diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts b/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts
index f8e2ee9b0366488260d50deae467a9177f19a1c2..6ae5bba6be9cafa7e38f61748349824ffe9fb857 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts
@@ -383,3 +383,90 @@ export function matchesFuzzy2(pattern: string, word: string): IMatch[] | undefin
 
 	return result.length > 0 ? result : undefined;
 }
+
+export function matchesFuzzy3(pattern: string, word: string) {
+	return _doMatchesFuzzy3(
+		pattern, pattern.toLowerCase(), 0,
+		word, word.toLowerCase(), 0,
+		[], 0
+	);
+}
+function _doMatchesFuzzy3(
+	pattern: string, lowPattern: string, patternPos: number,
+	word: string, lowWord: string, wordPos: number,
+	positions: number[], score: number
+): [IMatch[], number] {
+
+	let retryPoints: number[] = [];
+	let lastDidMatch = false;
+
+	while (patternPos < lowPattern.length && wordPos < lowWord.length) {
+		const charLowPattern = lowPattern.charAt(patternPos);
+		const charLowWord = lowWord.charAt(wordPos);
+
+		if (charLowPattern === charLowWord) {
+
+			if (positions.length === 0) {
+				score = -Math.min(wordPos, 3) * 3; // penalty -> gaps at start
+			} else if (lastDidMatch) {
+				score += 1; // bonus -> subsequent match
+			}
+
+			if (charLowWord !== word.charAt(wordPos)) {
+				score += 10; // bonus -> upper-case
+
+			} else if (wordPos > 0 && word.charAt(wordPos).match(_separator)) {
+				score += 10; // bonus -> after a separator
+
+			} else {
+				// keep this as a retry point
+				retryPoints.push(patternPos, wordPos + 1, positions.length, score);
+			}
+
+			patternPos += 1;
+			positions.push(wordPos);
+			lastDidMatch = true;
+
+		} else {
+			lastDidMatch = false;
+			score -= 1; // penalty -> gaps in match
+		}
+
+		wordPos += 1;
+	}
+
+	if (positions.length === 0) {
+		return undefined;
+	}
+
+	const matches: IMatch[] = [];
+	let lastMatch: IMatch;
+	for (const pos of positions) {
+		if (lastMatch && lastMatch.end === pos) {
+			lastMatch.end += 1;
+		} else {
+			lastMatch = { start: pos, end: pos + 1 };
+			matches.push(lastMatch);
+		}
+	}
+
+	let result: [IMatch[], number] = [matches, score];
+
+	// try alternative matches
+	for (let i = 0; i < retryPoints.length; i += 4) {
+		const alt = _doMatchesFuzzy3(
+			pattern, lowPattern, retryPoints[i],
+			word, lowWord, retryPoints[i + 1],
+			positions.slice(0, retryPoints[i + 2]), retryPoints[i + 3]
+		);
+		if (alt && alt[1] > result[1]) {
+			result = alt;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+const _separator = /[-_. ]/;
+
+
diff --git a/src/vs/base/test/common/filters.perf.test.ts b/src/vs/base/test/common/filters.perf.test.ts
index 1e1ce6451eb1bd7d7f9c5f29f3f9a213589e84ca..c13069da571ea18159c6091aa14a6bc3f23797e1 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/test/common/filters.perf.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/test/common/filters.perf.test.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import * as assert from 'assert';
-import { fuzzyContiguousFilter, matchesFuzzy2 } from 'vs/base/common/filters';
+import { fuzzyContiguousFilter, matchesFuzzy2, matchesFuzzy3 } from 'vs/base/common/filters';
 
+const fuzz = require.__$__nodeRequire('fuzzaldrin-plus');
 const data = <{ label: string }[]>require.__$__nodeRequire(require.toUrl('./filters.perf.data.json'));
-const patterns = ['cci', 'CCI', 'ida', 'pos', 'enbled', 'callback', 'gGame'];
+const patterns = ['cci', 'ida', 'pos', 'CCI', 'enbled', 'callback', 'gGame'];
 
 const _enablePerf = true;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ perfSuite('Performance - fuzzyMatch', function () {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		console.log(Date.now() - t1, count);
+		console.log(Date.now() - t1, count, (count / (Date.now() - t1)).toPrecision(5));
 		assert.ok(count > 0);
 	});
 
@@ -52,7 +53,42 @@ perfSuite('Performance - fuzzyMatch', function () {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		console.log(Date.now() - t1, count);
+		console.log(Date.now() - t1, count, (count / (Date.now() - t1)).toPrecision(5));
+		assert.ok(count > 0);
+	});
+
+	test('matchesFuzzy3', function () {
+		const t1 = Date.now();
+		let count = 0;
+		for (const pattern of patterns) {
+			for (const item of data) {
+				if (item.label) {
+					const matches = matchesFuzzy3(pattern, item.label);
+					if (matches) {
+						count += 1;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		console.log(Date.now() - t1, count, (count / (Date.now() - t1)).toPrecision(5));
+		assert.ok(count > 0);
+	});
+
+	test('fuzzaldrin', function () {
+		const t1 = Date.now();
+		let count = 0;
+		for (const pattern of patterns) {
+			for (const item of data) {
+				if (item.label) {
+					const matches = fuzz.match(item.label, pattern);
+					// fuzz.score(item.label, pattern);
+					if (matches) {
+						count += 1;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		console.log(Date.now() - t1, count, (count / (Date.now() - t1)).toPrecision(5));
 		assert.ok(count > 0);
 	});
 });
diff --git a/src/vs/base/test/common/filters.test.ts b/src/vs/base/test/common/filters.test.ts
index 2702b7ffd2df3897552494d1a066c58716c9f7e4..2e78f0857e740ddc371a2d4ad7195de647b7eb5e 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/test/common/filters.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/test/common/filters.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import * as assert from 'assert';
-import { IFilter, or, matchesPrefix, matchesStrictPrefix, matchesCamelCase, matchesSubString, matchesContiguousSubString, matchesWords } from 'vs/base/common/filters';
+import { IFilter, or, matchesPrefix, matchesStrictPrefix, matchesCamelCase, matchesSubString, matchesContiguousSubString, matchesWords, matchesFuzzy3 } from 'vs/base/common/filters';
 
 function filterOk(filter: IFilter, word: string, wordToMatchAgainst: string, highlights?: { start: number; end: number; }[]) {
 	let r = filter(word, wordToMatchAgainst);
@@ -192,4 +192,36 @@ suite('Filters', () => {
 		assert.ok(matchesWords('gipu', 'Category: Git: Pull', true) === null);
 		assert.deepEqual(matchesWords('pu', 'Category: Git: Pull', true), [{ start: 15, end: 17 }]);
 	});
+
+	test('FuzzyMatchAndScore', function () {
+		// function toString(word: string, matches: IMatch[], score: number) {
+		// 	let underline = '';
+		// 	let lastEnd = 0;
+		// 	for (const { start, end } of matches) {
+		// 		underline += new Array(1 + start - lastEnd).join(' ');
+		// 		underline += new Array(1 + end - start).join('^');
+		// 		lastEnd = end;
+		// 	}
+		// 	return `${word} (score: ${score})\n${underline}`;
+		// }
+
+		let [matches] = matchesFuzzy3('LLL', 'SVisualLoggerLogsList');
+		assert.deepEqual(matches, [{ start: 7, end: 8 }, { start: 13, end: 14 }, { start: 17, end: 18 }]);
+
+		[matches] = matchesFuzzy3('foobar', 'foobar');
+		assert.deepEqual(matches, [{ start: 0, end: 6 }]);
+
+		[matches] = matchesFuzzy3('tk', 'The Black Knight');
+		assert.deepEqual(matches, [{ start: 0, end: 1 }, { start: 10, end: 11 }]);
+
+		[matches] = matchesFuzzy3('Cat', 'charAt');
+		assert.deepEqual(matches, [{ start: 0, end: 1 }, { start: 4, end: 6 }]);
+
+		[matches] = matchesFuzzy3('Cat', 'charCodeAt');
+		assert.deepEqual(matches, [{ start: 4, end: 5 }, { start: 8, end: 10 }]);
+
+		[matches] = matchesFuzzy3('Cat', 'concat');
+		assert.deepEqual(matches, [{ start: 0, end: 1 }, { start: 4, end: 6 }]);
+
+	});
 });