From 62f08568cd724f10f86781bc58dabce616546478 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Monroe <github.com@danielmonroe.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 12:49:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify PV term in lmr

Passed simplification STC
LLR: 2.93 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 204000 W: 52541 L: 52506 D: 98953
Ptnml(0-2): 561, 24133, 52589, 24144, 573
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/684f24ce703522d4f129cab5

Passed simplification LTC
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) <-1.75,0.25>
Total: 156150 W: 39890 L: 39807 D: 76453
Ptnml(0-2): 82, 16882, 44043, 17007, 61
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6855d8bf1d0d9fc6587538f8

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/6148

bench 2766493
---
 src/search.cpp | 3 +--
 src/search.h   | 1 -
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 394070458..6430c3e32 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ Value Search::Worker::search(
     priorReduction = (ss - 1)->reduction;
     (ss - 1)->reduction = 0;
     ss->statScore       = 0;
-    ss->isPvNode        = PvNode;
     (ss + 2)->cutoffCnt = 0;
 
     // Step 4. Transposition table lookup
@@ -1238,7 +1237,7 @@ moves_loop:  // When in check, search starts here
             // std::clamp has been replaced by a more robust implementation.
             Depth d = std::max(1, std::min(newDepth - r / 1024,
                                            newDepth + !allNode + (PvNode && !bestMove)))
-                    + (ss - 1)->isPvNode;
+                    + PvNode;
 
             ss->reduction = newDepth - d;
             value         = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss + 1, -(alpha + 1), -alpha, d, true);
diff --git a/src/search.h b/src/search.h
index 5caff10e8..e0b57e30b 100644
--- a/src/search.h
+++ b/src/search.h
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ struct Stack {
     bool                        ttHit;
     int                         cutoffCnt;
     int                         reduction;
-    bool                        isPvNode;
     int                         quietMoveStreak;
 };