- // extension() decides whether a move should be searched with normal depth,
- // or with extended depth. Certain classes of moves (checking moves, in
- // particular) are searched with bigger depth than ordinary moves and in
- // any case are marked as 'dangerous'. Note that also if a move is not
- // extended, as example because the corresponding UCI option is set to zero,
- // the move is marked as 'dangerous' so, at least, we avoid to prune it.
- template <bool PvNode>
- FORCE_INLINE Depth extension(const Position& pos, Move m, bool captureOrPromotion,
- bool moveIsCheck, bool* dangerous) {
- assert(m != MOVE_NONE);
-
- Depth result = DEPTH_ZERO;
- *dangerous = moveIsCheck;
-
- if (moveIsCheck && pos.see_sign(m) >= 0)
- result += CheckExtension[PvNode];
+ // is_dangerous() checks whether a move belongs to some classes of known
+ // 'dangerous' moves so that we avoid to prune it.
+ FORCE_INLINE bool is_dangerous(const Position& pos, Move m, bool captureOrPromotion) {