Group A Alekhine/ France Lasker/ Denmark Anand/ Uruguay Ponomariov/ Senegal

Group B Fischer/ Spain Botvinnik/ Slovenia Anderssen/ Paraguay Buffy/ South Africa

Group C Capablanca/ Brazil Petrosian/ Turkey Rubinstein/ China David Hasselhoff/ Costa Rica

Group D Kasparov/ South Korea Keres/ Portugal Korchnoi/ Poland Khalifman/ USA

Group E Deep Blue/ Germany Spassky/ Ireland Kramnik/ Saudia Arabia Shirov/ Cameroon

Group F Karpov/ Argentina Smyslov/ Sweden Bronstein/ England Mother Teresa/ Nigeria

Group G Morphy/ Italy Steinitz/ Croatia Nimzowitsch/ Ecuador Bing Crosby/ Mexico

Group H Tal/ Japan Euwe/ Belgium Staunton/ Russia Britney Spears/ Tunisia