From d89730d5c8dcf10eb9e1d91a81f903d9fc3c949a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vizvezdenec <Vizvezdenec@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 20:30:58 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Do not overwrite valuable TT data after probcut.

This patch allows an engine to write probcut data only in case
the probcut search depth is greater than transposition table depth.

passed STC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5f0b52e959f6f035328949a6
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 52544 W: 10145 L: 9880 D: 32519
Ptnml(0-2): 853, 6097, 12121, 6334, 867

passed LTC
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5f0bd94c59f6f035328949f3
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) {0.25,1.75}
Total: 49576 W: 6164 L: 5863 D: 37549
Ptnml(0-2): 297, 4371, 15218, 4538, 364

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/2815

bench 4578298
---
 src/search.cpp | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 6cf2f90d..17ccab92 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -925,9 +925,12 @@ namespace {
 
                 if (value >= probcutBeta)
                 {
-                    tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), ttPv,
-                        BOUND_LOWER,
-                        depth - 3, move, ss->staticEval);
+                    if ( !(ttHit
+                       && tte->depth() >= depth - 3
+                       && ttValue != VALUE_NONE))
+                        tte->save(posKey, value_to_tt(value, ss->ply), ttPv,
+                            BOUND_LOWER,
+                            depth - 3, move, ss->staticEval);
                     return value;
                 }
             }
-- 
2.39.2