Whose YOUR favourite GM or IM?

for me, probably GM Nigel Short. 

Bobby Fischer!

Interesting post, but what criteria is suggested?

• playing strength or style
• writing skills as author
• personality
• good looks

Funkiest GM?  Gotta go with GM Flash.

favorite living GM= Kaidanov

most exciting current GMs= Carlsen / Nakamura

favorite playing style of departed GMs= Petrosian / Smyslov / Wojtkiewicz

favorite playing style of living GMs= Kramnik / Aronian / Karpov

GM Vladimir Petrosian from http://blog.chess.com/SonofPearl/discover-your-russian-grandmaster-name

GM Eugenio Torre, the most famous chessplayer in my country

GM Fischer - as a GM. As a person, he was a real loser, and that's putting it very euphemistically.

As a player Kasparov, as an auther I like John Watsons books, and Lars Schandorffs two opening books.

I gotta go with Natalia Pogonina.  She reminds me of my daughter, and I love my daughter.  

Alekhine.

I agree

Hey, what about Silman!

 I've got to go with Al Kaline, too.

Not only did he whip Capablanca, he was a great right fielder.

I, also, have it on good authority that he invented the battery.

Plus he looked remarkably like comedian Will Durst:

probably a tie between garry kasparov and sam shankland .

Who is Sam Shankland