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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 |
| 1995 | 20 | 9211 | 73.21 | 63.40 | 68.33 | 5.83 | 8.62 | 9.61 | 9.06 | 22.43 | 29.30 |
| 1996 | 21 | 8744 | 71.05 | 58.70 | 64.97 | 5.05 | 8.83 | 9.73 | 9.23 | 22.02 | 29.67 |
| 1997 | 22 | 8545 | 70.54 | 56.00 | 63.47 | 6.44 | 8.60 | 9.81 | 9.12 | 21.47 | 29.12 |
| 1998 | 23 | 7467 | 67.58 | 55.03 | 61.62 | 5.50 | 8.70 | 9.89 | 9.23 | 21.02 | 29.13 |
| 1999 | 24 | 6986 | 68.67 | 54.45 | 61.84 | 4.31 | 8.46 | 8.79 | 8.59 | 20.80 | 29.49 |
| 2000 | 25 | 6681 | 66.67 | 52.84 | 59.97 | 3.92 | 8.70 | 8.63 | 8.67 | 19.70 | 27.86 |
| 2001 | 26 | 5866 | 66.28 | 55.12 | 60.74 | 4.70 | 7.91 | 8.15 | 8.00 | 19.20 | 27.11 |
| 2002 | 27 | 4416 | 66.16 | 52.58 | 59.44 | 3.72 | 8.39 | 8.42 | 8.40 | 18.97 | 28.41 |
| 2003 | 28 | 4074 | 67.78 | 51.63 | 59.62 | 3.61 | 8.03 | 9.14 | 8.36 | 18.17 | 27.76 |
| 2004 | 29 | 4030 | 65.73 | 50.00 | 57.87 | 5.01 | 7.94 | 9.59 | 8.53 | 16.10 | 23.56 |
| 2005 | 30 | 4099 | 63.33 | 47.80 | 55.53 | 11.40 | 8.33 | 10.15 | 9.05 | 15.71 | 24.26 |
| 2006 | 31 | 3941 | 64.71 | 45.93 | 55.26 | 10.65 | 8.52 | 11.04 | 9.42 | 15.58 | 25.60 |
| 2007 | 32 | 4903 | 67.62 | 46.23 | 56.87 | 8.51 | 8.50 | 11.09 | 9.28 | 16.63 | 26.93 |