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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
1948 27 7407 67.75 59.42 63.59 8.42 9.30 9.75 9.50 19.26 25.44
1949 28 7887 69.60 61.64 65.65 7.11 9.37 9.71 9.53 19.29 24.93
1950 29 8633 71.17 59.26 65.23 7.22 9.08 10.05 9.51 19.17 24.93
1951 30 8992 73.70 60.37 67.21 6.60 9.19 10.32 9.69 19.22 24.59
1952 31 9509 74.19 57.51 66.16 7.07 9.08 10.11 9.53 18.81 24.74
1953 32 10115 73.52 58.68 66.33 7.37 9.04 9.87 9.40 18.56 24.56
1954 33 11001 73.64 57.66 65.85 7.21 8.80 9.95 9.29 18.42 24.48
1955 34 11357 72.94 58.92 66.22 6.93 8.66 9.95 9.19 18.33 24.34
1956 35 11312 73.59 58.76 66.41 6.80 8.70 9.86 9.16 17.75 23.50
1957 36 10480 73.61 57.92 66.03 6.57 8.88 10.00 9.32 17.73 24.03
1958 37 10850 73.77 57.38 65.82 6.62 8.94 10.08 9.40 17.58 24.00
1959 38 11312 71.86 56.79 64.49 6.77 8.79 10.09 9.32 17.46 23.80
1960 39 11237 71.27 58.86 65.18 6.75 8.96 9.64 9.24 17.14 23.34
1961 40 12094 69.71 58.81 64.23 7.18 8.88 9.38 9.09 17.55 23.64
1962 41 12000 69.01 60.12 64.52 6.31 8.76 9.52 9.09 17.43 23.37
1963 42 12001 69.79 61.07 65.39 5.74 8.75 9.83 9.23 17.84 24.12
1964 43 12290 70.82 62.75 66.77 5.50 8.73 9.69 9.16 18.09 24.28
1965 44 12175 71.58 62.91 67.22 5.17 8.75 9.49 9.09 17.71 23.54
1966 45 12393 71.69 61.99 66.87 4.78 8.65 9.59 9.09 17.79 24.09
1967 46 13481 71.74 63.57 67.71 4.72 8.69 9.52 9.07 17.92 23.64
1968 47 13830 72.62 65.59 69.13 4.71 8.57 9.39 8.96 18.74 24.34
1969 48 13609 73.84 65.29 69.59 3.96 8.53 9.25 8.86 18.83 24.70
1970 49 14145 73.15 63.99 68.61 3.36 8.64 9.35 8.96 18.81 25.48
1971 50 13516 72.88 64.16 68.59 2.90 8.72 9.27 8.97 18.31 25.66
1972 51 13938 73.33 62.17 67.75 3.16 8.69 9.25 8.94 18.06 25.41
1973 52 14194 72.13 61.13 66.67 3.27 8.57 9.14 8.81 17.67 24.81
1974 53 13650 71.91 59.83 65.91 3.39 8.75 9.50 9.07 17.79 25.20
1975 54 13319 70.14 59.90 65.02 3.46 8.79 9.57 9.13 17.98 26.00
1976 55 13092 68.97 59.66 64.27 3.47 8.87 9.29 9.06 17.81 25.78
1977 56 12363 67.59 57.50 62.46 3.88 8.81 9.47 9.10 17.63 26.50
1978 57 12042 66.54 55.88 61.15 3.47 8.95 9.22 9.07 16.54 25.37
1979 58 11648 65.44 55.11 60.23 3.32 9.03 9.68 9.32 16.23 25.17
1980 59 10517 66.17 55.63 60.84 3.87 9.21 9.53 9.35 16.40 24.48
1981 60 10252 65.86 54.72 60.22 4.14 9.04 9.46 9.23 16.26 23.98
1982 61 9191 64.56 55.58 60.07 3.58 9.08 9.51 9.28 16.38 24.08
1983 62 8653 64.77 54.59 59.64 3.53 9.42 9.51 9.46 16.20 24.35
1984 63 8668 61.86 52.79 57.29 5.14 9.41 9.04 9.22 15.38 23.83
1985 64 8787 61.11 51.25 56.16 5.21 9.13 9.13 9.13 15.09 23.05
1986 65 8418 60.79 50.26 55.51 6.95 9.09 9.66 9.36 14.93 23.11
1987 66 8077 60.87 50.54 55.71 6.54 9.14 9.13 9.14 15.00 22.34
1988 67 8137 60.58 49.19 54.95 6.64 8.95 9.50 9.20 15.45 22.81
1989 68 8598 61.87 48.95 55.53 7.23 8.70 9.41 9.01 15.46 22.08
1990 69 9045 59.95 47.77 54.00 7.44 8.51 9.70 9.06 15.30 22.59
1991 70 8744 61.28 47.44 54.51 7.13 8.64 9.69 9.12 15.66 23.27