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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 |
| 1859 | 23 | 97 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 30.93 | 8.90 | 9.43 | 9.18 | 34.89 | 34.89 |
| 1860 | 24 | 238 | 88.89 | 75.00 | 84.62 | 75.63 | 17.07 | 17.43 | 17.18 | 44.73 | 46.05 |
| 1861 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 1862 | 26 | 311 | 58.33 | 62.50 | 60.71 | 58.82 | 21.94 | 15.19 | 17.40 | 26.26 | 37.87 |
| 1863 | 27 | 229 | 91.67 | 62.50 | 75.00 | 20.51 | 13.26 | 19.43 | 16.25 | 32.30 | 35.51 |
| 1864 | 28 | 175 | 100.00 | 90.00 | 93.75 | 6.99 | 10.55 | 15.98 | 13.56 | 41.44 | 49.26 |
| 1865 | 29 | 116 | 100.00 | 75.00 | 90.00 | 0.00 | 11.27 | 6.06 | 9.99 | 17.74 | 20.13 |
| 1866 | 30 | 685 | 62.50 | 50.00 | 56.45 | 22.73 | 15.18 | 12.67 | 14.00 | 31.43 | 45.45 |
| 1867 | 31 | 787 | 82.35 | 73.53 | 77.94 | 20.22 | 11.82 | 14.05 | 12.73 | 29.25 | 31.53 |
| 1868 | 32 | ||||||||||
| 1869 | 33 | ||||||||||
| 1870 | 34 | 463 | 70.00 | 61.11 | 65.79 | 28.75 | 12.30 | 20.65 | 15.79 | 42.13 | 52.34 |
| 1871 | 35 | ||||||||||
| 1872 | 36 | 303 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 4.57 | 15.92 | 8.00 | 12.58 | 27.78 | 35.36 |
| 1873 | 37 | 634 | 95.83 | 73.33 | 83.33 | 14.60 | 10.41 | 10.01 | 10.21 | 29.04 | 30.48 |
| 1874 | 38 | ||||||||||
| 1875 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 1876 | 40 | 214 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 14.02 | 12.91 | 12.71 | 12.82 | 30.29 | 30.29 |
| 1877 | 41 | ||||||||||
| 1878 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 1879 | 43 | ||||||||||
| 1880 | 44 | ||||||||||
| 1881 | 45 | ||||||||||
| 1882 | 46 | 1232 | 81.48 | 57.14 | 70.83 | 20.13 | 13.89 | 12.05 | 13.24 | 27.59 | 30.54 |
| 1883 | 47 | 1060 | 63.16 | 73.81 | 68.75 | 15.95 | 9.94 | 10.03 | 9.99 | 21.71 | 27.99 |
| 1884 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 1885 | 49 | ||||||||||
| 1886 | 50 | 548 | 65.00 | 60.00 | 62.50 | 11.74 | 12.19 | 12.30 | 12.24 | 21.90 | 30.68 |
| 1887 | 51 | ||||||||||
| 1888 | 52 | 87 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 11.49 | 22.60 | 14.19 | 14.86 | 60.48 | 60.48 |
| 1889 | 53 | 407 | 87.50 | 38.89 | 61.77 | 12.85 | 16.66 | 15.69 | 16.16 | 31.60 | 38.80 |
| 1890 | 54 | 198 | 50.00 | 62.50 | 55.56 | 27.52 | 11.56 | 11.17 | 11.24 | 17.61 | 23.94 |
| 1891 | 55 | 257 | 60.00 | 50.00 | 55.00 | 8.62 | 12.52 | 13.21 | 13.03 | 11.64 | 12.30 |
| 1892 | 56 | 558 | 68.18 | 41.67 | 54.35 | 33.25 | 8.89 | 13.13 | 10.74 | 28.71 | 36.72 |
| 1893 | 57 | ||||||||||
| 1894 | 58 | 773 | 60.71 | 46.67 | 53.45 | 12.60 | 11.97 | 11.13 | 11.49 | 21.44 | 29.25 |
| 1895 | 59 | 979 | 55.26 | 57.90 | 56.58 | 20.35 | 12.22 | 12.24 | 12.23 | 22.97 | 24.56 |
| 1896 | 60 | 23 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 13.25 | 0.00 | 13.25 | 42.51 | 42.51 |