if (nullValue >= VALUE_MATE_IN_MAX_PLY)
nullValue = beta;
- if (abs(beta) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN && (depth < 12 * ONE_PLY || thisThread->nmp_min_ply))
+ if (thisThread->nmp_min_ply || (abs(beta) < VALUE_KNOWN_WIN && depth < 12 * ONE_PLY))
return nullValue;
- // Do verification search at high depths. Disable null move pruning
- // for side to move for the first part of the remaining search tree.
+ assert(!thisThread->nmp_min_ply); // Recursive verification is not allowed
+
+ // Do verification search at high depths, with null move pruning disabled
+ // for us, until ply exceeds nmp_min_ply.
thisThread->nmp_min_ply = ss->ply + 3 * (depth-R) / 4 - 1;
thisThread->nmp_color = us;