+/// next_attacker() is an helper function used by see() to locate the least
+/// valuable attacker for the side to move, remove the attacker we just found
+/// from the 'occupied' bitboard and scan for new X-ray attacks behind it.
+
+template<PieceType Pt> static FORCE_INLINE
+PieceType next_attacker(const Bitboard* bb, const Square& to, const Bitboard& stmAttackers,
+ Bitboard& occupied, Bitboard& attackers) {
+
+ const PieceType NextPt = PieceType((int)Pt + 1);
+
+ if (!(stmAttackers & bb[Pt]))
+ return next_attacker<NextPt>(bb, to, stmAttackers, occupied, attackers);
+
+ Bitboard b = stmAttackers & bb[Pt];
+ occupied ^= b & ~(b - 1);
+
+ if (Pt == PAWN || Pt == BISHOP || Pt == QUEEN)
+ attackers |= attacks_bb<BISHOP>(to, occupied) & (bb[BISHOP] | bb[QUEEN]);
+
+ if (Pt == ROOK || Pt == QUEEN)
+ attackers |= attacks_bb<ROOK>(to, occupied) & (bb[ROOK] | bb[QUEEN]);
+
+ return Pt;
+}
+
+template<> FORCE_INLINE
+PieceType next_attacker<KING>(const Bitboard*, const Square&, const Bitboard&, Bitboard&, Bitboard&) {
+ return KING; // No need to update bitboards, it is the last cycle
+}
+
+