Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown111"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "6k1/5pp1/2p4p/P2p4/1P1P4/7P/2rr2P1/3R2RK w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Rxd2 Rxd2 2. Ra1 { Rooks belong behind passed pawns. } 2... Re2 3. a6 ( { White can try: } 3. Rc1 Rb2 4. Rxc6 Rxb4 5. a6 Ra4 6. Rd6 Kf8 { Likely draw. } ) 3... Re8 4. Rc1 Rb8 5. Rxc6 Rxb4 6. a7 Ra4 7. Rc8+ Kh7 8. a8=Q Rxa8 9. Rxa8 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0