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RE: Chess problem 54 / Schachaufgabe 54
Good solution. But one question: how did the black bishop manage to get to h7 ?! The route from c8 seems pretty blocked and there has been no pawn promotion so far (all 8 pawns are still on the board)
I forgot to mention that it wasn't a standard chess game but Chess960 - so of course the bishop moved from it's starting position at g8 to h7. :-)
... Haha, that's just kidding of course.
You have a valid point here: as the pawns at b7 and d7 are still in the starting position they cannot have moved so far and thus a bishop at c8 also couldn't have moved. Indeed one could think about if black may just have promoted one of its pawns into a bishop before, but as there are still eight black pawns on the board this isn't possible, neither. That means even if it was not meant like that from the beginning, we have to assume the position arose in a Chess960 game.
Well spotted!