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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
1953 24 4940 67.14 54.85 61.06 6.98 10.44 11.01 10.68 19.87 27.13
1954 25 5660 67.92 60.35 64.20 6.47 10.23 10.34 10.28 19.33 26.27
1955 26 5882 68.99 62.20 65.68 6.13 9.89 9.94 9.91 18.85 25.71
1956 27 5903 66.92 61.91 64.48 7.11 9.97 10.33 10.15 18.65 26.07
1957 28 6270 66.43 62.59 64.55 8.65 10.13 10.61 10.37 18.03 24.83
1958 29 6386 68.79 62.59 65.76 8.00 9.92 10.50 10.19 18.55 25.36
1959 30 6245 67.75 60.74 64.29 7.90 9.83 10.72 10.21 18.90 25.58
1960 31 6538 73.43 62.23 67.91 7.78 9.51 10.48 9.91 19.97 26.25
1961 32 6739 77.08 62.41 69.72 6.02 9.08 10.39 9.61 20.28 25.87
1962 33 6903 78.52 63.33 70.90 4.13 8.83 9.92 9.25 20.53 26.49
1963 34 6785 76.39 62.41 69.38 5.53 8.75 9.94 9.23 19.70 25.98
1964 35 6485 78.93 64.71 71.92 5.26 8.51 9.66 8.95 19.36 25.00
1965 36 5917 74.61 60.85 67.70 5.45 8.84 9.54 9.10 18.14 24.45
1966 37 6096 72.02 57.36 64.83 5.91 8.91 9.14 8.99 17.76 24.61
1967 38 5710 71.14 55.09 63.28 7.93 8.96 9.53 9.16 17.15 23.34
1968 39 5781 73.83 58.61 66.40 6.90 8.79 9.38 9.02 17.76 23.61
1969 40 6015 69.03 56.39 62.73 7.04 8.98 10.05 9.44 17.53 24.77
1970 41 6561 67.71 56.60 62.15 7.26 8.66 10.22 9.35 18.01 25.62
1971 42 6007 66.30 55.63 60.83 6.93 8.91 10.36 9.54 17.32 25.82
1972 43 6431 67.23 56.95 62.04 5.28 8.93 10.02 9.38 17.84 26.72
1973 44 6500 65.58 55.45 60.48 4.25 8.67 9.95 9.19 17.51 26.74
1974 45 6236 69.80 54.73 62.29 5.38 8.86 9.47 9.08 17.72 26.07
1975 46 6253 71.47 52.70 62.34 5.38 9.12 9.50 9.25 17.80 26.10
1976 47 6165 72.61 54.86 64.12 5.85 9.12 9.38 9.21 18.23 25.66
1977 48 6065 70.13 53.77 62.17 7.34 9.09 9.41 9.21 17.78 25.74
1978 49 5742 70.63 53.65 62.32 7.58 9.66 9.68 9.67 18.47 27.00
1979 50 6086 68.54 54.36 61.50 6.56 9.41 9.25 9.34 18.40 27.49
1980 51 5748 67.52 57.04 62.19 6.61 8.97 9.40 9.16 17.84 26.23
1981 52 5750 67.16 55.76 61.36 5.26 9.24 9.47 9.35 17.33 25.75
1982 53 5454 68.25 53.88 60.98 5.76 9.27 9.63 9.44 17.18 25.91
1983 54 5735 65.79 52.50 58.97 5.92 9.27 9.60 9.43 16.75 26.43