Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: August 1971 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Bobby Fischer  2895    28y5m   (#1 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #2  Boris Spassky  2764    34y7m   (#12 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #3  Viktor Korchnoi  2749    40y5m   (#14 all-time among players aged 40y5m) 
 #4  Lev Polugaevsky  2743    36y9m   (#23 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #5  Bent Larsen  2742    36y5m   (#25 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #6  Tigran Petrosian  2738    42y2m   (#17 all-time among players aged 42y2m) 
 #7  Paul Keres  2737    55y7m   (#3 all-time among players aged 55y7m) 
 #8  Lajos Portisch  2732    34y4m   (#28 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #9  Leonid Stein  2731    36y9m   (#28 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #10  Vlastimil Hort  2724    27y7m   (#39 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #11  Vassily Smyslov  2721    50y5m   (#12 all-time among players aged 50y5m) 
 #12  Mark Taimanov  2720    45y6m   (#19 all-time among players aged 45y6m) 
 #13  Efim Geller  2717    46y5m   (#19 all-time among players aged 46y5m) 
 #14  Mikhail Tal  2705    34y9m   (#50 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #15  Robert Hübner  2703    22y9m   (#34 all-time among players aged 22y9m) 
 #16  Svetozar Gligoric  2698    48y6m   (#17 all-time among players aged 48y6m) 
 #17  David Bronstein  2692    47y6m   (#20 all-time among players aged 47y6m) 
 #18  Vladimir Savon  2689    30y11m   (#79 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #19  Alexey Suetin  2688    44y9m   (#31 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #20  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2688    36y5m   (#60 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #21  Anatoly Karpov  2684    20y3m   (#21 all-time among players aged 20y3m) 
 #22  Jan Smejkal  2681    25y5m   (#64 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #23  Mikhail Botvinnik  2678    60y0m   (#4 all-time among players aged 60y0m) 
 #24  Borislav Ivkov  2669    37y9m   (#73 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #25  Oscar Panno  2663    36y5m   (#88 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #26  Gennady Kuzmin  2660    25y7m   (#109 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #27  Aivars Gipslis  2660    34y6m   (#113 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #28  Evgeny Vasiukov  2656    38y5m   (#89 all-time among players aged 38y5m) 
 #29  Vladimir Tukmakov  2656    25y5m   (#117 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #30  Henrique Mecking  2651    19y7m   (#29 all-time among players aged 19y7m) 
 #31  Yury Balashov  2650    22y5m   (#77 all-time among players aged 22y5m) 
 #32  Fridrik Olafsson  2649    36y7m   (#109 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #33  Nikolay Krogius  2647    41y1m   (#90 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #34  Florin Gheorghiu  2645    27y4m   (#140 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #35  Samuel Reshevsky  2643    59y9m   (#9 all-time among players aged 59y9m) 
 #36  Lothar Schmid  2643    43y3m   (#77 all-time among players aged 43y3m) 
 #37  Lubomir Kavalek  2638    28y0m   (#163 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #38  Miguel Najdorf  2638    61y4m   (#6 all-time among players aged 61y4m) 
 #39  Pal Benko  2638    43y1m   (#86 all-time among players aged 43y1m) 
 #40  Viacheslav Osnos  2635    36y1m   (#148 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #41  Helmut Pfleger  2632    28y0m   (#177 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #42  Milan Matulovic  2632    36y2m   (#154 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #43  Wolfgang Unzicker  2630    46y2m   (#64 all-time among players aged 46y2m) 
 #44  Vladimir Liberzon  2630    34y5m   (#184 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #45  Alexander Zaitsev Jr  2630    36y2m   (#158 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #46  Ratmir Kholmov  2629    46y3m   (#65 all-time among players aged 46y3m) 
 #47  Klaus Darga  2627    37y6m   (#140 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #48  Gudmundur Sigurjónsson  2623    23y11m   (#151 all-time among players aged 23y11m) 
 #49  Ulf Andersson  2622    20y2m   (#63 all-time among players aged 20y2m) 
 #50  Bruno Parma  2622    29y8m   (#228 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #51  Semen Furman  2622    50y8m   (#52 all-time among players aged 50y8m) 
 #52  Rafael Vaganian  2622    19y10m   (#58 all-time among players aged 19y10m) 
 #53  Yury Averbakh  2622    49y6m   (#51 all-time among players aged 49y6m) 
 #54  Walter Browne  2620    22y7m   (#135 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #55  Eduard Gufeld  2620    35y5m   (#199 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #56  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2619    29y3m   (#243 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #57  Aleksandar Matanovic  2618    41y3m   (#147 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #58  Albin Planinc  2617    27y4m   (#226 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #59  Mikhail Podgaets  2616    24y1m   (#169 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #60  László Szabó  2615    54y5m   (#32 all-time among players aged 54y5m) 
 #61  Alexander Zaitsev  2615    36y2m   (#195 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #62  Georgy Tringov  2609    34y5m   (#230 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #63  Dražen Marovic  2608    33y7m   (#244 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #64  Viktor Kupreichik  2608    22y1m   (#148 all-time among players aged 22y1m) 
 #65  Burkhard Malich  2606    34y9m   (#248 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #66  Robert Byrne  2605    43y4m   (#130 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #67  Gyözö Forintos  2605    36y1m   (#224 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #68  Bojan Kurajica  2604    23y9m   (#197 all-time among players aged 23y9m) 
 #69  Miroslav Filip  2603    42y10m   (#144 all-time among players aged 42y10m) 
 #70  Oleg Dementiev  2602    33y7m   (#263 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #71  Dragoljub Minic  2601    34y5m   (#260 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #72  Peter Markland  2601    20y4m   (#100 all-time among players aged 20y4m) 
 #73  Arovah Bachtiar  2597    37y5m   (#234 all-time among players aged 37y5m) 
 #74  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2596    37y9m   (#230 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #75  Julio Kaplan  2596    21y1m   (#137 all-time among players aged 21y1m) 
 #76  Igor Zaitsev  2596    33y3m   (#298 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #77  Vladimir Antoshin  2595    42y3m   (#173 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #78  Dragoljub Ciric  2594    35y9m   (#269 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #79  Duncan Suttles  2594    25y8m   (#285 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #80  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2593    39y11m   (#209 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #81  Levente Lengyel  2593    38y2m   (#228 all-time among players aged 38y2m) 
 #82  Janis Klovans  2593    36y4m   (#258 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #83  Vladimir Bagirov  2592    35y0m   (#285 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #84  Johannes Donner  2591    44y1m   (#159 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #85  William Lombardy  2589    33y8m   (#315 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #86  Gedeon Barcza  2588    60y0m   (#25 all-time among players aged 60y0m) 
 #87  Vlastimil Jansa  2588    28y9m   (#357 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #88  András Adorján  2587    21y5m   (#168 all-time among players aged 21y5m) 
 #89  Albert Kapengut  2587    27y1m   (#335 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #90  Mato Damjanovic  2587    44y5m   (#164 all-time among players aged 44y5m) 
 #91  István Bilek  2586    39y0m   (#247 all-time among players aged 39y0m) 
 #92  Liuben Spassov  2585    28y5m   (#358 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #93  Bruce Amos  2585    24y8m   (#298 all-time among players aged 24y8m) 
 #94  Hans-Joachim Hecht  2584    32y7m   (#360 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #95  Anatoly Lutikov  2584    38y6m   (#260 all-time among players aged 38y6m) 
 #96  Orest Averkin  2583    27y6m   (#361 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #97  Ivan Radulov  2583    32y7m   (#365 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #98  Zvonko Vranesic  2582    32y10m   (#366 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #99  Raymond Keene  2582    23y7m   (#275 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #100  István Csom  2581    31y2m   (#391 all-time among players aged 31y2m)