[Event "L'Italia Scacchistica"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lazard, Frederic"]
[Black "White draws"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "GM Lubomir Kavalek/Huffington Post"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q7/8/2p5/B2p2pp/5pp1/2N3k1/6P1/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

{The spectacular study by the French chess master, composer and journalist,
Frederic Lazard, could be called "double-entombing" since both kings get
buried during the solution. Created 65 years ago, this work leaves even
today's computers wondering what is going on. It is a victory of human spirit.
Bravo, Monsieur Lazard!} 1. Ne4+ $1 Kh4 (1... dxe4 $2 2. Be1#) 2. Ng3 $3 {An
incredible sacrifice, threatening 3.Nf5 mate.} Qf8 (2... Kxg3 3. Be1#) (2...
fxg3 3. Bb6 $1 {leads to the main variation.}) 3. Be1 $1 {Threatening 4.Nf5
mate again.} fxg3 {The black king is entombed and can't help the black queen.}
4. Bf2 $3 {The sacrifice of the second piece is astonishing and leads to
stalemates. At the same time, the bishop on the diagonal g1-a7 stops the black
pawns.} d4 (4... gxf2 5. g3+ $1 Kxg3 (5... Kh3 {stalemate.})) (4... Qxf2 {
stalemate.}) (4... c5 5. Bxc5 Qxc5 {stalemate.}) 5. Bxd4 c5 6. Bxc5 Qf1+ (6...
Qxc5 {stalemate.}) 7. Bg1 Qf2 {Staying with the queen on the first rank
entombs the white king and results in a stalemate.} 8. Bxf2 gxf2 9. g3+ Kxg3 {
Stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

