puzzles

White.	Black.
1. Kt to QB 3rd	1. P to Q 4th
2. Kt takes QP	2. Kt to QB 3rd
3. Kt takes KP	3. P to KKt 4th
4. Kt takes B	4. Kt to KB 3rd
5. Kt takes P	5. Kt to K 5th
6. Kt takes Kt	6. Kt to B 6th
7. Kt takes Q	7. R to KKt sq
8. Kt takes BP	8. R to KKt 3rd
9. Kt takes P	9. R to K 3rd
10. Kt takes P	10. Kt to Kt 8th
11. Kt takes B	11. R to R 6th
12. Kt takes R	12. P to Kt 4th
13. Kt takes P (ch)	13. K to B 2nd
14. Kt takes P	14. K to Kt 3rd
15. Kt takes R	15. K to R 4th
16. Kt takes Kt	16. K to R 5th
White now mates in three moves.
17. P to Q 4th	17. K to R 4th
18. Q to Q 3rd	18. K moves
19. Q to KR 3rd (mate)
	If 17. K to Kt 5th
18. P to K 4th (dis. ch)	18. K moves
19. P to KKt 3rd (mate)

The position after the sixteenth move, with the mate in three moves, was first given by S. Loyd in Chess Nuts.