Many avid chess players would love to handle their game as one of the Chess GrandMasters. Do you have a particular favorite such as Robert Fischer, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov or Wilhelm Steinitz? Say whom your favorite is and why.
My favorite is Jose Raul Capablanca. I like him not particulary for objective reasons, but for the fact that I have his name. On the other hand he really was a great chess player; he hasn't lost a single match between 1916 to 1924.
Definitely Garry Kasparov, they call him the "Beast of Baku" for the quick, unforgiving, direct play he has.
He was beaten by the computer "Deep Blue", but I believe it was also the half dozen Grandmasters in the room that over-ruled the computer's move at the crucial point in the game that led to victory.
In a straight game none of them would give Kasparov a challenge.