Static null move CPW engine

Question

I have two questions about a code implementing a static null move. The questions are in the code.

The code is extracted from here: CPW engine search code

 if (depth < 3
            && !is_pv
            && !flagInCheck
            &&  abs(beta - 1) > -INF + 100) // 1. Why this condition?
        {
            int static_eval = eval(alpha, beta, 1);

            int eval_margin = 120 * depth; // 2. Why 120? What does it mean?
            if (static_eval - eval_margin >= beta)
                return static_eval - eval_margin;
        }

Answer 1

Just guessing without reading all of the code to understand completely.

1) The third condition to not preform a Null Move is zugswang. Another hint is that INF is used to report a mate-in-x.

2) The purpose of a Null Move is to determine if we could do nothing and still be better so to cause an early cutoff. I assume that they represent a pawn value as 100, so they want a slightly higher favorable eval before it causes a cutoff.