Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: January 1960 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Mikhail Tal  2787    23y2m   (#5 all-time among players aged 23y2m) 
 #2  Paul Keres  2770    44y0m   (#4 all-time among players aged 44y0m) 
 #3  Tigran Petrosian  2760    30y7m   (#18 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #4  Boris Spassky  2757    23y0m   (#13 all-time among players aged 23y0m) 
 #5  Vassily Smyslov  2757    38y10m   (#10 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #6  Mikhail Botvinnik  2741    48y5m   (#7 all-time among players aged 48y5m) 
 #7  Svetozar Gligoric  2732    36y11m   (#29 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #8  Efim Geller  2723    34y10m   (#32 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #9  Viktor Korchnoi  2721    28y10m   (#40 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #10  Mark Taimanov  2719    33y11m   (#39 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #11  David Bronstein  2713    35y11m   (#42 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #12  Ratmir Kholmov  2708    34y8m   (#51 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #13  Bobby Fischer  2701    16y10m   (#2 all-time among players aged 16y10m) 
 #14  Yury Averbakh  2699    37y11m   (#43 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #15  Ludek Pachmann  2692    35y8m   (#59 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #16  Lev Polugaevsky  2692    25y2m   (#53 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #17  László Szabó  2685    42y10m   (#41 all-time among players aged 42y10m) 
 #18  Miguel Najdorf  2679    49y9m   (#19 all-time among players aged 49y9m) 
 #19  Samuel Reshevsky  2677    48y2m   (#25 all-time among players aged 48y2m) 
 #20  Lajos Portisch  2670    22y9m   (#59 all-time among players aged 22y9m) 
 #21  Wolfgang Unzicker  2666    34y7m   (#102 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #22  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2665    24y10m   (#86 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #23  Borislav Ivkov  2665    26y2m   (#102 all-time among players aged 26y2m) 
 #24  Oscar Panno  2664    24y10m   (#87 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #25  Aleksandar Matanovic  2661    29y8m   (#124 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #26  Fridrik Olafsson  2659    25y0m   (#104 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #27  Alexander Tolush  2656    49y8m   (#32 all-time among players aged 49y8m) 
 #28  Alexander Kotov  2655    46y5m   (#43 all-time among players aged 46y5m) 
 #29  Andrija Fuderer  2654    28y8m   (#130 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #30  Vladas Mikenas  2651    49y9m   (#35 all-time among players aged 49y9m) 
 #31  Bent Larsen  2651    24y10m   (#119 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #32  Miroslav Filip  2650    31y3m   (#143 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #33  Gedeon Barcza  2649    48y5m   (#34 all-time among players aged 48y5m) 
 #34  Isaak Boleslavsky  2646    40y7m   (#97 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #35  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2640    26y2m   (#147 all-time among players aged 26y2m) 
 #36  Yury Nikolaevsky  2634    22y11m   (#111 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #37  Evgeny Vasiukov  2631    26y10m   (#175 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #38  Lothar Schmid  2628    31y8m   (#196 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #39  Max Euwe  2628    58y8m   (#16 all-time among players aged 58y8m) 
 #40  William Lombardy  2627    22y1m   (#101 all-time among players aged 22y1m) 
 #41  Pal Benko  2625    31y6m   (#212 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #42  Aivars Gipslis  2625    22y11m   (#129 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #43  Lev Aronin  2624    39y6m   (#143 all-time among players aged 39y6m) 
 #44  Jacob Yukhtman  2620    25y0m   (#187 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #45  Alexey Suetin  2616    33y2m   (#224 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #46  Larry Evans  2615    27y10m   (#235 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #47  Nikolay Krogius  2612    29y6m   (#263 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 
 #48  Johannes Donner  2608    32y6m   (#270 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #49  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2608    52y0m   (#53 all-time among players aged 52y0m) 
 #50  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2607    28y4m   (#268 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #51  Petar Trifunovic  2606    49y5m   (#73 all-time among players aged 49y5m) 
 #52  Raúl Sanguinetti  2605    26y11m   (#252 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #53  Vladimir Antoshin  2605    30y8m   (#289 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #54  Semen Furman  2605    39y1m   (#189 all-time among players aged 39y1m) 
 #55  István Bilek  2599    27y5m   (#284 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #56  Anatoly Lutikov  2599    26y11m   (#271 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #57  Klaus Darga  2598    25y11m   (#264 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #58  Maximilián Ujtelky  2595    44y9m   (#143 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #59  Leonid Stein  2593    25y2m   (#270 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #60  Yury Sakharov  2592    37y4m   (#241 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #61  Eduard Gufeld  2592    23y10m   (#251 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #62  Vladislav Shianovsky  2590    30y1m   (#356 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #63  Jonathan Penrose  2590    26y3m   (#310 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #64  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2587    47y1m   (#123 all-time among players aged 47y1m) 
 #65  Erich Eliskases  2587    46y11m   (#129 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #66  Milko Bobotsov  2586    28y4m   (#361 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #67  Daniel Yanofsky  2583    34y10m   (#321 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #68  Robert Byrne  2583    31y9m   (#386 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #69  Alexander Cherepkov  2582    39y3m   (#247 all-time among players aged 39y3m) 
 #70  Milan Matulovic  2582    24y7m   (#311 all-time among players aged 24y7m) 
 #71  Vladimir Simagin  2579    40y7m   (#234 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #72  Mario Bertok  2578    30y4m   (#411 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #73  Herman Pilnik  2577    46y0m   (#155 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #74  Borislav Milic  2576    34y3m   (#363 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #75  Anatoly Bannik  2575    38y1m   (#297 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #76  Zdravko Milev  2574    30y3m   (#425 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #77  Josef Kupper  2570    27y10m   (#432 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #78  Božidar Djuraševic  2570    26y9m   (#417 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #79  Arthur Bisguier  2569    30y3m   (#449 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #80  Salo Flohr  2568    51y2m   (#104 all-time among players aged 51y2m) 
 #81  Cenek Kottnauer  2567    49y11m   (#119 all-time among players aged 49y11m) 
 #82  Frank Anderson  2565    32y0m   (#476 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #83  James Sherwin  2565    26y3m   (#427 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #84  Aleksander Nikitin  2561    25y0m   (#410 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #85  Petar Smederevac  2560    37y5m   (#367 all-time among players aged 37y5m) 
 #86  Wolfgang Pietzsch  2560    29y1m   (#483 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #87  Vladimir Bagirov  2559    23y5m   (#357 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #88  Rajko Bogdanovic  2557    28y2m   (#503 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #89  Donald Byrne  2556    29y7m   (#506 all-time among players aged 29y7m) 
 #90  Yury Kots  2556    26y1m   (#482 all-time among players aged 26y1m) 
 #91  Anthony Saidy  2554    22y8m   (#330 all-time among players aged 22y8m) 
 #92  Georgy Tringov  2554    22y10m   (#335 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #93  Eero Böök  2554    49y11m   (#143 all-time among players aged 49y11m) 
 #94  Julius Kozma  2551    30y7m   (#552 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #95  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2550    48y8m   (#151 all-time among players aged 48y8m) 
 #96  Oleg Neikirkh  2547    45y10m   (#233 all-time among players aged 45y10m) 
 #97  Luís Sánchez  2547    43y0m   (#290 all-time among players aged 43y0m) 
 #98  Nikola Padevsky  2547    26y8m   (#569 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #99  Héctor Rossetto  2546    37y4m   (#453 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #100  Tibor Flórián  2546    40y10m   (#356 all-time among players aged 40y10m)