assert(0 <= ss->ply && ss->ply < MAX_PLY);
- (ss+1)->ttPv = false;
+ (ss+1)->ttPv = false;
(ss+1)->excludedMove = bestMove = MOVE_NONE;
- (ss+2)->killers[0] = (ss+2)->killers[1] = MOVE_NONE;
- Square prevSq = to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove);
+ (ss+2)->killers[0] = (ss+2)->killers[1] = MOVE_NONE;
+ ss->doubleExtensions = (ss-1)->doubleExtensions;
+ Square prevSq = to_sq((ss-1)->currentMove);
// Initialize statScore to zero for the grandchildren of the current position.
// So statScore is shared between all grandchildren and only the first grandchild
value = bestValue;
singularQuietLMR = moveCountPruning = false;
+ bool doubleExtension = false;
// Indicate PvNodes that will probably fail low if the node was searched
// at a depth equal or greater than the current depth, and the result of this search was a fail low.
{
extension = 1;
singularQuietLMR = !ttCapture;
- if (!PvNode && value < singularBeta - 93)
+
+ // Avoid search explosion by limiting the number of double extensions to at most 3
+ if ( !PvNode
+ && value < singularBeta - 93
+ && ss->doubleExtensions < 3)
+ {
extension = 2;
+ doubleExtension = true;
+ }
}
// Multi-cut pruning
// Add extension to new depth
newDepth += extension;
+ ss->doubleExtensions = (ss-1)->doubleExtensions + (extension == 2);
// Speculative prefetch as early as possible
prefetch(TT.first_entry(pos.key_after(move)));
// Increase reduction at root and non-PV nodes when the best move does not change frequently
if ( (rootNode || !PvNode)
- && thisThread->rootDepth > 10
&& thisThread->bestMoveChanges <= 2)
r++;
// In general we want to cap the LMR depth search at newDepth. But if
// reductions are really negative and movecount is low, we allow this move
- // to be searched deeper than the first move.
- Depth d = std::clamp(newDepth - r, 1, newDepth + (r < -1 && moveCount <= 5));
+ // to be searched deeper than the first move, unless ttMove was extended by 2.
+ Depth d = std::clamp(newDepth - r, 1, newDepth + (r < -1 && moveCount <= 5 && !doubleExtension));
value = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss+1, -(alpha+1), -alpha, d, true);