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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 |