// Find our pawns that are blocked or on the first two ranks
Bitboard b = pos.pieces(Us, PAWN) & (shift<Down>(pos.pieces()) | LowRanks);
- // Squares occupied by those pawns, by our king or queen or controlled by
- // enemy pawns are excluded from the mobility area.
- mobilityArea[Us] = ~(b | pos.pieces(Us, KING, QUEEN) | pe->pawn_attacks(Them));
+ // Squares occupied by those pawns, by our king or queen, by blockers to attacks on our king
+ // or controlled by enemy pawns are excluded from the mobility area.
+ mobilityArea[Us] = ~(b | pos.pieces(Us, KING, QUEEN) | pos.blockers_for_king(Us) | pe->pawn_attacks(Them));
// Initialize attackedBy[] for king and pawns
attackedBy[Us][KING] = pos.attacks_from<KING>(ksq);