Anastasia was charged in three murders (n 1928, 1932 and 1933), but in each case, witnesses either disappeared or refused to testify. Also, two other high-level mob informants, both under police custody, died before their testimony helped bring Anastasia to trial, in 1941 and 1942.
On the morning of October 25, 1957, Anastasia entered the barber shop of the Park Sheraton Hotel in midtown Manhattan. His driver parked the car in an underground garage and then took a walk outside. As Anastasia relaxed in the barber chair, two men rushed in, shoved the barber aside and fired at Anastasia. A wounded Anastasia lunged at his killers, but he was confused and actually lunged at their reflections in the wall mirror. The gunmen continued filling him full of lead until he was dead on the floor.
The name Anastasia's Mate actually comes from the novel Anastasia und das Schachspiel (Anastasia and the Game of Chess) by Wilhelm Heinse, published in 1903. An example of this mate
was included in the book. 
In Anastasia's mate, a Knight and Rook trap the King between the side of the board on one side and a friendly piece on the other. Sometimes the Queen is sacrificed along the a-file or h-file to achieve the position.
Here's an example in which Romanian GM Florin Gheorghiu (born: April 6, 1944) got mated by IM Liu Wenzhe (1940-2011), one of China's top trainers.
The game was played in the 1982 Olympaid which tool place in Lucerne, Switzerland. It was an open and a women's tournament, as well as several other events.
The Soviet team (Karpov, Kasparov, Polugaevsky, Beliavsky, Tal and Yusupov) only drew one match (against the Netherlands) and won the rest and finished 6.5 points ahead of Czechoslovakia (Hort, Smejkal, Ftacnik, Jansa, Plachetka and Ambroz). The United States team (Browne, Seirawan, Alburt, Kavalek, Tarjan and Christiansen) finished third.
The women's tournament was dominated by the Soviet Union (Chiburdanidze, Alexandria, Gaprindashvili, Ioseliani) with Romania (Muresan, Pogorevici, Nuţu-Terescenko and Polihroniade) second and Hungary (Veroci-Petronic, Ivanka, Porubszky-Angyalosine and Csonkics) third.
Florin Gheorghiu (Romania)–Liu Wenzhe (China)0–1A61Olympiad, LucerneLucerne SUI04.11.1982Stockfish 14.1
Modern Benoni: Classical 1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 In the Modern Benoni
black captures on d5, creating a Q-side P-majority. This and the fianchettoed
B on g7 differentiate black's setup from the other Benoni defenses. Frank
Marshall invented the modern version in 1927, but it wasn't until the 1950s
that Soviet players, mainly Tal, established it as a playable defense. Then
the defense suffered a serious crisis in the 1980s and 1990s, when black began
running into difficulties. It's reputation was restored in the 2000s thanks to
Vladimir Kramnik. 4.c3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.f3 g6 7.d2 bd7 8.e4 g7 9.e2 0-0 10.0-0 e8 11.a4 e5 12.e1 a6 13.f4 eg4 13...ed7 is playable,
but rather passive. 14.f3 b8 15.c4 b6 16.xb6 xb6 17.e5 d7 18.e6 f8 19.exf7+ xf7 20.xe8 xe8 21.a5 c7 22.e4 f7 23.d2 xb2 24.b1 d4+ 25.h1 f5 26.g4 xe4 27.xe4 b6 28.f3 White is better, but a
Shirov,A (2719)-Gashimov,V (2758)/Linares 2009 agreed to a draw here. 14.f3 h5 This excellent move equalizes. The oft played 14...Nxe4 is risky. 14...xe4 15.cxe4 d4+ 16.h1 h4 17.h3 Black should now play 17...Re7.
Instead he plays a move that quickly lands him in trouble. f5 18.e2 e3 19.b3 xh3 20.gxh3 xh3+ 21.h2 1-0 Sumets,A (2583)-Ahlers,B (2124)/
Amsterdam 2013. Black's resignation was a bit premature, but white is clearly
better. 15.c4 xe4 16.xe4 16.xe4 is inferior. d4+ 17.e3 f5 18.h3 xe4 19.hxg4 h4 with a very dangerous attack. 16...d4+ 17.xd4 cxd4 18.e4 h4 19.cxd6 xh2+ 20.f1 f5 The position is rife with
complications! 21.xf5 This is a mistake after which black gets a strong
attack. Chances are equal after 21.Qxd4 21.xd4 xe4 22.xe4 f5 23.b6
Attacking g6. 23.d6 h1+ 24.g1 xg1+ 25.xg1 e1# This is what happens
in a few moves. 23...h1+ 23...g7 loses in any number of ways. 24.xg4 xe4 25.xb7+ h6 26.xa8 h1+ 27.f2 e1+ 28.f3 hxg4# 24.e2 fxe4 25.xg6+ f8 26.f5+ g8 27.g6+ draws. 21...gxf5 21...xe4 This move
secures the advantage. 22.h6+ xh6 23.xe4 e8 24.xd4 h1+ 25.g1 xg1+ 26.xg1 xe4 Black stands well. 22.f2 Here the position is equal.
Black's next move is actually mistake that should have resulted in white
securing a significant advantage, but one suspects Wenzhe was setting trap
into which Gheorghiu immediately falls. d3 22...e3 was best, correct
actually. 23.d2 23.a3 is also playable. xf2 24.xf2 h4+ 25.g3 h2+ 26.f1 xf3+ 27.xf3 e8 28.d3 h3+ 29.f2 Black must take the draw with h2+ 23...xf4 24.xg4 hxg4 25.g1 g7 26.xe3 dxe3 27.d3 with an
unclear position in which both sides have chances. 23.xd3 h4 This is a
gross blunder that loses immediately! 23...g3 leads to unclear
complications. 24.xg4 xd3+ 25.xd3 fxg4 Stockfish gives white a nearly 3
Pawn advantage and in Shootouts scored 5 wins in 5 games. 24.xf5
Gheorghiu takes the bait. 24.d2 covering e1 would win rather easily after g3 25.xg4 xd3+ 26.xd3 fxg4 24...g1+ Anastasia's mate. 24...g1+ 25.xg1 e1# 0–1
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