Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: February 1969 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Bobby Fischer  2796    25y11m   (#7 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #2  Viktor Korchnoi  2778    37y11m   (#8 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #3  Boris Spassky  2770    32y1m   (#10 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #4  Tigran Petrosian  2747    39y8m   (#13 all-time among players aged 39y8m) 
 #5  Lev Polugaevsky  2745    34y3m   (#18 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #6  Vassily Smyslov  2744    47y11m   (#8 all-time among players aged 47y11m) 
 #7  Mikhail Botvinnik  2740    57y6m   (#2 all-time among players aged 57y6m) 
 #8  Leonid Stein  2735    34y3m   (#24 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #9  Bent Larsen  2733    33y11m   (#25 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #10  Efim Geller  2725    43y11m   (#20 all-time among players aged 43y11m) 
 #11  Lajos Portisch  2722    31y10m   (#40 all-time among players aged 31y10m) 
 #12  Paul Keres  2720    53y1m   (#7 all-time among players aged 53y1m) 
 #13  Mikhail Tal  2719    32y3m   (#41 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #14  Ratmir Kholmov  2703    43y9m   (#27 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #15  Vlastimil Hort  2698    25y1m   (#44 all-time among players aged 25y1m) 
 #16  Mark Taimanov  2696    43y0m   (#32 all-time among players aged 43y0m) 
 #17  David Bronstein  2682    45y0m   (#31 all-time among players aged 45y0m) 
 #18  Svetozar Gligoric  2680    46y0m   (#32 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #19  Alexey Suetin  2677    42y3m   (#51 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #20  Semen Furman  2674    48y2m   (#27 all-time among players aged 48y2m) 
 #21  Nikolay Krogius  2669    38y7m   (#70 all-time among players aged 38y7m) 
 #22  Alexander Zaitsev  2667    33y8m   (#97 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #23  Aivars Gipslis  2664    32y0m   (#118 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #24  Milan Matulovic  2658    33y8m   (#114 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #25  Miguel Najdorf  2654    58y10m   (#11 all-time among players aged 58y10m) 
 #26  Fridrik Olafsson  2654    34y1m   (#120 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #27  Samuel Reshevsky  2654    57y3m   (#13 all-time among players aged 57y3m) 
 #28  Evgeny Vasiukov  2650    35y11m   (#119 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #29  Anatoly Lutikov  2648    36y0m   (#123 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #30  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2645    33y11m   (#141 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #31  Florin Gheorghiu  2643    24y10m   (#137 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #32  Viacheslav Osnos  2641    33y7m   (#150 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #33  Eduard Gufeld  2640    32y11m   (#157 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #34  Borislav Ivkov  2640    35y3m   (#145 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #35  Vladimir Liberzon  2639    31y11m   (#159 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #36  Dragoljub Ciric  2639    33y3m   (#151 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #37  Pal Benko  2636    40y7m   (#114 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #38  Anatoly Lein  2635    37y11m   (#124 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #39  Larry Evans  2630    36y11m   (#149 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #40  Klaus Darga  2628    35y0m   (#178 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #41  Vladimir Savon  2628    28y5m   (#198 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #42  Lubomir Kavalek  2624    25y6m   (#173 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #43  Wolfgang Unzicker  2624    43y8m   (#104 all-time among players aged 43y8m) 
 #44  Aleksandar Matanovic  2622    38y9m   (#143 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #45  Yury Averbakh  2621    47y0m   (#76 all-time among players aged 47y0m) 
 #46  Lothar Schmid  2620    40y9m   (#141 all-time among players aged 40y9m) 
 #47  Oscar Panno  2620    33y11m   (#201 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #48  Yury Sakharov  2619    46y5m   (#77 all-time among players aged 46y5m) 
 #49  Bruno Parma  2619    27y2m   (#226 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #50  Janis Klovans  2618    33y10m   (#209 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #51  Georgy Tringov  2617    31y11m   (#238 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #52  Bojan Kurajica  2617    21y3m   (#92 all-time among players aged 21y3m) 
 #53  Vitaly Tseshkovsky  2614    24y5m   (#182 all-time among players aged 24y5m) 
 #54  Isaak Boleslavsky  2613    49y8m   (#62 all-time among players aged 49y8m) 
 #55  Vladimir Antoshin  2612    39y9m   (#161 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #56  Vladimir Tukmakov  2611    22y11m   (#159 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #57  Jonathan Penrose  2610    35y4m   (#223 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #58  Leonid Shamkovich  2609    45y8m   (#111 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #59  Abram Khasin  2608    46y0m   (#99 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #60  Raúl Sanguinetti  2605    36y0m   (#230 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #61  Mikhail Podgaets  2603    21y7m   (#144 all-time among players aged 21y7m) 
 #62  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2600    35y3m   (#251 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #63  Henrique Mecking  2599    17y1m   (#27 all-time among players aged 17y1m) 
 #64  Robert Hübner  2598    20y3m   (#94 all-time among players aged 20y3m) 
 #65  Igor Zaitsev  2596    30y9m   (#331 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #66  Robert Byrne  2593    40y10m   (#204 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #67  Helmut Pfleger  2592    25y6m   (#281 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #68  Ludek Pachmann  2592    44y9m   (#151 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #69  Milko Bobotsov  2591    37y5m   (#245 all-time among players aged 37y5m) 
 #70  Gyözö Forintos  2590    33y7m   (#317 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #71  Jan Smejkal  2590    22y11m   (#216 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #72  Rein Etruk  2588    30y11m   (#356 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #73  Gedeon Barcza  2587    57y6m   (#27 all-time among players aged 57y6m) 
 #74  Miroslav Filip  2586    40y4m   (#220 all-time among players aged 40y4m) 
 #75  Gennady Ageichenko  2583    27y8m   (#370 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #76  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2581    37y5m   (#283 all-time among players aged 37y5m) 
 #77  Victor Zheliandinov  2581    33y11m   (#356 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #78  Rudolf Teschner  2581    47y0m   (#133 all-time among players aged 47y0m) 
 #79  Nikola Padevsky  2580    35y9m   (#322 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #80  Laszlo Barczay  2577    33y0m   (#390 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #81  Hrvoje Messing  2577    28y7m   (#392 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #82  Enver Bukic  2576    31y2m   (#417 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #83  Boris Vladimirov  2576    39y9m   (#264 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #84  Johannes Donner  2575    41y7m   (#243 all-time among players aged 41y7m) 
 #85  Duncan Suttles  2575    23y2m   (#270 all-time among players aged 23y2m) 
 #86  Alexander Kotov  2573    55y6m   (#49 all-time among players aged 55y6m) 
 #87  László Szabó  2573    51y11m   (#84 all-time among players aged 51y11m) 
 #88  Anatoly Bikhovsky  2572    34y10m   (#382 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #89  James Sherwin  2571    35y4m   (#359 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #90  Aleksander Nikitin  2571    34y1m   (#399 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #91  István Bilek  2568    36y6m   (#352 all-time among players aged 36y6m) 
 #92  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2566    26y9m   (#441 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #93  Levon Grigorian  2563    21y5m   (#229 all-time among players aged 21y5m) 
 #94  Salo Flohr  2562    60y3m   (#29 all-time among players aged 60y3m) 
 #95  William Lombardy  2562    31y2m   (#488 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #96  Vladimir Bagirov  2561    32y6m   (#487 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #97  Yury Nikolaevsky  2561    32y0m   (#501 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #98  Vladimir Sergievsky  2561    32y4m   (#492 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #99  Levente Lengyel  2561    35y8m   (#398 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #100  Donald Byrne  2560    38y8m   (#349 all-time among players aged 38y8m)