August 29th

Павел Павлович Бобров (29-08-1862 - 23-12-1911) Russian composer (Pavel Pavlovich Bobrov)

Pavel Bobrov
[allshashki.ru]

If you can read Russian, you will discover details about Pavel Bobrov on Wikipedia.

While this threemover deserves a look because of its presentation of two en-passant captures (maybe the first achievement of this task in a threemover) this endgame study has been selected:

Бобров, Павел Павлович
Шахматное обозрение 1904

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1. g4 ! hxg3
{1... Qxg4 2. Bc8+ wins the bQ}
2. Sf4+ Kd6 3. Sxh5 gxh5 4. Kg2 !
{4. Bc8? g2+ 5. Kxg2 Bf4 -}
4... h4 5. Bc8 Kc5 6. Bd7 Kb6 7. Bf5 +-