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Morphy Steinitz Lasker Capablanca Alekhine Euwe Botvinnik Smyslov
Tal Petrosian Spassky Fischer Karpov Kasparov Kramnik Anand

Emanuel Lasker (Born 24 December 1868 - Died 13 January 1941)

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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
1898 29 4019 81.08 66.20 73.79 6.56 9.83 10.64 10.19 20.87 25.67
1899 30 4560 79.52 70.37 75.00 5.99 9.89 10.25 10.06 20.50 25.09
1900 31 4565 82.14 70.12 76.21 5.87 10.13 9.88 10.01 20.68 25.14
1901 32 4629 81.77 70.48 76.19 6.09 10.13 9.92 10.03 20.76 25.13
1902 33 3913 80.56 70.14 75.35 6.26 10.09 10.13 10.11 20.78 25.39
1903 34 3788 80.00 68.84 74.46 6.53 10.14 9.73 9.95 20.61 25.29
1904 35 3623 80.88 70.90 75.93 8.02 10.13 9.50 9.83 21.62 26.04
1905 36 2628 83.67 71.88 77.84 8.31 10.41 9.15 9.81 21.49 25.30
1906 37 1712 81.82 81.67 81.75 7.58 10.93 8.43 9.63 22.66 25.80
1907 38 2086 80.77 79.73 80.26 8.05 10.57 8.78 9.62 22.79 26.84
1908 39 2542 79.79 75.56 77.72 7.83 10.49 9.68 10.08 21.54 26.63
1909 40 2728 85.00 66.67 76.02 7.02 9.51 10.03 9.75 21.21 25.27
1910 41 2857 81.37 64.00 72.77 7.58 9.10 9.79 9.42 19.92 24.34
1911 42 2793 82.00 63.27 72.73 7.16 9.10 9.71 9.37 19.76 24.34
1912 43 2793 82.00 63.27 72.73 7.16 9.10 9.71 9.37 19.76 24.34
1913 44 2793 82.00 63.27 72.73 7.16 9.10 9.71 9.37 19.76 24.34
1914 45 2919 82.35 63.73 73.04 4.81 9.08 9.83 9.42 19.46 24.06
1915 46 2919 82.35 63.73 73.04 4.81 9.08 9.83 9.42 19.46 24.06
1916 47 3057 83.33 64.82 74.07 5.05 9.04 9.64 9.31 19.39 23.76
1917 48 2619 84.04 63.04 73.66 4.59 9.14 9.54 9.31 18.75 22.61
1918 49 2355 85.71 64.63 75.30 3.89 9.33 8.48 8.95 18.95 21.85
1919 50 1449 82.69 66.00 74.51 6.35 10.17 7.48 8.94 18.19 22.58
1920 51 844 86.67 70.00 78.33 5.77 10.97 8.02 9.61 19.61 23.14
1921 52 1207 70.46 59.09 64.77 6.20 10.58 8.48 9.58 17.22 23.14
1922 53 1207 70.46 59.09 64.77 6.20 10.58 8.48 9.58 17.22 23.14
1923 54 1510 73.21 63.79 68.42 6.90 10.74 8.73 9.80 18.89 26.42
1924 55 1576 70.69 70.00 70.34 7.18 10.31 9.61 9.94 17.88 24.58
1925 56 2093 70.51 70.00 70.25 7.56 9.89 9.33 9.60 18.40 25.53
1926 57 1955 68.06 68.92 68.49 7.40 10.04 9.56 9.78 18.45 26.16
1927 58 1955 68.06 68.92 68.49 7.40 10.04 9.56 9.78 18.45 26.16
1928 59 1763 66.67 69.12 67.91 8.04 9.50 9.61 9.56 18.87 27.11
1929 60 1763 66.67 69.12 67.91 8.04 9.50 9.61 9.56 18.87 27.11
1930 61 1763 66.67 69.12 67.91 8.04 9.50 9.61 9.56 18.87 27.11
1931 62 1400 75.00 77.78 76.42 8.04 9.59 9.56 9.57 20.77 27.11
1932 63 1400 75.00 77.78 76.42 8.04 9.59 9.56 9.57 20.77 27.11
1933 64 1097 72.50 77.50 75.00 7.79 8.96 9.58 9.33 19.41 25.06
1934 65 908 67.65 69.44 68.57 7.24 10.19 9.61 9.88 20.12 25.81
1935 66 887 62.50 69.44 66.18 6.01 10.49 8.03 9.00 17.34 21.78
1936 67 1650 59.38 58.82 59.09 8.51 8.85 9.95 9.40 16.45 22.62