Idea is that division by fraction of 2 is slightly faster than by other numbers so parameters are adjusted in a way that division in null move pruning depth reduction features dividing by 256 instead of dividing by 213.
Other than this patch is almost non-functional - difference starts to exist by depth 133.
passed STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f70dd943b22d6afa50693c5
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.25,1.25}
Total: 57048 W: 6616 L: 6392 D: 44040
Ptnml(0-2): 304, 4583, 18531, 4797, 309
passed LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
5f7180db3b22d6afa506941f
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.25}
Total: 45960 W: 2419 L: 2229 D: 41312
Ptnml(0-2): 43, 1779, 19137, 1987, 34
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3159
bench
3789924
assert(eval - beta >= 0);
// Null move dynamic reduction based on depth and value
- Depth R = (817 + 71 * depth) / 213 + std::min(int(eval - beta) / 192, 3);
+ Depth R = (982 + 85 * depth) / 256 + std::min(int(eval - beta) / 192, 3);
ss->currentMove = MOVE_NULL;
ss->continuationHistory = &thisThread->continuationHistory[0][0][NO_PIECE][0];