Truechess.com Compares the Champions

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Morphy Steinitz Lasker Capablanca Alekhine Euwe Botvinnik Smyslov
Tal Petrosian Spassky Fischer Karpov Kasparov Kramnik Anand

Boris Spassky (Born 30 January 1937)

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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
1962 25 10774 73.41 61.67 67.45 8.58 9.83 9.92 9.87 21.44 28.74
1963 26 10907 73.09 61.74 67.33 7.93 10.08 9.84 9.97 21.21 28.55
1964 27 12571 73.62 61.55 67.47 7.65 9.65 9.25 9.46 20.73 28.15
1965 28 12782 73.14 62.13 67.50 7.21 9.92 9.20 9.59 20.85 28.40
1966 29 13322 72.66 61.57 66.97 6.48 9.75 8.96 9.39 19.79 27.97
1967 30 13423 72.95 60.95 66.93 6.78 9.77 8.86 9.37 19.67 27.65
1968 31 14173 73.48 61.62 67.54 6.76 9.72 8.74 9.30 19.80 27.48
1969 32 14157 72.64 60.87 66.72 5.70 9.66 8.65 9.25 19.26 27.33
1970 33 13903 71.70 61.43 66.58 4.99 9.36 8.34 8.94 18.61 26.29
1971 34 13725 72.43 60.58 66.50 5.71 9.50 8.24 8.99 18.90 26.66
1972 35 12972 70.04 58.82 64.48 6.46 9.61 8.17 9.04 18.30 26.53
1973 36 14239 69.71 58.78 64.29 7.08 9.43 8.14 8.92 18.32 27.04
1974 37 12994 67.94 58.39 63.23 7.24 9.71 8.64 9.28 18.43 27.82
1975 38 12346 68.64 56.96 62.94 7.53 9.52 8.51 9.12 18.45 27.82
1976 39 10879 68.40 58.19 63.49 8.05 9.70 8.90 9.38 19.25 28.30
1977 40 11170 66.74 56.62 61.80 8.72 9.80 9.15 9.54 18.76 28.17
1978 41 10715 65.98 55.26 60.77 8.81 9.78 9.13 9.51 18.49 28.52
1979 42 10506 65.37 54.37 60.04 9.63 9.73 9.62 9.68 18.98 29.57
1980 43 10626 65.10 52.97 59.15 9.40 9.93 9.62 9.80 18.41 28.89
1981 44 10587 64.17 53.15 58.76 8.19 9.61 9.77 9.68 17.91 28.63
1982 45 11339 64.39 54.23 59.35 7.10 9.97 10.25 10.10 18.09 28.85
1983 46 10940 63.62 52.93 58.29 6.82 10.08 10.56 10.30 18.13 28.44
1984 47 10777 62.74 53.70 58.24 6.77 10.25 10.25 10.25 17.80 27.39
1985 48 11248 62.27 54.00 58.12 6.34 10.03 9.81 9.93 17.53 27.09
1986 49 12468 62.30 55.08 58.65 6.00 10.02 9.57 9.80 17.66 27.65
1987 50 11357 62.59 55.87 59.18 5.40 9.81 9.53 9.67 17.68 27.58
1988 51 11666 61.72 55.93 58.78 5.72 9.68 9.75 9.71 17.44 27.59
1989 52 11655 60.89 55.43 58.12 5.03 9.73 9.52 9.62 16.78 26.61
1990 53 11524 60.70 55.41 58.03 5.43 9.85 9.73 9.79 16.85 27.15
1991 54 11452 60.77 55.56 58.13 5.95 9.65 9.76 9.70 16.83 27.19
1992 55 10773 60.61 54.15 57.32 6.78 9.43 9.48 9.45 16.73 27.01