Truechess.com Compares the Champions

Compare by Age Compare 1908-1946 Compare 1947-1972 Compare 1973-2007 Individual Players
Blunders per 1000 moves Average Error per move Percentage of Points Won Complexity of Style
    3 Yr Periods 5 Yr Periods 10 Yr Periods

Average Raw Error per move [draws excluded] / Years 1973 - 2007

Key:
Best Value
2nd Best Value
Worst Value Return to TrueChess home Compare Champions home
YEAR SMY TAL PETRO SPASS KARP KASP KRAM ANAND
1973 8.67 9.60 8.84 9.46 9.53


1974 9.22 8.86 8.93 9.50 9.15


1975 9.54 9.26 9.13 9.54 9.08


1976 9.35 8.87 9.59 9.82 8.59


1977 9.06 9.42 9.65 9.92 8.78 11.11

1978 8.84 9.09 9.59 9.87 8.56 10.82

1979 10.18 9.04 9.11 10.31 9.16 10.55

1980 9.81 9.30 9.05 9.90 9.05 10.52

1981 9.65 9.84 9.09 9.71 9.08 9.95

1982 8.65 9.75 9.90 10.54 9.01 9.73

1983 8.30 9.43 10.17 11.05 9.25 9.68

1984 9.20 8.68
11.30 9.40 9.92

1985 9.12 8.58
8.99 9.12 9.50

1986 9.00 8.45
8.35 8.98 9.00
11.08
1987 8.67 8.43
7.94 9.11 8.78
10.99
1988 9.00 8.51
9.04 8.61 8.82
10.30
1989 9.16 8.90
9.84 8.05 8.93
10.13
1990 9.58 9.65
10.32 7.96 9.31
9.58
1991 9.37 10.28
9.66 8.28 9.65
9.74
1992
10.86
10.24 9.18 9.78
9.72
1993



9.60 9.58 8.76 9.86
1994



9.40 10.58 9.31 9.84
1995



9.25 10.40 9.35 9.67
1996



9.14 10.40 9.83 10.07
1997



9.72 9.98 8.46 10.17
1998



10.50 10.45 8.82 10.11
1999



10.61 10.35 8.15 10.07
2000




9.45 8.68 10.71
2001




9.53 7.90 11.04
2002




9.57 7.74 11.24
2003




10.15 8.51 10.74
2004




10.29 9.38 10.80
2005




10.08 9.56 10.38
2006





9.29 9.54
2007





9.25 9.22