Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown684"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/2pn2p1/ppk1p2p/2P2p2/PP1K1P2/3N4/6PP/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1. b5+ ( { White can try: } 1. Ne5+ Nxe5 2. Kxe5 bxc5 3. bxc5 Kxc5 4. Kxe6 Kd4 5. Kxf5 c5 6. Kg6 c4 7. Kxg7 c3 8. f5 c2 9. f6 c1=Q 10. f7 Qg5+ 11. Kh7 Qf6 12. Kg8 Qg6+ 13. Kf8 Ke5 14. Ke7 Qe6+ 15. Kf8 Kf6 16. g4 Qxf7# ) 1... axb5 2. Nb4+ Kb7 3. c6+ Kc8 4. cxd7+ Kxd7 5. axb5 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } 1-0