Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: January 1939 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Mikhail Botvinnik  2766    27y5m   (#12 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #2  Reuben Fine  2751    24y3m   (#11 all-time among players aged 24y3m) 
 #3  Alexander Alekhine  2750    46y3m   (#6 all-time among players aged 46y3m) 
 #4  Samuel Reshevsky  2748    27y2m   (#20 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #5  Paul Keres  2732    23y0m   (#21 all-time among players aged 23y0m) 
 #6  José Capablanca  2719    50y2m   (#12 all-time among players aged 50y2m) 
 #7  Max Euwe  2718    37y8m   (#34 all-time among players aged 37y8m) 
 #8  Salo Flohr  2704    30y2m   (#52 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #9  Erich Eliskases  2677    25y11m   (#75 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #10  Vasja Pirc  2672    31y1m   (#106 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #11  Efim Bogoljubow  2662    49y9m   (#28 all-time among players aged 49y9m) 
 #12  Grigory Levenfish  2659    49y10m   (#29 all-time among players aged 49y10m) 
 #13  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2656    31y0m   (#133 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #14  László Szabó  2651    21y10m   (#67 all-time among players aged 21y10m) 
 #15  Saviely Tartakower  2633    51y11m   (#37 all-time among players aged 51y11m) 
 #16  Carlos Guimard  2632    25y9m   (#160 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #17  Vladimirs Petrovs  2631    31y4m   (#190 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #18  Al Horowitz  2628    31y2m   (#199 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #19  Lajos Steiner  2628    35y7m   (#174 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #20  Endre Steiner  2624    37y7m   (#149 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #21  Boris Kostic  2621    51y11m   (#45 all-time among players aged 51y11m) 
 #22  Viacheslav Ragozin  2618    30y3m   (#232 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #23  Peter Romanovsky  2616    46y6m   (#86 all-time among players aged 46y6m) 
 #24  Isaac Kashdan  2612    33y2m   (#237 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #25  Georg Kieninger  2609    36y7m   (#210 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #26  Vsevolod Rauzer  2607    30y3m   (#278 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #27  Vladimir Makogonov  2606    34y5m   (#243 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #28  Andor Lilienthal  2599    27y8m   (#296 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #29  Albert Simonson  2597    24y1m   (#229 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #30  Ludwig Engels  2594    33y1m   (#311 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #31  Ludwig Rellstab Sr  2594    34y2m   (#290 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #32  Abraham Kupchik  2592    46y10m   (#120 all-time among players aged 46y10m) 
 #33  Pablo Michel  2591    33y1m   (#330 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #34  Ilia Kan  2587    29y8m   (#365 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #35  Georgy Lisitsin  2583    29y3m   (#373 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #36  Igor Bondarevsky  2580    25y8m   (#344 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #37  Rudolf Spielmann  2580    55y8m   (#42 all-time among players aged 55y8m) 
 #38  Vladimir Alatortsev  2580    29y8m   (#397 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #39  Herbert Heinicke  2578    33y10m   (#371 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #40  Karl Gilg  2577    38y0m   (#293 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #41  Paulin Frydman  2577    33y8m   (#374 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #42  Salo Landau  2575    35y9m   (#339 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #43  Miguel Najdorf  2575    28y9m   (#409 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #44  Fedor Bohatirchuk  2575    46y2m   (#156 all-time among players aged 46y2m) 
 #45  Kurt Richter  2572    38y2m   (#313 all-time among players aged 38y2m) 
 #46  Carl Ahues  2571    55y1m   (#53 all-time among players aged 55y1m) 
 #47  Johannes van den Bosch  2568    32y9m   (#432 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #48  Karel Opocenský  2568    46y11m   (#162 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #49  Jorge Pelikán  2567    32y9m   (#442 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #50  Jan Foltys  2567    30y3m   (#457 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #51  Vitaly Chekhover  2564    30y1m   (#487 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #52  Arthur Dake  2563    28y9m   (#469 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #53  Sergey Belavenets  2562    29y0m   (#481 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #54  Peter Dubinin  2560    29y7m   (#491 all-time among players aged 29y7m) 
 #55  Alexander Chistiakov  2558    25y0m   (#420 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #56  Ilya Rabinovich  2558    48y0m   (#153 all-time among players aged 48y0m) 
 #57  Milan Vidmar Sr  2552    53y7m   (#84 all-time among players aged 53y7m) 
 #58  George Treysman  2551   
 #59  Nikolay Riumin  2550    30y4m   (#567 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #60  Alexander Tolush  2549    28y8m   (#553 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #61  Albert Becker  2549    42y4m   (#311 all-time among players aged 42y4m) 
 #62  Paul Schmidt  2549    22y5m   (#359 all-time among players aged 22y5m) 
 #63  Mikhail Yudovich  2548    27y7m   (#553 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #64  Gösta Stoltz  2547    34y8m   (#514 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #65  Ernst Grünfeld  2546    45y2m   (#245 all-time among players aged 45y2m) 
 #66  Vladas Mikenas  2545    28y9m   (#592 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #67  Eero Böök  2545    28y11m   (#585 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #68  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2544    28y11m   (#596 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #69  Emil Zinner  2543    29y5m   (#606 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #70  Alexey Sokolsky  2543    30y3m   (#605 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #71  Eduard Gerstenfeld  2542    24y0m   (#478 all-time among players aged 24y0m) 
 #72  Petar Trifunovic  2542    28y5m   (#608 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #73  Philip Milner-Barry  2539    32y4m   (#635 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #74  Victor Goglidze  2536    33y2m   (#611 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #75  Sidney Bernstein  2536    27y6m   (#632 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #76  Conel Alexander  2534    29y9m   (#678 all-time among players aged 29y9m) 
 #77  Lajos Asztalos  2534    49y6m   (#171 all-time among players aged 49y6m) 
 #78  Leonid Shamaev  2534    33y8m   (#609 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #79  Roberto Grau  2533    38y10m   (#460 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #80  Ernö Gereben  2533    31y7m   (#685 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #81  S. Cohen  2530   
 #82  Nicolaas Cortlever  2528    23y7m   (#525 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #83  Josek Kolski  2527    39y0m   (#498 all-time among players aged 39y0m) 
 #84  Josef Lokvenc  2526    39y8m   (#473 all-time among players aged 39y8m) 
 #85  Milan Jr Vidmar  2526    29y1m   (#705 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #86  Wilhelm Kuppe  2526   
 #87  Iosif Pogrebissky  2526    32y11m   (#689 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #88  Anthony Santasiere  2521    34y1m   (#689 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #89  Izaak Appel  2521    34y0m   (#697 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #90  Berthold Koch  2520    39y11m   (#503 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #91  Fricis Apšenieks  2519    44y9m   (#344 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #92  Herman Steiner  2518    33y9m   (#712 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #93  Vasily Panov  2518    32y2m   (#779 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #94  Teodor Regedzinski  2517    44y9m   (#357 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #95  Movsa Feigin  2513    30y11m   (#842 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #96  Hans Müller  2510    42y1m   (#457 all-time among players aged 42y1m) 
 #97  Anton Kohler  2510   
 #98  M. Broder  2510   
 #99  Wilfried Lange  2509    28y11m   (#876 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #100  Karel Treybal  2507    53y11m   (#147 all-time among players aged 53y11m)