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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
1863 27 875 82.61 68.18 75.56 51.28 16.24 15.93 16.08 33.35 39.02
1864 28 953 83.33 70.00 76.53 46.24 16.06 16.65 16.37 34.76 41.80
1865 29 831 83.33 69.57 75.61 30.43 14.69 15.95 15.37 30.21 37.41
1866 30 1516 73.53 61.84 67.36 27.03 14.94 14.49 14.71 30.79 40.71
1867 31 1992 78.89 65.96 72.28 18.80 13.04 14.18 13.54 30.85 37.48
1868 32 1763 76.92 66.67 71.80 18.57 13.01 13.41 13.19 30.66 37.79
1869 33 1588 75.00 63.24 69.29 19.83 13.21 13.06 13.15 29.52 36.15
1870 34 1935 72.09 62.20 67.26 22.91 13.15 14.78 13.86 33.23 40.91
1871 35 1250 77.78 69.23 73.59 23.01 11.99 16.34 13.77 34.25 38.60
1872 36 766 71.88 66.67 69.36 18.80 13.83 15.26 14.43 36.38 44.46
1873 37 1400 82.14 70.00 75.86 16.67 12.27 12.45 12.35 33.19 37.17
1874 38 1400 82.14 70.00 75.86 16.67 12.27 12.45 12.35 33.19 37.17
1875 39 937 88.89 73.81 80.77 11.73 12.25 9.47 10.93 28.60 31.93
1876 40 1151 90.91 77.08 83.70 12.23 12.39 10.08 11.31 28.88 31.59
1877 41 848 96.88 77.78 86.77 14.44 11.13 10.66 10.91 29.33 30.42
1878 42 214 100.00 100.00 100.00 14.02 12.91 12.71 12.82 30.29 30.29
1879 43 214 100.00 100.00 100.00 14.02 12.91 12.71 12.82 30.29 30.29
1880 44 214 100.00 100.00 100.00 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 2292 73.91 65.48 69.89 18.14 12.45 10.81 11.66 24.84 29.35
1886 50 2840 72.32 64.42 68.52 16.86 12.39 11.13 11.78 24.25 29.58
1887 51 1608 63.79 69.36 66.67 14.50 10.86 10.74 10.79 21.77 28.84
1888 52 635 68.18 69.23 68.75 11.70 12.45 12.74 12.62 26.22 36.87
1889 53 1042 76.32 56.82 65.85 12.20 14.37 13.93 14.13 28.26 37.65
1890 54 1240 70.83 57.69 64.00 13.85 14.23 13.52 13.83 26.52 36.07
1891 55 949 71.05 54.76 62.50 14.27 15.81 14.07 14.70 24.91 34.11
1892 56 1507 70.00 50.00 59.52 21.39 12.68 13.82 13.33 26.26 34.94
1893 57 1420 68.97 45.00 56.78 22.22 12.55 13.78 13.21 24.51 32.03
1894 58 1786 61.43 47.22 54.23 20.30 10.79 11.87 11.41 21.62 28.60
1895 59 2567 60.20 50.00 55.00 19.91 11.35 12.08 11.75 22.46 27.24
1896 60 2333 61.11 50.00 55.50 20.37 11.34 11.96 11.67 23.93 29.02