Well in fact he had composed his first chess puzzle at age sixteen and it was the conventional type of chess puzzle "white to play and mate in two moves":
Well sa katunayan siya ay binubuo ng kanyang unang chess-isip nang malalim sa edad na labing-anim at ito ay ang maginoo uri ng chess tuliruhin "white sa play at kasamahan sa loob ng dalawang inililipat":