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Chess Informant's Chess Is Chess : Tournament statistics by decade

Trends from the '200 greatest tournaments'

Games by decade Decade Ct 185x 85 188x 135 189x 969 190x 886 191x 505 192x 1766 193x 1205 194x 696 195x 1625 196x 1961 197x 1515 198x 3504 199x 3112 200x 442 [Note the war decades; also the drop from the 1890s to the 1900s, from the 1920s to the 1930s, from the 1960s to the 1970s, from the 1980s to the 1990s] Wins, losses, draws by decade Decade Total : 1-0 W-Pct : 0-1 B-Pct : 1/2-1/2 D-Pct 185x 85 : 39 45.88% : 39 45.88% : 7 8.24% 188x 135 : 56 41.48% : 48 35.56% : 31 22.96% 189x 969 : 358 36.95% : 335 34.57% : 276 28.48% 190x 886 : 362 40.86% : 275 31.04% : 249 28.10% 191x 505 : 176 34.85% : 147 29.11% : 182 36.04% 192x 1766 : 622 35.22% : 477 27.01% : 667 37.77% 193x 1205 : 412 34.19% : 286 23.73% : 507 42.07% 194x 696 : 236 33.91% : 164 23.56% : 296 42.53% 195x 1625 : 542 33.35% : 345 21.23% : 738 45.42% 196x 1961 : 609 31.06% : 349 17.80% : 1003 51.15% 197x 1515 : 407 26.86% : 232 15.31% : 876 57.82% 198x 3504 : 915 26.11% : 555 15.84% : 2033 58.02% 199x 3112 : 933 29.98% : 551 17.71% : 1628 52.31% 200x 442 : 115 26.02% : 80 18.10% : 247 55.88% 189x Most active Plyr Ct Pillsbury, H. 123 Chigorin, M. 120 Steinitz, W. 119 Blackburne, J. 102 Janowsky, D. 101 Schlechter, C. 101 Lasker, Em 83 Maroczy, G. 80 Showalter, J. 80 Tarrasch, S. 79 Most successful Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct Lasker, Em W +27-4=10 B +25-7=10 62.0 83 74.70% Tarrasch, S. W +28-2=9 B +16-9=15 56.0 79 70.89% Pillsbury, H. W +37-12=12 B +31-14=17 82.5 123 67.07% Janowsky, D. W +29-13=8 B +25-15=11 63.5 101 62.87% Maroczy, G. W +16-7=17 B +14-5=21 49.0 80 61.25% Schlechter, C. W +19-9=23 B +16-9=25 59.0 101 58.42% Von Bardeleben W +4-1=5 B +4-4=2 11.5 20 57.50% Steinitz, W. W +25-17=18 B +28-20=11 67.5 119 56.72% Chigorin, M. W +27-22=11 B +30-20=10 67.5 120 56.25% Lipke, P. W +6-5=7 B +4-2=12 19.5 36 54.17% 190x Most active Plyr Ct Schlechter, C. 108 Marshall, F. 90 Mieses, J. 88 Teichmann, R. 72 Chigorin, M. 71 Janowsky, D. 71 Cohn, E. 57 Duras, O. 57 Rubinstein, A. 57 Salwe, G. 57 Spielmann, R. 57 Tartakower, S. 57 Most successful Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct Lasker, Em W +23-0=3 B +13-5=5 40.0 49 81.63% Rubinstein, A. W +18-3=8 B +16-3=9 42.5 57 74.56% Maroczy, G. W +19-1=6 B +12-4=13 40.5 55 73.64% Duras, O. W +16-8=5 B +15-7=6 36.5 57 64.04% Pillsbury, H. W +8-2=4 B +8-6=3 19.5 31 62.90% Marshall, F. W +25-7=11 B +19-14=14 56.5 90 62.78% Nimzowitsch, A. W +3-1=6 B +5-2=3 12.5 20 62.50% Tarrasch, S. W +7-0=3 B +1-3=6 12.5 20 62.50% Marco, G. W +5-2=6 B +10-6=2 19.0 31 61.29% Leonhardt, P. W +5-3=11 B +9-3=8 23.5 39 60.26% 191x Most active Plyr Ct Marshall, F. 57 Nimzowitsch, A. 49 Rubinstein, A. 49 Alekhine, A. 43 Burn, A. 39 Duras, O. 39 Leonhardt, P. 39 Schlechter, C. 39 Spielmann, R. 39 Teichmann, R. 39 Vidmar, M. 39 Most successful Plyr Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct Lasker, Em W +6-0=3 B +4-1=4 13.5 18 75.00% Capablanca, J. W +9-1=6 B +7-2=7 22.5 32 70.31% Rotlewi, G. W +8-3=2 B +7-5=0 16.0 25 64.00% Rubinstein, A. W +11-1=12 B +7-4=14 31.0 49 63.27% Schlechter, C. W +9-2=8 B +6-3=11 24.5 39 62.82% Teichmann, R. W +7-3=9 B +9-3=8 24.5 39 62.82% Vidmar, M. W +11-2=6 B +4-4=12 24.0 39 61.54% Marshall, F. W +12-5=11 B +6-6=17 32.0 57 56.14% Nimzowitsch, A. W +8-6=10 B +7-4=14 27.0 49 55.10% Alekhine, A. W +8-6=8 B +9-7=5 23.5 43 54.65% 192x Most active Plyr Ct Tartakower, S. 207 Spielmann, R. 182 Reti, R. 177 Bogoljubov, E. 169 Rubinstein, A. 169 Yates, F. 150 Alekhine, A. 149 Gruenfeld, E. 140 Nimzowitsch, A. 127 Marshall, F. 124 Most successful Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct Lasker, Em W +14-1=11 B +17-2=8 40.5 53 76.42% Capablanca, J. W +32-3=24 B +25-3=32 85.0 119 71.43% Alekhine, A. W +36-10=29 B +38-4=32 104.5 149 70.13% Bogoljubov, E. W +44-19=22 B +40-22=22 106.0 169 62.72% Nimzowitsch, A. W +27-10=26 B +28-13=23 79.5 127 62.60% Vidmar, M. W +18-4=15 B +10-7=19 45.0 73 61.64% Rubinstein, A. W +41-13=29 B +27-23=36 100.5 169 59.47% Romanovsky, P. W +4-3=3 B +5-3=2 11.5 20 57.50% Gruenfeld, E. W +28-11=31 B +20-17=33 80.0 140 57.14% Becker, Alb W +7-0=3 B +0-4=7 12.0 21 57.14% 193x Most active Plyr Ct Flohr, S. 125 Alekhine, A. 121 Bogoljubov, E. 84 Tartakower, S. 83 Spielmann, R. 71 Stahlberg, G. 71 Botvinnik, M. 65 Capablanca, J. 65 Vidmar, M. 64 Pirc, V. 62 Most successful Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct Alekhine, A. W +37-3=22 B +24-4=31 87.5 121 72.31% Rubinstein, A. W +6-1=0 B +3-3=2 10.0 15 66.67% Engels, L. W +2-1=2 B +2-0=2 6.0 9 66.67% Botvinnik, M. W +18-1=14 B +7-4=21 42.5 65 65.38% Steiner, E. W +6-2=0 B +3-2=4 11.0 17 64.71% Foltys, J. W +4-1=3 B +4-2=3 11.0 17 64.71% Fine, R. W +16-4=8 B +7-4=17 35.5 56 63.39% Reshevsky, S. W +8-2=13 B +12-6=4 28.5 45 63.33% Capablanca, J. W +14-0=18 B +10-7=16 41.0 65 63.08% Euwe, M. W +10-2=8 B +6-5=8 24.0 39 61.54% 194x Most active Plyr Ct Boleslavsky, I. 89 Smyslov, V. 89 Botvinnik, M. 70 Lilienthal, A. 55 Bondarevsky, I. 54 Flohr, S. 54 Keres, P. 54 Kotov, A. 50 Ragozin, V. 50 Alatortsev, V. 35 Bronstein, D. 35 Makogonov, V. 35 Tolush, A. 35 Most successful Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct Euwe, M. W +6-0=4 B +5-2=2 14.0 19 73.68% Botvinnik, M. W +19-4=12 B +22-4=9 51.5 70 73.57% Keres, P. W +14-3=10 B +8-5=14 34.0 54 62.96% Smyslov, V. W +21-7=17 B +11-4=29 55.0 89 61.80% Szabo, L. W +5-3=1 B +4-2=4 11.5 19 60.53% Najdorf, M. W +5-0=4 B +1-2=7 11.5 19 60.53% Novotelnov, N. W +3-0=4 B +3-3=2 9.0 15 60.00% Boleslavsky, I. W +16-6=24 B +15-8=20 53.0 89 59.55% Flohr, S. W +10-1=17 B +4-5=17 31.0 54 57.41% Tolush, A. W +9-6=3 B +6-4=7 20.0 35 57.14% 195x Most active Plyr Ct Bronstein, D. 139 Taimanov, M. 133 Keres, P. 125 Petrosian, T. 112 Geller, E. 98 Korchnoi, V. 95 Smyslov, V. 88 Spassky, B. 88 Furman, S. 77 Botvinnik, M. 76 [All Soviets!] Most successful Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct Fischer, R. W +5-1=1 B +3-1=4 10.5 15 70.00% Tal, M. W +19-5=13 B +18-5=12 49.5 72 68.75% Matanovic, A. W +6-0=4 B +3-2=4 13.0 19 68.42% Trifunovic, P. W +4-0=5 B +2-0=8 12.5 19 65.79% Gligoric, S. W +16-1=8 B +5-5=14 32.0 49 65.31% Botvinnik, M. W +18-4=18 B +14-5=17 49.5 76 65.13% Petrosian, T. W +25-3=31 B +14-6=33 71.0 112 63.39% Spassky, B. W +20-2=22 B +13-10=21 54.5 88 61.93% Smyslov, V. W +21-5=19 B +11-6=26 54.5 88 61.93% Kholmov, R. W +6-2=12 B +7-2=11 24.5 40 61.25% 196x Most active Plyr Ct Petrosian, T. 172 Spassky, B. 151 Korchnoi, V. 148 Gligoric, S. 122 Ivkov, B. 109 Bronstein, D. 103 Larsen, B. 88 Geller, E. 86 Portisch, L. 86 Matanovic, A. 85 Najdorf, M. 85 Most successful Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct Korchnoi, V. W +42-4=26 B +33-14=29 102.5 148 69.26% Tal, M. W +10-1=6 B +6-2=11 24.5 36 68.06% Petrosian, T. W +41-3=39 B +20-11=58 109.5 172 63.66% Lein, A. W +6-0=1 B +0-2=6 9.5 15 63.33% Bagirov, V. W +3-1=6 B +4-1=4 12.0 19 63.16% Larsen, B. W +25-10=10 B +18-10=15 55.5 88 63.07% Spassky, B. W +37-5=34 B +16-10=49 94.5 151 62.58% Stein, L. W +15-0=15 B +6-6=19 38.0 61 62.30% Polugaevsky, L. W +10-3=13 B +11-5=11 33.0 53 62.26% Hort, V. W +3-1=4 B +4-2=3 10.5 17 61.76% 197x Most active Plyr Ct Tal, M. 129 Karpov, An 127 Petrosian, T. 123 Hort, V. 115 Smyslov, V. 109 Portisch, L. 102 Spassky, B. 92 Balashov, Y. 90 Timman, J. 88 Ljubojevic, Lj 75 Most successful Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct Fischer, R. W +7-1=2 B +5-0=6 16.0 21 76.19% Karpov, An W +28-2=34 B +16-3=44 83.0 127 65.35% Botvinnik, M. W +0-0=2 B +1-0=1 2.5 4 62.50% Stein, L. W +4-0=5 B +1-1=7 11.0 18 61.11% Gulko, B. W +9-3=16 B +11-6=12 34.0 57 59.65% Petrosian, T. W +19-4=41 B +13-5=41 73.0 123 59.35% Korchnoi, V. W +10-6=17 B +13-5=15 39.0 66 59.09% Polugaevsky, L. W +14-2=18 B +5-5=24 40.0 68 58.82% Portisch, L. W +20-5=25 B +7-6=39 59.0 102 57.84% Spassky, B. W +16-5=26 B +9-8=28 52.0 92 56.52% 198x Most active Plyr Ct Timman, J. 424 Ljubojevic, Lj 363 Karpov, An 345 Portisch, L. 294 Andersson, U. 293 Korchnoi, V. 213 Beliavsky, A. 202 Spassky, B. 197 Huebner, R. 196 Kasparov, G. 181 Most successful Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct Kasparov, G. W +47-4=38 B +37-5=50 128.0 181 70.72% Karpov, An W +90-8=73 B +36-12=126 225.5 345 65.36% Ivanchuk, V. W +6-2=18 B +10-5=10 30.0 51 58.82% Tukmakov, V. W +6-1=12 B +4-3=13 22.5 40 56.25% Salov, Va W +17-8=26 B +14-11=26 57.0 102 55.88% Eingorn, V. W +2-0=7 B +1-1=6 9.5 17 55.88% Ehlvest, J. W +18-3=29 B +9-14=27 55.0 100 55.00% Timman, J. W +78-27=111 B +41-51=116 232.5 424 54.83% Ree, H. W +1-0=5 B +1-1=3 6.0 11 54.55% Sosonko, G. W +10-2=22 B +5-7=25 38.5 71 54.23% 199x Most active Plyr Ct Ivanchuk, V. 324 Anand, V. 306 Kramnik, V. 291 Shirov, A. 283 Gelfand, B. 279 Karpov, An 276 Topalov, V. 271 Kasparov, G. 257 Beliavsky, A. 202 Short, N. 197 Most successful Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct Kasparov, G. W +67-5=51 B +48-12=74 177.5 257 69.07% Nunn, J. W +4-0=2 B +0-1=4 7.0 11 63.64% Kramnik, V. W +60-6=83 B +31-20=91 178.0 291 61.17% Karpov, An W +57-8=72 B +35-25=79 167.5 276 60.69% Anand, V. W +72-11=73 B +29-29=92 183.5 306 59.97% Khalifman, A. W +11-5=18 B +9-5=17 37.5 65 57.69% Ivanchuk, V. W +58-20=84 B +37-30=95 184.5 324 56.94% Morovic I. W +3-3=3 B +3-1=5 10.0 18 55.56% Lutz, Ch W +2-1=6 B +3-2=4 10.0 18 55.56% Rublevsky, S. W +2-1=2 B +1-1=2 5.0 9 55.56% Index of Chess Is Chess Statistics