From 9d2a95f566c5cb31d92af969d052b665ccbea9be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam <adammegarules1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 13:14:55 +0200
Subject: caching kign position

---
 src/board/board.cpp | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/board/board.cpp')

diff --git a/src/board/board.cpp b/src/board/board.cpp
index 2cd705d..572a3f0 100644
--- a/src/board/board.cpp
+++ b/src/board/board.cpp
@@ -2,21 +2,32 @@
 #include "moves.hpp"
 #include "zobrist.hpp"
 #include <cassert>
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <cstdlib>
 
 int PositionToIndex(Position i) { return i.rank * 8 + i.file; }
 
 Position FindKing(Game *b, bool color) {
-  for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
-    Piece piece = b->pieces[i];
-
-    if (piece.type == KING && piece.color == color) {
-      return IndexToPosition(i);
-    }
+  if (b->WhiteKingPosition >= 64) {
+    assert(false && "weird position");
+    exit(1);
   }
-
-  assert(false && "King not found");
-  return {0, 0};
+  if (b->BlackKingPosition >= 64) {
+    assert(false && "weird position");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  if (b->pieces[b->WhiteKingPosition].color != true ||
+      b->pieces[b->WhiteKingPosition].type != KING) {
+    assert(false && "Expected king at king position");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  if (b->pieces[b->BlackKingPosition].color != false ||
+      b->pieces[b->BlackKingPosition].type != KING) {
+    assert(false && "Expected king at king position");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  return color ? IndexToPosition(b->WhiteKingPosition)
+               : IndexToPosition(b->BlackKingPosition);
 }
 UndoMove MakeMove(Move move, Game *g) {
   UndoMove undo = {};
@@ -188,7 +199,7 @@ UndoMove MakeMove(Move move, Game *g) {
   if (g->halfMoveClock >= 50) {
     g->state = DRAW;
   }
-  UpdateBitboards(g);
+  UpdateHelpers(g);
   return undo;
 };
 void UnMakeMove(UndoMove undo, Game *g) {
@@ -244,15 +255,22 @@ void UnMakeMove(UndoMove undo, Game *g) {
   if (g->ThreeFoldMap[undo.ZobristKey] <= 0) {
     g->ThreeFoldMap.erase(undo.ZobristKey);
   };
-  UpdateBitboards(g);
+  UpdateHelpers(g);
 };
-void UpdateBitboards(Game *g) {
+void UpdateHelpers(Game *g) {
   g->PieceBitboard = 0;
-  for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
+  for (uint8_t i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
     Piece piece = g->pieces[i];
     if (piece.type == NONEPIECE) {
       continue;
     }
+    if (piece.type == KING) {
+      if (piece.color) {
+        g->WhiteKingPosition = i;
+      } else {
+        g->BlackKingPosition = i;
+      }
+    }
     g->PieceBitboard |= (1ULL << i);
   }
 }
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