diff --git a/include/BitBoard.h b/include/BitBoard.h
index 4f05f20..c2625df 100644
--- a/include/BitBoard.h
+++ b/include/BitBoard.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <string>
 #include "Move.h"
 
 class BitBoard
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ class BitBoard
   int h8() const;
   int h9() const;
   int h10() const;
+
   int const getIndex(uint32_t piece);
 
   void addJumps(std::vector<Move> &moves);
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ class BitBoard
   BitBoard boardMove(BitBoard &board, uint32_t piece, uint32_t moveTo);
   std::vector<uint32_t> generateImmediateJumps(uint32_t piece);
   void addNewMove(uint32_t start, uint32_t end, std::vector<Move> &moves);
+  std::string pieceToString(int piece);
 
 public:
   BitBoard();
diff --git a/src/BitBoard.cpp b/src/BitBoard.cpp
index 9f9ea33..06f72ce 100644
--- a/src/BitBoard.cpp
+++ b/src/BitBoard.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ void BitBoard::addJumps(std::vector<Move> &moves)
   }
 }
 
-void BitBoard::addNormalMoves(std::vector<Move> &moves) {
+void BitBoard::addNormalMoves(std::vector<Move> &moves)
+{
   uint32_t notOcc = ~(m_whitePieces|m_blackPieces);
   for (int i = 0; i < 32; ++i) {
     uint32_t piece;
@@ -162,6 +163,16 @@ void BitBoard::addNewMove(uint32_t start, uint32_t end, std::vector<Move> &moves
   moves.push_back(newMove);
 }
 
+std::string BitBoard::pieceToString(int piece)
+{
+  uint32_t pieceLoc = 1<<piece;
+  if (pieceLoc & m_blackPieces)
+    return (pieceLoc & m_kings) ? "B" : "b";
+  if (pieceLoc & m_whitePieces)
+    return (pieceLoc & m_kings) ? "W" : "w";
+  return "-";
+}
+
 /* Public functions */
 
 BitBoard::BitBoard() {};
@@ -188,7 +199,8 @@ std::vector<Move> const BitBoard::actions()
   return moves;
 }
 
-BitBoard const BitBoard::result(Move move) {
+BitBoard const BitBoard::result(Move move)
+{
   BitBoard currBoard = *this;
   int start;
   for (int x : move.getMoves()) {
@@ -201,3 +213,15 @@ BitBoard const BitBoard::result(Move move) {
   }
   return currBoard;
 }
+
+void const BitBoard::printState()
+{
+  std::cout<<"-"<<pieceToString(11)<<"-"<<pieceToString(5)<<"-"<<pieceToString(31)<<"-"<<pieceToString(25)<<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<pieceToString(10)<<"-"<<pieceToString(4)<<"-"<<pieceToString(30)<<"-"<<pieceToString(24)<<"-"<<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<"-"<<pieceToString(3)<<"-"<<pieceToString(29)<<"-"<<pieceToString(23)<<"-"<<pieceToString(17)<<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<pieceToString(2)<<"-"<<pieceToString(28)<<"-"<<pieceToString(22)<<"-"<<pieceToString(16)<<"-"<<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<"-"<<pieceToString(27)<<"-"<<pieceToString(21)<<"-"<<pieceToString(15)<<"-"<<pieceToString(9)<<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<pieceToString(26)<<"-"<<pieceToString(20)<<"-"<<pieceToString(14)<<"-"<<pieceToString(8)<<"-"<<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<"-"<<pieceToString(19)<<"-"<<pieceToString(13)<<"-"<<pieceToString(7)<<"-"<<pieceToString(1)<<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<pieceToString(18)<<"-"<<pieceToString(12)<<"-"<<pieceToString(6)<<"-"<<pieceToString(0)<<"-"<<std::endl;
+}