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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
STEINITZ 1863 27 344 24 67.86 53.80 -53.09
STEINITZ 1889 53 352 20 69.05 14.66 -30.91
STEINITZ 1890 54 426 21 59.62 22.60 -28.01
STEINITZ 1882 46 902 36 70.83 26.28 -23.99
ANAND 1985 15 849 34 62.25 19.64 -23.84
EUWE 1922 21 2153 88 57.20 24.29 -18.75
CAPABLANCA 1935 46 626 22 66.22 2.55 -18.64
SPASSKY 1990 53 1366 34 52.97 6.11 -17.77
PETROSIAN 1950 21 1346 42 55.41 9.34 -17.52
ALEKHINE 1945 52 550 22 83.33 4.59 -17.27
SMYSLOV 1949 28 1100 32 66.36 11.36 -17.21
BOTVINNIK 1935 23 734 22 65.39 7.60 -16.82
STEINITZ 1894 58 570 24 53.45 17.13 -16.04
SMYSLOV 1958 37 1171 31 57.14 6.07 -15.16
STEINITZ 1895 59 1287 53 55.22 19.90 -15.10
STEINITZ 1896 60 733 30 57.69 21.66 -14.31
EUWE 1921 20 2422 112 64.09 22.78 -13.83
KASPAROV 1976 13 882 35 60.58 25.99 -13.70
ALEKHINE 1942 49 1360 46 76.15 11.83 -13.51
ALEKHINE 1935 42 1905 58 66.16 7.09 -13.37
TAL 1992 55 737 23 55.56 9.83 -13.27
SMYSLOV 1959 38 1695 47 58.43 11.88 -12.51
LASKER 1894 25 510 20 70.83 7.32 -12.48
SPASSKY 1983 46 1960 47 56.74 8.53 -11.99
ALEKHINE 1911 18 857 29 53.57 13.51 -11.99
BOTVINNIK 1938 26 812 28 63.64 5.62 -11.66
ANAND 1986 16 1814 58 64.58 19.26 -11.64
STEINITZ 1867 31 1026 55 67.69 26.22 -11.55
STEINITZ 1868 32 552 29 77.94 24.83 -11.48
SPASSKY 1954 17 772 24 68.61 16.43 -11.41
SMYSLOV 1980 59 968 37 62.88 4.17 -10.30
STEINITZ 1866 30 555 30 61.11 23.71 -9.88
EUWE 1930 29 689 23 66.67 21.53 -9.87
SMYSLOV 1979 58 1219 35 57.24 1.33 -9.57
KARPOV 1998 47 965 22 51.79 15.95 -9.46
PETROSIAN 1951 22 1613 53 63.37 10.94 -9.17
SPASSKY 1989 52 1570 41 54.04 10.80 -8.95
PETROSIAN 1982 53 1364 33 57.07 9.02 -8.95
EUWE 1923 22 2179 88 66.81 21.12 -8.86
PETROSIAN 1957 28 1680 50 62.96 18.25 -8.72
KARPOV 1968 17 814 32 80.61 13.40 -8.49
EUWE 1924 23 2109 92 73.73 18.61 -8.10
SPASSKY 1982 45 1602 42 59.09 2.47 -8.03
CAPABLANCA 1936 47 1278 40 70.27 6.39 -7.85
ALEKHINE 1934 41 1660 53 75.00 1.85 -7.80
STEINITZ 1883 47 1683 67 69.89 22.47 -7.29
SMYSLOV 1943 22 861 29 70.73 10.12 -7.02
KARPOV 1997 46 1782 39 56.57 13.30 -6.92
CAPABLANCA 1939 50 815 21 64.13 8.02 -6.91
FISCHER 1959 16 2251 74 62.82 10.48 -6.88
EUWE 1929 28 1514 44 63.75 18.94 -6.73
ANAND 2003 33 1005 28 61.59 13.22 -6.66
PETROSIAN 1958 29 1608 46 65.53 9.26 -5.53
SMYSLOV 1978 57 1422 30 56.02 7.39 -5.37
TAL 1962 25 2547 83 59.64 13.52 -4.87
BOTVINNIK 1952 40 1723 41 60.24 12.29 -4.83
PETROSIAN 1981 52 1494 33 60.61 6.76 -4.61
ALEKHINE 1912 19 994 43 62.50 9.89 -4.23
ALEKHINE 1943 50 1411 52 80.00 13.49 -4.08
PETROSIAN 1953 24 1246 36 61.63 5.24 -4.01
ANAND 1987 17 3044 96 66.67 16.62 -4.00
TAL 1966 29 1447 54 69.32 13.16 -3.55
TAL 1969 32 1785 62 55.88 17.87 -3.50
BOTVINNIK 1962 50 1230 41 72.50 11.38 -3.38
KASPAROV 1984 21 1461 31 58.43 1.49 -3.28
MORPHY 1859 22 711 35 75.61 5.09 -2.98
ALEKHINE 1925 32 1013 33 72.88 10.68 -2.81
SMYSLOV 1945 24 942 35 66.67 8.62 -2.63
SPASSKY 1955 18 1375 48 67.95 11.27 -2.30
SPASSKY 1977 40 1468 36 53.49 12.40 -2.16
BOTVINNIK 1961 49 1464 44 62.00 10.94 -2.14
ALEKHINE 1933 40 1637 61 81.55 3.42 -1.98
EUWE 1948 47 1440 47 51.83 19.38 -1.92
PETROSIAN 1983 54 1414 32 54.90 10.15 -1.91
TAL 1981 44 1748 44 60.08 10.02 -1.83
STEINITZ 1892 56 585 23 54.55 34.48 -1.82
SPASSKY 1992 55 1102 28 54.11 12.96 -1.74
SPASSKY 1984 47 1491 37 57.66 10.84 -1.61
BOTVINNIK 1953 41 836 22 66.67 6.28 -1.53
SPASSKY 1979 42 1426 45 58.80 12.18 -1.45
KARPOV 1972 21 2053 69 70.90 8.42 -1.40
KRAMNIK 2004 29 1393 25 54.89 5.64 -1.30
LASKER 1897 28 728 28 72.22 8.43 -1.16
KASPAROV 1977 14 1256 49 69.86 17.09 -1.11
CAPABLANCA 1937 48 978 24 68.18 7.78 -0.73
ALEKHINE 1932 39 1637 61 80.56 5.07 -0.69
LASKER 1909 40 1026 38 72.92 3.81 -0.65
TAL 1976 39 2040 49 57.96 9.71 -0.49
PETROSIAN 1954 25 1879 51 65.49 7.14 -0.36
ANAND 1996 26 1509 41 58.43 13.13 -0.23
SMYSLOV 1985 64 1353 33 49.46 14.45 -0.18
SMYSLOV 1974 53 1652 52 63.40 3.91 -0.18
TAL 1965 28 1828 59 72.40 6.32 -0.16
SMYSLOV 1975 54 1255 41 64.88 2.54 -0.08
ALEKHINE 1913 20 1016 52 72.81 15.01 0.00
KARPOV 1993 42 3008 84 66.88 4.91 0.08
SMYSLOV 1957 36 1394 35 64.02 3.85 0.10
PETROSIAN 1956 27 1703 41 64.22 13.70 0.18
BOTVINNIK 1958 46 1185 32 56.45 10.40 0.39
TAL 1970 33 1557 59 58.85 15.64 0.41
SMYSLOV 1952 31 1635 54 69.75 9.85 0.51
KARPOV 1987 36 2487 50 59.85 4.50 0.53
SMYSLOV 1951 30 1658 51 68.90 7.31 0.55
FISCHER 1960 17 2720 100 65.86 11.01 0.59
SPASSKY 1969 32 2025 51 66.23 8.33 0.67
BOTVINNIK 1947 35 762 28 73.68 10.62 0.72
KARPOV 1969 18 1380 53 77.92 9.34 0.76
SMYSLOV 1984 63 1290 26 50.00 14.87 0.81
ANAND 2000 30 1573 35 61.50 11.98 0.93
BOTVINNIK 1944 32 651 20 76.67 6.24 1.04
BOTVINNIK 1936 24 1056 27 69.09 7.86 1.08
SMYSLOV 1950 29 1632 48 67.65 12.33 1.24
SMYSLOV 1990 69 1607 41 56.19 7.26 1.28
BOTVINNIK 1969 57 735 20 65.22 0.00 1.38
BOTVINNIK 1959 47 885 24 63.04 13.97 1.68
SPASSKY 1978 41 1854 51 57.52 11.01 1.77
KARPOV 1971 20 2172 63 67.80 5.25 1.83
EUWE 1952 51 488 22 73.33 15.71 1.86
SMYSLOV 1986 65 1198 28 52.27 17.54 2.02
TAL 1991 54 1181 33 57.81 14.75 2.04
EUWE 1940 39 1303 46 68.92 7.29 2.05
PETROSIAN 1952 23 1448 49 65.88 10.42 2.06
TAL 1990 53 1061 27 54.07 14.80 2.12
PETROSIAN 1968 39 1427 44 68.89 10.49 2.42
SPASSKY 1980 43 1432 39 57.59 8.24 2.42
ALEKHINE 1915 22 913 40 69.61 23.29 2.62
TAL 1971 34 1746 62 68.27 9.77 2.73
BOTVINNIK 1965 53 790 27 72.37 12.03 2.73
TAL 1959 22 2765 106 71.15 13.35 2.82
LASKER 1893 24 638 24 84.48 5.62 2.91
BOTVINNIK 1939 27 913 26 70.83 0.00 2.97
ANAND 1997 27 2061 57 64.22 7.58 3.04
EUWE 1936 35 1206 37 61.19 20.99 3.06
BOTVINNIK 1963 51 1093 30 66.36 11.29 3.10
PETROSIAN 1975 46 1769 52 62.90 9.39 3.13
EUWE 1925 24 1258 57 76.35 8.55 3.23
KASPAROV 1979 16 1743 57 66.50 16.10 3.24
BOTVINNIK 1946 34 918 35 81.40 5.57 3.28
PETROSIAN 1955 26 1979 49 67.37 5.67 3.32
ANAND 1988 18 2841 91 66.04 12.13 3.33
KARPOV 1980 29 1886 55 66.81 7.46 3.46
SMYSLOV 1960 39 1914 49 64.50 13.09 3.56
KASPAROV 1978 15 1679 59 69.47 15.33 3.58
SMYSLOV 1987 66 1083 25 51.97 17.62 3.69
ALEKHINE 1914 21 1391 64 70.00 21.54 3.76
PETROSIAN 1969 40 1750 49 64.47 7.66 3.77
ANAND 1991 21 2662 90 61.72 9.04 3.80
ALEKHINE 1936 43 2293 69 67.62 6.67 3.82
KARPOV 1986 35 2217 45 56.05 6.25 3.89
LASKER 1900 31 888 34 84.09 4.13 3.92
ANAND 1992 22 2567 70 59.02 10.22 3.96
MORPHY 1858 21 908 43 76.47 9.45 4.00
SMYSLOV 1989 68 1583 38 56.19 5.10 4.07
TAL 1963 26 2456 83 67.31 13.19 4.10
SMYSLOV 1942 21 997 29 65.96 11.33 4.16
LASKER 1896 27 1407 54 70.83 9.55 4.21
SMYSLOV 1967 46 2284 67 67.25 3.55 4.22
SPASSKY 1959 22 1512 47 67.47 16.95 4.25
ANAND 2002 32 1005 26 58.82 11.63 4.38
SMYSLOV 1946 25 1591 56 66.47 10.27 4.44
KRAMNIK 2005 30 1574 33 52.45 18.29 4.50
KARPOV 1996 45 2393 51 61.69 8.92 4.57
PETROSIAN 1970 41 1988 48 58.46 8.06 4.63
LASKER 1924 55 655 22 80.30 10.10 4.78
EUWE 1953 52 959 32 55.36 10.08 4.88
LASKER 1895 26 1149 43 68.42 9.71 4.92
BOTVINNIK 1937 25 903 24 63.64 7.84 4.93
ALEKHINE 1938 45 2091 67 66.51 13.72 4.96
KARPOV 1985 34 1740 34 56.96 6.83 5.14
SPASSKY 1972 35 1171 32 57.46 20.10 5.21
ALEKHINE 1926 33 1629 60 77.59 13.37 5.25
TAL 1960 23 2318 82 68.32 9.98 5.32
KASPAROV 1983 20 1252 42 73.68 4.75 5.36
KARPOV 1992 41 2848 75 61.99 5.40 5.37
BOTVINNIK 1948 36 649 21 71.43 9.55 5.42
ALEKHINE 1929 36 712 24 70.59 6.26 5.42
KRAMNIK 1994 19 2866 83 62.95 10.30 5.63
SPASSKY 1988 51 1162 29 58.17 10.66 5.77
BOTVINNIK 1955 43 1104 31 57.76 11.48 5.80
SPASSKY 1961 24 1602 58 69.57 10.47 5.85
SMYSLOV 1948 27 1525 37 62.18 8.09 5.90
EUWE 1927 26 1272 50 75.35 10.25 5.94
KARPOV 1978 27 2090 56 68.18 4.11 6.02
SPASSKY 1968 31 1923 58 68.25 7.52 6.03
SPASSKY 1960 23 1824 65 70.48 17.96 6.14
KASPAROV 1991 28 1737 40 64.77 12.52 6.19
ANAND 1990 20 2379 80 65.22 14.39 6.19
KARPOV 1973 22 2139 61 71.49 9.00 6.24
SPASSKY 1956 19 1854 61 62.05 14.29 6.28
EUWE 1937 36 1494 49 59.26 22.08 6.33
FISCHER 1957 14 2011 78 70.72 12.45 6.39
EUWE 1926 25 1202 49 77.21 8.29 6.52
SMYSLOV 1973 52 2031 58 60.83 6.95 6.63
EUWE 1947 46 1712 67 75.00 14.37 6.68
PETROSIAN 1959 30 1868 45 64.87 5.14 6.76
KASPAROV 1998 35 887 23 67.00 2.36 6.81
ALEKHINE 1923 30 1540 59 73.84 6.38 6.86
KASPAROV 1997 34 1278 38 70.29 6.70 6.97
BOTVINNIK 1945 33 781 29 84.72 4.73 7.06
KARPOV 1983 32 1931 49 65.09 3.75 7.08
ALEKHINE 1939 46 1419 49 78.47 9.47 7.08
ALEKHINE 1940 47 577 21 87.50 11.68 7.15
EUWE 1928 27 1634 55 69.89 9.15 7.18
SMYSLOV 1972 51 1880 51 61.83 6.19 7.22
PETROSIAN 1967 38 1821 45 61.47 11.74 7.25
ALEKHINE 1937 44 2562 77 67.44 10.65 7.25
ANAND 1989 19 2201 71 63.67 13.84 7.33
SMYSLOV 1977 56 1579 32 54.72 6.52 7.37
TAL 1961 24 2230 73 64.68 9.39 7.61
SMYSLOV 1981 60 1039 32 64.87 8.04 7.64
PETROSIAN 1976 47 1630 44 61.11 11.22 7.90
TAL 1984 47 1711 39 56.05 9.37 7.92
BOTVINNIK 1934 22 588 21 62.50 8.45 8.00
KARPOV 1988 37 3152 72 65.85 5.38 8.15
TAL 1985 48 1766 46 58.51 11.06 8.16
EUWE 1941 40 991 42 68.97 9.22 8.17
KARPOV 1979 28 1614 38 62.36 4.73 8.23
TAL 1972 35 2126 74 71.05 9.69 8.40
BOTVINNIK 1964 52 1049 27 64.71 3.53 8.58
SMYSLOV 1966 45 1847 57 69.16 3.35 8.72
KARPOV 1994 43 3065 81 69.16 6.76 8.76
PETROSIAN 1963 34 1671 40 64.56 5.90 8.79
ALEKHINE 1930 37 1170 46 81.03 4.41 8.92
ALEKHINE 1927 34 2283 59 66.53 10.33 8.93
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
TAL 1982 45 2008 66 68.24 7.12 9.18
PETROSIAN 1972 43 1658 43 61.25 4.62 9.22
TAL 1964 27 2650 93 76.07 9.43 9.24
KARPOV 1981 30 2175 59 65.65 7.11 9.25
SMYSLOV 1971 50 1990 47 62.77 2.15 9.27
ALEKHINE 1928 35 1286 24 60.00 6.49 9.35
SPASSKY 1970 33 1585 40 65.00 5.56 9.36
ANAND 2001 31 1466 36 60.75 10.71 9.38
PETROSIAN 1977 48 1486 37 60.78 12.03 9.39
KARPOV 1982 31 2009 50 65.04 4.63 9.41
PETROSIAN 1965 36 1453 42 68.48 6.56 9.44
SMYSLOV 1988 67 1191 27 53.29 5.21 9.45
EUWE 1938 37 1693 54 56.82 16.13 9.48
SMYSLOV 1964 43 1896 60 74.27 3.28 9.52
PETROSIAN 1978 49 1427 33 61.28 7.03 9.58
SPASSKY 1973 36 1786 45 58.41 16.19 9.61
KASPAROV 1980 17 1495 52 74.42 13.21 9.69
FISCHER 1963 20 1628 56 68.39 7.49 9.84
TAL 1989 52 1145 32 50.97 13.31 9.96
ALEKHINE 1922 29 1505 59 75.28 5.75 10.00
KARPOV 1991 40 2447 52 58.53 4.45 10.02
TAL 1980 43 2096 58 58.15 16.39 10.07
SPASSKY 1963 26 1438 46 71.35 4.57 10.28
EUWE 1951 50 1249 39 69.60 11.87 10.29
SMYSLOV 1968 47 2155 73 71.92 5.88 10.32
ALEKHINE 1924 31 968 30 68.00 5.19 10.41
SPASSKY 1966 29 2391 54 61.27 6.40 10.41
PETROSIAN 1980 51 1800 43 62.60 8.42 10.42
SPASSKY 1962 25 1833 62 71.70 4.79 10.52
ANAND 1999 29 1755 39 60.65 12.08 10.54
BOTVINNIK 1956 44 870 26 65.69 6.12 10.54
LASKER 1910 41 1140 37 73.59 3.92 10.55
EUWE 1949 48 1434 46 53.49 15.48 10.67
TAL 1967 30 1737 62 70.37 13.03 10.73
KARPOV 1984 33 1745 40 63.12 2.28 10.75
SPASSKY 1991 54 1138 30 61.11 6.07 10.86
SPASSKY 1958 21 1389 38 64.82 5.35 10.89
KARPOV 1974 23 2537 56 68.32 4.05 10.94
LASKER 1925 56 817 26 75.00 10.20 10.99
PETROSIAN 1974 45 1586 48 65.18 6.08 11.00
EUWE 1939 38 1518 45 66.88 3.52 11.03
KARPOV 1977 26 2202 68 74.79 4.61 11.03
KRAMNIK 2006 31 1316 30 55.26 19.57 11.10
KASPAROV 2002 39 1200 28 72.22 1.68 11.36
ANAND 2004 34 1425 40