From e64b957274b94e89ad1a6e3ec4571c9082246a0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Unai Corzo <corzounai@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 09:24:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify away internal iterative deepening

Remove the iterative deepening step.
Instead, employ a depth reduction if the position is not in TT and on the PV.

STC https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5f3ce6eaa95672ddd56c637e
LLR: 2.97 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.50,1.50}
Total: 41096 W: 4421 L: 4257 D: 32418
Ptnml(0-2): 207, 3259, 13460, 3407, 215

LTC (old) https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5f3d7d4fa95672ddd56c640b
LLR: 2.92 (-2.94,2.94) {-1.50,0.50}
Total: 26032 W: 1320 L: 1309 D: 23403
Ptnml(0-2): 22, 1152, 10654, 1169, 19

LTC (new) https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/5f3e31e0a95672ddd56c6464
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) {-0.75,0.25}
Total: 34160 W: 1844 L: 1766 D: 30550
Ptnml(0-2): 33, 1533, 13876, 1599, 39

bench: 3849173
---
 src/search.cpp | 14 +++++---------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 7c839dfc..ba13680c 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -939,15 +939,11 @@ namespace {
             }
     }
 
-    // Step 11. Internal iterative deepening (~1 Elo)
-    if (depth >= 7 && !ttMove)
-    {
-        search<NT>(pos, ss, alpha, beta, depth - 7, cutNode);
-
-        tte = TT.probe(posKey, ttHit);
-        ttValue = ttHit ? value_from_tt(tte->value(), ss->ply, pos.rule50_count()) : VALUE_NONE;
-        ttMove = ttHit ? tte->move() : MOVE_NONE;
-    }
+    // Step 11. If the position is not in TT, decrease depth by 2
+    if (   PvNode
+        && depth >= 6
+        && !ttMove)
+        depth -= 2;
 
 moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
 
-- 
2.39.2