Now who strives to get the two knights??? There are hardly any games
between GMs where one side wants to get two knights. And if one
players does get the 2 knights, and his opponents has two bishops,
then you will usually find him exchanging one of the bishops off
instead trying to maintain two knights vs. two bishops.

I have written to Boris Spassky telling him he was wrong all along, and
suggested to him that he was cheating! No one expected the minor exchange!
Spassky made a living, Alex, from getting rid of that K-side Knight when he
had the opportunity to press on the K-side himself. I should probably also
abuse Fischer who pulled the same trick in the Spanish Inquisition at move
5, playing the exchange variation. Cordially, Phil