Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: October 1971 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Bobby Fischer  2895    28y7m   (#1 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #2  Boris Spassky  2756    34y9m   (#15 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #3  Viktor Korchnoi  2751    40y7m   (#11 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #4  Bent Larsen  2738    36y7m   (#25 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #5  Tigran Petrosian  2735    42y4m   (#19 all-time among players aged 42y4m) 
 #6  Leonid Stein  2733    36y11m   (#27 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #7  Paul Keres  2733    55y9m   (#3 all-time among players aged 55y9m) 
 #8  Lajos Portisch  2730    34y6m   (#31 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #9  Lev Polugaevsky  2725    36y11m   (#33 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #10  Vlastimil Hort  2721    27y9m   (#40 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #11  Vassily Smyslov  2721    50y7m   (#9 all-time among players aged 50y7m) 
 #12  Mikhail Tal  2720    34y11m   (#35 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #13  Efim Geller  2715    46y7m   (#17 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #14  Mark Taimanov  2712    45y8m   (#21 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #15  Vladimir Savon  2710    31y1m   (#47 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #16  Robert Hübner  2706    22y11m   (#31 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #17  Svetozar Gligoric  2697    48y8m   (#17 all-time among players aged 48y8m) 
 #18  David Bronstein  2695    47y8m   (#20 all-time among players aged 47y8m) 
 #19  Anatoly Karpov  2687    20y5m   (#22 all-time among players aged 20y5m) 
 #20  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2684    36y7m   (#65 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #21  Jan Smejkal  2683    25y7m   (#67 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #22  Alexey Suetin  2672    44y11m   (#40 all-time among players aged 44y11m) 
 #23  Mikhail Botvinnik  2671    60y2m   (#5 all-time among players aged 60y2m) 
 #24  Borislav Ivkov  2670    37y11m   (#72 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #25  Gennady Kuzmin  2666    25y9m   (#91 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #26  Aivars Gipslis  2660    34y8m   (#110 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #27  Oscar Panno  2659    36y7m   (#92 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #28  Nikolay Krogius  2655    41y3m   (#78 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #29  Henrique Mecking  2654    19y9m   (#32 all-time among players aged 19y9m) 
 #30  Evgeny Vasiukov  2653    38y7m   (#92 all-time among players aged 38y7m) 
 #31  Yury Balashov  2649    22y7m   (#84 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #32  Fridrik Olafsson  2649    36y9m   (#103 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #33  Florin Gheorghiu  2647    27y6m   (#139 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #34  Samuel Reshevsky  2642    59y11m   (#8 all-time among players aged 59y11m) 
 #35  Lubomir Kavalek  2639    28y2m   (#168 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #36  Vladimir Tukmakov  2639    25y7m   (#137 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #37  Lothar Schmid  2637    43y5m   (#84 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #38  Miguel Najdorf  2637    61y6m   (#6 all-time among players aged 61y6m) 
 #39  Pal Benko  2636    43y3m   (#86 all-time among players aged 43y3m) 
 #40  Vladimir Liberzon  2634    34y7m   (#166 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #41  Ratmir Kholmov  2632    46y5m   (#62 all-time among players aged 46y5m) 
 #42  Milan Matulovic  2631    36y4m   (#156 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #43  Alexander Zaitsev Jr  2629    36y4m   (#160 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #44  Helmut Pfleger  2625    28y2m   (#197 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #45  Klaus Darga  2625    37y8m   (#148 all-time among players aged 37y8m) 
 #46  Yury Averbakh  2623    49y8m   (#49 all-time among players aged 49y8m) 
 #47  Eduard Gufeld  2623    35y7m   (#190 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #48  Gudmundur Sigurjónsson  2621    24y1m   (#158 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #49  Walter Browne  2620    22y9m   (#136 all-time among players aged 22y9m) 
 #50  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2619    29y5m   (#239 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #51  Semen Furman  2618    50y10m   (#57 all-time among players aged 50y10m) 
 #52  Wolfgang Unzicker  2618    46y4m   (#79 all-time among players aged 46y4m) 
 #53  Burkhard Malich  2617    34y11m   (#215 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #54  Mikhail Podgaets  2617    24y3m   (#170 all-time among players aged 24y3m) 
 #55  Viacheslav Osnos  2616    36y3m   (#186 all-time among players aged 36y3m) 
 #56  Ulf Andersson  2614    20y4m   (#75 all-time among players aged 20y4m) 
 #57  László Szabó  2612    54y7m   (#34 all-time among players aged 54y7m) 
 #58  Bruno Parma  2611    29y10m   (#275 all-time among players aged 29y10m) 
 #59  Viktor Kupreichik  2610    22y3m   (#150 all-time among players aged 22y3m) 
 #60  Dražen Marovic  2610    33y9m   (#224 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #61  Aleksandar Matanovic  2610    41y5m   (#158 all-time among players aged 41y5m) 
 #62  Rafael Vaganian  2608    20y0m   (#77 all-time among players aged 20y0m) 
 #63  Georgy Tringov  2607    34y7m   (#233 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #64  Dragoljub Minic  2605    34y7m   (#243 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #65  Igor Zaitsev  2605    33y5m   (#263 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #66  Edward Formanek  2605    29y5m   (#290 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #67  Albin Planinc  2604    27y6m   (#267 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #68  Oleg Dementiev  2604    33y9m   (#256 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #69  Miroslav Filip  2604    43y0m   (#143 all-time among players aged 43y0m) 
 #70  Robert Byrne  2603    43y6m   (#135 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #71  Raymond Keene  2600    23y9m   (#219 all-time among players aged 23y9m) 
 #72  Bojan Kurajica  2599    23y11m   (#215 all-time among players aged 23y11m) 
 #73  Gyözö Forintos  2599    36y3m   (#234 all-time among players aged 36y3m) 
 #74  Johannes Donner  2598    44y3m   (#149 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #75  Alexander Zaitsev  2597    36y4m   (#247 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #76  Julio Kaplan  2596    21y3m   (#140 all-time among players aged 21y3m) 
 #77  Hans-Joachim Hecht  2596    32y9m   (#312 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #78  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2596    37y11m   (#228 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #79  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2594    40y1m   (#201 all-time among players aged 40y1m) 
 #80  Vladimir Antoshin  2594    42y5m   (#168 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #81  Levente Lengyel  2592    38y4m   (#243 all-time among players aged 38y4m) 
 #82  William Lombardy  2592    33y10m   (#301 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #83  Zvonko Vranesic  2591    33y0m   (#331 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #84  Vladimir Bagirov  2590    35y2m   (#294 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #85  Roman Dzindzichashvili  2590    27y5m   (#327 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #86  Anatoly Lein  2589    40y7m   (#215 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #87  Wlodzimierz Schmidt  2588    28y6m   (#343 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #88  Arovah Bachtiar  2588    37y7m   (#261 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #89  Gedeon Barcza  2587    60y2m   (#24 all-time among players aged 60y2m) 
 #90  Duncan Suttles  2587    25y10m   (#316 all-time among players aged 25y10m) 
 #91  Mikhail Steinberg  2586    19y9m   (#98 all-time among players aged 19y9m) 
 #92  Mato Damjanovic  2586    44y7m   (#165 all-time among players aged 44y7m) 
 #93  Dragoljub Ciric  2586    35y11m   (#292 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #94  István Bilek  2584    39y2m   (#242 all-time among players aged 39y2m) 
 #95  Abram Roizman  2584    39y3m   (#239 all-time among players aged 39y3m) 
 #96  Bruce Amos  2583    24y10m   (#302 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #97  Albert Kapengut  2582    27y3m   (#361 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #98  Liuben Spassov  2582    28y7m   (#365 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #99  Janis Klovans  2582    36y6m   (#297 all-time among players aged 36y6m) 
 #100  Orest Averkin  2581    27y8m   (#375 all-time among players aged 27y8m)