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Vasily Smyslov (Born 24 March 1921)

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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
1939 18 452 50.00 43.75 47.06 42.06 13.93 10.14 11.88 17.14 28.46
1940 19 548 70.00 66.67 68.42 8.16 9.17 8.79 8.97 21.11 24.84
1941 20 578 55.00 45.00 50.00 8.26 7.78 6.75 7.64 17.48 30.11
1942 21 748 73.08 82.14 77.78 8.64 10.47 10.03 10.25 24.25 26.97
1943 22 400 78.57 35.71 57.14 4.61 9.93 11.09 10.51 20.17 31.42
1944 23 432 50.00 81.25 65.63 0.00 10.34 8.13 9.41 16.96 19.75
1945 24 862 84.38 52.63 67.14 9.59 10.52 10.25 10.39 21.21 28.85
1946 25 1319 67.31 64.58 66.00 5.97 7.97 9.79 8.89 20.31 26.07
1947 26 1515 70.69 58.62 64.66 6.77 7.84 9.67 8.55 17.44 22.88
1948 27 553 60.00 50.00 55.00 3.82 10.10 10.19 10.13 15.36 16.92
1949 28 932 73.68 71.88 72.86 10.38 11.75 9.64 10.55 18.45 22.69
1950 29 1294 80.00 48.00 64.00 8.21 7.57 11.84 9.22 19.28 24.93
1951 30 937 85.00 62.50 76.56 2.77 9.21 12.36 10.23 18.60 23.41
1952 31 1265 76.92 52.17 65.31 11.63 9.22 8.42 8.91 18.98 27.74
1953 32 1006 69.57 60.42 64.89 9.58 8.87 7.92 8.44 16.88 24.76
1954 33 1318 67.31 57.41 62.26 2.75 7.38 9.85 8.50 16.90 21.95
1955 34 1218 74.07 65.22 70.00 6.69 8.73 10.49 9.20 19.48 26.27
1956 35 1274 73.08 62.50 67.59 4.46 8.48 8.69 8.55 15.18 18.70
1957 36 683 67.86 46.43 57.14 2.84 10.04 11.60 10.71 16.86 32.93
1958 37 923 67.65 47.22 57.14 5.73 10.57 10.90 10.74 14.43 19.41
1959 38 1394 57.41 61.11 59.26 10.96 9.20 9.81 9.56 17.19 20.89
1960 39 1219 75.00 66.67 70.65 8.26 8.99 7.25 8.32 16.50 20.78
1961 40 1794 68.18 59.72 63.77 6.70 8.61 9.42 8.99 20.61 25.59
1962 41 1171 70.37 65.39 67.93 3.57 8.02 9.64 8.82 17.83 25.33
1963 42 1007 78.57 71.43 75.00 3.17 8.72 11.18 9.96 21.87 31.36
1964 43 1607 75.81 71.67 73.77 1.98 7.63 8.95 8.23 19.00 23.78
1965 44 1103 82.61 67.50 75.58 3.79 8.89 8.16 8.61 15.38 20.04
1966 45 1492 73.53 55.00 64.84 1.25 7.61 9.87 8.68 16.20 23.84
1967 46 1771 70.73 67.57 69.23 3.71 9.35 9.68 9.50 18.44 23.31
1968 47 1272 79.17 73.21 75.96 5.19 8.68 9.28 8.97 24.50 28.04
1969 48 1173 70.00 57.69 63.73 2.01 8.59 8.04 8.33 17.93 25.83
1970 49 1755 69.23 56.41 62.82 1.22 9.77 8.82 9.43 17.06 29.64
1971 50 1165 65.00 60.35 62.71 2.26 9.82 7.94 9.18 15.86 28.77
1972 51 1593 75.00 50.00 61.11 5.65 8.03 9.35 8.60 15.77 22.79
1973 52 1263 63.46 56.82 60.42 4.46 7.40 10.03 8.42 16.62 24.26
1974 53 1063 74.00 58.33 66.33 2.80 9.28 12.75 10.79 21.37 27.60
1975 54 772 55.88 69.44 62.86 5.56 10.13 8.49 9.21 17.50 29.05
1976 55 1265 62.90 53.13 57.94 0.00 7.96 7.08 7.45 14.24 19.20
1977 56 1042 54.76 45.46 50.00 11.46 9.39 13.16 11.30 16.81 31.67
1978 57 951 67.50 57.50 62.50 1.86 10.24 7.03 8.59 12.80 17.60
1979 58 779 55.56 47.22 51.39 0.00 9.53 12.97 11.29 13.97 22.81
1980 59 624 86.67 66.67 76.67 5.81 11.61 5.79 9.81 21.56 25.37
1981 60 900 61.36 52.27 56.82 6.06 7.68 6.54 7.22 14.10 23.71
1982 61 532 68.18 53.85 60.42 0.00 6.03 9.81 8.33 16.95 22.09
1983 62 725 65.39 41.67 54.00 5.65 9.68 12.19 10.45 14.62 32.48
1984 63 1078 51.92 44.00 48.04 14.73 9.11 9.55 9.35 14.53 25.62
1985 64 891 50.00 52.38 51.19 6.45 6.49 9.58 8.03 14.31 20.94
1986 65 896 60.87 45.65 53.26 17.60 6.95 11.39 9.35 12.40 17.10
1987 66 701 53.33 46.67 50.00 6.94 10.20 6.97 8.57 18.40 19.75
1988 67 1011 64.00 45.24 55.44 2.10 8.82 9.45 9.02 16.54 19.79
1989 68 1240 66.67 45.83 56.86 5.24 7.87 12.62 9.56 14.62 18.38
1990 69 1071 60.71 50 55.56 7.42 11.03 9.25 10.12 17.53 29.91
1991 70 599 80 50 65 2.8 8.98 5.49 7.94 18.8 29.64