Truechess.com Compares the Champions

Compare by Age Compare 1908-1946 Compare 1947-1972 Compare 1973-2007 Individual Players
Blunders per 1000 moves Average Error per move Percentage of Points Won Complexity of Style
    3 Yr Periods 5 Yr Periods 10 Yr Periods

Percentage of Points Scored / Years 1973 - 2007

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YEAR SMY TAL PETRO SPASS KARP KASP KRAM ANAND
1973 66.67 66.86 63.13 64.29



1974 65.91 66.69 62.50 63.23



1975 65.02 66.23 62.25 62.94



1976 64.27 64.55 62.54 63.49 70.08


1977 62.46 64.60 62.10 61.80 70.85


1978 61.15 64.85 61.36 60.77 68.81


1979 60.23 65.95 61.89 60.04 68.55


1980 60.84 64.38 62.26 59.15 68.56


1981 60.22 64.60 62.81 58.76 68.05


1982 60.07 63.94 61.62 59.35 67.38


1983 59.64 63.15 60.67 58.29 66.76


1984 57.29 61.16
58.24 66.26 67.68

1985 56.16 61.22
58.12 65.21 67.35

1986 55.51 61.84
58.65 63.68 67.54

1987 55.71 61.35
59.18 62.01 66.28

1988 54.95 60.49
58.78 63.46 67.34

1989 55.53 59.14
58.12 63.26 68.17

1990 54.00 60.09
58.03 62.60 66.60

1991 54.51 58.72
58.13 61.85 66.36

1992
57.07
57.32 62.05 66.26

1993



62.43 66.22
63.86
1994



63.43 68.07
63.73
1995



64.58 68.34
63.20
1996



64.44 68.53
62.86
1997



64.33 69.49
62.48
1998



62.84 68.39
62.23
1999



61.99 68.18
61.89
2000




68.04 64.76 61.37
2001




68.55 63.25 61.74
2002




68.03 62.05 61.65
2003




67.59 60.89 61.17
2004




66.81 60.37 61.92
2005




67.56 58.26 62.19
2006





58.55 62.26
2007





58.11 61.55