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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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.