How to Spot Anastasia’s Mate Before Your Opponent Does
What Is Anastasia’s Mate? In the rich vocabulary of chess tactics, Anastasia’s Mate occupies a special place elegant in concept, devastating in execution, and deeply satisfying to both deliver and study. Named after the 1803 novel Anastasia und das Schachspiel (Anastasia and the Chess Game) by Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse, this mating pattern has been […]