- // Do not include in mobility squares protected by enemy pawns or occupied by our pawns or king
- Bitboard mobilityArea[] = { ~(ei.attackedBy[BLACK][PAWN] | pos.pieces(WHITE, PAWN, KING)),
- ~(ei.attackedBy[WHITE][PAWN] | pos.pieces(BLACK, PAWN, KING)) };
+ // Pawns blocked or on ranks 2 and 3. Will be excluded from the mobility area
+ Bitboard blockedPawns[] = {
+ pos.pieces(WHITE, PAWN) & (shift_bb<DELTA_S>(pos.pieces()) | Rank2BB | Rank3BB),
+ pos.pieces(BLACK, PAWN) & (shift_bb<DELTA_N>(pos.pieces()) | Rank7BB | Rank6BB)
+ };
+
+ // Do not include in mobility squares protected by enemy pawns, or occupied
+ // by our blocked pawns or king.
+ Bitboard mobilityArea[] = {
+ ~(ei.attackedBy[BLACK][PAWN] | blockedPawns[WHITE] | pos.king_square(WHITE)),
+ ~(ei.attackedBy[WHITE][PAWN] | blockedPawns[BLACK] | pos.king_square(BLACK))
+ };