diff --git a/src/repr/bitboard.rs b/src/repr/bitboard.rs
index eedad1c..df6b852 100644
--- a/src/repr/bitboard.rs
+++ b/src/repr/bitboard.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use super::board::Board;
+use super::{board::Board, misc::get_index};
 use const_fn::const_fn;
 use static_assertions::const_assert;
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl BitBoard {
 
     #[const_fn(cfg(not(feature = "bitvec")))]
     pub const fn get(&self, row: usize, col: usize) -> bool {
-        self.get_by_index(Self::get_index(row, col))
+        self.get_by_index(get_index(row, col))
     }
 
     #[cfg(not(feature = "bitvec"))]
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ impl BitBoard {
 
     #[const_fn(cfg(not(feature = "bitvec")))]
     pub const fn set(&mut self, row: usize, col: usize, value: bool) {
-        self.set_by_index(Self::get_index(row, col), value);
+        self.set_by_index(get_index(row, col), value);
     }
 
     #[cfg(not(feature = "bitvec"))]
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ impl BitBoard {
         self.0 |= (value as BitBoardInner) << index; // set bit (if needed)
     }
 
-    const fn get_index(row: usize, col: usize) -> usize {
-        row * Board::BOARD_SIZE + col
-    }
-
     #[cfg(feature = "bitvec")]
     pub fn get_by_index(&self, index: usize) -> bool {
         self.0[index]
diff --git a/src/repr/board.rs b/src/repr/board.rs
index 88b74ef..a9074aa 100644
--- a/src/repr/board.rs
+++ b/src/repr/board.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use super::{
     bitboard::BitBoard,
+    misc::get_index,
     misc::{diag_raw, split_from},
     piece::Piece,
 };
@@ -20,10 +21,6 @@ type ChainCollection = ArrayVec<Chain, 8>;
 pub struct PosMap<T: Default>(ArrayVec<T, { Board::BOARD_AREA }>);
 
 impl<T: Default> PosMap<T> {
-    const fn index(row: usize, col: usize) -> usize {
-        row * Board::BOARD_SIZE + col
-    }
-
     #[allow(clippy::new_without_default)]
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self(ArrayVec::from_iter(
@@ -32,7 +29,7 @@ impl<T: Default> PosMap<T> {
     }
 
     pub fn get(&self, row: usize, col: usize) -> &T {
-        let index = Self::index(row, col);
+        let index = get_index(row, col);
 
         debug_assert!(
             Board::BOARD_AREA + 1 >= index,
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ impl<T: Default> PosMap<T> {
     }
 
     pub fn set(&mut self, row: usize, col: usize, value: T) {
-        let index = Self::index(row, col);
+        let index = get_index(row, col);
         debug_assert!(
             Board::BOARD_AREA + 1 >= index,
             "index out of range, was: {}",
diff --git a/src/repr/misc.rs b/src/repr/misc.rs
index 21e1033..f453578 100644
--- a/src/repr/misc.rs
+++ b/src/repr/misc.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use super::Board;
 use either::Either;
 use std::{iter::Rev, ops::RangeInclusive};
 
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@ where
     [(0, 0), (1, 1), (1, 0), (0, 1)].map(move |(a, b)| i_chains[a].clone().zip(j_chains[b].clone()))
 }
 
+/// Convert a row and column to an index in the board
+pub const fn get_index(row: usize, col: usize) -> usize {
+    row * Board::BOARD_SIZE + col
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;