 But at the foot of this article the editor added that Lasker had told him, "Yes, I placed the title at stake".In the "Encyclopaedia of Chess", Anne Sunnucks describes the match as "a so-called championship match".On the other hand, in its book "Le guide des échecs" the chess author Nicolas Giffard does not express the slightest doubt that this was a chess championship, but points out that in case Schlechter won, he would still need to win a revenge match before being called the World Champion.