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 "USSR"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sopkov"]
[Black "Mojseev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "7k/7p/1BN3p1/2b5/8/1b2n3/1P4BP/7K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Bxc5 Nxg2 2. Ne7 Kg7 ( { Black cannot save his knight. } 2... Nf4 3. Bd4# ) 3. Kxg2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0