From c414485891b32a5d8b98856206d1dd027e05ae20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Varga=20D=C3=A1vid=20Lajos?=
 <vargadavidlajos@mailbox.unideb.hu>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:09:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] implemented conversion method to_index for struct BoardSquare

---
 engine/src/boardsquare.rs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/engine/src/boardsquare.rs b/engine/src/boardsquare.rs
index dbfb5fa..2e0b57f 100644
--- a/engine/src/boardsquare.rs
+++ b/engine/src/boardsquare.rs
@@ -41,5 +41,8 @@ impl BoardSquare {
 
         return Self {x: file as usize, y: rank as usize};
     }
+    pub(in super) fn to_index(&self) -> u8 {
+        return (8 * self.y + self.x) as u8;
+    }
 }