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_.
