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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 |
| 2000 | 25 | 15892 | 70.38 | 58.96 | 64.76 | 5.20 | 8.65 | 9.31 | 8.93 | 21.27 | 28.83 |
| 2001 | 26 | 14610 | 69.12 | 57.24 | 63.25 | 4.93 | 8.51 | 9.25 | 8.83 | 20.88 | 28.81 |
| 2002 | 27 | 12961 | 69.01 | 54.78 | 62.05 | 5.74 | 8.54 | 9.50 | 8.93 | 20.61 | 28.93 |
| 2003 | 28 | 11541 | 67.65 | 53.73 | 60.89 | 4.99 | 8.49 | 9.74 | 9.00 | 20.00 | 28.74 |
| 2004 | 29 | 11016 | 67.61 | 52.77 | 60.37 | 4.52 | 8.30 | 9.02 | 8.57 | 19.07 | 27.73 |
| 2005 | 30 | 10780 | 65.42 | 50.86 | 58.26 | 6.61 | 8.57 | 9.19 | 8.81 | 18.18 | 26.65 |
| 2006 | 31 | 9807 | 65.65 | 51.41 | 58.55 | 7.02 | 8.16 | 9.21 | 8.55 | 17.75 | 26.59 |
| 2007 | 32 | 9319 | 66.91 | 49.26 | 58.11 | 6.30 | 8.45 | 9.75 | 8.87 | 17.74 | 27.66 |