September 5th

Georg Albert Becker (05-09-1896 - 07-05-1984) Austrian-Argentinian composer

Source: Nuestro Círculo #273: 27th October, 2007

Georg Becker was a chess player (see chessgames.com for his o.t.b. career) and a writer for the "Wiener Schachzeitung". He migrated to Argentina in 1939.
He composed direct mates. You might consider this logical threemover which shows the Treffpunkt theme (meeting point) and ambush but here is a charming block threemover:

Becker, Georg Albert
FIDE-Turnier, 1959
5^th HM

#3

10 + 4

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1.Re8-a8 ! ZZ

1...Kc6-d5 2.Sb7-a5 ZZ 2...Kd5xe6 3.f7-f8=S#
1...Kc6-c7 2.Sd7-b8 ZZ 2...Kc7-c8 3.Sb8-a6#
1...Kc6-b5 2.Sd7-e5 ZZ 2...Kb5-a4 3.Ka7-b6#

The battery mates prepared by the unexpected key are extremely pleasant.

August 22nd

Antonin Novotný (22-08-1827 - 09-03-1871) Austrian-Czech problemist

Antonin Novotný collaborated with the "Illustrierte Zeitung" and the "Wiener Schachzeitung" and was one of the most notable problemists of the 19th century.
He gave his name to the Novotny theme : a white unit is sacrificed on a square where two lines of action of two long-range black pieces meet and thus interferes both of them simultaneously.

Novotný, Antonin
Leipziger Illustrierte Zeitung, 1855

#3

7 + 8

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The try 1. Bg4? Rxc3! logically leads to the key:
1. Rc5 !(2.Rxh5#)
1...Bxc5, 2.Bg4 ! (3.Qh3#) 2...Rxg4/Bxg4,3. Qh2#/Qg3#
1...Rxg5, 2.Qf3+ Rg3 3.Qxg3#
1...Bf5 2.Qh1+ Bh3 3.Rxh5#
Two Consecutive Novotny themes, on c5 and g4.