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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 |
| 1859 | 22 | 1411 | 87.50 | 70.97 | 78.81 | 7.69 | 10.34 | 10.55 | 10.44 | 23.38 | 26.11 |