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PLAYER 2-YEAR PERIOD ENDING AGE NUMBER OF MOVES ANALYZED DECISIVE GAMES (MINIMUM = 20) PERCENT OF POINTS SCORED BLUNDERS PER 1000 MOVES PERCENT BETTER THAN NORMAL SCORE PER MOVE
FISCHER 1969 26 524 20 87.04 0.00 37.27
FISCHER 1965 22 666 26 77.27 9.86 28.93
EUWE 1942 41 601 24 75.71 6.98 28.53
FISCHER 1972 29 922 27 75.61 4.90 27.87
KRAMNIK 2000 25 1553 24 59.71 1.90 27.43
BOTVINNIK 1967 55 1184 39 71.77 13.35 26.78
KRAMNIK 2001 26 1361 24 60.84 8.02 26.23
CAPABLANCA 1916 27 669 25 87.10 3.58 26.11
BOTVINNIK 1968 56 746 23 71.59 8.51 25.26
TAL 1987 50 953 31 63.22 6.94 25.08
FISCHER 1971 28 1992 68 81.92 2.79 24.68
FISCHER 1966 23 1583 58 75.64 5.26 24.42
ALEKHINE 1921 28 657 25 76.25 6.99 24.39
KASPAROV 1992 29 1616 46 71.18 12.24 24.29
KASPAROV 1989 26 2362 68 73.85 7.90 23.69
ANAND 2007 37 1615 34 61.49 0.00 23.35
TAL 1988 51 1392 43 57.72 9.12 22.96
KASPAROV 1993 30 1450 41 72.73 8.73 22.13
KRAMNIK 1998 23 1926 48 61.21 6.29 22.11
KASPAROV 1996 33 1469 40 65.22 13.42 22.08
SPASSKY 1986 49 1904 51 60.61 5.80 22.07
CAPABLANCA 1925 36 703 22 70.00 16.24 21.83
KRAMNIK 2007 32 1244 25 63.57 3.93 21.76
KASPAROV 1986 23 1969 48 63.46 10.77 21.39
FISCHER 1968 25 1216 47 83.07 4.64 21.21
EUWE 1934 33 710 26 75.00 8.10 20.87
BOTVINNIK 1933 21 506 21 73.44 8.43 20.71
SPASSKY 1964 27 2074 55 67.98 7.47 20.50
KRAMNIK 1992 17 2736 93 73.33 5.69 20.38
KASPAROV 1988 25 1956 52 68.35 12.59 20.35
FISCHER 1970 27 1542 51 80.41 1.94 20.16
KASPAROV 1995 32 1791 51 65.28 12.57 20.02
KASPAROV 2001 38 1708 34 66.48 1.42 20.02
KASPAROV 2000 37 1580 37 68.24 2.50 19.97
KARPOV 1976 25 1839 47 68.47 6.69 19.95
CAPABLANCA 1928 39 1529 32 60.47 7.40 19.90
SMYSLOV 1969 48 1741 53 69.90 5.51 19.89
SMYSLOV 1976 55 1367 33 59.69 1.62 19.60
EUWE 1950 49 1644 48 67.35 9.52 19.26
SPASSKY 1971 34 1241 38 68.29 12.27 19.13
SMYSLOV 1982 61 985 23 58.09 4.09 18.92
KASPAROV 1999 36 949 24 70.37 1.92 18.89
KASPAROV 1987 24 1554 43 63.53 11.16 18.85
SPASSKY 1987 50 1362 29 59.92 5.06 18.61
TAL 1974 37 2924 98 68.48 8.50 18.60
BOTVINNIK 1966 54 1018 37 70.19 17.97 18.59
EUWE 1932 31 1126 30 60.61 11.67 18.19
KARPOV 1995 44 2453 61 69.75 7.26 18.16
KARPOV 1989 38 3000 76 67.28 5.67 17.91
TAL 1957 20 1424 43 68.59 7.76 17.87
TAL 1978 41 1776 56 64.78 9.29 17.84
BOTVINNIK 1932 20 564 23 83.93 0.00 17.78
FISCHER 1961 18 1797 57 67.86 9.65 17.66
TAL 1983 46 1947 57 62.41 10.38 17.60
KRAMNIK 1999 24 1649 34 58.18 2.93 17.48
SPASSKY 1981 44 1251 32 60.64 0.00 17.42
KARPOV 1990 39 1937 44 62.04 4.10 17.40
KRAMNIK 1996 21 2158 59 63.36 4.31 17.36
CAPABLANCA 1927 38 1124 21 57.26 6.57 16.94
ANAND 2006 36 1750 37 60.33 3.81 16.92
PETROSIAN 1973 44 1734 47 65.85 2.09 16.66
SPASSKY 1975 38 1319 39 62.50 8.97 16.49
TAL 1975 38 2108 72 67.78 9.54 16.39
SMYSLOV 1947 26 2081 59 65.28 8.60 16.21
SMYSLOV 1955 34 1817 53 66.02 6.34 16.16
ALEKHINE 1944 51 755 29 84.62 10.75 16.05
KRAMNIK 1997 22 2259 57 61.48 6.79 15.99
SPASSKY 1974 37 1980 52 62.12 11.48 15.96
SMYSLOV 1962 41 2116 54 65.57 7.42 15.59
TAL 1986 49 1166 32 61.11 14.11 15.46
SMYSLOV 1954 33 1633 45 63.50 7.49 15.44
FISCHER 1967 24 1654 61 77.44 4.20 15.43
KRAMNIK 1993 18 2850 87 68.47 5.51 15.42
SPASSKY 1985 48 1438 43 60.50 5.95 15.38
KARPOV 1975 24 1955 40 64.55 4.85 15.31
STEINITZ 1874 38 448 22 83.33 20.25 15.29
CAPABLANCA 1914 25 706 27 80.00 7.38 15.09
SPASSKY 1965 28 2758 74 68.24 7.40 15.07
SPASSKY 1967 30 2188 54 61.18 5.60 14.98
SMYSLOV 1953 32 1608 47 65.10 14.48 14.97
KRAMNIK 1995 20 2186 63 63.89 7.91 14.79
TAL 1979 42 1737 46 63.51 14.80 14.75
PETROSIAN 1961 32 2089 79 76.80 7.51 14.68
EUWE 1931 30 785 24 61.11 13.22 14.58
TAL 1977 40 2352 68 61.84 6.99 14.51
TAL 1968 31 1547 48 62.87 12.93 14.49
ANAND 1994 24 2003 55 63.48 9.80 14.42
ANAND 1998 28 2197 55 63.89 7.06 14.34
CAPABLANCA 1915 26 793 29 82.05 3.34 13.95
SMYSLOV 1991 70 1126 33 58.93 6.00 13.95
STEINITZ 1873 37 669 30 80.77 16.07 13.94
KASPAROV 1990 27 1903 49 69.70 7.14 13.92
TAL 1958 21 1977 71 74.31 11.39 13.91
SMYSLOV 1961 40 2211 54 66.52 9.80 13.85
CAPABLANCA 1930 41 1262 47 78.08 3.51 13.76
CAPABLANCA 1929 40 1628 56 76.04 3.91 13.73
PETROSIAN 1960 31 2095 69 72.18 7.15 13.62
SPASSKY 1957 20 1837 48 61.71 9.50 13.47
FISCHER 1958 15 1982 68 72.86 8.99 13.45
TAL 1973 36 2793 92 68.29 10.48 13.29
PETROSIAN 1964 35 1622 41 66.48 9.08 13.27
ANAND 1993 23 2463 58 63.57 13.90 13.21
BOTVINNIK 1957 45 854 24 60.00 4.37 12.95
SPASSKY 1976 39 877 26 60.53 11.09 12.90
EUWE 1946 45 1293 54 79.41 12.51 12.85
PETROSIAN 1979 50 1603 42 63.39 5.41 12.61
KASPAROV 1981 18 1954 68 73.42 10.57 12.54
EUWE 1935 34 1318 42 64.09 15.74 12.47
KASPAROV 1982 19 1707 60 71.91 9.35 12.42
FISCHER 1962 19 2060 59 63.43 7.65 12.28
LASKER 1936 67 902 23 56.86 13.79 12.25
SMYSLOV 1970 49 2039 48 63.18 2.04 12.21
PETROSIAN 1962 33 1932 60 70.80 4.85 12.00
SMYSLOV 1965 44 1982 65 74.52 3.72 11.94
ANAND 1995 25 1499 41 57.74 10.59 11.92
KASPAROV 1985 22 1790 30 55.61 10.15 11.89
SMYSLOV 1956 35 1771 49 68.75 6.51 11.84
KASPAROV 1994 31 1693 45 68.33 8.97 11.69
BOTVINNIK 1931 19 679 27 81.82 0.00 11.65
BOTVINNIK 1954 42 691 20 58.57 15.11 11.64
ALEKHINE 1931 38 1193 48 83.82 3.20 11.50
STEINITZ 1884 48 781 31 68.75 18.36 11.47
ANAND 2005 35 1770 41 63.24 6.80 11.44
PETROSIAN 1971 42 1740 40 56.56 9.63 11.43
ANAND 2004 34 1425 40 65.39 10.08 11.38
KASPAROV 2002 39 1200 28 72.22 1.68 11.36
KRAMNIK 2006 31 1316 30 55.26 19.57 11.10
EUWE 1939 38 1518 45 66.88 3.52 11.03
KARPOV 1977 26 2202 68 74.79 4.61 11.03
PETROSIAN 1974 45 1586 48 65.18 6.08 11.00
LASKER 1925 56 817 26 75.00 10.20 10.99
KARPOV 1974 23 2537 56 68.32 4.05 10.94
SPASSKY 1958 21 1389 38 64.82 5.35 10.89
SPASSKY 1991 54 1138 30 61.11 6.07 10.86
KARPOV 1984 33 1745 40 63.12 2.28 10.75
TAL 1967 30 1737 62 70.37 13.03 10.73
EUWE 1949 48 1434 46 53.49 15.48 10.67
LASKER 1910 41 1140 37 73.59 3.92 10.55
ANAND 1999 29 1755 39 60.65 12.08 10.54
BOTVINNIK 1956 44 870 26 65.69 6.12 10.54
SPASSKY 1962 25 1833 62 71.70 4.79 10.52
PETROSIAN 1980 51 1800 43 62.60 8.42 10.42
ALEKHINE 1924 31 968 30 68.00 5.19 10.41
SPASSKY 1966 29 2391 54 61.27 6.40 10.41
SMYSLOV 1968 47 2155 73 71.92 5.88 10.32
EUWE 1951 50 1249 39 69.60 11.87 10.29
SPASSKY 1963 26 1438 46 71.35 4.57 10.28
TAL 1980 43 2096 58 58.15 16.39 10.07
KARPOV 1991 40 2447 52 58.53 4.45 10.02
ALEKHINE 1922 29 1505 59 75.28 5.75 10.00
TAL 1989 52 1145 32 50.97 13.31 9.96
FISCHER 1963 20 1628 56 68.39 7.49 9.84
KASPAROV 1980 17 1495 52 74.42 13.21 9.69
SPASSKY 1973 36 1786 45 58.41 16.19 9.61
PETROSIAN 1978 49 1427 33 61.28 7.03 9.58
SMYSLOV 1964 43 1896 60 74.27 3.28 9.52
EUWE 1938 37 1693 54 56.82 16.13 9.48
SMYSLOV 1988 67 1191 27 53.29 5.21 9.45
PETROSIAN 1965 36 1453 42 68.48 6.56 9.44
KARPOV 1982 31 2009 50 65.04 4.63 9.41
PETROSIAN 1977 48 1486 37 60.78 12.03 9.39
ANAND 2001 31 1466 36 60.75 10.71 9.38
SPASSKY 1970 33 1585 40 65.00 5.56 9.36
ALEKHINE 1928 35 1286 24 60.00 6.49 9.35
SMYSLOV 1971 50 1990 47 62.77 2.15 9.27
KARPOV 1981 30 2175 59 65.65 7.11 9.25
TAL 1964 27 2650 93 76.07 9.43 9.24
PETROSIAN 1972 43 1658 43 61.25 4.62 9.22
TAL 1982 45 2008 66 68.24 7.12 9.18
PETROSIAN 1966 37 1790 42 60.71 9.90 9.05
SMYSLOV 1963 42 1518 44 71.05 4.53 9.05
KARPOV 1970 19 1674 52 67.90 4.94 9.05
ALEKHINE 1927 34 2283 59 66.53 10.33 8.93
ALEKHINE 1930 37 1170 46 81.03 4.41 8.92
PETROSIAN 1963 34 1671 40 64.56 5.90 8.79
KARPOV 1994 43 3065 81 69.16 6.76 8.76
SMYSLOV 1966 45 1847 57 69.16 3.35 8.72
BOTVINNIK 1964 52 1049 27 64.71 3.53 8.58
TAL 1972 35 2126 74 71.05 9.69 8.40
KARPOV 1979 28 1614 38 62.36 4.73 8.23
EUWE 1941 40 991 42 68.97 9.22 8.17
TAL 1985 48 1766 46 58.51 11.06 8.16
KARPOV 1988 37 3152 72 65.85 5.38 8.15
BOTVINNIK 1934 22 588 21 62.50 8.45 8.00
TAL 1984 47 1711 39 56.05 9.37 7.92
PETROSIAN 1976 47 1630 44 61.11 11.22 7.90
SMYSLOV 1981 60 1039 32 64.87 8.04 7.64
TAL 1961 24 2230 73 64.68 9.39 7.61
SMYSLOV 1977 56 1579 32 54.72 6.52 7.37
ANAND 1989 19 2201 71 63.67 13.84 7.33
ALEKHINE 1937 44 2562 77 67.44 10.65 7.25
PETROSIAN 1967 38 1821 45 61.47 11.74 7.25
SMYSLOV 1972 51 1880 51 61.83 6.19 7.22
EUWE 1928 27 1634 55 69.89 9.15 7.18
ALEKHINE 1940 47 577 21 87.50 11.68 7.15
KARPOV 1983 32 1931 49 65.09 3.75 7.08
ALEKHINE 1939 46 1419 49 78.47 9.47 7.08
BOTVINNIK 1945 33 781 29 84.72 4.73 7.06
KASPAROV 1997 34 1278 38 70.29 6.70 6.97
ALEKHINE 1923 30 1540 59 73.84 6.38 6.86
KASPAROV 1998 35 887 23 67.00 2.36 6.81
PETROSIAN 1959 30 1868 45 64.87 5.14 6.76
EUWE 1947 46 1712 67 75.00 14.37 6.68
SMYSLOV 1973 52 2031 58 60.83 6.95 6.63
EUWE 1926 25 1202 49 77.21 8.29 6.52
FISCHER 1957 14 2011 78 70.72 12.45 6.39
EUWE 1937 36 1494 49 59.26 22.08 6.33
SPASSKY 1956 19 1854 61 62.05 14.29 6.28
KARPOV 1973 22 2139 61 71.49 9.00 6.24
KASPAROV 1991 28 1737 40 64.77 12.52 6.19
ANAND 1990 20 2379 80 65.22 14.39 6.19
SPASSKY 1960 23 1824 65 70.48 17.96 6.14
SPASSKY 1968 31 1923 58 68.25 7.52 6.03
KARPOV 1978 27 2090 56 68.18 4.11 6.02
EUWE 1927 26 1272 50 75.35 10.25 5.94
SMYSLOV 1948 27 1525 37 62.18 8.09 5.90
SPASSKY 1961 24 1602 58 69.57 10.47 5.85
BOTVINNIK 1955 43 1104 31 57.76 11.48 5.80
SPASSKY 1988 51 1162 29 58.17 10.66 5.77
KRAMNIK 1994 19 2866 83 62.95 10.30 5.63
ALEKHINE 1929 36 712 24 70.59 6.26 5.42
BOTVINNIK 1948 36 649 21 71.43 9.55 5.42
KARPOV 1992 41 2848 75 61.99 5.40 5.37
KASPAROV 1983 20 1252 42 73.68 4.75 5.36
TAL 1960 23 2318 82 68.32 9.98 5.32
ALEKHINE 1926 33 1629 60 77.59 13.37 5.25
SPASSKY 1972 35 1171 32 57.46 20.10 5.21
KARPOV 1985 34 1740 34 56.96 6.83 5.14
ALEKHINE 1938 45 2091 67 66.51 13.72 4.96
BOTVINNIK 1937 25 903 24 63.64 7.84 4.93
LASKER 1895 26 1149 43 68.42 9.71 4.92
EUWE 1953 52 959 32 55.36 10.08 4.88
LASKER 1924 55 655 22 80.30 10.10 4.78
PETROSIAN 1970 41 1988 48 58.46 8.06 4.63
KARPOV 1996 45 2393 51 61.69 8.92 4.57
KRAMNIK 2005 30 1574 33 52.45 18.29 4.50
SMYSLOV 1946 25 1591 56 66.47 10.27 4.44
ANAND 2002 32 1005 26 58.82 11.63 4.38
SPASSKY 1959 22 1512 47 67.47 16.95 4.25
SMYSLOV 1967 46 2284 67 67.25 3.55 4.22
LASKER 1896 27 1407 54 70.83 9.55 4.21
SMYSLOV 1942 21 997 29 65.96 11.33 4.16
TAL 1963 26 2456 83 67.31 13.19 4.10
SMYSLOV 1989 68 1583 38 56.19 5.10 4.07
MORPHY 1858 21 908 43 76.47 9.45 4.00
ANAND 1992 22 2567 70 59.02 10.22 3.96
LASKER 1900 31 888 34 84.09 4.13 3.92
KARPOV 1986 35 2217 45 56.05 6.25 3.89
ALEKHINE 1936 43 2293 69 67.62 6.67 3.82
ANAND 1991 21 2662 90 61.72 9.04 3.80
PETROSIAN 1969 40 1750 49 64.47 7.66 3.77
ALEKHINE 1914 21 1391 64 70.00 21.54 3.76
SMYSLOV 1987 66 1083 25 51.97 17.62 3.69
KASPAROV 1978 15 1679 59 69.47 15.33 3.58
SMYSLOV 1960 39 1914 49 64.50 13.09 3.56
KARPOV 1980 29 1886 55 66.81 7.46 3.46
ANAND 1988 18 2841 91 66.04 12.13 3.33
PETROSIAN 1955 26 1979 49 67.37 5.67 3.32
BOTVINNIK 1946 34 918 35 81.40 5.57 3.28
KASPAROV 1979 16 1743 57 66.50 16.10 3.24
EUWE 1925 24 1258 57 76.35 8.55 3.23
PETROSIAN 1975 46 1769 52 62.90 9.39 3.13
BOTVINNIK 1963 51 1093 30 66.36 11.29 3.10
EUWE 1936 35 1206 37 61.19 20.99 3.06
ANAND 1997 27 2061 57 64.22 7.58 3.04
BOTVINNIK 1939 27 913 26 70.83 0.00 2.97
LASKER 1893 24 638 24 84.48 5.62 2.91
TAL 1959 22 2765 106 71.15 13.35 2.82
BOTVINNIK 1965 53 790 27 72.37 12.03 2.73
TAL 1971 34 1746 62 68.27 9.77 2.73
ALEKHINE 1915 22 913 40 69.61 23.29 2.62
PETROSIAN 1968 39 1427 44