From: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 10:35:15 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Revert "Simple implementation of strong YBWC"
X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=stockfish;a=commitdiff_plain;h=ecc100d1bb59609eb6e4307d721ce3452bedb948

Revert "Simple implementation of strong YBWC"

It does not seem to increase anything even with a QUAD,
so revert.

After 1000 games with a QUAD
Mod - Orig: 500 - 497 (+1 elo)

Signed-off-by: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index a349fd6c..1a01601b 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -234,9 +234,6 @@ namespace {
   // 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
@@ -1366,7 +1363,6 @@ namespace {
       if (   TM.active_threads() > 1
           && bestValue < beta
           && depth >= MinimumSplitDepth
-          && (PvNode || moveCount > MaximumSplitMove * MinimumSplitDepth / depth)
           && Iteration <= 99
           && TM.available_thread_exists(threadID)
           && !AbortSearch