain in the worst case of 2 threads, but also no
loss and good potential for QUAD or OCTAL machines.
After 922 games at 1+0 with 2 threads
Mod vs Orig +143 =533 -143 +0 ELO
Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
// better than the second best move.
const Value EasyMoveMargin = Value(0x200);
+ // Maximum number of moves to try before to split (strong YBWC)
+ const int MaximumSplitMove = 3;
+
// Last seconds noise filtering (LSN)
const bool UseLSNFiltering = true;
const int LSNTime = 4000; // In milliseconds
if ( TM.active_threads() > 1
&& bestValue < beta
&& depth >= MinimumSplitDepth
+ && (PvNode || moveCount > MaximumSplitMove * MinimumSplitDepth / depth)
&& Iteration <= 99
&& TM.available_thread_exists(threadID)
&& !AbortSearch