Yuri Balashov

Do you realize Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Graddok"]
[Black "Mieses"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "7Q/p1pk1ppp/2pp1q2/2b1p3/2P3b1/4P1P1/PP1PNP1P/R1B1K2R b KQ - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ Black has sacrificed both rooks to achieve this position.|How does black
score the full point? } 1... Qf3 2. Kd1 ( { White can try: } 2. O-O Bh3 3. Qxh7 Qg2# ) 2... Qxe2+ 3. Kc2 Qxc4+ 4. Kb1 Qd3# 0-1