EG No 10756 Marc Lavaud Reprinted with permission.
2nd prize, diagrammes, 1994-95

White: Kb8, Na8, Bh8; pawn - d5
Black: Kg5, Re7, Bf2

Draw

Black's threat is to play Re8+;. 1.Bc3/i Bg3+ 2.Kc8/ii Ra7 3.Bd2+
(Nb6? Rc7+;) Kf5/iii 4.Nb6 Rc7+ 5.Kd8 Rc2 6.Ba5/iv Rc5
7.Bd2/v Bc7+ 8.Kd7 Bxb6 9.Be3 Rc7+ (Rxd5+/Rb5;Kc6) 10.Kd6
Ba5 1 l.Bb6 Bxb6 stalemate.

i) 1.Bal? Bg3+ 2.Kc8 Ra7. l.Bb2? Bg3+, and if 2.Kc8 Re8+ 3.Kb7
Rb8+, or 2.d6 Bxd6+ 3.Kc8 Ra7 4.Nb6 Kf5 and 5...Ke6. 
ii) 2.d6? Bxd6+ 3.Kc8 Ra7 wins, for example 4.Bd2+ Kf5 5.Nb6
Ke6 6.Be3 Rc7+ 7.Kd8 Rc3 8.Bd4 Rd3. 
iii) Kf6; leads to the same finish. If Black plays 3...Kg4, we reach
the position after 10...Ba5, with the black King on g4 instead of f5,
and now there is 11.Bd2 Ra7 (Bb6;Be3, repetition) 12.Bxa5 Rxa5
13.Ke6, with a draw. 
iv) 6.Bb4/Bh6? Bc7+. 6.Be3? Ke4 7.Bgl Rc1. 
v) Having lured the black Rook to c5, White can throw the white
Knight to the wolves.
"Black's attempts to win one of White's two pieces are ultimately
successful, but then White counters by sacrificing his other piece
and Black has to stalemate White in the middle of the board. Only
the wPd5 stays immobile during the course of the solution. A very
elegant piece of work, well worthy of its talented composer."
