The idea here is very intuitive: since we've just proven that the move is good, then if it previously had poor stats, boost those stats more than otherwise.
Passed STC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
63fb504ce74a12625bce4154
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 21128 W: 5763 L: 5481 D: 9884
Ptnml(0-2): 52, 2212, 5759, 2484, 57
Passed LTC: https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/
63fb7825e74a12625bce491b
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 91904 W: 24764 L: 24359 D: 42781
Ptnml(0-2): 45, 8735, 27984, 9146, 42
closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/4415
bench
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// Bonus for prior countermove that caused the fail low
else if (!priorCapture)
{
- // Extra bonuses for PV/Cut nodes or bad fail lows
- int bonus = (depth > 5) + (PvNode || cutNode) + (bestValue < alpha - 97 * depth);
+ int bonus = (depth > 5) + (PvNode || cutNode) + (bestValue < alpha - 97 * depth) + ((ss-1)->moveCount > 10);
update_continuation_histories(ss-1, pos.piece_on(prevSq), prevSq, stat_bonus(depth) * bonus);
}