Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: August 1930 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Alexander Alekhine  2840    37y10m   (#3 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #2  José Capablanca  2794    41y9m   (#4 all-time among players aged 41y9m) 
 #3  Aron Nimzowitsch  2766    43y9m   (#7 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #4  Efim Bogoljubow  2729    41y4m   (#22 all-time among players aged 41y4m) 
 #5  Akiba Rubinstein  2728    47y10m   (#12 all-time among players aged 47y10m) 
 #6  Max Euwe  2718    29y3m   (#41 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #7  Isaac Kashdan  2710    24y9m   (#37 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #8  Saviely Tartakower  2693    43y6m   (#34 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #9  Rudolf Spielmann  2677    47y3m   (#32 all-time among players aged 47y3m) 
 #10  Milan Vidmar Sr  2669    45y2m   (#41 all-time among players aged 45y2m) 
 #11  Carl Ahues  2639    46y8m   (#62 all-time among players aged 46y8m) 
 #12  Ernst Grünfeld  2627    36y9m   (#158 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #13  Géza Maróczy  2624    60y5m   (#13 all-time among players aged 60y5m) 
 #14  Hermanis Matisons  2616    35y8m   (#203 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #15  Friedrich Sämisch  2614    33y11m   (#222 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #16  Salo Flohr  2609    21y9m   (#138 all-time among players aged 21y9m) 
 #17  Albert Becker  2608    33y11m   (#235 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #18  Edgar Colle  2608    33y3m   (#253 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #19  Frank Marshall  2608    53y0m   (#46 all-time among players aged 53y0m) 
 #20  Hans Kmoch  2606    36y1m   (#220 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #21  Josef Lokvenc  2595    31y3m   (#331 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #22  Dawid Przepiórka  2593    49y8m   (#86 all-time among players aged 49y8m) 
 #23  Paul Johner  2593    42y11m   (#168 all-time among players aged 42y11m) 
 #24  Arpád Vajda  2592    34y3m   (#298 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #25  Kornél Havasi  2591    38y7m   (#234 all-time among players aged 38y7m) 
 #26  Carl Carls  2589    49y11m   (#91 all-time among players aged 49y11m) 
 #27  Endre Steiner  2589    29y2m   (#345 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #28  Paul List  2583    43y7m   (#179 all-time among players aged 43y7m) 
 #29  Esteban Canal  2574    34y4m   (#380 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #30  Frederick Yates  2573    46y7m   (#153 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #31  George Thomas  2570    49y2m   (#119 all-time among players aged 49y2m) 
 #32  Boris Kostic  2569    43y6m   (#222 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #33  Bernhard Lichtenstein  2567    46y4m   (#176 all-time among players aged 46y4m) 
 #34  Lajos Steiner  2562    27y2m   (#478 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #35  Sándor Takács  2561    37y6m   (#377 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #36  Karl Helling  2559    26y0m   (#462 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #37  Karl Gilg  2559    29y7m   (#495 all-time among players aged 29y7m) 
 #38  Karel Treybal  2558    45y6m   (#211 all-time among players aged 45y6m) 
 #39  Mir Sultan Khan  2556    25y7m   (#460 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #40  Karel Opocenský  2552    38y6m   (#392 all-time among players aged 38y6m) 
 #41  Kurt Richter  2552    29y9m   (#568 all-time among players aged 29y9m) 
 #42  Vasja Pirc  2551    22y8m   (#347 all-time among players aged 22y8m) 
 #43  Alfred Brinckmann  2542    39y7m   (#388 all-time among players aged 39y7m) 
 #44  Eugene Znosko-Borovsky  2536    46y0m   (#254 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #45  Carl Ruben  2536   
 #46  Henri Weenink  2533    37y10m   (#504 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #47  Abraham Baratz  2530   
 #48  Siegbert Tarrasch  2527    68y5m   (#12 all-time among players aged 68y5m) 
 #49  Baldur Hönlinger  2521    25y1m   (#652 all-time among players aged 25y1m) 
 #50  Ludwig Rellstab Sr  2521    25y9m   (#691 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #51  Heinrich Wagner  2519    42y0m   (#430 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 
 #52  William Winter  2516    31y11m   (#789 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #53  George Koltanowski  2515    26y11m   (#813 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #54  Herman Steiner  2513    25y4m   (#735 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #55  Paul Leonhardt  2512    52y9m   (#165 all-time among players aged 52y9m) 
 #56  Ramon Rey Ardid  2511    26y8m   (#832 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #57  Mario Monticelli  2508    28y5m   (#874 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #58  Emil Richter  2507    36y7m   (#721 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #59  Hans Müller  2506    33y8m   (#794 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #60  Gösta Stoltz  2504    26y3m   (#885 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #61  Victor Soultanbéieff  2501    34y9m   (#796 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #62  Isaías Pleci  2500    22y10m   (#640 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #63  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2494    22y7m   (#667 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #64  Jacques Mieses  2494    65y6m   (#42 all-time among players aged 65y6m) 
 #65  Salo Landau  2493    27y4m   (#988 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #66  Jakob Seitz  2491    32y6m   (#961 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #67  Erik Sr Andersen  2491    26y4m   (#1013 all-time among players aged 26y4m) 
 #68  Johannes van den Bosch  2487    24y4m   (#904 all-time among players aged 24y4m) 
 #69  Siegfried Wolf  2487    62y8m   (#41 all-time among players aged 62y8m) 
 #70  Reginald Michell  2485    57y4m   (#99 all-time among players aged 57y4m) 
 #71  Simon Rotenstein  2485   
 #72  Oskar Hans Antze  2484   
 #73  Amos Pokorný  2483    40y5m   (#678 all-time among players aged 40y5m) 
 #74  Roberto Grau  2483    30y5m   (#1091 all-time among players aged 30y5m) 
 #75  Josef Rejfír  2482    20y11m   (#561 all-time among players aged 20y11m) 
 #76  Kazimierz Makarczyk  2481    29y7m   (#1121 all-time among players aged 29y7m) 
 #77  Karl Berndtsson-Kullberg  2479    38y5m   (#781 all-time among players aged 38y5m) 
 #78  Theodore Tylor  2476    30y4m   (#1168 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #79  Edward Sergeant  2474    48y8m   (#360 all-time among players aged 48y8m) 
 #80  Ladislaus Von Doery  2473   
 #81  Vera Menchik  2471    24y6m   (#1059 all-time among players aged 24y6m) 
 #82  Vladimirs Petrovs  2468    22y11m   (#904 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #83  Manuel Golmayo de la Torriente  2467    47y2m   (#420 all-time among players aged 47y2m) 
 #84  Fritz Igel  2466   
 #85  Willi Schlage  2464    41y8m   (#698 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #86  Carlos Skalicka  2464    33y9m   (#1118 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #87  R Max Blümich  2462    43y9m   (#611 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #88  Jindrich Engel  2456    33y5m   (#1220 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #89  Stefano Rosselli del Turco  2452    53y1m   (#268 all-time among players aged 53y1m) 
 #90  Carlos Maderna  2449    20y0m   (#615 all-time among players aged 20y0m) 
 #91  Holger Norman Hansen  2448   
 #92  Wilhelm Orbach  2448   
 #93  Karel Hromádka  2444    43y4m   (#698 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #94  Eggert Gilfer  2443   
 #95  Ladislav Prokeš  2441    46y2m   (#544 all-time among players aged 46y2m) 
 #96  José Araiza Munoz  2440    30y5m   (#1504 all-time among players aged 30y5m) 
 #97  Wilhelm Hilse  2435    52y2m   (#329 all-time among players aged 52y2m) 
 #98  Wilhelm Schoenmann  2433   
 #99  Eduard Glass  2432   
 #100  Mieczyslaw Chwojnik  2431