diff --git a/src/evaluate.cpp b/src/evaluate.cpp
index 4e895fd3..44890a36 100644
--- a/src/evaluate.cpp
+++ b/src/evaluate.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ Value Eval::evaluate(const Eval::NNUE::Networks&    networks,
     int material = 554 * pos.count<PAWN>() + pos.non_pawn_material();
     v            = (nnue * (73921 + material) + optimism * (8112 + material)) / 73260;
 
+    // Evaluation grain (to get more alpha-beta cuts) with randomization (for robustness)
+    v = (v / 16) * 16 - 1 + (pos.key() & 0x2);
+
     // Damp down the evaluation linearly when shuffling
     v -= v * pos.rule50_count() / 212;