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[Edmund Moshammer]

I would go for the 0x88 board approach.

make an array that for each piece stores whether it can slide
make an array that for each piece for each direction stores the move increment

Loop over every square
Loop over all 8 directions

int move_is_legal = (from == correct piece color) && direction is legal //(e.g. a rook can only have 4 directions, the other 4 entries in the direction array could be 0)

Loop over all 7 moves per direction {

store the move in the movelist

move_is_legal &= (slide == 0 || canslide) && (to is on the board) && (to is not own piece)

increment movecounter iif move_is_legal

move_is_legal &= (to is opponent piece)

}