- return ( !pinned
- || !bit_is_set(pinned, from)
- || (direction_between_squares(from, king_square(us)) == direction_between_squares(move_to(m), king_square(us))));
+ return !pinned
+ || !bit_is_set(pinned, from)
+ || squares_aligned(from, move_to(m), king_square(us));