MATCH
A contest between two players.A possible match-winner record could be William Steinitz. Between 1862 (vs. Dubois) and 1896-97 (vs. Lasker) he played 27 matches winning 25 and losing two title matches to Lasker. Garry Kasparov was invincible in matches from 1983 (vs. Beliavsky) until 2000 (vs. Kramnik).