Use NNUE in low piece endgames close to the root.

This patch enforces that NNUE evaluation is used for endgame positions at shallow depth (depth <= 9).
Classic evaluation will still be used for high imbalance positions when the depth is high or there are many pieces.

Passed STC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/624c193b3a8a6ac93892dc27
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.00,2.50>
Total: 255840 W: 68024 L: 67362 D: 120454
Ptnml(0-2): 1074, 27089, 70926, 27763, 1068

Passed LTC:
https://tests.stockfishchess.org/tests/view/624e8675e9e7821808467f77
LLR: 2.94 (-2.94,2.94) <0.50,3.00>
Total: 67088 W: 17784 L: 17454 D: 31850
Ptnml(0-2): 45, 6209, 20715, 6521, 54

closes https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/pull/3978

bench: 6602222

src/search.cpp

@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ namespace {
 
     // Step 1. Initialize node
     Thread* thisThread = pos.this_thread();
+    thisThread->depth  = depth;
     ss->inCheck        = pos.checkers();
     priorCapture       = pos.captured_piece();
     Color us           = pos.side_to_move();