 Possibly contradicting this, Lasker himself wrote two days before the tenth game, in his report to the New York Evening Post, ""The match with Schlechter is nearing its end and it appears probable that for the first time in my life I shall be the loser.If that should happen a good man will have won the World Championship"", which could imply that it really was a world title match and that there was no secret "two-game lead" clause.Other explanations have been advanced for the development of the last game.