Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown166"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "2r2rk1/pp3Rb1/4p1p1/3pP1Bp/3P1Q2/3q4/6PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Rxg7+ Kxg7 ( { Black can try: } 1... Kh8 2. Bf6 Qxd4+ 3. Qxd4 Rc4 4. Qd2 a5 5. Qh6# ) 2. Bh6+ Kg8 3. Bxf8 Qf5 4. Qh6 Qxf1+ 5. Kxf1 Rxf8+ 6. Ke2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0