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sierk
05-08-2004, 06:37 PM
Here is a chess puzzle I found amuzing, the question is given the position shown in the picture, which was the FIRST move made by a white bishop (you have to explain your answer).
You don't need to know much about chess except the rules.

http://www.habbox.com/images/Forum/chess.jpeg

Concentric
10-08-2004, 10:47 AM
bishop f1 to h3?

SkaKid77
11-08-2004, 11:02 PM
lol is it from h3 to f1 to stop somekind of check? :p

Arcanum
12-08-2004, 03:24 AM
omg I like chess, but I can't figure it out! :( Anyt hints? :D

sierk
17-08-2004, 11:32 AM
well I can give a hint, have a look at the black bishop and ask yourself where it's from, then go from there....

Concentric
17-08-2004, 12:04 PM
ive seen the site you got this from and i bet the answer is really complex :S

SkaKid77
17-08-2004, 08:15 PM
lol how could the black bishop be on that coloured square, the pawns are in the way of its exit :/

Concentric
17-08-2004, 09:54 PM
lol how could the black bishop be on that coloured square, the pawns are in the way of its exit :/
thats a very good point :eusa_thin :eusa_doh: :eusa_eh:

SkaKid77
18-08-2004, 10:08 AM
that whole game makes no sense, u cant have the pieces like that after losing all of the other pieces :p

sierk
18-08-2004, 02:10 PM
of course you can get to the given position, by following the chess rules...

SkaKid77
18-08-2004, 09:32 PM
it would be difficult to get the black middle pawn over to that side of the board, u would usually change for a queen, but they got a bishop, then got it all the way back :/

Concentric
18-08-2004, 10:24 PM
no sierk technically its impossible, because if you look at the black bishop, its on the light squares isnt it. all the pawns surrounding where it would have started are still in-tacked, so how did it get out?

sierk
19-08-2004, 11:24 AM
your reasoning is correct, but you draw the wrong conclusion


no sierk technically its impossible, because if you look at the black bishop, its on the light squares isnt it. all the pawns surrounding where it would have started are still in-tacked, so how did it get out?

Concentric
19-08-2004, 12:02 PM
its turning into a riddle now is it :eusa_booh :eusa_eh:

ok so i say one of the pawns moves out of its way so that it can go up diagonally to the right but im not sure how far

evect
19-08-2004, 12:06 PM
I don't have a clue, its too hard!

sierk
19-08-2004, 01:16 PM
what I meant is that you are correct in concluding that the black bishop can not have come from C8. But this is only the beginning of the solution...

Arcanum
20-08-2004, 04:03 AM
My head is hurting, what site did you get it off? :eusa_eh:

SkaKid77
20-08-2004, 10:36 AM
im guessing the black bishop came from h2? after swapping a pawn.

maybe the white bishop would have moved out of the way of it?

sierk
20-08-2004, 01:06 PM
you mean B2. yes thats the only place it can be from.


im guessing the black bishop came from h2? after swapping a pawn.

maybe the white bishop would have moved out of the way of it?

a friend told me this problem.


My head is hurting, what site did you get it off? :eusa_eh:

Concentric
20-08-2004, 08:16 PM
why are we concerned with where the black bishop came from anyway, its about the move made by the white one :s

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