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

Wilhelm Steinitz (Born 17 May 1836 - Died 12 August 1900)

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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
1861 25 335 90.91 83.33 88.24 62.69 15.12 13.89 14.66 41.70 42.15
1862 26 549 76.67 66.67 72.22 66.41 19.04 15.73 17.31 33.60 41.95
1863 27 540 75.00 62.50 67.86 43.39 17.22 16.68 16.90 28.95 36.67
1864 28 715 80.00 69.05 73.61 35.09 15.55 16.53 16.12 32.01 40.33
1865 29 520 95.83 73.33 83.33 11.52 11.97 16.64 14.12 32.48 37.22
1866 30 976 72.73 61.36 67.05 17.26 14.01 12.98 13.54 31.76 42.97
1867 31 1588 75.00 63.24 69.29 19.83 13.21 13.06 13.15 29.52 36.15
1868 32 1472 72.73 62.50 67.69 21.40 13.38 13.32 13.35 30.30 37.60
1869 33 787 82.35 73.53 77.94 20.22 11.82 14.05 12.73 29.25 31.53
1870 34 463 70.00 61.11 65.79 28.75 12.30 20.65 15.79 42.13 52.34
1871 35 463 70.00 61.11 65.79 28.75 12.30 20.65 15.79 42.13 52.34
1872 36 766 71.88 66.67 69.36 18.80 13.83 15.26 14.43 36.38 44.46
1873 37 937 88.89 73.81 80.77 11.73 12.25 9.47 10.93 28.60 31.93
1874 38 937 88.89 73.81 80.77 11.73 12.25 9.47 10.93 28.60 31.93
1875 39 634 95.83 73.33 83.33 14.60 10.41 10.01 10.21 29.04 30.48
1876 40 214 100.00 100.00 100.00 14.02 12.91 12.71 12.82 30.29 30.29
1877 41 214 100.00 100.00 100.00 14.02 12.91 12.71 12.82 30.29 30.29
1878 42 214 100.00 100.00 100.00 14.02 12.91 12.71 12.82 30.29 30.29
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1882 46 1232 81.48 57.14 70.83 20.13 13.89 12.05 13.24 27.59 30.54
1883 47 2292 73.91 65.48 69.89 18.14 12.45 10.81 11.66 24.84 29.35
1884 48 2292 73.91 65.48 69.89 18.14 12.45 10.81 11.66 24.84 29.35
1885 49 1060 63.16 73.81 68.75 15.95 9.94 10.03 9.99 21.71 27.99
1886 50 548 65.00 60.00 62.50 11.74 12.19 12.30 12.24 21.90 30.68
1887 51 548 65.00 60.00 62.50 11.74 12.19 12.30 12.24 21.90 30.68
1888 52 635 68.18 69.23 68.75 11.70 12.45 12.74 12.62 26.22 36.87
1889 53 494 88.89 54.17 69.05 12.61 16.84 15.30 15.95 36.07 43.93
1890 54 692 75.00 56.25 65.00 15.39 16.32 14.30 15.08 30.47 39.96
1891 55 862 69.44 47.22 58.33 14.66 15.65 14.05 14.68 21.98 29.48
1892 56 1013 61.91 47.62 54.76 27.86 9.58 12.66 11.32 21.75 28.09
1893 57 815 65.63 44.12 54.55 27.93 9.40 13.16 11.33 22.79 29.05
1894 58 1331 64.00 44.44 53.85 20.83 10.64 11.74 11.22 24.41 32.34
1895 59 1752 57.58 52.94 55.22 16.76 12.11 11.73 11.90 22.31 26.48
1896 60 1775 58.82 52.94 55.88 16.49 12.14 11.73 11.91 22.52 26.86