Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: July 1953 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Mikhail Botvinnik  2779    41y11m   (#7 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #2  Samuel Reshevsky  2778    41y8m   (#8 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #3  Vassily Smyslov  2768    32y4m   (#12 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #4  Miguel Najdorf  2751    43y3m   (#12 all-time among players aged 43y3m) 
 #5  Efim Geller  2733    28y4m   (#32 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #6  Alexander Kotov  2727    39y11m   (#25 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #7  David Bronstein  2725    29y5m   (#34 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #8  Paul Keres  2724    37y6m   (#30 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #9  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2722    45y6m   (#16 all-time among players aged 45y6m) 
 #10  Isaak Boleslavsky  2720    34y1m   (#32 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #11  László Szabó  2719    36y4m   (#35 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #12  Tigran Petrosian  2715    24y1m   (#30 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #13  Mark Taimanov  2713    27y5m   (#50 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #14  Svetozar Gligoric  2705    30y5m   (#51 all-time among players aged 30y5m) 
 #15  Max Euwe  2689    52y2m   (#16 all-time among players aged 52y2m) 
 #16  Alexander Tolush  2689    43y2m   (#33 all-time among players aged 43y2m) 
 #17  Julio Bolbochán  2677    33y4m   (#84 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #18  Wolfgang Unzicker  2669    28y1m   (#104 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #19  Lev Aronin  2659    33y0m   (#123 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #20  Erich Eliskases  2657    40y5m   (#75 all-time among players aged 40y5m) 
 #21  Oleg Moiseev  2652    28y2m   (#128 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #22  Andrija Fuderer  2646    22y2m   (#77 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #23  Petar Trifunovic  2646    42y11m   (#76 all-time among players aged 42y11m) 
 #24  Viktor Korchnoi  2645    22y4m   (#81 all-time among players aged 22y4m) 
 #25  Yury Averbakh  2644    31y5m   (#158 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #26  Larry Evans  2642    21y4m   (#60 all-time among players aged 21y4m) 
 #27  Herman Pilnik  2642    39y6m   (#105 all-time among players aged 39y6m) 
 #28  Ludek Pachmann  2641    29y2m   (#166 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #29  Nicolas Rossolimo  2637    43y5m   (#82 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #30  Gedeon Barcza  2636    41y11m   (#111 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #31  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2635    42y2m   (#113 all-time among players aged 42y2m) 
 #32  Salo Flohr  2635    44y8m   (#78 all-time among players aged 44y8m) 
 #33  Robert Byrne  2629    25y3m   (#165 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #34  Vladimir Simagin  2629    34y1m   (#184 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #35  Héctor Rossetto  2622    30y10m   (#211 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #36  Braslav Rabar  2619    33y10m   (#206 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #37  Vasja Pirc  2619    45y7m   (#89 all-time among players aged 45y7m) 
 #38  Borislav Milic  2618    27y9m   (#219 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #39  Alexander Chistiakov  2616    39y6m   (#160 all-time among players aged 39y6m) 
 #40  Isaak Lipnitsky  2614    30y6m   (#248 all-time among players aged 30y6m) 
 #41  Vladimir Zagorovsky  2612    28y1m   (#245 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #42  Ratmir Kholmov  2610    28y2m   (#250 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #43  Boris Spassky  2610    16y6m   (#13 all-time among players aged 16y6m) 
 #44  Reuben Fine  2609    38y9m   (#177 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #45  Miguel Cuéllar Gacharná  2608    36y8m   (#208 all-time among players aged 36y8m) 
 #46  Aleksandar Matanovic  2606    23y2m   (#178 all-time among players aged 23y2m) 
 #47  Aleksandar Nedeljkovic  2604   
 #48  Lothar Schmid  2604    25y2m   (#238 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #49  Cenek Kottnauer  2603    43y5m   (#135 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #50  Erik Lundin  2603    49y0m   (#77 all-time among players aged 49y0m) 
 #51  Miroslav Filip  2597    24y9m   (#251 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #52  Mijo Udovcic  2597    32y10m   (#307 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #53  Alexey Suetin  2595    26y8m   (#297 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #54  Moshe Czerniak  2593    43y5m   (#156 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #55  Pal Benko  2591    25y0m   (#271 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #56  Zdravko Milev  2590    23y9m   (#256 all-time among players aged 23y9m) 
 #57  Oscar Panno  2590    18y4m   (#52 all-time among players aged 18y4m) 
 #58  Georgy Ilivitsky  2587    32y3m   (#344 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #59  József Szily  2587    39y9m   (#225 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #60  Nikolay Kopilov  2587    33y9m   (#326 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #61  Vladimir Antoshin  2584    24y2m   (#272 all-time among players aged 24y2m) 
 #62  Eero Böök  2582    43y5m   (#187 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #63  Igor Bondarevsky  2582    40y2m   (#230 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #64  Ilia Kan  2580    44y2m   (#191 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #65  Srecko Nedeljkovic  2579    29y7m   (#399 all-time among players aged 29y7m) 
 #66  Juan Carlos Gonzalez  2577    36y3m   (#323 all-time among players aged 36y3m) 
 #67  Mikhail Bonch-Osmolovsky  2575    34y6m   (#361 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #68  Yacov Estrin  2573    30y3m   (#429 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #69  Andor Lilienthal  2573    42y2m   (#225 all-time among players aged 42y2m) 
 #70  Dragoljub Janoševic  2572    30y0m   (#449 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #71  Vladimir Alatortsev  2571    44y2m   (#216 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #72  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2565    40y7m   (#284 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #73  Ernö Gereben  2564    46y1m   (#187 all-time among players aged 46y1m) 
 #74  Conel Alexander  2563    44y3m   (#233 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #75  Nikola Karaklajic  2561    27y5m   (#479 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #76  Borislav Ivkov  2560    19y8m   (#136 all-time among players aged 19y8m) 
 #77  Semen Furman  2560    32y7m   (#496 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #78  Mikhail Yudovich  2560    42y1m   (#275 all-time among players aged 42y1m) 
 #79  Carlos Guimard  2557    40y3m   (#318 all-time among players aged 40y3m) 
 #80  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2555    43y5m   (#254 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #81  Boris Baranov  2552    30y1m   (#555 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #82  Rudolf Teschner  2550    31y5m   (#560 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #83  Rodrigo Flores Alvarez  2550    39y11m   (#357 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #84  Jaroslav Šajtar  2546    31y7m   (#593 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #85  Johannes Donner  2546    26y0m   (#538 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #86  Victor Ciocaltea  2545    21y6m   (#315 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 
 #87  Ludwig Engels  2545    47y7m   (#192 all-time among players aged 47y7m) 
 #88  Gösta Stoltz  2544    49y2m   (#153 all-time among players aged 49y2m) 
 #89  Al Horowitz  2543    45y8m   (#247 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #90  Aleksander Nikitin  2542    18y6m   (#105 all-time among players aged 18y6m) 
 #91  René Letelier Martner  2541    37y10m   (#457 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #92  Evgeny Zagoriansky  2541    42y11m   (#319 all-time among players aged 42y11m) 
 #93  Stefan Szabo  2540    41y7m   (#364 all-time among players aged 41y7m) 
 #94  Jácobo Bolbochán  2540    46y7m   (#233 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #95  Gerhard Pfeiffer  2539    30y1m   (#645 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #96  Pablo Michel  2538    47y7m   (#216 all-time among players aged 47y7m) 
 #97  Vincenzo Castaldi  2537    37y2m   (#504 all-time among players aged 37y2m) 
 #98  Vasily Panov  2536    46y8m   (#241 all-time among players aged 46y8m) 
 #99  Daniel Yanofsky  2536    28y4m   (#632 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #100  Vladas Mikenas  2534    43y3m   (#333 all-time among players aged 43y3m)