Hi Carol, Correct, after white plays 3. Bh6, I see no way for black to defend against mate. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Harvester To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 2:16 PM Subject: [blind-chess] Re: What if ... Re: Re: Spoiler Alert Problem BWTC 0428 Hello Richard, What if Kxg7 1. Qe8+ Kxg7 2. Qf7+ Kh8 3. Bh6 .........(black defense against white's third move are listed below) 3........Qf8 4. Qxf8+ Ng8 5. Qxg8++ or 3..........Ng8 Qxg8++ or 3.......Ng8 4. Bg7++ or 3.......Be6 4. Bg7++ or 3........Qd8 4. Bg7++ Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: R Dinger To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 5:39 PM Subject: [blind-chess] What if ... Re: Re: Spoiler Alert Problem BWTC 0428 Hi Carol, You have part of it, but what if black responds with: 1. ... Kxg7 Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Harvester To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 11:27 AM Subject: [blind-chess] Re: Spoiler Alert Problem BWTC 0428 Hello all, 1. Qe8+ Nxe8 2. Rg8++ Carol Good Morning Puzzlers, Another checkmate problem. This problem is from Mario Lang's puzzle web page at: http://delysid.org/chess/epd.cgi and is from Fred Reinfield's book "1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate" . Problem BWTC 0428 White to move FEN: r1b4k/ ppp1Q1Rp/ 1n1q1np1/ 8/ 2BP4/ P7/ 1PP2PPP/ R1B3K1 w - - 0 1 Short Algebraic Problem Setup: White: Kg1, Qe7, Ra1, Rg7, Bc1, Bc4, Pa3, Pb2, Pc2, Pd4, Pf2, Pg2, Ph2 Black: Kh8, Qd6, Ra8, Bc8, Nb6, Nf6, Pa7, Pb7, Pc7, Pg6, Ph7