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

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aaronvlucato
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

Bb7 mate

aaronvlucato
SWASTIKAA992014 escreveu:

Bb7 mate

You don’t read much, do you?

BigDoggProblem

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

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.