diff --git a/src/movepick.cpp b/src/movepick.cpp
index 83421272..2ea859a2 100644
--- a/src/movepick.cpp
+++ b/src/movepick.cpp
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ void MovePicker::score<EVASIONS>() {
 /// left. It picks the move with the biggest value from a list of generated moves
 /// taking care not to return the ttMove if it has already been searched.
 
-Move MovePicker::next_move() {
+Move MovePicker::next_move(bool skipQuiets) {
 
   Move move;
 
@@ -248,9 +248,11 @@ Move MovePicker::next_move() {
       ++stage;
 
   case QUIET:
-      while (cur < endMoves)
+      while (    cur < endMoves
+             && (!skipQuiets || cur->value >= VALUE_ZERO))
       {
           move = *cur++;
+
           if (   move != ttMove
               && move != ss->killers[0]
               && move != ss->killers[1]
diff --git a/src/movepick.h b/src/movepick.h
index e1a2e6df..c1914182 100644
--- a/src/movepick.h
+++ b/src/movepick.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public:
   MovePicker(const Position&, Move, Depth, Square);
   MovePicker(const Position&, Move, Depth, Search::Stack*);
 
-  Move next_move();
+  Move next_move(bool skipQuiets = false);
 
 private:
   template<GenType> void score();
diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 88af0840..f07085ed 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void Search::init() {
       for (int d = 1; d < 64; ++d)
           for (int mc = 1; mc < 64; ++mc)
           {
-              double r = log(d) * log(mc) / 2;
+              double r = log(d) * log(mc) / 1.95;
 
               Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc] = int(std::round(r));
               Reductions[PV][imp][d][mc] = std::max(Reductions[NonPV][imp][d][mc] - 1, 0);
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ namespace {
     Depth extension, newDepth;
     Value bestValue, value, ttValue, eval;
     bool ttHit, inCheck, givesCheck, singularExtensionNode, improving;
-    bool captureOrPromotion, doFullDepthSearch, moveCountPruning;
+    bool captureOrPromotion, doFullDepthSearch, moveCountPruning, skipQuiets;
     Piece moved_piece;
     int moveCount, quietCount;
 
@@ -829,10 +829,11 @@ moves_loop: // When in check search starts from here
                            && !excludedMove // Recursive singular search is not allowed
                            && (tte->bound() & BOUND_LOWER)
                            &&  tte->depth() >= depth - 3 * ONE_PLY;
+    skipQuiets = false;
 
     // Step 11. Loop through moves
     // Loop through all pseudo-legal moves until no moves remain or a beta cutoff occurs
-    while ((move = mp.next_move()) != MOVE_NONE)
+    while ((move = mp.next_move(skipQuiets)) != MOVE_NONE)
     {
       assert(is_ok(move));
 
@@ -906,8 +907,10 @@ moves_loop: // When in check search starts from here
               && (!pos.advanced_pawn_push(move) || pos.non_pawn_material() >= 5000))
           {
               // Move count based pruning
-              if (moveCountPruning)
+              if (moveCountPruning) {
+                  skipQuiets = true;
                   continue;
+              }
 
               // Reduced depth of the next LMR search
               int lmrDepth = std::max(newDepth - reduction<PvNode>(improving, depth, moveCount), DEPTH_ZERO) / ONE_PLY;