Regarding general knowledge, it's a pretty well known phenomena within the community. Here's a video with the three players who spent the longest time at #2 in

Regarding general knowledge, it's a pretty well known phenomena within the community. Here's a video with the three players who spent the longest time at #2 in the world (see [0]) behind Magnus Carlsen answering basic trivia questions[1]. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1uk3wa3/world_no_2s_during_magnuss_unbroken_streak_as_no_1/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1uk3wa3/world_no_2s_... [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXyLJaaLEpE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXyLJaaLEpE