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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 |
| 1857 | 20 | 417 | 92.86 | 81.82 | 86.11 | 11.77 | 14.31 | 10.42 | 12.27 | 29.03 | 32.46 |
| 1858 | 21 | 844 | 82.35 | 59.38 | 71.21 | 7.16 | 9.42 | 10.13 | 9.75 | 21.79 | 25.00 |
| 1859 | 22 | 150 | 100.00 | 87.50 | 93.75 | 0.00 | 6.90 | 12.98 | 9.83 | 17.44 | 16.34 |