Well, on the subject of "best" players, keep in mind that the original poster's question was about favorite players, not necessarily the strongest ones.
If I just wanted to look at the "best" players, I'd just look at games between Komodo and Stockfish at TCEC, or high-level correspondence games :)
As to favorite players, my favorite is Ulf Andersson. I know, I know, endgames are boring and all that jazz.
Still, I find it both entertaining and instructive to see how in his prime he would just outplay top GMs in simple endings.
It also more matches how I like to play, although recently my style's been changing a bit, so I might end up with a new favorite player at some point :)
If I just wanted to look at the "best" players, I'd just look at games between Komodo and Stockfish at TCEC, or high-level correspondence games :)
As to favorite players, my favorite is Ulf Andersson. I know, I know, endgames are boring and all that jazz.
Still, I find it both entertaining and instructive to see how in his prime he would just outplay top GMs in simple endings.
It also more matches how I like to play, although recently my style's been changing a bit, so I might end up with a new favorite player at some point :)