Increase earlier aspiration window size

bench: 4377851

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 8f46d82a5ed856abb0d68a847e7f2e97afa92e49..fc94f4f79347dfc14dc6fe5e186c90ca3a1d0fac 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ namespace {
                 if (Signals.stop)
                     return;
 
+                delta += delta / 2;
+
                 // In case of failing low/high increase aspiration window and
                 // research, otherwise exit the loop.
                 if (bestValue <= alpha)
@@ -379,8 +381,6 @@ namespace {
                 else
                     break;
 
-                delta += delta / 2;
-
                 assert(alpha >= -VALUE_INFINITE && beta <= VALUE_INFINITE);
 
                 // Give some update (without cluttering the UI) before to research