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Commit ID f59408947bc5ab843091467b4e3facc29df12f0b
Author Godsdar
Date 2026-10-24 18:09:26 UTC
Scale the single-root-move time cap in nodestime mode The single-root-move time cap is expressed in milliseconds, but `totalTime` and `elapsed()` use nodes when `nodestime` is enabled. The unscaled `500.0` therefore caps the allocation at 500 nodes regardless of the configured nodes per millisecond. Scale this cap by `limits.npmsec`, using 1 when nodestime is disabled. This affects positions with one legal move and searches restricted to one root move with `searchmoves`. The existing 0.5-second policy is unchanged with the default `nodestime=0`. To reproduce, send these commands interactively and wait for `bestmove`: ```text setoption name nodestime value 1000 ucinewgame isready position fen 7k/8/8/8/8/r7/1N6/K7 w - - 0 1 go wtime 120000 btime 120000 nodes 2000000 ``` Against master `effdc3fd3f6de6e75fe1374a51a7a7eed66f880b`, with one thread and the default network: | nodestime | Master nodes / depth | Patched nodes / depth | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 666 / 8 | 666 / 8 | | 10 | 666 / 8 | 13351 / 11 | | 100 | 666 / 8 | 54330 / 14 | | 1000 | 666 / 8 | 591911 / 28 | The cap is checked between iterations, so these node counts can exceed the allocation. The same issue and correction were reproduced with Black to move and with `position startpos` plus `searchmoves e2e4`. Unrestricted start-position searches retained identical node counts, depths, and best moves at all four nodestime settings. Validation: all 75 instrumented tests passed in both optimized and ASan+UBSan debug builds on Apple Silicon; the 16-case reproduction matrix also passed with sanitizers. Clang-format 20.1.8 and the signature test passed. Default bench unchanged: **1559611**. No Fishtest run or playing-strength gain is claimed. closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/7238 No functional change
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