mate commented games

[Event "NED tour sim"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1908.-.-"]
[EventDate "1908.-.-"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Fortuijn"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]
{ Scandinavian }
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.b4 Qe5+ 5.Be2 c6 6.Nf3 Qc7
7.O-O Bg4 8.d4 e6 9.b5 Bd6 10.h3 Bf5 11.bxc6 Nxc6 12.Nb5 Qd7
13.Nxd6+ Qxd6 14.c4 Nge7 15.a4 O-O 16.Ba3 Qd7 17.d5 exd5
18.cxd5 Na5 19.Bb5 Qd8 20.Re1 Ng6 21.Bxf8 Qxf8 22.Nd4 a6
23.Nxf5 axb5 24.axb5 b6 25.d6 Rd8 26.Qd5 Nf4 27.Qe4 Ne6 28.Ra4
Nc5 29.Ne7+ Kh8 
30.Qxh7+ {Queen sacrifice to open h file} Kxh7 31.Rh4# 1-0
{source: http://scacchi.vecchilibri.eu/partite/anastasia.html Rodolfo Pardi}

[Event "WYCC 2003 - B14"]
[Site "Halkidiki"]
[Date "2003.10.23"]
[EventDate "2003.10.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. Nf3 { aa quick win, go to move 14} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nbd2 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. c3 e5 8. h3 Nh5 9. dxe5 Nf4 10. Bb5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qg5
12. Ng4 Qxb5 13. Nb3 Ne2+ 14. Kh1 Bxg4 15. hxg4 Rae8 16. Be3
Rxe4 17. Re1 Qh5+ { White resigns, as after gxh5 mate follows with Rh4# } 0-1
{source: http://scacchi.vecchilibri.eu/partite/anastasia.html Rodolfo Pardi}

[Event "Rated Blitz game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/DetStGgk"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Munich"]
[Black "mariaG68"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 {A04 Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3
Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nd4 7. e3 Nf5 $6 {(0.60 â()/^ 1.38) Inaccuracy. Best
move was Nxf3+.} (7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Rb8 9. Rd1 b5 10. d4 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12.
Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bd6 14. e4) 8. d4 Be7 $2 {(1.04 â()/^ 2.24) Mistake. Best
move was cxd4.} (8... cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. h3 d5 11. c5 Nd7 12. h4 Bf6 13. Bf4
O-O 14. a3 h6 15. Qd2) 9. d5 $6 {(2.24 â()/^ 1.57) Inaccuracy. Best move was
dxc5.} (9. dxc5 d5 10. cxd6 Nxd6 11. c5 Nb5 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13. Nxb5 axb5 14.
Nd4 O-O 15. Nxb5 Be7) 9... d6 10. e4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 O-O
14. Be3 Bd7 15. h3 Qc8 16. b3 $2 {(1.49 â()/^ 0.38) Mistake. Best move was Kh2.
} (16. Kh2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qb7 19. Na3 Ra4 20. Nc4 Bb5 21. b3 Bxc4
22. bxc4 Rc8) 16... Qc7 $2 {(0.38 â()/^ 1.81) Mistake. Best move was Bxh3.} (
16... Bxh3 17. f3 Bd7 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Nd7 20. Bh3 Qc7 21. a5 Nc5 22. Qa3
h5 23. Rab1) 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. f4 Qa5 $6 {(1.39 â()/^ 2.15) Inaccuracy. Best
move was exf4.} (18... exf4 19. gxf4 Nh5 20. f5 Ng3 21. Rf3 Bh4 22. Rf4 Bf6 23.
Rg4 Be5 24. Ne2 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2) 19. fxe5 Nh5 $2 {(1.96 â()/^ 4.81) Mistake.
Best move was dxe5.} (19... dxe5) 20. Kh2 $2 {(4.81 â()/^ 3.49) Mistake. Best
move was g4.} (20. g4) 20... dxe5 21. Qe2 $2 {(3.37 â()/^ 2.00) Mistake. Best
move was d6.} (21. d6 Bd8 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Qb2 Qb4 24. Rfd1 Rxc4 25. a3 Rxc3 26.
Rxc3 Qb5 27. Rc5 Qb6) 21... Nf6 22. Bg5 $2 {(2.29 â()/^ 0.00) Mistake. Best
move was d6.} (22. d6) 22... Qb6 $2 {(0.00 â()/^ 1.45) Mistake. Best move was
Ng4+.} (22... Ng4+ 23. hxg4 Bxg5 24. Rc2 b5 25. Nd1 bxc4 26. bxc4 Ba4 27. Rb2
Qc7 28. Rb4 Bd7 29. Nb2) 23. d6 $6 {(1.45 â()/^ 0.88) Inaccuracy. Best move
was Bd2.} (23. Bd2 Bc5 24. Nd1 a5 25. Bg5 Ne8 26. Nf2 f6 27. Bd2 Nd6 28. Nd3
Bd4 29. Bc3 Rfe8) 23... Bd8 $6 {(0.88 â()/^ 1.85) Inaccuracy. Best move was
Qxd6.} (23... Qxd6 24. Rcd1 Qc6 25. Qd2 Be6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Qd6 28. Be3
Rfd8 29. Qe2 b5 30. c5) 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rcd1 Bd8 26. Nd5 Qa5 $4 {(1.69 â()/^
6.05) Blunder. Best move was Qc6.} (26... Qc6 27. b4) 27. Qf2 $4 {(6.05 â()/^
1.46) Blunder. Best move was Ne7+.} (27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nxc8 Bxc8 29. d7 Qc7 30.
Qh5 Kg8 31. dxc8=Q Qxc8 32. Qxe5 Bc7 33. Qe7 Bd8) 27... f6 $4 {(1.46 â()/^ 5.
77) Blunder. Best move was Qa3.} (27... Qa3 28. Qd2) 28. Bf3 $4 {(5.77 â()/^ 1.
38) Blunder. Best move was Ne7+.} (28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxc8 Bxc8 30. d7 Qc7 31.
Qf5 Be7 32. dxc8=B Qxc8 33. Qxc8 Rxc8 34. Rd7 Bc5) 28... b5 $4 {(1.38 â()/^ 4.
97) Blunder. Best move was Qa3.} (28... Qa3) 29. Be2 $2 {(4.97 â()/^ 2.20)
Mistake. Best move was b4.} (29. b4) 29... bxc4 $2 {(2.20 â()/^ 3.40) Mistake.
Best move was Qa3.} (29... Qa3 30. b4) 30. Bxc4 $2 {(3.40 â()/^ 1.79) Mistake.
Best move was Ne7+.} (30. Ne7+ Kh8) 30... Kh8 31. Ne7 $6 {(1.86 â()/^ 1.09)
Inaccuracy. Best move was a4.} (31. a4) 31... Rb8 $2 {(1.09 â()/^ 2.59)
Mistake. Best move was Bb6.} (31... Bb6) 32. Qe2 $2 {(2.59 â()/^ 0.90) Mistake.
Best move was g4.} (32. g4 Be8 33. g5 Rb7 34. Qg2 Rxe7 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. dxe7
Bxe7 37. Rg1 Bg6 38. Rd7 Qc5) 32... Bb5 $2 {(0.90 â()/^ 2.29) Mistake. Best
move was Qa3.} (32... Qa3 33. Nd5) 33. Qh5 $4 {(2.29 â()/^ -2.72) Blunder.
Best move was Bxb5.} (33. Bxb5 Rxb5 34. Nd5 Rb7 35. Rc1 Qb5 36. Qxb5 axb5 37.
Rc6 Kg8 38. Rfc1 Kf7 39. R1c5 g6) 33... Bxc4 34. bxc4 $6 {(-2.67 â()/^ -3.54)
Inaccuracy. Best move was Ng6+.} (34. Ng6+ Kg8) 34... Rb2+ 35. Kh1 Qa4 $4 {(-4.
12 â()/^ 3.95) Blunder. Best move was Qxa2.} (35... Qxa2 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. Ne7+
Bxe7 38. Qf3 Bd8 39. c5 Ba5 40. Ra1 Qe6 41. g4 Bb4 42. Rac1) 36. Rf5 $4 {(3.95
â()/^ -3.04) Blunder. Best move was Ng6+.} (36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. Qxe5 hxg6 38. Qxb2
Qxc4 39. Rfe1 Rf7 40. Kh2 Ba5 41. Re2 Rb7 42. Qc2 Qxc2) 36... Qxc4 $4 {(-3.04
â()/^ Mate in 2) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was h6.} (36... h6)
37. Qxh7+ Kxh7 38. Rh5# {White wins by checkmate.} 1-0
{source: http://scacchi.vecchilibri.eu/partite/anastasia.html Rodolfo Pardi}

Anastasia mate

Pattern # 11 This technique is explained in ebook Fundamental Chess Patterns

Knight and Rook mate

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