// Step 18. Full-depth search when LMR is skipped
else if (!PvNode || moveCount > 1)
{
- // Increase reduction for cut nodes without ttMove (~1 Elo)
- if (!ttMove && cutNode)
+ // Increase reduction if ttMove is not present (~1 Elo)
+ if (!ttMove)
r += 2;
// Note that if expected reduction is high, we reduce search depth by 1 here