11 Anastasia's Mate
for White. Black has no defense

Anastasia's mate, White to move:

1. Ne7+       Kh8

2. Kxh7+     Kxh7

3. Kh5#

This name came from a German novel: Anastasia und das Scachspiel by J. Heinse.

You can play through sample games and download the PGN here: Anastasia's Mate http://scacchi.vecchilibri.eu/partite/anastasia.html

The complete analysis can be seen on Fundamental Chess Patterns 1-50 and on Encyclopedia of Chess Patterns 1-101 published on Amazon

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