Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: January 1929 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  José Capablanca  2805    40y2m   (#6 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #2  Alexander Alekhine  2802    36y3m   (#5 all-time among players aged 36y3m) 
 #3  Aron Nimzowitsch  2767    42y2m   (#8 all-time among players aged 42y2m) 
 #4  Efim Bogoljubow  2755    39y9m   (#10 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #5  Max Euwe  2735    27y8m   (#28 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #6  Milan Vidmar Sr  2714    43y7m   (#25 all-time among players aged 43y7m) 
 #7  Akiba Rubinstein  2706    46y3m   (#24 all-time among players aged 46y3m) 
 #8  Saviely Tartakower  2686    41y11m   (#41 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #9  Rudolf Spielmann  2668    45y8m   (#41 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #10  Richard Réti  2663    39y8m   (#71 all-time among players aged 39y8m) 
 #11  Frank Marshall  2656    51y5m   (#29 all-time among players aged 51y5m) 
 #12  Friedrich Sämisch  2650    32y4m   (#142 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #13  Ernst Grünfeld  2637    35y2m   (#156 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #14  Géza Maróczy  2636    58y10m   (#15 all-time among players aged 58y10m) 
 #15  Abraham Kupchik  2621    36y10m   (#169 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #16  Hermanis Matisons  2599    34y1m   (#274 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #17  Dawid Przepiórka  2598    48y1m   (#90 all-time among players aged 48y1m) 
 #18  Ilya Rabinovich  2597    38y0m   (#223 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #19  Peter Romanovsky  2595    36y6m   (#248 all-time among players aged 36y6m) 
 #20  Paul Johner  2594    41y4m   (#200 all-time among players aged 41y4m) 
 #21  Boris Kostic  2593    41y11m   (#185 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #22  Bernhard Lichtenstein  2592    44y9m   (#152 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #23  Carl Ahues  2591    45y1m   (#140 all-time among players aged 45y1m) 
 #24  Hans Kmoch  2587    34y6m   (#318 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #25  Arpád Vajda  2584    32y8m   (#360 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #26  Isaac Kashdan  2582    23y2m   (#253 all-time among players aged 23y2m) 
 #27  Endre Steiner  2581    27y7m   (#379 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #28  William Winter  2580    30y4m   (#402 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #29  Lajos Asztalos  2579    39y6m   (#250 all-time among players aged 39y6m) 
 #30  Sándor Takács  2578    35y11m   (#327 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #31  Albert Becker  2573    32y4m   (#435 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #32  Karel Treybal  2568    43y11m   (#216 all-time among players aged 43y11m) 
 #33  Frederick Yates  2565    45y0m   (#195 all-time among players aged 45y0m) 
 #34  Fedor Bohatirchuk  2563    36y2m   (#386 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #35  Edgar Colle  2562    31y8m   (#492 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #36  Norman Whitaker  2562    38y9m   (#341 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #37  André Muffang  2561    31y6m   (#499 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #38  Paul List  2558    42y0m   (#286 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 
 #39  Manuel Golmayo de la Torriente  2556    45y7m   (#219 all-time among players aged 45y7m) 
 #40  Mario Monticelli  2555    26y10m   (#509 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #41  Karl Gilg  2555    28y0m   (#513 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #42  Siegbert Tarrasch  2555    66y10m   (#12 all-time among players aged 66y10m) 
 #43  Géza Nagy  2554    36y1m   (#433 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #44  Karel Opocenský  2553    36y11m   (#415 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #45  Karl Helling  2552    24y5m   (#432 all-time among players aged 24y5m) 
 #46  Samuel Factor  2549    36y4m   (#455 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #47  Carl Carls  2549    48y4m   (#174 all-time among players aged 48y4m) 
 #48  W Rivier  2548   
 #49  George Thomas  2546    47y7m   (#187 all-time among players aged 47y7m) 
 #50  Mikhail Botvinnik  2546    17y5m   (#66 all-time among players aged 17y5m) 
 #51  Josef Lokvenc  2544    29y8m   (#607 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #52  Kurt Richter  2541    28y2m   (#606 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #53  Alfred Brinckmann  2541    38y0m   (#460 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #54  Wilhelm Orbach  2539   
 #55  Victor Berger  2539    25y0m   (#533 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #56  Herman Steiner  2537    23y9m   (#474 all-time among players aged 23y9m) 
 #57  Lajos Steiner  2537    25y7m   (#575 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #58  Heinrich Wagner  2535    40y5m   (#406 all-time among players aged 40y5m) 
 #59  Kornél Havasi  2531    37y0m   (#542 all-time among players aged 37y0m) 
 #60  Fedor Dus-Chotimirsky  2530    49y4m   (#180 all-time among players aged 49y4m) 
 #61  Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky  2523    34y2m   (#678 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #62  William Fairhurst  2521    25y5m   (#662 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #63  Karl Berndtsson-Kullberg  2516    36y10m   (#628 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #64  Sándor Takács  2508    35y11m   (#714 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #65  Salo Flohr  2506    20y2m   (#349 all-time among players aged 20y2m) 
 #66  Jakob Seitz  2506    30y11m   (#897 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #67  Alfred Van Nuess  2504   
 #68  Jacques Mieses  2503    63y11m   (#38 all-time among players aged 63y11m) 
 #69  A. Kraemer  2500   
 #70  Ladislav Prokeš  2499    44y7m   (#424 all-time among players aged 44y7m) 
 #71  Hans Müller  2497    32y1m   (#925 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #72  Theodor Gruber  2496   
 #73  Jacques Davidson  2494    38y2m   (#691 all-time among players aged 38y2m) 
 #74  Kazimierz Makarczyk  2494    28y0m   (#998 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #75  Orla Krause  2491    61y2m   (#54 all-time among players aged 61y2m) 
 #76  Erik Sr Andersen  2491    24y9m   (#907 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #77  Gösta Stoltz  2490    24y8m   (#911 all-time among players aged 24y8m) 
 #78  Baldur Hönlinger  2489    23y6m   (#800 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #79  Carlos Maderna  2485    18y5m   (#256 all-time among players aged 18y5m) 
 #80  Gottlieb Machate  2484    24y2m   (#914 all-time among players aged 24y2m) 
 #81  George Koltanowski  2483    25y4m   (#1020 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #82  Jindrich Engel  2482    31y10m   (#1053 all-time among players aged 31y10m) 
 #83  Simon Rotenstein  2482   
 #84  Abram Blass  2481   
 #85  Karel Hromádka  2479    41y9m   (#613 all-time among players aged 41y9m) 
 #86  Vladimir Vukovic  2478    30y5m   (#1133 all-time among players aged 30y5m) 
 #87  Roberto Grau  2476    28y10m   (#1164 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #88  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2475    21y0m   (#632 all-time among players aged 21y0m) 
 #89  Salo Landau  2473    25y9m   (#1122 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #90  Willi Schlage  2473    40y1m   (#737 all-time among players aged 40y1m) 
 #91  Gerard Kroone  2471    31y11m   (#1169 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #92  Zoltán Balla  2470    45y5m   (#487 all-time among players aged 45y5m) 
 #93  Edward Sergeant  2468    47y1m   (#422 all-time among players aged 47y1m) 
 #94  Ladislaus Von Doery  2465   
 #95  August Georg Preusse  2464   
 #96  Holger Norman Hansen  2463   
 #97  Willem Wertheim  2463   
 #98  Walter Michel  2462    40y2m   (#802 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #99  Zeno Proca  2461   
 #100  Fritz Igel  2458