Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: March 1881 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Johannes Zukertort  2724    38y6m   (#24 all-time among players aged 38y6m) 
 #2  Joseph Blackburne  2662    39y3m   (#72 all-time among players aged 39y3m) 
 #3  George Mackenzie  2661    44y0m   (#51 all-time among players aged 44y0m) 
 #4  Berthold Englisch  2660    29y8m   (#125 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #5  Louis Paulsen  2659    48y2m   (#33 all-time among players aged 48y2m) 
 #6  Adolf Schwarz  2649    44y5m   (#60 all-time among players aged 44y5m) 
 #7  William Potter  2611    40y7m   (#158 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #8  Szymon Winawer  2605    43y0m   (#139 all-time among players aged 43y0m) 
 #9  James Mason  2601    31y4m   (#296 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #10  Samuel Rosenthal  2599    43y6m   (#142 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #11  Max Judd  2597    29y3m   (#307 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #12  Henry Bird  2592    50y8m   (#72 all-time among players aged 50y8m) 
 #13  James Grundy  2552    26y1m   (#509 all-time among players aged 26y1m) 
 #14  Charles Moehle  2548    21y4m   (#287 all-time among players aged 21y4m) 
 #15  Hans von Minckwitz  2538    37y11m   (#465 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #16  Fritz Riemann  2530    22y2m   (#420 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #17  Emil Schallopp  2503    37y7m   (#687 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #18  Arnold Schottländer  2492    26y11m   (#1001 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #19  Miksa Weiss  2488    23y8m   (#823 all-time among players aged 23y8m) 
 #20  Max Bier  2484    26y11m   (#1066 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #21  Albert Clerc  2484    51y2m   (#252 all-time among players aged 51y2m) 
 #22  Wilfried Paulsen  2476    52y8m   (#223 all-time among players aged 52y8m) 
 #23  Alexander Sellman  2476    25y2m   (#1064 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #24  Carl Wemmers  2472    36y2m   (#946 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #25  Ernst Flechsig  2450    28y5m   (#1419 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #26  H Gifford  2415   
 #27  James Congdon  2403    46y2m   (#669 all-time among players aged 46y2m) 
 #28  Alexander Fritz  2403    24y2m   (#1651 all-time among players aged 24y2m) 
 #29  John Ryan  2379    32y2m   (#1938 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #30  Constantin Schwede  2378    26y5m   (#1996 all-time among players aged 26y5m) 
 #31  Karl Pitschel  2376    52y2m   (#436 all-time among players aged 52y2m) 
 #32  August Franke  2324    49y2m   (#645 all-time among players aged 49y2m) 
 #33  Victor Knorre  2309    40y5m   (#1407 all-time among players aged 40y5m) 
 #34  Carl Schmid  2309    40y11m   (#1382 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #35  Albert Cohnfeld  2307   
 #36  Robert Barnes  2252