Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all.
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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown89"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "B5k1/p1q2p1p/4b1pP/2p3B1/4Q1P1/2P5/Pr3b2/3R1K2 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ White must stop black's threat of Rd8+, but how? } 1... Bd4 ( { Black can
try: } 1... Bd7 2. Bd5 Bb5+ 3. c4 Ba4 4. Bf4 Qd7 5. Qe5 Bd4 6. Rxd4 cxd4 7. Qg7# ) 2. cxd4 ( { White can try: } 2. Rxd4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Qc4+ 4. Qxc4 Bxc4+ { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2... Qh2 3. Qf3 Bc4+ 4. Ke1 Qg1+ 5. Qf1 Qxf1# 0-1