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 "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shofman, Yuri"]
[Black "Ilivitsky, Georgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3r1bk1/1q3ppp/2b2n2/4pNB1/1p2P1P1/5Q2/1PP3NP/4R2K b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Bxe4 2. Rxe4 Ra8 3. Re3 ( { White can try: } 3. Ne1 Qxe4 4. Qxe4 Nxe4 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Nxg3+ 7. Nxg3 Ra1 8. Kg2 Rxe1 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } ) ( { White can also try: } 3. Bxf6 Ra1+ 4. Ne1 Rxe1+ 5. Kg2 Qxe4 6. Qxe4 Rxe4 7. Bh4 Rxg4+ 8. Bg3 f6 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } ) 3... Ra1+ 4. Ne1 Qxf3+ 5. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 6. Kg2 Nxg4 { Black wins with a
large material advantage. } 0-1