From d64835051e9752ad1d9e8ebfb4655753da76741b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Chaly <Vizvezdenec@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:04:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Do more aggressive probCut when improving.

If improving is true reduce depth of probCut search by 1.
Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6a2a6ceb17167cbe7100a909
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.00>
Total: 119136 W: 30591 L: 30158 D: 58387
Ptnml(0-2): 323, 13831, 30845, 14228, 341
Passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/6a2d65a40d5d4b19d080537f
LLR: 2.96 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,2.50>
Total: 186552 W: 47377 L: 46755 D: 92420
Ptnml(0-2): 89, 20047, 52395, 20643, 102

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/6914

Bench: 2422062
---
 src/search.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 9386bfb35..595fcbb48 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ Value Search::Worker::search(
         assert(probCutBeta < VALUE_INFINITE && probCutBeta > beta);
 
         MovePicker mp(pos, ttData.move, probCutBeta - ss->staticEval, &captureHistory);
-        Depth      probCutDepth = depth - 4;
+        Depth      probCutDepth = depth - 4 - improving;
 
         while ((move = mp.next_move()) != Move::none())
         {