diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 7a1aeab..c8cae43 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     // ai::v2_alpha_beta p2(false, std::chrono::milliseconds(20000));
     // ai::v3_AB_ordering p2(false, std::chrono::milliseconds(20000));
     // ai::v4_search_captures p2(false, std::chrono::milliseconds(20000));
-    ai::v5_better_endgame p2(false, std::chrono::milliseconds(20000));
+    // ai::v5_better_endgame p2(false, std::chrono::milliseconds(20000));
+    ai::v6_iterative_deepening p2(false, std::chrono::milliseconds(2000));
 
     GUI gui;
     // NoOpView gui;
diff --git a/src/model/ais/ai.hpp b/src/model/ais/ai.hpp
index 881aeb3..753668d 100644
--- a/src/model/ais/ai.hpp
+++ b/src/model/ais/ai.hpp
@@ -88,5 +88,16 @@ namespace ai {
 
         virtual int eval(const Board&) override;
     };
+
+    class v6_iterative_deepening : public v5_better_endgame {
+        // same as v5, but instead of just looking 2 moves ahead, it does
+        // iterative depening until and keeps on searching until the thinking
+        // time runs out
+
+      public:
+        v6_iterative_deepening(bool w, std::chrono::milliseconds tt)
+            : v5_better_endgame(w, tt) {}
+
+        virtual Move _search(const Board&) override;
     };
 } // namespace ai
diff --git a/src/model/ais/v6_iterative_deepening.cpp b/src/model/ais/v6_iterative_deepening.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..899224b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/model/ais/v6_iterative_deepening.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include "../pieces/piece.hpp"
+#include "../utils/threadpool.hpp"
+#include "../utils/utils.hpp"
+#include "ai.hpp"
+
+#include <map>
+
+Move ai::v6_iterative_deepening::_search(const Board& b) {
+    ThreadPool pool(std::thread::hardware_concurrency());
+    std::vector<Move> moves = b.all_legal_moves();
+
+    Move best_move;
+    int best_eval = -INFINITY;
+
+    std::map<Move, std::future<int>> futures;
+    for (int depth = 1; !stop_computation; depth++) {
+        for (const Move& move : moves) {
+            Board tmp_board = b.make_move(move);
+            futures.insert(
+                {move, pool.enqueue([&, tmp_board]() {
+                     return _ab_search(tmp_board, depth, -INFINITY, INFINITY);
+                 })}
+            );
+        }
+
+        int counter = 0;
+        for (auto& [move, future] : futures) {
+            int eval = future.get();
+            counter++;
+            if (!am_white)
+                eval *= -1;
+            if (eval > best_eval) {
+                best_eval = eval;
+                best_move = move;
+            }
+        }
+        futures.clear();
+    }
+    return best_move;
+}