Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: January 1956 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Vassily Smyslov  2793    34y10m   (#5 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #2  Paul Keres  2782    40y0m   (#7 all-time among players aged 40y0m) 
 #3  David Bronstein  2770    31y11m   (#8 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #4  Mikhail Botvinnik  2756    44y5m   (#5 all-time among players aged 44y5m) 
 #5  Tigran Petrosian  2755    26y7m   (#16 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #6  Samuel Reshevsky  2752    44y2m   (#8 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #7  Efim Geller  2720    30y10m   (#39 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #8  Boris Spassky  2714    19y0m   (#7 all-time among players aged 19y0m) 
 #9  Mark Taimanov  2714    29y11m   (#42 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #10  Alexander Kotov  2712    42y5m   (#29 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #11  Miguel Najdorf  2709    45y9m   (#22 all-time among players aged 45y9m) 
 #12  Borislav Ivkov  2708    22y2m   (#24 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #13  Viktor Korchnoi  2696    24y10m   (#46 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #14  Isaak Boleslavsky  2696    36y7m   (#53 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #15  Svetozar Gligoric  2696    32y11m   (#64 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #16  László Szabó  2695    38y10m   (#43 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #17  Aleksandar Matanovic  2694    25y8m   (#51 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #18  Julio Bolbochán  2681    35y10m   (#73 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #19  Ludek Pachmann  2677    31y8m   (#96 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #20  Yury Averbakh  2676    33y11m   (#79 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #21  Oscar Panno  2673    20y10m   (#35 all-time among players aged 20y10m) 
 #22  Wolfgang Unzicker  2657    30y7m   (#123 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #23  Klaus Darga  2653    21y11m   (#67 all-time among players aged 21y11m) 
 #24  Miroslav Filip  2653    27y3m   (#125 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #25  Pal Benko  2648    27y6m   (#137 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #26  Lev Aronin  2647    35y6m   (#124 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #27  Ratmir Kholmov  2645    30y8m   (#151 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #28  Gedeon Barcza  2645    44y5m   (#66 all-time among players aged 44y5m) 
 #29  Larry Evans  2640    23y10m   (#116 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #30  Herman Pilnik  2639    42y0m   (#103 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 
 #31  Andrija Fuderer  2637    24y8m   (#144 all-time among players aged 24y8m) 
 #32  Semen Furman  2637    35y1m   (#159 all-time among players aged 35y1m) 
 #33  Vladas Mikenas  2633    45y9m   (#65 all-time among players aged 45y9m) 
 #34  Evgeny Vasiukov  2631    22y10m   (#118 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #35  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2628    44y8m   (#89 all-time among players aged 44y8m) 
 #36  Lothar Schmid  2628    27y8m   (#181 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #37  Georgy Ilivitsky  2627    34y9m   (#186 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #38  Alexander Tolush  2627    45y8m   (#71 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #39  Erich Eliskases  2625    42y11m   (#109 all-time among players aged 42y11m) 
 #40  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2624    43y1m   (#109 all-time among players aged 43y1m) 
 #41  Mikhail Tal  2622    19y2m   (#47 all-time among players aged 19y2m) 
 #42  Petar Trifunovic  2622    45y5m   (#88 all-time among players aged 45y5m) 
 #43  Georgy Lisitsin  2621    46y3m   (#77 all-time among players aged 46y3m) 
 #44  Braslav Rabar  2621    36y4m   (#178 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #45  Anatoly Lutikov  2617    22y11m   (#145 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #46  Georgy Borisenko  2614    33y8m   (#212 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #47  Fridrik Olafsson  2613    21y0m   (#100 all-time among players aged 21y0m) 
 #48  Max Euwe  2612    54y8m   (#33 all-time among players aged 54y8m) 
 #49  Arthur Bisguier  2612    26y3m   (#225 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #50  Borislav Milic  2611    30y3m   (#259 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #51  Alexey Suetin  2611    29y2m   (#262 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #52  Héctor Rossetto  2611    33y4m   (#246 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #53  Salo Flohr  2611    47y2m   (#83 all-time among players aged 47y2m) 
 #54  Miklos Bely  2610    42y5m   (#143 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #55  Vladimir Antoshin  2608    26y8m   (#245 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #56  Vasily Bivshev  2604    33y11m   (#246 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #57  Oleg Moiseev  2604    30y8m   (#295 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #58  Nikola Karaklajic  2602    29y11m   (#302 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #59  Conel Alexander  2597    46y9m   (#113 all-time among players aged 46y9m) 
 #60  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2596    48y0m   (#88 all-time among players aged 48y0m) 
 #61  Carlos Guimard  2594    42y9m   (#170 all-time among players aged 42y9m) 
 #62  István Bilek  2592    23y5m   (#237 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #63  Vasja Pirc  2591    48y1m   (#93 all-time among players aged 48y1m) 
 #64  Moshe Czerniak  2590    45y11m   (#133 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #65  Donald Byrne  2589    25y7m   (#302 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #66  Vladimir Simagin  2587    36y7m   (#286 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #67  Nicolas Rossolimo  2584    45y11m   (#145 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #68  Božidar Djuraševic  2584    22y9m   (#220 all-time among players aged 22y9m) 
 #69  Srecko Nedeljkovic  2581    32y1m   (#385 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #70  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2577    45y11m   (#156 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #71  Guyla Kluger  2576    42y0m   (#227 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 
 #72  Andrey Batuev  2576    47y6m   (#129 all-time among players aged 47y6m) 
 #73  Johannes Donner  2570    28y6m   (#435 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #74  Ilia Kan  2569    46y8m   (#161 all-time among players aged 46y8m) 
 #75  Itzchak Aloni  2568    50y8m   (#111 all-time among players aged 50y8m) 
 #76  Erik Lundin  2567    51y6m   (#102 all-time among players aged 51y6m) 
 #77  Sieghart Dittmann  2563    21y6m   (#237 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 
 #78  Abram Khasin  2562    32y11m   (#470 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #79  Robert Byrne  2562    27y9m   (#484 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #80  Román Torán Albero  2561    24y3m   (#377 all-time among players aged 24y3m) 
 #81  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2560    20y10m   (#210 all-time among players aged 20y10m) 
 #82  Dragoljub Janoševic  2559    32y6m   (#498 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #83  Atanas Kolarov  2558    21y10m   (#277 all-time among players aged 21y10m) 
 #84  Raúl Sanguinetti  2558    22y11m   (#326 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #85  Miguel Cuéllar Gacharná  2557    39y2m   (#342 all-time among players aged 39y2m) 
 #86  Mikhail Shishov  2557    45y1m   (#219 all-time among players aged 45y1m) 
 #87  Mihajlo Trajkovic  2556   
 #88  Mijo Udovcic  2554    35y4m   (#448 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #89  Frank Anderson  2554    28y0m   (#518 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #90  Menachem Oren  2553    53y0m   (#95 all-time among players aged 53y0m) 
 #91  Milan Matulovic  2552    20y7m   (#214 all-time among players aged 20y7m) 
 #92  Gunnar Uusi  2552    24y7m   (#440 all-time among players aged 24y7m) 
 #93  Lev Aronson  2551    32y0m   (#568 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #94  Pedro Martín  2548    25y0m   (#471 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #95  Nikolay Nikolaevich Gusev  2547   
 #96  Rudolf Teschner  2545    33y11m   (#547 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #97  Nikola Padevsky  2545    22y8m   (#379 all-time among players aged 22y8m) 
 #98  Andreas Dueckstein  2544    28y5m   (#594 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #99  Bent Larsen  2544    20y10m   (#261 all-time among players aged 20y10m) 
 #100  Nikolay Minev  2543    25y0m   (#507 all-time among players aged 25y0m)