Chess Puzzle

[sierk]

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]

bishop f1 to h3?

[SkaKid77]

lol is it from h3 to f1 to stop somekind of check? :p

[Arcanum]

omg I like chess, but I can't figure it out! :( Anyt hints? :D

[sierk]

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]

ive seen the site you got this from and i bet the answer is really complex :S

[SkaKid77]

lol how could the black bishop be on that coloured square, the pawns are in the way of its exit :/

[Concentric]

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]

that whole game makes no sense, u cant have the pieces like that after losing all of the other pieces :p

[sierk]

of course you can get to the given position, by following the chess rules...

[SkaKid77]

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]

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]

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]

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]

I don't have a clue, its too hard!

[sierk]

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]

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

[SkaKid77]

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]

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]

why are we concerned with where the black bishop came from anyway, its about the move made by the white one :s