Remove depth condition from razoring

[stockfish] / src / search.cpp

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 4b6b497a5b49b504031519b5fcb8137d6a76d1b9..898de87523f6dbd4d0c5090c62a938cdb4a53866 100644 (file)
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -775,8 +775,7 @@ namespace {
     // Step 7. Razoring.
     // If eval is really low check with qsearch if it can exceed alpha, if it can't,
     // return a fail low.
-    if (   depth <= 7
-        && eval < alpha - 369 - 254 * depth * depth)
+    if (eval < alpha - 369 - 254 * depth * depth)
     {
         value = qsearch<NonPV>(pos, ss, alpha - 1, alpha);
         if (value < alpha)
@@ -1002,8 +1001,7 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts here
               || givesCheck)
           {
               // Futility pruning for captures (~0 Elo)
-              if (   !pos.empty(to_sq(move))
-                  && !givesCheck
+              if (   !givesCheck
                   && !PvNode
                   && lmrDepth < 7
                   && !ss->inCheck
@@ -1550,8 +1548,8 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts here
       // Continuation history based pruning (~2 Elo)
       if (   !capture
           && bestValue > VALUE_TB_LOSS_IN_MAX_PLY
-          && (*contHist[0])[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold
-          && (*contHist[1])[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)] < CounterMovePruneThreshold)
+          && (*contHist[0])[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)] < 0
+          && (*contHist[1])[pos.moved_piece(move)][to_sq(move)] < 0)
           continue;
 
       // movecount pruning for quiet check evasions