The greatest players ever
(not necessarily in the correct order)
Divided into groups of eight to match the seeding in the World Cup

Kasparov
Deep Blue
Fischer
Alekhine
Capablanca
Tal
Morphy
Karpov
----
Lasker
Botvinnik
Euwe
Smyslov
Steinitz
Keres
Petrosian
Spassky
----
Anand
Rubinstein
Anderssen
Staunton
Nimzowitsch
Kramnik
Bronstein
Korchnoi
----
Shirov
Ponomariov
Khalifman

and special guests
Bing Crosby
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Britney Spears
Mother Teresa
David Hasselhoff