Monthly top-five lists

Monthly Lists: 1968 - 1973

Duration: All years 20th century 19th century 50-year span 40-year span 30-year span 20-year span 10-year span 5-year span 3-year span 1-year span covering 2000-Jan through 2004-Dec 1999-Jan through 2003-Dec 1998-Jan through 2002-Dec 1997-Jan through 2001-Dec 1996-Jan through 2000-Dec 1995-Jan through 1999-Dec 1994-Jan through 1998-Dec 1993-Jan through 1997-Dec 1992-Jan through 1996-Dec 1991-Jan through 1995-Dec 1990-Jan through 1994-Dec 1989-Jan through 1993-Dec 1988-Jan through 1992-Dec 1987-Jan through 1991-Dec 1986-Jan through 1990-Dec 1985-Jan through 1989-Dec 1984-Jan through 1988-Dec 1983-Jan through 1987-Dec 1982-Jan through 1986-Dec 1981-Jan through 1985-Dec 1980-Jan through 1984-Dec 1979-Jan through 1983-Dec 1978-Jan through 1982-Dec 1977-Jan through 1981-Dec 1976-Jan through 1980-Dec 1975-Jan through 1979-Dec 1974-Jan through 1978-Dec 1973-Jan through 1977-Dec 1972-Jan through 1976-Dec 1971-Jan through 1975-Dec 1970-Jan through 1974-Dec 1969-Jan through 1973-Dec 1968-Jan through 1972-Dec 1967-Jan through 1971-Dec 1966-Jan through 1970-Dec 1965-Jan through 1969-Dec 1964-Jan through 1968-Dec 1963-Jan through 1967-Dec 1962-Jan through 1966-Dec 1961-Jan through 1965-Dec 1960-Jan through 1964-Dec 1959-Jan through 1963-Dec 1958-Jan through 1962-Dec 1957-Jan through 1961-Dec 1956-Jan through 1960-Dec 1955-Jan through 1959-Dec 1954-Jan through 1958-Dec 1953-Jan through 1957-Dec 1952-Jan through 1956-Dec 1951-Jan through 1955-Dec 1950-Jan through 1954-Dec 1949-Jan through 1953-Dec 1948-Jan through 1952-Dec 1947-Jan through 1951-Dec 1946-Jan through 1950-Dec 1945-Jan through 1949-Dec 1944-Jan through 1948-Dec 1943-Jan through 1947-Dec 1942-Jan through 1946-Dec 1941-Jan through 1945-Dec 1940-Jan through 1944-Dec 1939-Jan through 1943-Dec 1938-Jan through 1942-Dec 1937-Jan through 1941-Dec 1936-Jan through 1940-Dec 1935-Jan through 1939-Dec 1934-Jan through 1938-Dec 1933-Jan through 1937-Dec 1932-Jan through 1936-Dec 1931-Jan through 1935-Dec 1930-Jan through 1934-Dec 1929-Jan through 1933-Dec 1928-Jan through 1932-Dec 1927-Jan through 1931-Dec 1926-Jan through 1930-Dec 1925-Jan through 1929-Dec 1924-Jan through 1928-Dec 1923-Jan through 1927-Dec 1922-Jan through 1926-Dec 1921-Jan through 1925-Dec 1920-Jan through 1924-Dec 1919-Jan through 1923-Dec 1918-Jan through 1922-Dec 1917-Jan through 1921-Dec 1916-Jan through 1920-Dec 1915-Jan through 1919-Dec 1914-Jan through 1918-Dec 1913-Jan through 1917-Dec 1912-Jan through 1916-Dec 1911-Jan through 1915-Dec 1910-Jan through 1914-Dec 1909-Jan through 1913-Dec 1908-Jan through 1912-Dec 1907-Jan through 1911-Dec 1906-Jan through 1910-Dec 1905-Jan through 1909-Dec 1904-Jan through 1908-Dec 1903-Jan through 1907-Dec 1902-Jan through 1906-Dec 1901-Jan through 1905-Dec 1900-Jan through 1904-Dec 1899-Jan through 1903-Dec 1898-Jan through 1902-Dec 1897-Jan through 1901-Dec 1896-Jan through 1900-Dec 1895-Jan through 1899-Dec 1894-Jan through 1898-Dec 1893-Jan through 1897-Dec 1892-Jan through 1896-Dec 1891-Jan through 1895-Dec 1890-Jan through 1894-Dec 1889-Jan through 1893-Dec 1888-Jan through 1892-Dec 1887-Jan through 1891-Dec 1886-Jan through 1890-Dec 1885-Jan through 1889-Dec 1884-Jan through 1888-Dec 1883-Jan through 1887-Dec 1882-Jan through 1886-Dec 1881-Jan through 1885-Dec 1880-Jan through 1884-Dec 1879-Jan through 1883-Dec 1878-Jan through 1882-Dec 1877-Jan through 1881-Dec 1876-Jan through 1880-Dec 1875-Jan through 1879-Dec 1874-Jan through 1878-Dec 1873-Jan through 1877-Dec 1872-Jan through 1876-Dec 1871-Jan through 1875-Dec 1870-Jan through 1874-Dec 1869-Jan through 1873-Dec 1868-Jan through 1872-Dec 1867-Jan through 1871-Dec 1866-Jan through 1870-Dec 1865-Jan through 1869-Dec 1864-Jan through 1868-Dec 1863-Jan through 1867-Dec 1862-Jan through 1866-Dec 1861-Jan through 1865-Dec 1860-Jan through 1864-Dec 1859-Jan through 1863-Dec 1858-Jan through 1862-Dec 1857-Jan through 1861-Dec 1856-Jan through 1860-Dec 1855-Jan through 1859-Dec 1854-Jan through 1858-Dec 1853-Jan through 1857-Dec 1852-Jan through 1856-Dec 1851-Jan through 1855-Dec 1850-Jan through 1854-Dec 1849-Jan through 1853-Dec 1848-Jan through 1852-Dec 1847-Jan through 1851-Dec 1846-Jan through 1850-Dec 1845-Jan through 1849-Dec 1844-Jan through 1848-Dec 1843-Jan through 1847-Dec

1968	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1968 rating list	2801: Bobby Fischer	2759: Viktor Korchnoi	2757: Mikhail Tal	2748: Boris Spassky	2747: Tigran Petrosian
February 1968 rating list	2801: Bobby Fischer	2771: Viktor Korchnoi	2750: Mikhail Tal	2749: Boris Spassky	2747: Tigran Petrosian
March 1968 rating list	2801: Bobby Fischer	2771: Viktor Korchnoi	2751: Boris Spassky	2749: Mikhail Tal	2746: Tigran Petrosian
April 1968 rating list	2800: Bobby Fischer	2773: Viktor Korchnoi	2753: Boris Spassky	2749: Mikhail Tal	2747: Tigran Petrosian
May 1968 rating list	2798: Bobby Fischer	2772: Viktor Korchnoi	2752: Boris Spassky	2749: Mikhail Tal	2748: Mikhail Botvinnik
June 1968 rating list	2796: Bobby Fischer	2775: Viktor Korchnoi	2753: Boris Spassky	2747: Mikhail Botvinnik	2746: Mikhail Tal
July 1968 rating list	2795: Bobby Fischer	2778: Viktor Korchnoi	2753: Boris Spassky	2751: Mikhail Botvinnik	2745: Mikhail Tal
August 1968 rating list	2794: Bobby Fischer	2778: Viktor Korchnoi	2754: Boris Spassky	2743: Mikhail Tal	2742: Mikhail Botvinnik
September 1968 rating list	2790: Bobby Fischer	2781: Viktor Korchnoi	2753: Boris Spassky	2748: Mikhail Botvinnik	2740: Mikhail Tal
October 1968 rating list	2798: Bobby Fischer	2769: Viktor Korchnoi	2766: Boris Spassky	2746: Mikhail Botvinnik	2738: Lev Polugaevsky
November 1968 rating list	2797: Bobby Fischer	2772: Viktor Korchnoi	2761: Boris Spassky	2747: Tigran Petrosian	2745: Mikhail Botvinnik
December 1968 rating list	2795: Bobby Fischer	2782: Viktor Korchnoi	2769: Boris Spassky	2747: Tigran Petrosian	2743: Vassily Smyslov
1969	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1969 rating list	2795: Bobby Fischer	2780: Viktor Korchnoi	2771: Boris Spassky	2748: Tigran Petrosian	2746: Lev Polugaevsky
February 1969 rating list	2796: Bobby Fischer	2778: Viktor Korchnoi	2770: Boris Spassky	2747: Tigran Petrosian	2745: Lev Polugaevsky
March 1969 rating list	2796: Bobby Fischer	2778: Viktor Korchnoi	2770: Boris Spassky	2748: Tigran Petrosian	2745: Vassily Smyslov
April 1969 rating list	2796: Bobby Fischer	2778: Viktor Korchnoi	2770: Boris Spassky	2750: Tigran Petrosian	2746: Vassily Smyslov
May 1969 rating list	2795: Bobby Fischer	2778: Viktor Korchnoi	2772: Boris Spassky	2748: Tigran Petrosian	2746: Vassily Smyslov
June 1969 rating list	2794: Bobby Fischer	2776: Viktor Korchnoi	2770: Boris Spassky	2750: Tigran Petrosian	2747: Bent Larsen
July 1969 rating list	2793: Bobby Fischer	2777: Viktor Korchnoi	2773: Boris Spassky	2750: Bent Larsen	2749: Tigran Petrosian
August 1969 rating list	2794: Bobby Fischer	2778: Viktor Korchnoi	2773: Boris Spassky	2751: Bent Larsen	2750: Vassily Smyslov
September 1969 rating list	2793: Bobby Fischer	2778: Viktor Korchnoi	2772: Boris Spassky	2753: Vassily Smyslov	2752: Bent Larsen
October 1969 rating list	2791: Bobby Fischer	2774: Viktor Korchnoi	2770: Boris Spassky	2759: Vassily Smyslov	2750: Bent Larsen
November 1969 rating list	2789: Bobby Fischer	2776: Viktor Korchnoi	2768: Boris Spassky	2753: Vassily Smyslov	2750: Lev Polugaevsky
December 1969 rating list	2787: Bobby Fischer	2776: Viktor Korchnoi	2768: Boris Spassky	2753: Vassily Smyslov	2749: Tigran Petrosian
1970	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1970 rating list	2788: Bobby Fischer	2775: Viktor Korchnoi	2767: Boris Spassky	2748: Lev Polugaevsky	2747: Tigran Petrosian
February 1970 rating list	2783: Bobby Fischer	2775: Viktor Korchnoi	2767: Boris Spassky	2753: Tigran Petrosian	2744: Vassily Smyslov
March 1970 rating list	2778: Bobby Fischer	2776: Viktor Korchnoi	2767: Boris Spassky	2753: Tigran Petrosian	2743: Vassily Smyslov
April 1970 rating list	2797: Bobby Fischer	2776: Viktor Korchnoi	2770: Boris Spassky	2746: Vassily Smyslov	2746: Tigran Petrosian
May 1970 rating list	2819: Bobby Fischer	2775: Viktor Korchnoi	2766: Boris Spassky	2744: Bent Larsen	2743: Vassily Smyslov
June 1970 rating list	2810: Bobby Fischer	2770: Viktor Korchnoi	2764: Boris Spassky	2749: Vassily Smyslov	2742: Bent Larsen
July 1970 rating list	2808: Bobby Fischer	2769: Viktor Korchnoi	2763: Boris Spassky	2748: Vassily Smyslov	2743: Bent Larsen
August 1970 rating list	2827: Bobby Fischer	2766: Boris Spassky	2755: Viktor Korchnoi	2741: Bent Larsen	2741: Lev Polugaevsky
September 1970 rating list	2826: Bobby Fischer	2766: Boris Spassky	2754: Viktor Korchnoi	2742: Lev Polugaevsky	2741: Bent Larsen
October 1970 rating list	2825: Bobby Fischer	2769: Boris Spassky	2753: Viktor Korchnoi	2745: Bent Larsen	2740: Tigran Petrosian
November 1970 rating list	2827: Bobby Fischer	2768: Boris Spassky	2747: Bent Larsen	2742: Viktor Korchnoi	2737: Lev Polugaevsky
December 1970 rating list	2834: Bobby Fischer	2769: Boris Spassky	2752: Viktor Korchnoi	2748: Bent Larsen	2736: Lajos Portisch
1971	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1971 rating list	2850: Bobby Fischer	2769: Boris Spassky	2754: Bent Larsen	2750: Viktor Korchnoi	2736: Lajos Portisch
February 1971 rating list	2850: Bobby Fischer	2770: Boris Spassky	2755: Bent Larsen	2752: Viktor Korchnoi	2738: Lajos Portisch
March 1971 rating list	2848: Bobby Fischer	2769: Boris Spassky	2753: Bent Larsen	2751: Viktor Korchnoi	2736: Lajos Portisch
April 1971 rating list	2847: Bobby Fischer	2767: Boris Spassky	2751: Bent Larsen	2749: Viktor Korchnoi	2740: Paul Keres
May 1971 rating list	2846: Bobby Fischer	2766: Boris Spassky	2750: Bent Larsen	2748: Viktor Korchnoi	2742: Lev Polugaevsky
June 1971 rating list	2867: Bobby Fischer	2766: Boris Spassky	2752: Bent Larsen	2749: Viktor Korchnoi	2742: Lev Polugaevsky
July 1971 rating list	2869: Bobby Fischer	2765: Boris Spassky	2752: Bent Larsen	2748: Viktor Korchnoi	2745: Paul Keres
August 1971 rating list	2895: Bobby Fischer	2764: Boris Spassky	2749: Viktor Korchnoi	2743: Lev Polugaevsky	2742: Bent Larsen
September 1971 rating list	2894: Bobby Fischer	2758: Boris Spassky	2750: Viktor Korchnoi	2745: Lev Polugaevsky	2742: Bent Larsen
October 1971 rating list	2895: Bobby Fischer	2756: Boris Spassky	2751: Viktor Korchnoi	2738: Bent Larsen	2735: Tigran Petrosian
November 1971 rating list	2894: Bobby Fischer	2755: Boris Spassky	2749: Viktor Korchnoi	2736: Bent Larsen	2735: Tigran Petrosian
December 1971 rating list	2895: Bobby Fischer	2749: Boris Spassky	2743: Lev Polugaevsky	2740: Tigran Petrosian	2738: Viktor Korchnoi
1972	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1972 rating list	2893: Bobby Fischer	2747: Boris Spassky	2747: Viktor Korchnoi	2741: Lev Polugaevsky	2740: Leonid Stein
February 1972 rating list	2894: Bobby Fischer	2750: Boris Spassky	2746: Viktor Korchnoi	2743: Lev Polugaevsky	2740: Leonid Stein
March 1972 rating list	2892: Bobby Fischer	2747: Boris Spassky	2746: Viktor Korchnoi	2744: Lev Polugaevsky	2741: Leonid Stein
April 1972 rating list	2891: Bobby Fischer	2747: Viktor Korchnoi	2747: Boris Spassky	2744: Leonid Stein	2743: Lev Polugaevsky
May 1972 rating list	2886: Bobby Fischer	2747: Viktor Korchnoi	2745: Boris Spassky	2744: Leonid Stein	2744: Lev Polugaevsky
June 1972 rating list	2884: Bobby Fischer	2745: Lev Polugaevsky	2744: Viktor Korchnoi	2744: Leonid Stein	2743: Boris Spassky
July 1972 rating list	2882: Bobby Fischer	2744: Lev Polugaevsky	2744: Anatoly Karpov	2743: Viktor Korchnoi	2743: Leonid Stein
August 1972 rating list	2880: Bobby Fischer	2745: Lev Polugaevsky	2744: Tigran Petrosian	2743: Boris Spassky	2743: Viktor Korchnoi
September 1972 rating list	2872: Bobby Fischer	2754: Boris Spassky	2747: Lev Polugaevsky	2745: Leonid Stein	2743: Tigran Petrosian
October 1972 rating list	2870: Bobby Fischer	2752: Boris Spassky	2746: Lev Polugaevsky	2746: Mikhail Tal	2743: Anatoly Karpov
November 1972 rating list	2866: Bobby Fischer	2752: Anatoly Karpov	2750: Mikhail Tal	2748: Boris Spassky	2746: Lev Polugaevsky
December 1972 rating list	2865: Bobby Fischer	2754: Anatoly Karpov	2751: Mikhail Tal	2748: Lev Polugaevsky	2745: Boris Spassky