+const int MAX_MOVES = 192;
+const int MAX_PLY = 100;
+const int MAX_PLY_PLUS_2 = MAX_PLY + 2;
+
+const Bitboard FileABB = 0x0101010101010101ULL;
+const Bitboard FileBBB = FileABB << 1;
+const Bitboard FileCBB = FileABB << 2;
+const Bitboard FileDBB = FileABB << 3;
+const Bitboard FileEBB = FileABB << 4;
+const Bitboard FileFBB = FileABB << 5;
+const Bitboard FileGBB = FileABB << 6;
+const Bitboard FileHBB = FileABB << 7;
+
+const Bitboard Rank1BB = 0xFF;
+const Bitboard Rank2BB = Rank1BB << (8 * 1);
+const Bitboard Rank3BB = Rank1BB << (8 * 2);
+const Bitboard Rank4BB = Rank1BB << (8 * 3);
+const Bitboard Rank5BB = Rank1BB << (8 * 4);
+const Bitboard Rank6BB = Rank1BB << (8 * 5);
+const Bitboard Rank7BB = Rank1BB << (8 * 6);
+const Bitboard Rank8BB = Rank1BB << (8 * 7);
+
+
+/// A move needs 16 bits to be stored
+///
+/// bit 0- 5: destination square (from 0 to 63)
+/// bit 6-11: origin square (from 0 to 63)
+/// bit 12-13: promotion piece type - 2 (from KNIGHT-2 to QUEEN-2)
+/// bit 14-15: special move flag: promotion (1), en passant (2), castle (3)
+///
+/// Special cases are MOVE_NONE and MOVE_NULL. We can sneak these in because in
+/// any normal move destination square is always different from origin square
+/// while MOVE_NONE and MOVE_NULL have the same origin and destination square.
+
+enum Move {
+ MOVE_NONE = 0,
+ MOVE_NULL = 65
+};
+
+struct MoveStack {
+ Move move;
+ int score;
+};
+
+inline bool operator<(const MoveStack& f, const MoveStack& s) {
+ return f.score < s.score;
+}
+
+enum CastleRight {
+ CASTLES_NONE = 0,
+ WHITE_OO = 1,
+ BLACK_OO = 2,
+ WHITE_OOO = 4,
+ BLACK_OOO = 8,
+ ALL_CASTLES = 15
+};
+
+enum ScaleFactor {
+ SCALE_FACTOR_DRAW = 0,
+ SCALE_FACTOR_NORMAL = 64,
+ SCALE_FACTOR_MAX = 128,
+ SCALE_FACTOR_NONE = 255
+};