Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: October 1938 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Alexander Alekhine  2754    46y0m   (#6 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #2  Mikhail Botvinnik  2747    27y2m   (#22 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #3  Samuel Reshevsky  2744    26y11m   (#22 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #4  Reuben Fine  2736    24y0m   (#18 all-time among players aged 24y0m) 
 #5  José Capablanca  2732    49y11m   (#8 all-time among players aged 49y11m) 
 #6  Salo Flohr  2728    29y11m   (#28 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #7  Paul Keres  2715    22y9m   (#25 all-time among players aged 22y9m) 
 #8  Max Euwe  2715    37y5m   (#36 all-time among players aged 37y5m) 
 #9  Erich Eliskases  2687    25y8m   (#63 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #10  Vasja Pirc  2670    30y10m   (#108 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #11  Grigory Levenfish  2660    49y7m   (#28 all-time among players aged 49y7m) 
 #12  Efim Bogoljubow  2658    49y6m   (#31 all-time among players aged 49y6m) 
 #13  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2651    30y9m   (#140 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #14  Carlos Guimard  2635    25y6m   (#146 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #15  Lajos Steiner  2633    35y4m   (#166 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #16  Vladimirs Petrovs  2632    31y1m   (#187 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #17  Viacheslav Ragozin  2632    30y0m   (#193 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #18  Saviely Tartakower  2628    51y8m   (#42 all-time among players aged 51y8m) 
 #19  Endre Steiner  2621    37y4m   (#163 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #20  Isaac Kashdan  2619    32y11m   (#229 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #21  László Szabó  2617    21y7m   (#110 all-time among players aged 21y7m) 
 #22  Al Horowitz  2616    30y11m   (#241 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #23  Georg Kieninger  2612    36y4m   (#198 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #24  Vsevolod Rauzer  2612    30y0m   (#264 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #25  Peter Dubinin  2611    29y4m   (#266 all-time among players aged 29y4m) 
 #26  Andor Lilienthal  2610    27y5m   (#244 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #27  Vladimir Makogonov  2605    34y2m   (#243 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #28  Pablo Michel  2598    32y10m   (#302 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #29  Ludwig Rellstab Sr  2596    33y11m   (#284 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #30  Albert Simonson  2596    23y10m   (#234 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #31  Peter Romanovsky  2595    46y3m   (#115 all-time among players aged 46y3m) 
 #32  Ilia Kan  2591    29y5m   (#347 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #33  Géza Maróczy  2590    68y7m   (#6 all-time among players aged 68y7m) 
 #34  Ludwig Engels  2587    32y10m   (#349 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #35  Abraham Kupchik  2587    46y7m   (#127 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #36  Miguel Najdorf  2585    28y6m   (#359 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #37  Jan Foltys  2585    30y0m   (#385 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #38  Vladimir Alatortsev  2581    29y5m   (#387 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #39  Georgy Lisitsin  2580    29y0m   (#391 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #40  Rudolf Spielmann  2580    55y5m   (#44 all-time among players aged 55y5m) 
 #41  Carl Ahues  2580    54y10m   (#50 all-time among players aged 54y10m) 
 #42  Kurt Richter  2580    37y11m   (#288 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #43  Paulin Frydman  2579    33y5m   (#379 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #44  Herbert Heinicke  2577    33y7m   (#374 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #45  Arthur Dake  2576    28y6m   (#409 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #46  Karl Gilg  2574    37y9m   (#302 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #47  Igor Bondarevsky  2572    25y5m   (#371 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #48  Johannes van den Bosch  2572    32y6m   (#425 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #49  Sergey Belavenets  2569    28y9m   (#430 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #50  Milan Vidmar Sr  2568    53y4m   (#69 all-time among players aged 53y4m) 
 #51  Mikhail Yudovich  2566    27y4m   (#451 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #52  Karel Opocenský  2566    46y8m   (#168 all-time among players aged 46y8m) 
 #53  Isaías Pleci  2562    31y0m   (#479 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #54  George Treysman  2561   
 #55  Paul List  2559    51y9m   (#107 all-time among players aged 51y9m) 
 #56  Salo Landau  2559    35y6m   (#416 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #57  Nikolay Riumin  2558    30y1m   (#514 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #58  Jorge Pelikán  2557    32y6m   (#519 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #59  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2555    28y8m   (#519 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #60  Vitaly Chekhover  2555    29y10m   (#544 all-time among players aged 29y10m) 
 #61  Gösta Stoltz  2555    34y5m   (#468 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #62  Boris Kostic  2555    51y8m   (#115 all-time among players aged 51y8m) 
 #63  Iosif Pogrebissky  2554    32y8m   (#519 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #64  Emil Zinner  2550    29y2m   (#554 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #65  Ernst Grünfeld  2550    44y11m   (#243 all-time among players aged 44y11m) 
 #66  Lajos Asztalos  2548    49y3m   (#145 all-time among players aged 49y3m) 
 #67  Eero Böök  2547    28y8m   (#564 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #68  Paul Schmidt  2546    22y2m   (#346 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #69  Alexander Tolush  2545    28y5m   (#582 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #70  Victor Goglidze  2542    32y11m   (#580 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #71  Henryk Friedmann  2542    35y9m   (#504 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #72  Albert Becker  2542    42y1m   (#335 all-time among players aged 42y1m) 
 #73  Vladas Mikenas  2541    28y6m   (#613 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #74  Leonid Shamaev  2540    33y5m   (#582 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #75  Petar Trifunovic  2539    28y2m   (#621 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #76  Conel Alexander  2537    29y6m   (#653 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 
 #77  Ernö Gereben  2537    31y4m   (#652 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #78  Alexey Sokolsky  2536    30y0m   (#671 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #79  Ilya Rabinovich  2536    47y9m   (#224 all-time among players aged 47y9m) 
 #80  Roberto Grau  2536    38y7m   (#467 all-time among players aged 38y7m) 
 #81  Alexander Chistiakov  2535    24y9m   (#543 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #82  Karel Treybal  2535    53y8m   (#103 all-time among players aged 53y8m) 
 #83  Josek Kolski  2532    38y9m   (#468 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #84  Wilhelm Kuppe  2532   
 #85  Ludwig Rödl  2531    31y6m   (#706 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #86  Nikolay Kopaev  2529    24y8m   (#584 all-time among players aged 24y8m) 
 #87  Philip Milner-Barry  2527    32y1m   (#715 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #88  Dmitry Rovner  2527    30y9m   (#733 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #89  Eduard Gerstenfeld  2526    23y9m   (#551 all-time among players aged 23y9m) 
 #90  Fedor Bohatirchuk  2526    45y11m   (#288 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #91  S. Cohen  2522   
 #92  Teodor Regedzinski  2522    44y6m   (#353 all-time among players aged 44y6m) 
 #93  Fricis Apšenieks  2520    44y6m   (#358 all-time among players aged 44y6m) 
 #94  Sidney Bernstein  2520    27y3m   (#761 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #95  Milan Jr Vidmar  2520    28y10m   (#787 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #96  Berthold Koch  2516    39y8m   (#526 all-time among players aged 39y8m) 
 #97  Nicolaas Cortlever  2515    23y4m   (#586 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 
 #98  Izaak Appel  2514    33y9m   (#733 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #99  Aaron Schwartzman  2514   
 #100  Anthony Santasiere  2513    33y10m   (#753 all-time among players aged 33y10m)