At a used bookstore today, I bought a February, 1933 "The Chess Review" magazine. It has a White Mates In Three Moves on the cover by renowned puzzle composer Sam Loyd . I nailed the puzzle in record time (I normally struggle a bit with puzzles -- they aren't my forte). Of course the magazine provides the solution in the next issue -- so I don't know if I've gotten it right. I'm pretty sure I have. Here's the puzzle with "my" solution (I could check my answer with a chess engine but what's the fun in that?) 

bumpity bumpity bump -- somebody do my Sam Loyd mate in three, jeez!

nice

Yep, I had to look. Stunning solution, like so many of Loyd's. I remember there is one puzzle where Black queens with check,whilst white just marches his king into the centre of a crazy board and mates with one of something like five different discoveries.

QtoH2 also works

No, Loyd's far too good a puzzle maker to let a move that natural be the solution, and it isn't the solution:

1.Qh2 Ra2 and there's no mate in three...

 Qh1 followed by Kg3

BigD, you do understand that checkmating the opponent is better than having a queen, right?

(Ok, I don't actually care about the answer ... )

Here's the puzzle I was talking about. Composed by Loyd, white to move and mate in three.

Ok, that's psycho/amazing.

ownedWhite Mates In Three Moves

No that surely does not work for mate in three. 

1.Qh2 Ra2

2.Qh1 Rh2+

3.Qxh2 ... is a straightforward refutation, but more annoying and more delaying is:

1.Qh2 Ra2

2.Qh1 Rg2! ... and I'm not sure White can Mate in Three starting from here!

1 Ke2, f1=Q+

2 Ke3, and white loses after Bf4+

3 Rxf4, Rh3+ and white is doomed.

Isn't the winning line for white:

1 Bd3+, Kd4

2 Rf3+, Be5

3 Bxe5#

white could have won in another way

So what's your solution. I don't think there's another.

That left me dizzy like a 'waller'. How did Loyd come up with that?! He must be a genius!