Other than a case of death (post Alekhine), World Championship has been always detremined between 2 players, just the way game is supposed to be.

@GregorVuk not familiar with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2007 I assume?

World Chess Championship 2007 - Wikipedia

@diadematus Wrong. I was there watching San Luis in 2005, Elista next year and 2007 which are you referring to. Chess is like box where it has traditionally come down to the two men. Everything else is politics (FIDE had do continue that WC tournament, they couldn't simple cancel it after the first time; they already changed too many systems after Kasparov(s Gariexit) to have credibility ... Topalov proved in San Luis to be a WC material, but his title doesn't make it universal immediately just because of his great rating at the time ... otherwise top rating would determine world champion):

@GregorVuk It's like highlander: in the end there's only one :)

@GregorVuk was a bit of a troll. i think Topalov is a more deserving WC than say Kramnik, who never qualified for a single world championship match he played and was an accidental world champion, tradition be damned ;)

@diadematus I also accuse people of being trolls when they don‘t agree with me .. whether they are more deserving or not ,)