Stěpán Zimmermann (22-10-1867 - 19-08-1938) Czech composer
Stěpán Zimmermann composed direct mates, mostly in three moves, in the Bohemian style.
Zimmermann, Stěpán
Plzeňské listy, 1890
Show Solution1.Kf8-e8 ! (2.Re4xe5+ Kd5-d6/c4 3.Qe3-c5#)
1...f5xe4 2.b2-b4 (3.Qe3-c5#)
1...Bg2xe4 2.b2-b4 (3.Qe3-c5#) 2...Be4-~ 3.Qe3xd3#
1...Kd5-d6 2.Qe3-b6+ Kd6-d5 3.Qb6-c6#
1...f7-f6 2.Qe3-b6 (3.Qb6-c6#) 2...Bg2xe4/f5xe4 3.Bd7-e6# or 2...Kd5xe4 3.Bd7-c6#