My favourite international players:
Capablanca, Petrosian, Karpov
Favourite British Players:
Nigel Short, Dr. Jonathan Penrose, Peter Clarke (and the real Captain Evans obviously!)
Favourite International Chess Authors: David Bronstein, Lev Polugayevsky
Favourite British Chess Authors: Ray Keene, Leonard Barden, Nigel Davies
Favourite International Female Players: Nona Gaprindashvili
Favourite British Female Players: Eileen Tranmer, Rowena Bruce, Elaine Pritchard
My Favourite Openings:
White: Ruy Lopez (MacKenzie Var. in particular), the Evans Gambit (obviously!)
Black: Sicilian Najdorf, Kings Indian Defence (and the Budapest Gambit in my madder moments!)