From 0dfc04fa1e22bc0f55b898b6fb407cbab99e8367 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Eduardo=20C=C3=A1ceres?=
 <eduardo.caceresdelacalle@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 23:55:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Do shallower Bench: 17357220

---
 src/search.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index b9d7b2f0..d785814c 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -782,7 +782,10 @@ Value Worker::search(
                                             ply + 1, true);
             if (value > alpha) {
                 const bool do_deeper = reduced_depth < new_depth && value > best_value + 94;
+                const bool do_shallower =
+                  !do_deeper && new_depth > 1 && value < best_value + new_depth;
                 new_depth += do_deeper;
+                new_depth -= do_shallower;
 
                 if (reduced_depth < new_depth) {
                     value = -search<IS_MAIN, false>(pos_after, ss + 1, -alpha - 1, -alpha,