1) I think the point is that he wasn't. It was a movie about how his hard work got him to the point to win the tournament. 2) If he was, they would have said

1) I think the point is that he wasn't. It was a movie about how his hard work got him to the point to win the tournament. 2) If he was, they would have said so. 3) Because people love movies about prodigy kids training for two months and beating someone who worked hard for years? Yeah, very uplifting, thats why we all remember this movie so fondly.