---------- Overall Stats ---------- ----------------------------------- 4385146 games with novelties of 4549640 total games (96.38%). 5498187 novelties of 363070839 total moves (1.5%). 1.208488 average novelties per game. For White: 2437394 games with novelties of 4549640 total games (53.6%). 2769123 novelties of 182752872 total moves (1.5%). 0.608647 average novelties per game. For Black: 2406235 games with novelties of 4549640 total games (52.9%). 2729064 novelties of 180317967 total moves (1.5%). 0.599842 average novelties per game. Top 10 Games: Most Novelties 32 novelties: Rozen, Eytan v Efroimski, Marsel (2021.3.15, event: 40th ch-ISR 2021 @ Haifa ISR, round 9.12) [28; 139; 141; 169; 171; 175; 177; 211; 237; 245; 247; 258; 273; 275; 293; 296; 300; 310; 314; 317; 319; 323; 331; 336; 339; 343; 355; 375; 387; 395; 454; 459; ] 26 novelties: Girya, Olga v Stefanova, Antoaneta (2017.10.23, event: ch-EUR Women Blitz 2017 @ Monaco MNC, round 3.4) [21; 30; 170; 179; 185; 191; 195; 211; 217; 221; 227; 236; 241; 245; 263; 286; 301; 307; 320; 329; 333; 341; 345; 352; 361; 365; ] 25 novelties: Okhotnik, Vladimir v Wittmann, Walter (2011.11.19, event: 21. World Seniors @ Rijeka CRO, round 5.11) [28; 126; 132; 142; 151; 159; 168; 171; 175; 177; 188; 191; 198; 203; 208; 223; 228; 231; 234; 239; 242; 256; 260; 268; 285; ] 24 novelties: Canal Oliveras, Joan v Gonzalez Perez, Arian (2012.11.3, event: Santa Eulalia de Roncana ESP, 6. Open @ Santa Eulalia de Roncana ESP, round 4.2) [33; 124; 131; 137; 140; 144; 148; 163; 170; 187; 204; 209; 218; 222; 239; 254; 256; 276; 278; 281; 288; 291; 294; 303; ] 24 novelties: Krykun, Yuriy v Valantiejus, Vaidotas (2016.6.11, event: Panevezys Open 2016 @ Panevezys LTU, round 8.4) [42; 92; 102; 115; 122; 125; 132; 160; 170; 175; 181; 184; 199; 204; 212; 215; 217; 227; 232; 245; 255; 261; 273; 279; ] 24 novelties: Ruff, Maximilian v Talyansky, Seth (2017.8.24, event: 7. Split Open 2017 @ Split CRO, round 6.5) [25; 104; 115; 128; 140; 157; 167; 191; 206; 221; 245; 298; 303; 308; 310; 314; 318; 320; 336; 344; 350; 354; 358; 362; ] 23 novelties: Berg, Emanuel v Socko, Monika (2009.8.3, event: Arctic Chess Challenge @ Tromso NOR, round 3) [29; 132; 148; 150; 155; 159; 162; 166; 170; 172; 176; 180; 186; 204; 208; 210; 222; 224; 228; 234; 242; 249; 260; ] 23 novelties: Jeet, Jain v Alinasab, Mobina (2017.8.20, event: 24. Abu Dhabi Masters @ Abudhabi UAE, round 7.42) [19; 131; 135; 137; 145; 148; 161; 167; 171; 174; 176; 190; 196; 203; 207; 220; 223; 225; 228; 235; 239; 245; 257; ] 23 novelties: Keinanen, Toivo v Schleining, Zoya (2017.10.27, event: Haarlem Masters 2017 @ Haarlem NED, round 7.3) [26; 92; 94; 97; 109; 137; 141; 143; 147; 152; 155; 161; 166; 175; 183; 189; 191; 197; 199; 223; 225; 235; 239; ] 23 novelties: Tan, Zhongyi v Zhao, Xue (2017.12.13, event: 2. IMSA Blitz w 2017 @ Huai'an CHN, round 22.1) [21; 103; 109; 112; 116; 118; 124; 126; 133; 138; 142; 146; 158; 165; 172; 176; 180; 190; 208; 211; 214; 219; 236; ] ----------- Player Stats ---------- ----------------------------------- Unique players: 281_218 Players with at least: 5 games: 160_012 (56.900%) 10 games: 104_511 (37.164%) 25 games: 53_892 (19.164%) 50 games: 30_636 (10.894%) 100 games: 16_665 (5.926%) 250 games: 6_909 (2.457%) 500 games: 3_124 (1.111%) 1000 games: 1_069 (0.380%) Most novelties per game, among players with: At least 5 games: 1. Scherer, Thomas (2.400) (5 games) 2. Hernandez Baldeleon, Jorge Ivan (2.333) (6 games) 3. Raso-Llaras, Daniel (2.333) (6 games) 4. Nuzzolo, Yannis (2.200) (5 games) 5. Carneiro, Luis Guilhereme Rosado (2.000) (5 games) 6. Saurabh Shejwalkar (2.000) (6 games) 7. Plaganyi, Gyula (2.000) (8 games) 8. Letarte-Lavoie, Francis (2.000) (5 games) 9. Gaiducis, Sergejus (1.857) (7 games) 10. Hesse, Michael (1.857) (7 games) At least 10 games: 1. Ustinov, A. (1.545) (11 games) 2. Bulgak, Damir (1.545) (11 games) 3. Mazzi, Leonardo (1.545) (11 games) 4. Quiroga, L (1.545) (11 games) 5. Castro Salcedo, Josue Seibert (1.545) (11 games) 6. Shishkin, Demid (1.500) (10 games) 7. Firmansyah, Farid Ina (1.500) (10 games) 8. Vigdal, Per Kr (1.500) (10 games) 9. Kakhno, Barys (1.500) (10 games) 10. Wegener, Wilfried (1.500) (10 games) At least 25 games: 1. Vedant Nitin vekhande (1.360) (25 games) 2. Ke, Rianne (1.308) (26 games) 3. Sharovskaya, Olga (1.241) (29 games) 4. Stukalov, Alexander (1.182) (33 games) 5. Turta, Stelian (1.179) (28 games) 6. Kryger, Matthew (1.172) (29 games) 7. Uregen, Rafet (1.156) (32 games) 8. Melikyan, Gnel (1.153) (59 games) 9. Wolters, Dick (1.138) (29 games) 10. Swiderski, Radoslaw (1.133) (30 games) At least 50 games: 1. Melikyan, Gnel (1.153) (59 games) 2. Kelly, Paul J (1.058) (52 games) 3. Voiculescu-Holvad, Stefan (1.038) (53 games) 4. Kabilov, Amin (1.016) (62 games) 5. Albertini, Luca (1.015) (66 games) 6. Gudok, Viktor (1.014) (71 games) 7. Ustich, Ekaterina (1.000) (74 games) 8. Talyansky, Seth (0.980) (51 games) 9. Pahomov, Ruslan (0.975) (79 games) 10. Pineau, Joanna (0.967) (60 games) At least 100 games: 1. Bychkov, Vladimir (0.886) (123 games) 2. Suder, Jakub (0.880) (117 games) 3. Brattain, Mika (0.878) (115 games) 4. Rohith Krishna S (0.866) (134 games) 5. Bashirli, Saadat (0.865) (200 games) 6. Potapov, Alexey (0.851) (114 games) 7. Messina, Roberta (0.849) (179 games) 8. Hardaway, Brewington (0.849) (106 games) 9. Dolgun, Can (0.843) (108 games) 10. Ikica, Ante (0.839) (161 games) At least 250 games: 1. Goltsev, Dmitry (0.807) (606 games) 2. Golubovskis, Maksims (0.803) (290 games) 3. Miroshnik, Ekaterina (0.797) (335 games) 4. Aslanov, Umid (0.792) (361 games) 5. Tharushi, T H D Niklesha (0.788) (353 games) 6. Pranav Anand (0.779) (281 games) 7. Sagit, Rauan (0.778) (324 games) 8. Batyte, Daiva (0.776) (330 games) 9. Coelho, Ramyres Santana (0.775) (320 games) 10. Reimanis, Ritvars (0.774) (393 games) At least 500 games: 1. Goltsev, Dmitry (0.807) (606 games) 2. Zaichenko, Daria (0.768) (508 games) 3. Divya Deshmukh (0.757) (506 games) 4. Sahidi, Samir (0.756) (529 games) 5. Srihari L R (0.753) (677 games) 6. Petrosyan, M (0.750) (813 games) 7. Xie, Bryan (0.742) (503 games) 8. Ogloblin, Nikolay (0.738) (572 games) 9. Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias (0.738) (701 games) 10. Obolentseva, Alexandra (0.736) (553 games) At least 1000 games: 1. Przybylski, Wojciech (0.733) (1046 games) 2. Manolache, Marius (0.715) (1292 games) 3. Fedoseev, Vl3 (0.712) (2580 games) 4. Mamedjarova, Turkan (0.710) (1022 games) 5. Maghsoodloo, Parham (0.710) (1753 games) 6. Gunina, Valentina (0.710) (2689 games) 7. Costachi, Mihnea (0.705) (1165 games) 8. Dordzhieva, Dinara (0.699) (1170 games) 9. Shirazi, Kamran (0.698) (1544 games) 10. Doluhanova, Evgeniya (0.697) (1675 games) Least novelties per game, among players with: At least 5 games: 1. Al Obaidli, M. (0.000) (8 games) 2. Woizech (0.000) (5 games) 3. Lindquist, Sture (0.000) (6 games) 4. Yotov, Liuben (0.000) (5 games) 5. Lefstrem, S. (0.000) (5 games) 6. Jacobsen Martin Skov (0.000) (6 games) 7. Tefera, Wossenyelew Haily (0.000) (5 games) 8. Benoit, Alain (0.000) (8 games) 9. Tschistiakova, Tamara (0.000) (8 games) 10. Felicio (0.000) (6 games) At least 10 games: 1. Cristobal, J. (0.000) (10 games) 2. Garcia, Fernandez (0.000) (10 games) 3. Greenfeld, A. (0.000) (16 games) 4. Mcmahon, Daire (0.000) (11 games) 5. Pimenov, Sergey Ivanovich (0.000) (10 games) 6. Nicklasson, Christer (0.000) (11 games) 7. Rahman, Yussof (0.000) (44 games) 8. Al Jamiat, RW. (0.000) (10 games) 9. Hajiyev, Shahin Qabil Oglu (0.000) (10 games) 10. Schurr, Walter (0.000) (10 games) At least 25 games: 1. Rahman, Yussof (0.000) (44 games) 2. Goh Weiming_42675 (0.000) (26 games) 3. Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna (0.000) (32 games) 4. D'innocente Stefano (ITA) (0.000) (29 games) 5. Gopal, Geetha Narayanan (0.014) (139 games) 6. MacLeod, Nicholas (0.025) (40 games) 7. Ayapbergenov, A. (0.025) (40 games) 8. Ratna Sulista, Maria Lucia (0.029) (35 games) 9. Titscher, Sonja (0.034) (29 games) 10. Laflair, R. (0.038) (26 games) At least 50 games: 1. Gopal, Geetha Narayanan (0.014) (139 games) 2. Brückner, Thomas (0.088) (113 games) 3. Müller, Olaf (0.091) (66 games) 4. Grünberg, Rainer (0.115) (131 games) 5. Bu Xiangzhi_16910 (0.118) (187 games) 6. Hünerkopf, Heinz (0.139) (72 games) 7. Grün, Gerd-Peter (0.141) (185 games) 8. Alhuwar, Jasem (0.154) (52 games) 9. Zeitlein, Michael (0.159) (479 games) 10. Süchting, Hugo (0.182) (165 games) At least 100 games: 1. Gopal, Geetha Narayanan (0.014) (139 games) 2. Brückner, Thomas (0.088) (113 games) 3. Grünberg, Rainer (0.115) (131 games) 4. Bu Xiangzhi_16910 (0.118) (187 games) 5. Grün, Gerd-Peter (0.141) (185 games) 6. Zeitlein, Michael (0.159) (479 games) 7. Süchting, Hugo (0.182) (165 games) 8. Hübner, Robert (0.220) (1685 games) 9. Lin, Chen (0.232) (358 games) 10. MacKenzie, George H (0.233) (232 games) At least 250 games: 1. Zeitlein, Michael (0.159) (479 games) 2. Hübner, Robert (0.220) (1685 games) 3. Lin, Chen (0.232) (358 games) 4. Züger, Beat (0.262) (860 games) 5. Müller, Karsten Dr (0.264) (368 games) 6. Rõtsagov, Mihhail (0.282) (854 games) 7. Grünberg, Hans-Ulrich (0.292) (524 games) 8. Dückstein, Andreas (0.295) (501 games) 9. Grünfeld, Ernst (0.297) (333 games) 10. Grünfeld, Yehuda (0.322) (583 games) At least 500 games: 1. Hübner, Robert (0.220) (1685 games) 2. Züger, Beat (0.262) (860 games) 3. Rõtsagov, Mihhail (0.282) (854 games) 4. Grünberg, Hans-Ulrich (0.292) (524 games) 5. Dückstein, Andreas (0.295) (501 games) 6. Grünfeld, Yehuda (0.322) (583 games) 7. Rychagov, Mikhail (0.329) (636 games) 8. Sahl, Bjarke (0.337) (834 games) 9. Bönsch, Uwe (0.342) (679 games) 10. Shcherbakov, Ruslan (0.377) (1447 games) At least 1000 games: 1. Hübner, Robert (0.220) (1685 games) 2. Shcherbakov, Ruslan (0.377) (1447 games) 3. Graf, Alexander (0.385) (1086 games) 4. Jussupow, Artur (0.390) (3126 games) 5. Xie, Jun (0.390) (1101 games) 6. Korchnoi, Viktor (0.408) (7994 games) 7. Ulybin, Mikhail (0.423) (2672 games) 8. Vyzmanavin, Alexey (0.438) (1035 games) 9. Lukacs, Peter (0.443) (1613 games) 10. De La Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria (0.444) (1230 games) Most novelties per 100 moves, among players with: At least 5 games: 1. Tepikjan, G. (8.929) (5 games) 2. Turhan, Julie (8.824) (5 games) 3. Ram (8.571) (5 games) 4. Stauffer, A. (8.333) (6 games) 5. Mazakov, Anatoli (8.000) (6 games) 6. Koopmann, Philipp (7.921) (6 games) 7. Brunetti, Alessandro (7.843) (8 games) 8. Starzykiewicz, Kacper (7.812) (5 games) 9. Hunt, Richard (7.792) (6 games) 10. Sill, Kande (7.752) (11 games) At least 10 games: 1. Sill, Kande (7.752) (11 games) 2. Fallatah, Eiman (5.566) (33 games) 3. Frackowiak, S. (5.479) (10 games) 4. Elzeir, Tabarak (5.469) (10 games) 5. Yujra Vargas, Froy Yamil C (5.435) (11 games) 6. Dragomir, David C (5.405) (11 games) 7. Geer (5.338) (31 games) 8. Langer, Krzysztof (5.288) (10 games) 9. Almusawi, Ali (5.242) (10 games) 10. Lovegren (5.178) (19 games) At least 25 games: 1. Fallatah, Eiman (5.566) (33 games) 2. Geer (5.338) (31 games) 3. Mossiaguine, Arina (3.686) (28 games) 4. Portych, Václav (3.620) (28 games) 5. Wolters, Dick (3.533) (29 games) 6. Angelov, Toma (3.519) (40 games) 7. Brogaard, Lars (3.477) (28 games) 8. Kuttnig, Roland (3.467) (28 games) 9. Werren, Hugo (3.443) (28 games) 10. Reyes, Julio (3.349) (25 games) At least 50 games: 1. Kasparov, G (3.148) (72 games) 2. Wenger, Joseph (2.999) (50 games) 3. McKone, Peter (2.951) (56 games) 4. Kristbergsson, Bjorgvin (2.950) (79 games) 5. Millimaci, Sam (2.920) (52 games) 6. Gunderam, G. (2.914) (87 games) 7. Johansen, Paul Ivar (2.875) (50 games) 8. Holsapple, Boyd (2.860) (144 games) 9. Velez Betancourt, Nestor Tomas (2.781) (113 games) 10. Wagner, Frank (2.762) (75 games) At least 100 games: 1. Holsapple, Boyd (2.860) (144 games) 2. Velez Betancourt, Nestor Tomas (2.781) (113 games) 3. Wall, Bill (2.682) (422 games) 4. NN (2.558) (993 games) 5. Powell, Lisa (2.532) (134 games) 6. Nicholson, Jo (2.503) (145 games) 7. Andre, K. (2.461) (115 games) 8. De Smet, Karl (2.424) (103 games) 9. Gedult, David (2.423) (228 games) 10. Cordara, Michele (2.365) (100 games) At least 250 games: 1. Wall, Bill (2.682) (422 games) 2. NN (2.558) (993 games) 3. Mayer, Istvan (2.298) (537 games) 4. Vine, Elzbieta (2.172) (250 games) 5. Golubovskis, Maksims (2.140) (290 games) 6. Tharushi, T H D Niklesha (2.117) (353 games) 7. Bue, Gunnar (2.107) (297 games) 8. Popovic, Aleksandar M (2.078) (428 games) 9. Wall (2.066) (2976 games) 10. Gruz, Janos (2.055) (287 games) At least 500 games: 1. NN (2.558) (993 games) 2. Mayer, Istvan (2.298) (537 games) 3. Wall (2.066) (2976 games) 4. Garcia Martinez, S. (1.975) (560 games) 5. Knezevic, M. (1.932) (602 games) 6. Zaichenko, Daria (1.878) (508 games) 7. Bilek, Istvan (1.867) (984 games) 8. Varga, Zo (1.857) (1688 games) 9. Dely, Peter (1.839) (555 games) 10. Kirov, Nino (1.830) (855 games) At least 1000 games: 1. Wall (2.066) (2976 games) 2. Varga, Zo (1.857) (1688 games) 3. Georgiev, Krum (1.825) (1013 games) 4. Benderac, Ana (1.750) (1031 games) 5. Damaso, Rui (1.739) (1097 games) 6. Karlsson, L. (1.720) (1231 games) 7. Csom, Istvan (1.716) (1975 games) 8. Zaitsev, Igor A (1.708) (1025 games) 9. Parma, Bruno (1.704) (1004 games) 10. Dgebuadze, Alexandre (1.698) (1584 games) Least novelties per 100 moves, among players with: At least 5 games: 1. Al Obaidli, M. (0.000) (8 games) 2. Woizech (0.000) (5 games) 3. Lindquist, Sture (0.000) (6 games) 4. Yotov, Liuben (0.000) (5 games) 5. Lefstrem, S. (0.000) (5 games) 6. Jacobsen Martin Skov (0.000) (6 games) 7. Tefera, Wossenyelew Haily (0.000) (5 games) 8. Benoit, Alain (0.000) (8 games) 9. Tschistiakova, Tamara (0.000) (8 games) 10. Felicio (0.000) (6 games) At least 10 games: 1. Cristobal, J. (0.000) (10 games) 2. Garcia, Fernandez (0.000) (10 games) 3. Greenfeld, A. (0.000) (16 games) 4. Mcmahon, Daire (0.000) (11 games) 5. Pimenov, Sergey Ivanovich (0.000) (10 games) 6. Nicklasson, Christer (0.000) (11 games) 7. Rahman, Yussof (0.000) (44 games) 8. Al Jamiat, RW. (0.000) (10 games) 9. Hajiyev, Shahin Qabil Oglu (0.000) (10 games) 10. Schurr, Walter (0.000) (10 games) At least 25 games: 1. Rahman, Yussof (0.000) (44 games) 2. Goh Weiming_42675 (0.000) (26 games) 3. Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna (0.000) (32 games) 4. D'innocente Stefano (ITA) (0.000) (29 games) 5. Gopal, Geetha Narayanan (0.031) (139 games) 6. Ayapbergenov, A. (0.062) (40 games) 7. MacLeod, Nicholas (0.064) (40 games) 8. Ratna Sulista, Maria Lucia (0.067) (35 games) 9. Titscher, Sonja (0.082) (29 games) 10. Laflair, R. (0.105) (26 games) At least 50 games: 1. Gopal, Geetha Narayanan (0.031) (139 games) 2. Müller, Olaf (0.227) (66 games) 3. Brückner, Thomas (0.242) (113 games) 4. Bu Xiangzhi_16910 (0.271) (187 games) 5. Grünberg, Rainer (0.320) (131 games) 6. Grün, Gerd-Peter (0.327) (185 games) 7. Hünerkopf, Heinz (0.388) (72 games) 8. Zeitlein, Michael (0.401) (479 games) 9. Alhuwar, Jasem (0.402) (52 games) 10. Löwenthal, Johann (0.449) (66 games) At least 100 games: 1. Gopal, Geetha Narayanan (0.031) (139 games) 2. Brückner, Thomas (0.242) (113 games) 3. Bu Xiangzhi_16910 (0.271) (187 games) 4. Grünberg, Rainer (0.320) (131 games) 5. Grün, Gerd-Peter (0.327) (185 games) 6. Zeitlein, Michael (0.401) (479 games) 7. Süchting, Hugo (0.466) (165 games) 8. Dasari, Sai Srinivas (0.535) (127 games) 9. MacKenzie, George H (0.553) (232 games) 10. Lin, Chen (0.560) (358 games) At least 250 games: 1. Zeitlein, Michael (0.401) (479 games) 2. Lin, Chen (0.560) (358 games) 3. Hübner, Robert (0.568) (1685 games) 4. Müller, Karsten Dr (0.636) (368 games) 5. Züger, Beat (0.736) (860 games) 6. Dückstein, Andreas (0.751) (501 games) 7. Grünfeld, Yehuda (0.754) (583 games) 8. Grünfeld, Ernst (0.777) (333 games) 9. Grünberg, Hans-Ulrich (0.785) (524 games) 10. Rõtsagov, Mihhail (0.805) (854 games) At least 500 games: 1. Hübner, Robert (0.568) (1685 games) 2. Züger, Beat (0.736) (860 games) 3. Dückstein, Andreas (0.751) (501 games) 4. Grünfeld, Yehuda (0.754) (583 games) 5. Grünberg, Hans-Ulrich (0.785) (524 games) 6. Rõtsagov, Mihhail (0.805) (854 games) 7. Bönsch, Uwe (0.819) (679 games) 8. Sahl, Bjarke (0.830) (834 games) 9. Litynska, Marta (0.868) (674 games) 10. Rychagov, Mikhail (0.952) (636 games) At least 1000 games: 1. Hübner, Robert (0.568) (1685 games) 2. Graf, Alexander (0.957) (1086 games) 3. Xie, Jun (0.961) (1101 games) 4. Korchnoi, Viktor (0.987) (7994 games) 5. Jussupow, Artur (0.999) (3126 games) 6. Shcherbakov, Ruslan (1.045) (1447 games) 7. Ulybin, Mikhail (1.075) (2672 games) 8. Al-Mudahka, Mohd (1.126) (1157 games) 9. So?ko, Monika (1.134) (1447 games) 10. Lalic, Susan K (1.142) (1068 games) ----------- Decade Stats ---------- ----------------------------------- Stats per decade : (n / gm) (n / 100mvs) (# games) (% of gms w/ novelties) 1800s: 1.053 2.59 38 97.4% 1810s: 0.833 1.47 36 83.3% 1820s: 0.872 1.30 39 84.6% 1830s: 0.719 0.97 285 63.5% 1840s: 1.068 1.50 530 90.9% 1850s: 1.035 1.42 1435 90.1% 1860s: 1.073 1.57 1539 94.4% 1870s: 1.091 1.45 1291 94.6% 1880s: 1.100 1.34 2797 92.7% 1890s: 1.146 1.41 3497 96.1% 1900s: 1.150 1.46 6682 95.0% 1910s: 1.135 1.47 4645 95.1% 1920s: 1.148 1.49 10392 93.1% 1930s: 1.197 1.50 16301 96.2% 1940s: 1.189 1.47 16313 96.7% 1950s: 1.167 1.50 36689 95.3% 1960s: 1.166 1.58 69354 96.0% 1970s: 1.161 1.61 105339 95.8% 1980s: 1.134 1.54 295418 93.5% 1990s: 1.149 1.50 976905 93.9% 2000s: 1.200 1.52 960063 96.5% 2010s: 1.243 1.51 1562599 97.8% 2020s: 1.305 1.51 477419 98.9% ----------- World Champs ---------- ----------------------------------- (n / gm) (n / 100mvs) (# games) (% of gms w/ novelties) Carlsen, Magnus: 0.633 1.39 4072 54.3% Kasimdzhanov, Rustam: 0.615 1.48 1746 54.4% Topalov, Veselin: 0.598 1.39 2667 54.5% Karpov, Anatoly: 0.581 1.40 2527 50.9% Anand, Viswanathan: 0.580 1.46 3654 53.3% Capablanca, Jose: 0.579 1.50 1116 52.3% Ponomariov, Ruslan: 0.570 1.30 2287 50.5% Smyslov, Vasily: 0.563 1.47 2965 51.4% Botvinnik, Mikhail: 0.563 1.35 1153 50.8% Kramnik, Vladimir: 0.557 1.35 3270 49.8% Petrosian, Tigran V: 0.536 1.51 2191 47.2% Spassky, Boris V.: 0.533 1.55 2726 48.6% Tal, Mikhail: 0.524 1.47 2989 47.5% Alekhine, Alexander: 0.523 1.33 2187 47.7% Kasparov, Garry: 0.514 1.34 2560 46.9% Euwe, Max: 0.512 1.36 1500 46.4% Fischer, Robert J: 0.508 1.28 1068 47.4% Lasker, Emanuel: 0.506 1.41 417 45.8% Steinitz, Wilhelm: 0.479 1.25 881 45.2% Khalifman, Alexander: 0.457 1.34 2552 42.2% -------- Chess Personalities --------- ----------------------------------- (n / gm) (n / 100mvs) (# games) (% of gms w/ novelties) Botez, Andrea: 0.714 1.76 14 64.3% Botez, Alexandra: 0.713 1.60 157 64.3% Cramling Bellon, Anna: 0.692 1.63 636 57.7% Radic, Antonio: 0.688 1.81 16 62.5% Zhou, Qiyu: 0.684 1.56 491 57.6% Nakamura, Hikaru: 0.661 1.41 4072 55.2% Rensch, Daniel: 0.659 1.55 331 60.1% Rozman, Levy: 0.656 1.49 544 59.0% Hansen, Eric: 0.655 1.49 1534 56.3% Hess, Robert: 0.633 1.44 873 55.4% Rosen, Eric: 0.631 1.37 461 51.4% Hambleton, Aman: 0.628 1.38 667 55.5% Naroditsky, Daniel: 0.626 1.44 1095 52.5% Caruana, Fabiano: 0.624 1.35 3014 54.7% Howell, David W L: 0.622 1.37 2135 54.5% Rudolf, Anna: 0.613 1.37 751 52.6% Tania, Sachdev: 0.605 1.41 1461 52.8% Williams, Simon K: 0.580 1.43 848 51.1% Houska, Jovanka: 0.580 1.31 1452 50.6% Finegold, Benjamin: 0.534 1.39 1156 47.8%