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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%

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