+ // Step 9. ProbCut (is omitted in PV nodes)
+ // If we have a very good capture (i.e. SEE > seeValues[captured_piece_type])
+ // and a reduced search returns a value much above beta, we can (almost) safely
+ // prune the previous move.
+ if ( !PvNode
+ && depth >= RazorDepth + ONE_PLY
+ && !inCheck
+ && !ss->skipNullMove
+ && excludedMove == MOVE_NONE
+ && abs(beta) < VALUE_MATE_IN_PLY_MAX)
+ {
+ Value rbeta = beta + 200;
+ Depth rdepth = depth - ONE_PLY - 3 * ONE_PLY;
+
+ assert(rdepth >= ONE_PLY);
+
+ MovePicker mp(pos, ttMove, H, Position::see_value(pos.captured_piece_type()));
+ pinned = pos.pinned_pieces(pos.side_to_move());
+
+ while ((move = mp.get_next_move()) != MOVE_NONE)
+ if (pos.pl_move_is_legal(move, pinned))
+ {
+ pos.do_move(move, st);
+ value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -rbeta, -rbeta+1, rdepth);
+ pos.undo_move(move);
+ if (value >= rbeta)
+ return value;
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Step 10. Internal iterative deepening