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PLAYER YEAR AGE NUMBER OF MOVES ANALYZED DECISIVE GAMES (MINIMUM = 10) PERCENT OF POINTS SCORED BLUNDERS PER 1000 MOVES PERCENT BETTER THAN NORMAL SCORE PER MOVE
STEINITZ 1862 26 213 13 60.71 75.76 -68.87
STEINITZ 1860 24 153 13 84.62 65.36 -45.09
STEINITZ 1870 34 330 14 65.79 37.21 -41.47
STEINITZ 1889 53 290 16 61.77 17.92 -39.15
ALEKHINE 1945 52 396 15 78.95 3.26 -35.60
STEINITZ 1863 27 131 11 75.00 16.95 -32.89
SPASSKY 1992 55 586 15 41.67 15.39 -32.08
EUWE 1929 28 442 13 64.00 37.56 -30.50
ANAND 1985 15 357 13 61.91 21.01 -28.35
PETROSIAN 1950 21 698 21 56.58 6.36 -27.48
BOTVINNIK 1935 23 437 13 68.75 12.99 -26.35
ANAND 2002 32 380 10 61.11 10.00 -24.97
EUWE 1921 20 1317 58 60.00 26.12 -24.80
KASPAROV 1975 12 263 10 50.00 39.80 -24.29
SMYSLOV 1958 37 678 19 57.14 7.67 -24.01
STEINITZ 1882 46 902 36 70.83 26.28 -23.99
SPASSKY 1982 45 1029 26 57.58 3.97 -23.60
SPASSKY 1989 52 744 17 49.21 8.24 -23.31
SMYSLOV 1948 27 413 10 55.00 5.21 -23.01
ALEKHINE 1934 41 925 27 71.59 3.43 -21.01
ANAND 1984 14 492 21 62.50 18.77 -20.87
LASKER 1934 65 286 13 66.67 7.91 -20.27
LASKER 1908 39 344 11 65.63 9.09 -19.36
FISCHER 1992 49 596 15 58.33 3.60 -19.16
SMYSLOV 1979 58 539 17 51.39 0.00 -18.94
TAL 1965 28 442 13 60.42 4.48 -18.46
SPASSKY 1954 17 466 12 71.74 7.91 -18.08
ALEKHINE 1942 49 810 30 78.21 14.78 -16.47
CAPABLANCA 1939 50 433 11 72.92 4.85 -16.10
STEINITZ 1894 58 570 24 53.45 17.13 -16.04
PETROSIAN 1957 28 790 26 63.21 15.09 -15.55
BOTVINNIK 1937 25 284 10 50.00 12.93 -15.12
FISCHER 1956 13 729 27 60.23 19.11 -15.05
STEINITZ 1895 59 717 29 56.58 22.31 -14.46
BOTVINNIK 1969 57 564 15 63.64 0.00 -14.06
SMYSLOV 1949 28 687 22 72.86 14.15 -13.95
CAPABLANCA 1935 46 544 19 66.67 3.01 -13.92
KARPOV 1998 47 480 11 48.21 14.22 -13.49
PETROSIAN 1981 52 705 16 58.33 2.76 -13.08
BOTVINNIK 1946 34 490 19 73.91 10.26 -12.53
BOTVINNIK 1948 36 377 12 70.00 8.20 -12.41
STEINITZ 1866 30 474 26 56.45 27.78 -11.62
STEINITZ 1867 31 552 29 77.94 24.83 -11.48
SMYSLOV 1945 24 622 24 67.14 13.10 -11.45
TAL 1989 52 469 11 48.78 11.49 -11.37
SMYSLOV 1951 30 713 25 76.56 3.66 -11.32
SMYSLOV 1977 56 742 12 50.00 15.09 -11.32
STEINITZ 1886 50 408 15 62.50 15.58 -11.29
SPASSKY 1990 53 622 17 59.21 3.44 -11.16
FISCHER 1959 16 1551 57 62.03 11.19 -10.06
SPASSKY 1972 35 534 13 44.44 22.03 -10.06
SPASSKY 1979 42 754 23 55.65 14.82 -9.75
PETROSIAN 1967 38 645 19 63.42 12.47 -9.61
TAL 1962 25 1192 36 58.07 14.82 -9.41
ALEKHINE 1932 39 902 35 83.70 5.94 -9.38
BOTVINNIK 1944 32 353 13 78.13 9.80 -9.33
ALEKHINE 1941 48 550 16 73.08 6.23 -9.19
KASPAROV 1976 13 619 25 64.47 19.87 -9.09
BOTVINNIK 1938 26 528 18 69.36 0.00 -9.07
SMYSLOV 1974 53 725 28 66.33 1.93 -9.03
EUWE 1923 22 1343 58 75.68 21.15 -8.94
BOTVINNIK 1951 39 887 19 53.66 19.19 -8.47
EUWE 1951 50 211 10 73.08 16.39 -8.07
EUWE 1922 21 836 30 52.22 21.07 -8.05
KARPOV 1996 45 1297 28 57.04 11.69 -7.47
KARPOV 1987 36 1190 22 61.48 5.86 -7.28
ANAND 1986 16 1457 45 65.33 18.81 -7.03
ANAND 1996 26 887 26 62.00 10.68 -6.96
SPASSKY 1984 47 560 16 60.20 6.58 -6.89
SMYSLOV 1942 21 559 21 77.78 11.57 -6.67
PETROSIAN 1953 24 713 19 61.22 7.01 -6.64
KARPOV 1968 17 555 23 85.94 16.55 -6.55
TAL 1969 32 970 35 52.42 18.40 -6.08
EUWE 1924 23 766 34 70.46 14.16 -6.00
PETROSIAN 1965 36 614 16 61.36 8.04 -5.97
PETROSIAN 1949 20 648 21 54.17 12.99 -5.86
LASKER 1894 25 420 15 63.16 9.38 -5.63
KARPOV 1997 46 485 11 55.36 17.54 -5.62
ALEKHINE 1935 42 980 31 61.82 11.03 -5.48
KRAMNIK 2003 28 619 11 56.41 0.00 -5.03
TAL 1991 54 589 17 56.86 12.86 -4.96
PETROSIAN 1982 53 659 17 55.68 16.50 -4.88
SMYSLOV 1959 38 1017 28 59.26 14.95 -4.63
KASPAROV 1984 21 756 11 50.94 0.00 -4.43
SMYSLOV 1957 36 493 12 57.14 3.73 -4.35
PETROSIAN 1969 40 968 24 57.69 6.10 -4.27
BOTVINNIK 1955 43 413 11 56.52 4.70 -4.26
KARPOV 1971 20 1323 41 70.12 4.64 -4.19
ALEKHINE 1912 19 451 23 70.37 10.23 -4.03
ALEKHINE 1911 18 543 20 54.00 9.57 -4.02
BOTVINNIK 1961 49 805 27 69.23 8.43 -3.98
EUWE 1947 46 612 20 62.12 17.20 -3.94
CAPABLANCA 1936 47 734 21 73.17 8.87 -3.80
KASPAROV 1990 27 878 19 62.79 10.31 -3.71
SPASSKY 1953 16 306 12 65.00 25.64 -3.36
TAL 1975 38 1010 30 59.52 14.36 -3.34
EUWE 1920 19 1105 54 68.84 19.12 -3.03
SMYSLOV 1980 59 429 20 76.67 7.98 -3.02
SMYSLOV 1984 63 740 20 48.04 17.37 -2.86
KASPAROV 1983 20 705 20 69.44 2.39 -2.74
TAL 1981 44 935 25 69.84 3.80 -2.72
BOTVINNIK 1962 50 425 14 78.57 17.48 -2.60
EUWE 1940 39 549 24 65.15 9.39 -2.59
SPASSKY 1969 32 981 21 61.21 6.85 -2.52
KARPOV 1985 34 920 17 52.83 11.11 -2.42
SPASSKY 1958 21 497 15 62.96 10.45 -2.10
LASKER 1896 27 678 26 70.59 9.21 -2.04
PETROSIAN 1956 27 890 24 62.73 21.53 -1.96
TAL 1959 22 1443 56 66.87 12.77 -1.95
EUWE 1926 25 710 26 71.05 14.80 -1.88
SPASSKY 1977 40 1182 29 53.73 12.01 -1.78
SMYSLOV 1986 65 585 15 53.26 25.42 -1.61
SMYSLOV 1989 68 890 21 56.86 7.04 -1.54
BOTVINNIK 1952 40 836 22 66.67 6.28 -1.53
BOTVINNIK 1965 53 409 16 69.05 20.06 -1.49
KRAMNIK 1994 19 1213 34 58.96 11.14 -1.41
TAL 1961 24 1355 47 60.90 12.53 -1.37
ANAND 1987 17 1587 51 67.82 14.69 -1.36
PETROSIAN 1974 45 790 28 67.31 8.87 -1.22
TAL 1971 34 1159 38 67.14 8.56 -1.22
KRAMNIK 1996 21 1185 30 58.33 4.89 -1.16
LASKER 1936 67 539 17 51.56 15.53 -1.10
PETROSIAN 1952 23 533 17 62.16 2.99 -1.01
ALEKHINE 1925 32 632 25 79.49 14.22 -0.79
TAL 1980 43 813 19 49.11 18.82 -0.72
SMYSLOV 1978 57 680 18 62.50 2.43 -0.64
LASKER 1924 55 440 14 80.00 9.23 -0.35
TAL 1968 31 815 27 59.65 17.20 -0.14
EUWE 1948 47 828 27 44.90 21.28 -0.13
EUWE 1935 34 641 19 54.29 27.86 -0.03
ANAND 1991 21 1230 41 55.56 6.94 -0.03
ANAND 2005 35 970 19 58.49 7.61 0.08
KARPOV 1993 42 1708 43 67.61 5.44 0.13
ALEKHINE 1922 29 953 37 74.11 6.06 0.13
KARPOV 1992 41 1300 41 65.91 4.37 0.22
KARPOV 1977 26 1190 38 76.98 3.61 0.59
TAL 1966 29 1005 41 72.66 15.69 0.63
BOTVINNIK 1958 46 788 23 63.75 14.23 0.83
KASPAROV 1997 34 600 20 71.88 2.65 0.89
KARPOV 1979 28 714 20 69.05 4.35 0.91
ANAND 2000 30 841 20 63.46 9.28 0.92
ANAND 1999 29 732 15 59.38 15.63 1.06
PETROSIAN 1983 54 755 15 54.31 3.47 1.08
ANAND 2003 33 625 18 61.91 14.82 1.17
SPASSKY 1965 28 1082 28 66.67 6.94 1.32
SMYSLOV 1967 46 1239 38 69.23 4.93 1.34
MORPHY 1858 21 617 28 71.21 5.93 1.52
KRAMNIK 2004 29 774 14 53.77 10.03 1.75
SMYSLOV 1963 42 716 23 75.00 4.25 1.80
LASKER 1899 30 538 19 82.69 2.40 1.80
KASPAROV 1978 15 1042 35 65.83 15.92 1.95
SPASSKY 1983 46 931 21 56.00 13.83 1.96
EUWE 1928 27 1072 31 63.64 12.09 1.97
BOTVINNIK 1960 48 659 17 54.17 15.58 1.97
SPASSKY 1988 51 826 24 58.22 12.79 2.04
EUWE 1953 52 682 20 47.44 7.58 2.22
TAL 1984 47 837 23 56.62 7.04 2.33
ALEKHINE 1913 20 565 29 75.00 18.45 2.66
PETROSIAN 1980 51 789 17 62.75 10.58 2.94
PETROSIAN 1963 34 783 15 56.25 14.75 2.94
PETROSIAN 1954 25 1166 32 68.75 7.22 2.97
SMYSLOV 1956 35 901 23 67.59 3.91 3.05
SPASSKY 1968 31 1044 30 71.43 9.35 3.07
ALEKHINE 1937 44 1249 39 62.10 17.72 3.16
KARPOV 1972 21 730 28 72.50 14.21 3.29
PETROSIAN 1955 26 813 17 65.74 2.74 3.44
FISCHER 1958 15 700 17 64.47 8.33 3.50
TAL 1976 39 1030 19 56.52 2.70 3.65
PETROSIAN 1951 22 915 32 68.75 14.40 3.70
TAL 1964 27 1386 46 76.39 6.78 4.28
ALEKHINE 1914 21 826 35 66.67 24.06 4.28
SMYSLOV 1990 69 717 20 55.56 7.48 4.30
CAPABLANCA 1938 49 382 10 54.55 11.91 4.31
SPASSKY 1955 18 909 36 66.36 12.62 4.53
SMYSLOV 1985 64 613 13 51.19 9.09 4.72
KRAMNIK 1998 23 852 21 56.60 2.57 4.82
LASKER 1890 21 359 12 75.00 3.86 4.87
KARPOV 1982 31 1006 26 64.29 5.36 4.94
SPASSKY 1960 23 809 33 71.43 15.63 4.94
KASPAROV 2002 39 410 10 73.81 4.65 5.05
ANAND 1989 19 947 31 63.39 19.94 5.07
SMYSLOV 1972 51 1104 34 61.11 7.73 5.28
KASPAROV 1979 16 701 22 67.50 16.36 5.34
LASKER 1909 40 682 27 76.56 1.76 5.37
ALEKHINE 1929 36 712 24 70.59 6.26 5.42
KASPAROV 1977 14 637 24 75.71 14.49 5.50
KARPOV 1980 29 1172 35 65.54 9.38 5.61
PETROSIAN 1958 29 818 20 68.00 2.26 5.64
KARPOV 1990 39 899 18 58.16 0.00 6.02
KARPOV 1969 18 825 30 72.22 3.70 6.09
CAPABLANCA 1922 33 279 11 86.67 0.00 6.12
SPASSKY 1978 41 672 22 63.04 9.62 6.17
KRAMNIK 2005 30 800 19 51.02 25.21 6.24
EUWE 1937 36 929 31 53.06 26.76 6.40
SPASSKY 1961 24 793 25 67.44 5.57 6.51
EUWE 1936 35 565 18 68.75 12.99 6.54
FISCHER 1962 19 1432 45 63.82 8.03 6.62
CAPABLANCA 1924 35 382 11 72.50 4.12 6.91
ALEKHINE 1938 45 842 28 72.73 7.66 7.06
LASKER 1900 31 350 15 86.11 6.47 7.12
ALEKHINE 1939 46 577 21 87.50 11.68 7.15
ANAND 1990 20 1432 49 66.46 10.83 7.21
EUWE 1939 38 754 22 71.95 5.04 7.23
SPASSKY 1959 22 1015 32 69.64 19.79 7.24
PETROSIAN 1975 46 979 24 59.72 9.98 7.60
PETROSIAN 1959 30 1050 25 62.30 7.53 7.66
KARPOV 1973 22 1409 33 70.95 5.20 7.69
SMYSLOV 1965 44 802 28 75.58 5.03 8.04
ALEKHINE 1933 40 735 26 78.95 0.00 8.07
BOTVINNIK 1963 51 668 16 58.82 5.99 8.13
PETROSIAN 1976 47 651 20 62.96 12.82 8.26
SPASSKY 1956 19 945 25 57.90 16.46 8.27
KARPOV 1986 35 1297 28 58.45 3.33 8.31
SMYSLOV 1970 49 1214 30 62.82 1.65 8.38
MORPHY 1857 20 291 15 86.11 17.02 8.41
BOTVINNIK 1930 18 330 13 84.38 0.00 8.55
PETROSIAN 1978 49 592 16 65.00 2.83 8.58
ALEKHINE 1926 33 997 35 76.04 12.86 8.60
SMYSLOV 1987 66 498 10 50.00 9.17 8.66
SMYSLOV 1966 45 1045 29 64.84 1.68 8.80
FISCHER 1967 24 712 28 80.56 7.51 8.92
ANAND 1992 22 1337 29 62.14 14.93 8.99
SMYSLOV 1973 52 927 24 60.42 5.95 9.04
SPASSKY 1967 30 879 28 65.71 5.41 9.08
PETROSIAN 1971 42 720 16 53.51 9.09 9.14
ANAND 1988 18 1254 40 63.89 8.83 9.14
TAL 1958 21 1322 50 76.03 14.02 9.20
PETROSIAN 1972 43 938 27 68.25 1.87 9.20
ALEKHINE 1927 34 1286 24 60.00 6.49 9.35
TAL 1990 53 592 16 58.89 16.72 9.36
LASKER 1892 23 548 19 81.25 6.76 9.51
BOTVINNIK 1964 52 381 11 76.47 0.00 9.51
KARPOV 1983 32 925 23 65.83 1.98 9.56
TAL 1973 36 1826 56 64.29 10.22 9.67
ALEKHINE 1931 38 735 26 77.27 3.93 9.76
CAPABLANCA 1929 40 1082 41 78.91 2.79 9.83
TAL 1970 33 587 24 70.59 11.77 9.86
SMYSLOV 1988 67 693 17 55.44 2.79 10.33
PETROSIAN 1977 48 835 17 58.87 11.17 10.40
ALEKHINE 1936 43 1313 38 72.39 3.72 10.48
KASPAROV 1993 30 693 16 68.92 6.37 10.57
CAPABLANCA 1919 30 201 10 95.46 5.68 10.62
EUWE 1952 51 277 12 73.53 15.08 10.66
PETROSIAN 1968 39 782 25 73.47 9.06 10.68
SMYSLOV 1971 50 776 17 62.71 3.10 10.69
ALEKHINE 1943 50 601 22 82.26 11.66 10.71
KRAMNIK 1993 18 1653 49 65.66 9.72 10.78
ANAND 1994 24 877 26 61.11 6.97 10.80
CAPABLANCA 1914 25 491 17 76.00 6.12 11.36
PETROSIAN 1961 32 1044 35 71.77 8.22 11.40
STEINITZ 1883 47 781 31 68.75 18.36 11.47
LASKER 1895 26 729 28 71.05 9.92 11.61
BOTVINNIK 1954 42 691 20 58.57 15.11 11.64
EUWE 1946 45 1100 47 82.46 13.12 11.65
KASPAROV 1981 18 1160 38 68.46 10.62 11.70
TAL 1956 19 769 22 66.67 10.44 11.75
SMYSLOV 1950 29 945 26 64.00 10.93 11.76
ANAND 1997 27 1174 31 65.91 4.80 11.86
EUWE 1927 26 562 24 80.30 4.94 11.94
KARPOV 1991 40 1548 34 58.75 6.65 11.99
SMYSLOV 1952 31 922 29 65.31 15.76 12.02
KASPAROV 1994 31 1000 29 67.93 10.38 12.05
KASPAROV 1980 17 794 30 80.44 10.51 12.56
PETROSIAN 1962 33 888 25 69.84 0.00 12.61
KASPAROV 1996 33 678 18 68.92 10.87 12.69
KARPOV 1970 19 849 22 64.00 6.37 12.69
KARPOV 1984 33 820 17 60.48 2.69 12.79
SMYSLOV 1960 39 897 21 70.65 10.92 12.91
SPASSKY 1971 34 637 19 66.25 18.92 12.95
SMYSLOV 1954 33 947 27 62.26 3.71 13.02
PETROSIAN 1970 41 1020 24 59.23 9.98 13.14
EUWE 1930 29 247 10 71.43