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Johannes Hermann Zukertort (07-09-1842 - 20-06-1888) Polish player and composer

Johannes Zukertort
[Wikipedia]

Johannes Zukertort was one of the best players of the 1870s and 1880s and more details about his actual achievements can be found on Wikipedia.
He composed just a handful of problems, among which this trifle:

Zukertort, Johannes Hermann
The Westminster Papers, 1874

#3

7 + 8

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1.Be2-c4+? d7-d5 2.e5xd6 e.p.?? does not work because the white King is in check by the black Queen. Hence:
1.Qh4-f6 + !
1...Qg7xf6 2.Be2-c4+ d7-d5 3.e5xd6 e.p.#