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Mikhail Tal (Born 9 November 1936 - Died 28 June 1992)

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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
1965 28 14775 75.51 61.99 68.77 8.60 10.37 9.97 10.19 21.93 28.98
1966 29 15169 75.49 63.08 69.33 8.66 10.35 9.93 10.16 22.28 29.27
1967 30 15304 75.56 62.46 69.08 8.76 10.07 10.00 10.04 22.07 28.96
1968 31 14673 73.52 60.98 67.33 8.92 10.06 10.05 10.05 21.85 29.04
1969 32 14051 72.36 59.09 65.80 9.01 10.22 9.68 9.99 20.97 28.40
1970 33 13667 72.47 58.63 65.66 9.46 10.22 9.72 10.01 21.09 28.31
1971 34 13418 72.63 60.11 66.52 9.24 10.18 9.61 9.94 21.06 28.72
1972 35 13187 74.74 61.81 68.46 9.04 9.77 9.50 9.66 21.54 28.64
1973 36 14041 72.80 60.68 66.86 8.80 9.78 9.72 9.75 21.30 29.08
1974 37 13739 71.77 61.30 66.69 8.80 9.57 9.32 9.47 21.56 29.68
1975 38 14577 70.97 61.22 66.23 9.14 9.41 9.49 9.44 21.46 29.31
1976 39 14629 68.94 59.97 64.55 8.42 9.24 9.50 9.35 20.51 28.86
1977 40 15491 68.71 60.30 64.60 8.29 9.26 9.62 9.41 20.74 28.80
1978 41 14966 69.29 60.22 64.85 7.91 9.27 9.50 9.37 20.70 28.97
1979 42 15400 70.44 61.30 65.95 8.05 8.96 9.53 9.20 20.36 28.63
1980 43 15779 68.49 60.09 64.38 8.36 9.08 9.51 9.26 20.03 28.94
1981 44 15500 68.64 60.36 64.60 8.04 9.16 9.46 9.29 20.16 28.77
1982 45 15741 68.08 59.60 63.94 7.79 9.35 9.31 9.34 20.02 28.94
1983 46 14411 67.11 58.93 63.15 7.94 9.15 9.18 9.16 19.51 28.45
1984 47 14111 65.17 57.01 61.16 8.09 9.21 9.46 9.31 18.81 27.87
1985 48 14091 65.58 56.73 61.22 8.09 9.17 9.22 9.19 18.51 27.65
1986 49 12999 66.56 57.00 61.84 8.59 9.11 9.11 9.11 18.76 27.42
1987 50 12215 66.89 55.72 61.35 8.41 9.12 8.95 9.05 18.51 27.56
1988 51 12641 65.98 54.95 60.49 8.49 9.08 9.08 9.08 18.79 28.28
1989 52 11548 64.36 53.90 59.14 7.74 9.09 9.10 9.10 18.73 28.42
1990 53 11240 65.35 54.83 60.09 7.50 9.00 9.24 9.10 18.68 28.22
1991 54 10795 63.46 53.90 58.72 8.30 8.65 9.44 9.00 18.41 28.42
1992 55 9385 62.20 51.84 57.07 8.38 8.51 9.99 9.16 18.15 28.62