Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: January 1969 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Bobby Fischer  2795    25y10m   (#7 all-time among players aged 25y10m) 
 #2  Viktor Korchnoi  2780    37y10m   (#8 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #3  Boris Spassky  2771    32y0m   (#8 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #4  Tigran Petrosian  2748    39y7m   (#13 all-time among players aged 39y7m) 
 #5  Lev Polugaevsky  2746    34y2m   (#17 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #6  Vassily Smyslov  2744    47y10m   (#8 all-time among players aged 47y10m) 
 #7  Leonid Stein  2736    34y2m   (#23 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #8  Mikhail Botvinnik  2734    57y5m   (#2 all-time among players aged 57y5m) 
 #9  Bent Larsen  2732    33y10m   (#25 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #10  Efim Geller  2722    43y10m   (#21 all-time among players aged 43y10m) 
 #11  Mikhail Tal  2721    32y2m   (#42 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #12  Lajos Portisch  2720    31y9m   (#42 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #13  Paul Keres  2718    53y0m   (#7 all-time among players aged 53y0m) 
 #14  Ratmir Kholmov  2706    43y8m   (#26 all-time among players aged 43y8m) 
 #15  Mark Taimanov  2698    42y11m   (#31 all-time among players aged 42y11m) 
 #16  Vlastimil Hort  2697    25y0m   (#45 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #17  David Bronstein  2685    44y11m   (#29 all-time among players aged 44y11m) 
 #18  Svetozar Gligoric  2680    45y11m   (#34 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #19  Alexey Suetin  2678    42y2m   (#51 all-time among players aged 42y2m) 
 #20  Semen Furman  2676    48y1m   (#27 all-time among players aged 48y1m) 
 #21  Nikolay Krogius  2670    38y6m   (#67 all-time among players aged 38y6m) 
 #22  Alexander Zaitsev  2669    33y7m   (#91 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #23  Aivars Gipslis  2663    31y11m   (#119 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #24  Milan Matulovic  2661    33y7m   (#105 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #25  Miguel Najdorf  2656    58y9m   (#11 all-time among players aged 58y9m) 
 #26  Samuel Reshevsky  2652    57y2m   (#14 all-time among players aged 57y2m) 
 #27  Anatoly Lutikov  2652    35y11m   (#114 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #28  Evgeny Vasiukov  2652    35y10m   (#115 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #29  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2646    33y10m   (#144 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #30  Florin Gheorghiu  2644    24y9m   (#129 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #31  Eduard Gufeld  2642    32y10m   (#152 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #32  Borislav Ivkov  2641    35y2m   (#146 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #33  Viacheslav Osnos  2640    33y6m   (#153 all-time among players aged 33y6m) 
 #34  Dragoljub Ciric  2639    33y2m   (#152 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #35  Vladimir Liberzon  2638    31y10m   (#162 all-time among players aged 31y10m) 
 #36  Anatoly Lein  2637    37y10m   (#116 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #37  Larry Evans  2635    36y10m   (#139 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #38  Klaus Darga  2630    34y11m   (#172 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #39  Lubomir Kavalek  2630    25y5m   (#161 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #40  Vladimir Savon  2630    28y4m   (#189 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #41  Fridrik Olafsson  2628    34y0m   (#184 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #42  Wolfgang Unzicker  2626    43y7m   (#103 all-time among players aged 43y7m) 
 #43  Pal Benko  2626    40y6m   (#125 all-time among players aged 40y6m) 
 #44  Yury Averbakh  2624    46y11m   (#70 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #45  Abram Khasin  2624    45y11m   (#76 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #46  Yury Sakharov  2624    46y4m   (#70 all-time among players aged 46y4m) 
 #47  Aleksandar Matanovic  2623    38y8m   (#141 all-time among players aged 38y8m) 
 #48  Bruno Parma  2622    27y1m   (#218 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #49  Oscar Panno  2621    33y10m   (#201 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #50  Georgy Tringov  2619    31y10m   (#229 all-time among players aged 31y10m) 
 #51  Vitaly Tseshkovsky  2619    24y4m   (#170 all-time among players aged 24y4m) 
 #52  Janis Klovans  2619    33y9m   (#203 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #53  Lothar Schmid  2618    40y8m   (#141 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #54  Isaak Boleslavsky  2616    49y7m   (#57 all-time among players aged 49y7m) 
 #55  Vladimir Antoshin  2614    39y8m   (#161 all-time among players aged 39y8m) 
 #56  Vladimir Tukmakov  2613    22y10m   (#149 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #57  Leonid Shamkovich  2612    45y7m   (#110 all-time among players aged 45y7m) 
 #58  Jonathan Penrose  2608    35y3m   (#232 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #59  Bojan Kurajica  2607    21y2m   (#118 all-time among players aged 21y2m) 
 #60  Raúl Sanguinetti  2606    35y11m   (#226 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #61  Rein Etruk  2605    30y10m   (#294 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #62  Mikhail Podgaets  2605    21y6m   (#135 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 
 #63  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2603    35y2m   (#243 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #64  Robert Hübner  2599    20y2m   (#88 all-time among players aged 20y2m) 
 #65  Igor Zaitsev  2597    30y8m   (#321 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #66  Henrique Mecking  2597    17y0m   (#27 all-time among players aged 17y0m) 
 #67  Helmut Pfleger  2594    25y5m   (#278 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #68  Ludek Pachmann  2593    44y8m   (#149 all-time among players aged 44y8m) 
 #69  Milko Bobotsov  2592    37y4m   (#244 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #70  Robert Byrne  2592    40y9m   (#203 all-time among players aged 40y9m) 
 #71  Gyözö Forintos  2592    33y6m   (#316 all-time among players aged 33y6m) 
 #72  Jan Smejkal  2590    22y10m   (#213 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #73  Miroslav Filip  2587    40y3m   (#224 all-time among players aged 40y3m) 
 #74  Gennady Ageichenko  2587    27y7m   (#339 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #75  Gedeon Barcza  2587    57y5m   (#28 all-time among players aged 57y5m) 
 #76  Janesz Stupica  2586    33y10m   (#330 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #77  Victor Zheliandinov  2584    33y10m   (#341 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #78  Nikola Padevsky  2583    35y8m   (#305 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #79  Hrvoje Messing  2583    28y6m   (#368 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #80  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2582    37y4m   (#280 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #81  Laszlo Barczay  2582    32y11m   (#374 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #82  Rudolf Teschner  2581    46y11m   (#138 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #83  Aleksander Nikitin  2580    34y0m   (#358 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #84  Boris Vladimirov  2577    39y8m   (#259 all-time among players aged 39y8m) 
 #85  Alexander Kotov  2577    55y5m   (#47 all-time among players aged 55y5m) 
 #86  Johannes Donner  2576    41y6m   (#241 all-time among players aged 41y6m) 
 #87  Duncan Suttles  2576    23y1m   (#262 all-time among players aged 23y1m) 
 #88  Anatoly Bikhovsky  2575    34y9m   (#365 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #89  László Szabó  2574    51y10m   (#83 all-time among players aged 51y10m) 
 #90  James Sherwin  2572    35y3m   (#361 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #91  Levon Grigorian  2571    21y4m   (#202 all-time among players aged 21y4m) 
 #92  István Bilek  2570    36y5m   (#349 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #93  Enver Bukic  2570    31y1m   (#436 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #94  Salo Flohr  2565    60y2m   (#29 all-time among players aged 60y2m) 
 #95  Vladimir Sergievsky  2564    32y3m   (#474 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #96  Yury Nikolaevsky  2563    31y11m   (#498 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #97  Vladimir Bagirov  2563    32y5m   (#483 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #98  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2562    26y8m   (#464 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #99  Levente Lengyel  2560    35y7m   (#407 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #100  Janos Flesch  2559    35y4m   (#418 all-time among players aged 35y4m)