My favorite players are
Paul Morphy
Misha Tal
Garry Kasparov
Alexander Alekhine
(I would be remiss not to mention
Richard Reti, Aron Nimzowitsch, Bent Larsen, Koltanowski, and Nezhmetdinov)
The King of Spades
Took off his shades,
Proceeding to attack.
He did no time;
There was no crime
'cause it was Black on Black.
-- a poem courtesy of a fellow kibitzer.