Truechess.com Compares the Champions

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

Tigran Petrosian (Born 17 June 1929 - Died 13 August 1984)

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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
1958 29 11326 68.09 59.24 63.74 7.52 10.18 10.73 10.42 19.13 26.11
1959 30 11905 67.83 60.56 64.24 7.16 10.03 10.52 10.25 19.10 25.92
1960 31 12420 71.32 62.21 66.85 7.02 9.67 10.21 9.91 19.43 26.01
1961 32 12642 72.20 62.18 67.25 6.49 9.43 10.36 9.84 19.51 25.96
1962 33 13173 72.66 62.98 67.86 6.16 9.35 10.27 9.75 19.33 25.77
1963 34 13171 72.63 62.50 67.61 6.67 9.26 10.22 9.67 19.14 25.70
1964 35 12730 73.38 62.73 68.12 6.43 9.06 10.16 9.51 19.13 25.25
1965 36 12455 73.99 61.57 67.81 6.71 9.19 10.07 9.53 19.10 25.40
1966 37 12835 74.64 60.04 67.39 5.97 9.00 9.89 9.34 19.07 25.33
1967 38 12613 75.18 59.70 67.50 5.70 8.88 9.76 9.21 18.98 25.24
1968 39 12566 75.18 60.67 68.00 6.14 8.77 9.70 9.13 18.80 24.93
1969 40 12500 74.09 60.60 67.40 6.04 8.71 9.84 9.16 18.47 24.91
1970 41 12478 70.96 58.61 64.77 6.35 8.76 9.91 9.22 18.07 25.00
1971 42 12103 69.15 56.46 62.78 6.41 8.91 9.81 9.26 17.55 25.18
1972 43 12141 69.00 56.13 62.59 6.53 8.94 9.80 9.28 17.52 25.09
1973 44 12281 69.33 56.84 63.13 5.60 8.73 9.67 9.10 17.63 25.07
1974 45 12251 69.44 55.52 62.50 6.21 8.92 9.78 9.26 17.63 25.43
1975 46 12814 69.67 54.62 62.25 6.34 8.90 9.91 9.30 17.91 25.86
1976 47 12172 69.69 55.25 62.54 6.37 9.02 9.91 9.37 17.78 25.74
1977 48 12496 68.71 55.39 62.10 6.27 9.01 9.75 9.30 17.81 26.24
1978 49 12242 68.01 54.61 61.36 5.87 9.17 9.83 9.42 17.96 26.87
1979 50 12322 69.17 54.55 61.89 5.95 9.11 9.36 9.21 18.06 26.74
1980 51 12001 69.63 54.83 62.26 5.95 9.06 9.45 9.21 17.82 26.16
1981 52 11915 70.10 55.30 62.81 5.59 9.16 9.43 9.27 17.80 25.70
1982 53 11519 69.29 53.82 61.62 6.60 9.16 9.53 9.32 17.49 25.82
1983 54 11477 68.30 53.07 60.67 6.81 9.50 9.64 9.56 17.61 26.74