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| DRAWN GAMES ARE EXCLUDED FROM "BLUNDERS" AND "AVG ERROR" DATA COLUMNS |
| YEAR | AGE | MOVES ANALYZED | WHITE PTS PERCENT | BLACK PTS PERCENT | TOTAL PTS PERCENT | BLUNDERS per 1000 MOVES | AVG ERROR per WHITE MOVE | AVG ERROR per BLACK MOVE | AVG ERROR per MOVE | COMPLEXITY – ALL GAMES | COMPLEXITY – WINNING GAMES |
| 1993 | 23 | 15499 | 69.38 | 58.06 | 63.86 | 10.27 | 10.63 | 9.59 | 10.16 | 20.24 | 26.74 |
| 1994 | 24 | 16003 | 69.67 | 57.51 | 63.73 | 9.71 | 10.61 | 9.44 | 10.09 | 20.44 | 27.25 |
| 1995 | 25 | 16390 | 69.29 | 56.83 | 63.20 | 9.65 | 10.41 | 9.38 | 9.96 | 20.14 | 26.89 |
| 1996 | 26 | 15657 | 69.02 | 56.33 | 62.86 | 8.96 | 10.40 | 9.35 | 9.95 | 20.00 | 26.98 |
| 1997 | 27 | 15109 | 68.15 | 56.52 | 62.48 | 8.13 | 10.15 | 9.39 | 9.81 | 20.20 | 27.71 |
| 1998 | 28 | 14802 | 68.95 | 55.25 | 62.23 | 8.28 | 10.26 | 9.31 | 9.85 | 20.21 | 28.21 |
| 1999 | 29 | 14542 | 69.33 | 54.27 | 61.89 | 7.73 | 10.32 | 9.32 | 9.90 | 20.16 | 28.85 |
| 2000 | 30 | 13770 | 69.61 | 53.04 | 61.37 | 7.60 | 10.69 | 9.30 | 10.13 | 20.42 | 29.81 |
| 2001 | 31 | 13005 | 69.93 | 53.52 | 61.74 | 8.31 | 10.67 | 9.27 | 10.17 | 20.56 | 30.72 |
| 2002 | 32 | 11748 | 69.80 | 53.43 | 61.65 | 7.87 | 10.74 | 9.49 | 10.30 | 20.84 | 30.61 |
| 2003 | 33 | 11057 | 69.33 | 52.80 | 61.17 | 8.00 | 10.74 | 9.75 | 10.39 | 21.02 | 31.04 |
| 2004 | 34 | 11007 | 70.50 | 53.19 | 61.92 | 7.99 | 10.78 | 9.86 | 10.47 | 21.35 | 31.69 |
| 2005 | 35 | 11454 | 70.41 | 53.91 | 62.19 | 7.43 | 10.95 | 9.74 | 10.53 | 21.54 | 31.61 |
| 2006 | 36 | 11273 | 69.20 | 55.42 | 62.26 | 6.63 | 10.88 | 9.14 | 10.24 | 21.74 | 32.43 |
| 2007 | 37 | 10801 | 69.16 | 54.10 | 61.55 | 6.52 | 10.84 | 9.16 | 10.21 | 21.16 | 31.98 |