[{"n": "Emanuel Lasker", "u": "/e/chess-masters/emanuel-lasker/", "s": "Second World Chess Champion, held title for 27 years; won the championship once and defended it six times."}, {"n": "François-André Danican Philidor", "u": "/e/chess-masters/fran-ois-andr-danican-philidor/", "s": "French composer and chess master of the 18th century."}, {"n": "José Raúl Capablanca", "u": "/e/chess-masters/jos-ra-l-capablanca/", "s": "Cuban chess prodigy and third world chess champion."}, {"n": "Judit Polgár", "u": "/e/chess-masters/judit-polg-r/", "s": "Hungarian chess grandmaster, strongest female player in history."}, {"n": "Alexander Alekhine", "u": "/e/chess-masters/alexander-alekhine/", "s": "Fourth World Chess Champion, known for fierce attacking style."}, {"n": "Anatoly Karpov", "u": "/e/chess-masters/anatoly-karpov/", "s": "12th World Chess Champion and longtime dominant grandmaster."}, {"n": "Aron Nimzowitsch", "u": "/e/chess-masters/aron-nimzowitsch/", "s": "Hypermodern chess theorist and influential writer."}, {"n": "Bobby Fischer", "u": "/e/chess-masters/bobby-fischer/", "s": "American chess prodigy and 11th World Chess Champion."}, {"n": "Garry Kasparov", "u": "/e/chess-masters/garry-kasparov/", "s": "World chess champion, political activist, and writer."}, {"n": "Magnus Carlsen", "u": "/e/chess-masters/magnus-carlsen/", "s": "Norwegian chess grandmaster and five-time World Chess Champion."}, {"n": "Mikhail Botvinnik", "u": "/e/chess-masters/mikhail-botvinnik/", "s": "Sixth World Chess Champion and pioneer in computer chess."}, {"n": "Mikhail Tal", "u": "/e/chess-masters/mikhail-tal/", "s": "Eighth World Chess Champion, known as 'The Magician from Riga'."}, {"n": "Paul Morphy", "u": "/e/chess-masters/paul-morphy/", "s": "American chess prodigy who dominated the game in the late 1850s."}, {"n": "Viswanathan Anand", "u": "/e/chess-masters/viswanathan-anand/", "s": "Indian chess grandmaster and five-time world champion."}, {"n": "Wilhelm Steinitz", "u": "/e/chess-masters/wilhelm-steinitz/", "s": "First World Chess Champion and founder of modern positional play."}]