Mistakes made in Deathly Hallows? The Elder Wand

[hp_fan_2008]

No: HPFGUIDX 181489

bdclark0423:
> Mistakes made in Deathly Hallows?
> 
> The Elder Wand:  a wand that must always win duels for its owner.
> 
> Dumbledore recounts to Harry the events with Grindelwald and this
seems contradiction to what describes the Elder Wand: he knew that the
two were evenly matched, with perhaps himself a shade more skillful. 
I won the duel. I won the wand.
> 
> So if the Elder Wand must always win duels for its owner, how did
Grindelwald lose the wand to DD?

HP Fan 2008:

How about this: Grindelwald decides to torture Dumbledore, similar to
the way Voldemort did to Harry in GoF. This gives Dumbledore time to
be able to disarm Grindelwald, and win the wand from him. 

                      HP Fan 2008