diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 92ec9eca..12c89de4 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1054,17 +1054,19 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts here
           }
           else
           {
+              int history =   (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
+                            + (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
+                            + (*contHist[3])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)];
+
               // Continuation history based pruning (~20 Elo)
-              if (lmrDepth < 5
-                  && (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
-                  + (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
-                  + (*contHist[3])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] < -3000 * depth + 3000)
+              if (   lmrDepth < 5
+                  && history < -3000 * depth + 3000)
                   continue;
 
               // Futility pruning: parent node (~5 Elo)
               if (   !ss->inCheck
                   && lmrDepth < 8
-                  && ss->staticEval + 172 + 145 * lmrDepth <= alpha)
+                  && ss->staticEval + 172 + 145 * lmrDepth + history / 256 <= alpha)
                   continue;
 
               // Prune moves with negative SEE (~20 Elo)