From ff3fa0c664a5799e5531b0908018c59633d761bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ste=CC=81phane=20Nicolet?= <cassio@free.fr>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 11:20:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Tweak doubly singular condition (Topo's patch)

This patch relax a little bit the condition for doubly singular moves
(ie moves that are so forced that we think that they deserve a local
double extension of the search). We lower the margin and allow up to
six such double extensions in the path between the root and the critical
node.

Original idea by Siad Daboul (@TopoIogist) in PR #3709

Tested with the previous commit:

passed STC:
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <-0.50,2.50>
Total: 33048 W: 8458 L: 8236 D: 16354
Ptnml(0-2): 120, 3701, 8660, 3923, 120
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/614b24347bdc23e77ceb88fe

passed LTC:
LLR: 2.95 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,3.50>
Total: 54176 W: 13712 L: 13406 D: 27058
Ptnml(0-2): 36, 5653, 15399, 5969, 31
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/614b3b727bdc23e77ceb8911

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3714

Bench: 5792377
---
 src/search.cpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 10a9027b..9b56bd2b 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1107,8 +1107,8 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts here
 
               // Avoid search explosion by limiting the number of double extensions
               if (   !PvNode
-                  && value < singularBeta - 93
-                  && ss->doubleExtensions < 3)
+                  && value < singularBeta - 75
+                  && ss->doubleExtensions <= 6)
               {
                   extension = 2;
                   noLMRExtension = true;