From 414a3e6ee3ab38215f9eba69939773ba62a9766e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: protonspring <mike@whiteley.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 17:27:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?utf8?q?=20=20=20=20Don=E2=80=99t=20score=20and=20sort?=
 =?utf8?q?=20all=20captures=20in=20RECAPTURES=20stage.?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

    For these recaptures, we’re are only considering those captures
    that recapture the recapture square (small portion of all the
    captures). Therefore, scoring all of the captures and pick_besting
    out of the whole group is not necessary.

    STC
    LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
    Total: 85583 W: 18978 L: 18983 D: 47622
    http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5a717faa0ebc590f2c86e9a7

    LTC
    LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) [-3.00,1.00]
    Total: 20231 W: 3533 L: 3411 D: 13287
    http://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5a73ad330ebc5902971a96ba

    Bench: 5023593
---
 src/movepick.cpp | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/movepick.cpp b/src/movepick.cpp
index 9882960d..74da3205 100644
--- a/src/movepick.cpp
+++ b/src/movepick.cpp
@@ -307,14 +307,13 @@ Move MovePicker::next_move(bool skipQuiets) {
   case QSEARCH_RECAPTURES:
       cur = moves;
       endMoves = generate<CAPTURES>(pos, cur);
-      score<CAPTURES>();
       ++stage;
       /* fallthrough */
 
   case QRECAPTURES:
       while (cur < endMoves)
       {
-          move = pick_best(cur++, endMoves);
+          move = *cur++;
           if (to_sq(move) == recaptureSquare)
               return move;
       }
-- 
2.39.2