Or has he got lucky (some of the time)
Why Magnus is the greatest champion of all time ever
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But is this because his opposition is weaker, or he is stronger?
Or has he got lucky (some of the time)
Or has he got lucky (some of the time)
Name me another champion who has lost only 2 games among 33 total in 3 World Chess Championship matches (including against a former multi-world champion and his contemporary youngest GM ever in history).
That's right... Steinitz, Lasker, Capa, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, and Anand have not even come close to doing this.