Hello All, Doctor Z has his scalpel ready. Black has its chess pieces in the wrong place. My solution: 1. Re7 (attacking both the queen and supporting a seventh rank checkmate) Qxd5 (Queen takes knight) 2. Qc7++ 1. -Qxe7 (Queen takes rook.) 2. Nxe7+ (Knight takes queen.) Kd7 3. Qxb7+ (Queen checks and attacks rook at same time.) This allows white to get a rook for a knight. 2. -Kb8 3. Nxc6+ (Pawn cannot take knight because of queen in same file as king.) Kc8 4. Qd8++ The best black can do is to exchange its queen and rook for white's rook and knight. This gives white a 6 point advantage. Now, white activates its king and pawns to win the game. Edward