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 61.45 67.96 61.94 60.46 70.92


1974 62.43 70.24 66.29 59.12 69.30


1975 63.26 66.19 63.04 62.65 67.12


1976 61.91 63.97 62.92 60.68 67.26


1977 56.74 61.16 60.37 56.86 71.55 66.67

1978 56.85 61.69 61.86 56.82 69.64 68.05

1979 54.62 64.69 61.78 56.86 68.42 68.89

1980 62.74 58.68 63.19 59.18 63.80 70.89

1981 60.46 61.87 61.40 58.65 66.47 71.85

1982 63.78 62.99 59.09 59.38 65.24 74.50

1983 56.99 64.71 56.00 57.84 65.32 71.28

1984 52.50 60.53
57.63 63.48 64.34

1985 50.42 57.61
58.76 60.00 59.09

1986 50.72 59.28
60.51 57.53 59.24
64.11
1987 51.70 61.88
60.20 57.84 62.23
66.12
1988 53.28 58.73
59.30 63.62 67.93
65.81
1989 54.72 55.49
54.79 65.70 70.61
65.35
1990 55.96 53.38
55.17 65.17 71.10
64.76
1991 58.15 55.11
55.90 60.64 68.75
62.19
1992
56.94
55.86 61.03 68.36
61.86
1993



64.10 70.49 70.46 61.08
1994



68.18 70.77 65.84 62.97
1995



68.84 66.21 64.67 61.04
1996



65.00 66.21 61.87 59.33
1997



60.53 66.94 63.92 61.61
1998



54.72 67.82 60.11 63.35
1999



51.74 70.93 60.69 62.64
2000




66.51 58.65 61.56
2001




69.29 60.36 60.28
2002




67.86 61.05 60.83
2003




69.75 59.49 60.00
2004




64.38 55.26 64.41
2005




61.72 53.55 62.85
2006





54.65 63.12
2007





58.40 60.36