This position was reached in a normal chess game:

                   BLACK
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     | B |///| K |/R/| N |///|   |///|  
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |/P/| P |///|   |///|   |///|   |  
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |   |///| Q |/K/|   |/R/|   |///|   
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |///|   |///|   |///|   |///|   |
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |   |///|   |///|   |///|   |///|
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |///|   |///|   |///|   |///|   |
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |   |///|   |///|   |///|   |///|
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |///|   |///|   |///|   |///|   |
     +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
                   WHITE

a) Identify the color of each piece.
b) What was the last move?

(In reply to re: Opening Moves (part spoiler) by Eric)

But if the bishop is a promoted pawn,doesn't that mean that it would have had to capture from B7, therefore the pawn there now still has to be white.

I cannot find any logic to determine the color of the two pieces in the leftmost column.  Based on the color ratio of the other pieces, I'd suggest that they must be, umm, white?

Posted by Cory Taylor on 2006-01-10 10:29:36