Sam Loyd Mate in Three

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...

who would leave their queen? lame puzzle

 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!