>>532678867 (OP)From left to right:
Salov. Loved nothing more than playing drawn positions to bare kings. Usually had the most adjourned games in a tournament. Fischer's successor in the chess schizobabble subgenre.
Kamsky (sitting). Had a madman as a father, eventually became a lawyer so he could declare independence.
Timman. Dutch. Was good for a very long time, but not good enough. Excellent writer.
Gelfand, before he disregarded hair and acquired corpulence. If only he had stamina...
Karpov, the snake himself. He'll take every inch of your territory and there's nothing you can do about it.
Yusupov (Jussupow). Great teacher with bad luck in life and chess.
Adams (sitting). The spider, considered by some (Kasparov) to have been the best 1.e4 player during the early 00s. Perhaps too solid for his own good.
Short, and it will be short. His penchant for irony would unfortunately invade his play.
Polugaevsky. Forgotten more opening theory than most GMs will ever learn in their life. Probably developed more, too.
Polgar (sitting). Attack every time, all the time, even when it doesn't make any sense. As dangerous to herself as she was to her opponents.
Kasparov. Initiative for days. He moves your pieces for you, and you don't even realize it.
Kramnik. You will never break his defense, and if you do, you might be cheating. Hey, I didn't say you were cheating, I'm just saying, hmm, isn't that interesting?
Lautier. Let (unjustified) anger at Kasparov not granting him a match interfere with his career. Better than everyone thought he was, but not as good as he thought he was.
Anand (sitting) Always on time, could calculate faster than anyone. Sadly responsible for ruining chess.
Shirov. Somehow amazing and disappointing at the same time. Unfortunately screwed himself out of a title bout against Kasparov.
Bareev. Sharp wit with an unfortunate preference for openings that didn't suit him. Became a drawmaster to compensate.
