September 20th

Осип Самойлович (Самуилович) Бернштейн (20-09-1882 - 30-11-1962) Russian-French composer (Ossip Samoylovich Bernstein)

Ossip Bernstein
[Wikipedia]

Details about Ossip Bernstein's eventful and hectic life from Russia to France and Spain can be found on Wikipedia. Besides being an outstanding chess player (see his 1954 game against Miguel Najdorf), he also composed a few chess problems.

Бернштейн, Осип Самойлович
Deutsches Wochenschach, 1907

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4 + 5

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1.c4-c5 ! ZZ

1...Sd8-~ 2.Sd6xb7+ Ka5-b5 3.a2-a4#
1...b6-b5 2.a2-a3 b5-b4 3.a3xb4# or 2...Sd8-~ 3.Sd6-b7#
1...b6xc5 2.Sd6-c4+ Ka5-b5 3.a2-a4#

Model mates.

Willy Kemnitz (20-09-1887 - ?) German composer

Willy Kemnitz composed direct mates, selfmates and studies.

Kemnitz, Willy
Die Schwalbe, 1949
1^st HM

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10 + 6

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1.Sg5-e6 ! (2.Rc4-c5+ Kh5-g4 3.Qd2-g5+ Kg4-f3 4.Qg5-g2+ h3xg2#)

1...Bd1-g4/Bd1-c2 2.Qd2-d5+ Bg4-f5 3.Qd5-f3+ Bf5-g4 4.Re1-b1 Bg4xf3#
1...Bd1-f3 + 2.Qd2-g2 (3.Rc4-c5+ Bf3-d5 4.Re1-b1 h3xg2#) 2...b2-b1=Q 3.Re1xb1 Bf3-~ 4.Qg2-f3+ Bd1xf3#
1...b2-b1=Q 2.Qd2-d5+ Qb1-f5 3.Qd5-f3+ Qf5-g4 4.Re1xd1 Qg4xf3#

Hans Selb (20-09-1929 - 28-08-2014) German composer

Hans Selb
[Kartothek L-Z page 42]

BerlinThema.de

Hans Selb composed in all genres.
In 2000 he published "Ästhetik und Ornamentik im Schachproblem" of which some problems have been quoted and commented on the website berlinthema.de.

Selb, Hans
Die Schwalbe, Mar 1953
1^st Prize

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Set play:
1...Rd5[a] 2.Qe3#[B] 1...Bg3 2.Qxh1# 1...Re5 2.Scd6#[A]
1.Qh3? (2.Qd3#)
1...Rd5[a] 2.Qe3#[B] 1...Kd5[b] 2.Sf6#[C]
1...Qf1/Qb1/Qf3 2.Qf3# 1...Bg3 2.Qxh1#
1...Rg3 2.Qe6# but 1...Rf5!
1.Qh8? (2.Qd4#)
1...Rd5[a] 2.Re3#[D] 1...Kd5[b]/Re5 2.Scd6#[A]
but 1...Be5!
1.Qg7! (2.Qd4#)
1...Rd5[a] 2.Re3#[D]
1...Kd5[b]/Re5 2.Scd6#[A]
1...Be5 2.Qb7#
Grimshaw.

Selb, Hans
Feenschach, 1964 (6606)
2^nd Prize

h#3

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11 + 11

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Set play:
1. ... fxe8=R 2. g1=B Re2 3. Kxb5 Re4#
1. gxf1=Q fxe8=S 2. Qc1 Sxc7 3. Qa3 Sxb6#
Allumwandlung

Werner Issler (20-09-1933 - 02-01-2023) Swiss composer

Werner Issler was a strong over the board player (winner of the Coupe Suisse 1964), and a successful, but not very prolific composer. He composed direct mates and more rarely studies.
Werner Issler became an International Judge in 1977 and was a respected International Judge for twomovers.

Issler, Werner
Die Schwalbe, 1952
1^st Prize

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6 + 10

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Set play:

1...Qe4[a] 2.Ba7#[A]
1...e4[b] 2.Rd2#[B]
1...bxa4/b4 2.Qc4#

1.Sc3! (2.Qd5#)

1...Qe4[a] 2.Sxb5#[C]
1...e4[b] 2.Se2#[D]
1...Kd3[c] 2.Rd2#[B]
1...Kc5[d] 2.Ba7#[A]

Rukhlis, Stocchi.

Jorge T. Yamanishi (20-09-1938) Brazilian composer

Jorge Yamanishi composes direct mates and helpmates.

Yamanishi, Jorge T.
2^nd TT, Boletim da UBP, 1966
1^st Prize

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1.a3-a2 Ra4xa2 2.Rh5-g5 Ra2-e2#
1.b6xa5 Ra4xa5 2.Bh6-g5 Ra5xe5#
1.Qd7-b5 Bh2-f4 2.Be8-d7 c4xb5#
1.Qd7-d5 Bh2-f4 2.Rd8-d7 c4xd5#

Double Grimshaw with homogeneous solutions.