Notes:  White played very well and had great strategy, but didn't use any time advantage well, allowing me to mount defenses when I shouldn't have been able to on several occassions.  White concentrated forces to control the center of the board.  I surrendered my pawns in order to defend my King, managing to line my own pieces up for a series of moves and the win!  A fairly easy puzzle for the experienced, though a tough one for me in the heat of competition, as I was paying much more attention to my own King and threats upon it until this move.  Please let me know if there is a quicker solution, as this is the only one I could find on my own.

Very Easy

Actually its a mate in 9 

Nice play. I don't think you can find mate any faster than 5. That was a great play endgame play. Kudos

five?

^ Nice solution.  After reviewing your guys' solutions, I realize that I overlooked Kh7, which would allow the Queen to get in the midst of things.  I suppose I should also look for my opponent's ideal moves a bit better, though I'm not very good at visualizing some moves.

em...Cloyescapade its not a mate in 4. because 4.Rg3 is a legal move and can't be checkmated in the next move.

Rg3 isn't a legal move as the king is in check from the rook so the mate in 4 is sound.

4.Qg2???

The right move is Kg3.

Well played.