From b5781150ea8557e2030f8bc8b4eadede0ecec6bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lonfom169 <50217346+lonfom169@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 23:43:32 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Increase reduction based on the number of best move changes.

Thanks to Vizvezdenec for the PvNode idea and also to vondele the !PvNode idea.

Passed STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.25,1.25}
Total: 19120 W: 1998 L: 1839 D: 15283
Ptnml(0-2): 76, 1445, 6375, 1572, 92
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5fa8af3e67cbf42301d6a6c9

Passed LTC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.25}
Total: 75584 W: 3454 L: 3205 D: 68925
Ptnml(0-2): 54, 2832, 31771, 3081, 54

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3224

Bench: 3595418
---
 AUTHORS        | 1 +
 src/search.cpp | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 198dfa5a..f0356090 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Alain Savard (Rocky640)
 Alayan Feh (Alayan-stk-2)
 Alexander Kure
 Alexander Pagel (Lolligerhans)
+Alfredo Menezes (lonfom169)
 Ali AlZhrani (Cooffe)
 Andrew Grant (AndyGrant)
 Andrey Neporada (nepal)
diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index b5b93bf0..56b56733 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1169,6 +1169,9 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
           if (ss->ttPv)
               r -= 2;
 
+          if (!PvNode && depth > 10 && thisThread->bestMoveChanges <= 2)
+              r++;
+
           if (moveCountPruning && !formerPv)
               r++;
 
-- 
2.39.2