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White to move and mate. How did Black's king ended up in this square?

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aaronvlucato
aaronvlucato
Apr 5, 2024
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#1
Chessboard with the following position (FEN format): k1B5/B7/1K6/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
Aaron Lucato

The title sums it all. White to move and mate: how did Black's king ended up in this square?

Position (FEN): k1B5/B7/1K6/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

SWASTIKAA992014
SWASTIKAA992014
Apr 5, 2024
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#2

Bb7 mate

aaronvlucato
aaronvlucato
Apr 6, 2024
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#3
SWASTIKAA992014 escreveu:

Bb7 mate

You don’t read much, do you?

BigDoggProblem
BigDoggProblem
Apr 7, 2024
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#4

Black can only retract Kb8-a8, but then white can't retract the check by Ba7.

Maybe rotate the board 90 degrees clockwise? Last few moves could have been:

Arisktotle
Arisktotle
Apr 25, 2024
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#5

The common way to state such challenges is not tell which side is on move. Standard it's white and if that's impossible it's black. Here it is the latter which means that black is stalemated and the outcome is a draw.