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Across 305,284 analysed games it is the biggest single source of blunders for 77 of 239 players, ahead of the knight at 74, and accounts for 19.6% of the typical player's blunders.
Every game counted here contains a move that cost at least 300 centipawns, grouped by the piece that moved rather than by the move's notation. That distinction is the whole point: castling looks like the top blunder when moves are counted by name, because it is the one move with a symbol of its own, yet it is the worst piece for 0 players and 1.5% of a typical player's mistakes.
Across 305,284 analysed games from 239 players.
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