Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown006"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/p4bkp/PP3p2/2p1pP2/p1P1P3/6KP/2B5 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... a2 ( { Black can try: } 1... Bxc3 2. bxa6 a2 3. a7 a1=Q 4. a8=Q Qxc1 5. Qg8+ Bg7 6. Qe6+ Kh7 7. Qxf5+ Kh8 8. Qc8+ Kh7 9. Qf5+ Kg8 10. Qe6+ Kf8 11. Qc8+ Kf7 12. Qd7+ Kg6 13. Qe6+ Bf6 14. Qg8+ Kf5 15. Qd5+ Kg6 16. Qxe4+ Kg7 17. Qb7+ Kg6 18. Qe4+ Kf7 19. Qd5+ Kf8 20. Qd6+ Be7 21. Qxh6+ Ke8 { Despite
being a piece up, the black king cannot shake the checks. Draw. } ) ( { Black
can also try: } 1... axb5 2. a6 Bxc3 3. Bxa3 b4 4. Bc1 b3 5. a7 b2 6. Bxb2 Bxb2 7. a8=Q c3 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Bb2 Be7 3. b6 Kf7 4. b7 Bd6 5. Kg3 Ke8 6. Kh4 Kd8 7. Kh5 Kc7 8. b8=Q+ Kxb8 9. Kg6 ( { White can try: } 9. Kxh6 Bxf4+ 10. exf4 e3 11. Kg6 e2 12. Kxf5 e1=Q { Black
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 9... Bxf4 10. exf4 e3 11. Kxf5 e2 12. Kg6 e1=Q { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1