Monthly top-five lists
Monthly List:
May 1972 rating list
Player Name
Rating
Age
#1
Bobby Fischer
2886
29y2m
(#1 all-time among players aged 29y2m)
#2
Viktor Korchnoi
2747
41y2m
(#14 all-time among players aged 41y2m)
#3
Boris Spassky
2745
35y4m
(#16 all-time among players aged 35y4m)
#4
Leonid Stein
2744
37y6m
(#19 all-time among players aged 37y6m)
#5
Lev Polugaevsky
2744
37y6m
(#21 all-time among players aged 37y6m)
#6
Tigran Petrosian
2742
42y11m
(#16 all-time among players aged 42y11m)
#7
Anatoly Karpov
2741
21y0m
(#9 all-time among players aged 21y0m)
#8
Paul Keres
2735
56y4m
(#4 all-time among players aged 56y4m)
#9
Lajos Portisch
2732
35y1m
(#26 all-time among players aged 35y1m)
#10
Mikhail Tal
2726
35y6m
(#33 all-time among players aged 35y6m)
#11
Vassily Smyslov
2721
51y2m
(#10 all-time among players aged 51y2m)
#12
Bent Larsen
2720
37y2m
(#35 all-time among players aged 37y2m)
#13
Vlastimil Hort
2712
28y4m
(#47 all-time among players aged 28y4m)
#14
Vladimir Savon
2710
31y8m
(#57 all-time among players aged 31y8m)
#15
Robert Hübner
2706
23y6m
(#35 all-time among players aged 23y6m)
#16
David Bronstein
2698
48y3m
(#18 all-time among players aged 48y3m)
#17
Efim Geller
2690
47y2m
(#26 all-time among players aged 47y2m)
#18
Gennady Kuzmin
2687
26y4m
(#69 all-time among players aged 26y4m)
#19
Mark Taimanov
2683
46y3m
(#33 all-time among players aged 46y3m)
#20
Svetozar Gligoric
2683
49y3m
(#20 all-time among players aged 49y3m)
#21
Jan Smejkal
2682
26y2m
(#73 all-time among players aged 26y2m)
#22
Aivars Gipslis
2682
35y3m
(#73 all-time among players aged 35y3m)
#23
Oscar Panno
2679
37y2m
(#64 all-time among players aged 37y2m)
#24
Henrique Mecking
2672
20y4m
(#25 all-time among players aged 20y4m)
#25
Borislav Ivkov
2666
38y6m
(#71 all-time among players aged 38y6m)
#26
Vladimir Tukmakov
2661
26y2m
(#106 all-time among players aged 26y2m)
#27
Alexey Suetin
2659
45y6m
(#49 all-time among players aged 45y6m)
#28
Wolfgang Uhlmann
2656
37y2m
(#94 all-time among players aged 37y2m)
#29
Florin Gheorghiu
2654
28y1m
(#126 all-time among players aged 28y1m)
#30
Yury Balashov
2653
23y2m
(#88 all-time among players aged 23y2m)
#31
Nikolay Krogius
2649
41y10m
(#87 all-time among players aged 41y10m)
#32
Samuel Reshevsky
2648
60y6m
(#9 all-time among players aged 60y6m)
#33
Evgeny Vasiukov
2648
39y2m
(#95 all-time among players aged 39y2m)
#34
Robert Byrne
2646
44y1m
(#63 all-time among players aged 44y1m)
#35
Fridrik Olafsson
2646
37y4m
(#106 all-time among players aged 37y4m)
#36
Mikhail Botvinnik
2641
60y9m
(#9 all-time among players aged 60y9m)
#37
Anatoly Lein
2640
41y2m
(#105 all-time among players aged 41y2m)
#38
Miguel Najdorf
2639
62y1m
(#5 all-time among players aged 62y1m)
#39
Yury Averbakh
2638
50y3m
(#41 all-time among players aged 50y3m)
#40
Eduard Gufeld
2635
36y2m
(#146 all-time among players aged 36y2m)
#41
Helmut Pfleger
2635
28y9m
(#180 all-time among players aged 28y9m)
#42
Burkhard Malich
2635
35y6m
(#159 all-time among players aged 35y6m)
#43
Semen Furman
2634
51y5m
(#41 all-time among players aged 51y5m)
#44
Dragoljub Velimirovic
2633
30y0m
(#190 all-time among players aged 30y0m)
#45
Ulf Andersson
2632
20y11m
(#66 all-time among players aged 20y11m)
#46
Walter Browne
2632
23y4m
(#115 all-time among players aged 23y4m)
#47
Hillar Karner
2631
36y10m
(#150 all-time among players aged 36y10m)
#48
Pal Benko
2630
43y10m
(#96 all-time among players aged 43y10m)
#49
Vladimir Liberzon
2627
35y2m
(#180 all-time among players aged 35y2m)
#50
Lubomir Kavalek
2627
28y9m
(#198 all-time among players aged 28y9m)
#51
László Szabó
2626
55y2m
(#24 all-time among players aged 55y2m)
#52
Ljubomir Ljubojevic
2626
21y6m
(#90 all-time among players aged 21y6m)
#53
Albin Planinc
2620
28y1m
(#209 all-time among players aged 28y1m)
#54
Mikhail Steinberg
2618
20y4m
(#69 all-time among players aged 20y4m)
#55
Lothar Schmid
2617
44y0m
(#114 all-time among players aged 44y0m)
#56
Ratmir Kholmov
2615
47y0m
(#80 all-time among players aged 47y0m)
#57
Milan Matulovic
2613
36y11m
(#191 all-time among players aged 36y11m)
#58
Oleg Dementiev
2612
34y4m
(#218 all-time among players aged 34y4m)
#59
Zoltán Ribli
2612
20y8m
(#91 all-time among players aged 20y8m)
#60
Viktor Kupreichik
2611
22y10m
(#152 all-time among players aged 22y10m)
#61
Wolfgang Unzicker
2611
46y11m
(#88 all-time among players aged 46y11m)
#62
Vladimir Bagirov
2609
35y9m
(#221 all-time among players aged 35y9m)
#63
Albert Kapengut
2607
27y10m
(#265 all-time among players aged 27y10m)
#64
Igor Zaitsev
2605
34y0m
(#247 all-time among players aged 34y0m)
#65
Mikhail Podgaets
2605
24y10m
(#222 all-time among players aged 24y10m)
#66
Gudmundur Sigurjónsson
2604
24y8m
(#224 all-time among players aged 24y8m)
#67
Aleksandar Matanovic
2604
42y0m
(#161 all-time among players aged 42y0m)
#68
Bruno Parma
2602
30y5m
(#301 all-time among players aged 30y5m)
#69
Rafael Vaganian
2601
20y7m
(#107 all-time among players aged 20y7m)
#70
Arturo Pomar Salamanca
2599
40y8m
(#186 all-time among players aged 40y8m)
#71
Johannes Donner
2598
44y10m
(#133 all-time among players aged 44y10m)
#72
Igor Platonov
2598
38y4m
(#219 all-time among players aged 38y4m)
#73
Vladimir Antoshin
2598
43y0m
(#158 all-time among players aged 43y0m)
#74
Draen Marovic
2598
34y4m
(#279 all-time among players aged 34y4m)
#75
Anatoly Kudriashov
2597
30y1m
(#323 all-time among players aged 30y1m)
#76
Hans-Joachim Hecht
2594
33y4m
(#305 all-time among players aged 33y4m)
#77
Dragoljub Minic
2594
35y2m
(#276 all-time among players aged 35y2m)
#78
Miroslav Filip
2592
43y7m
(#157 all-time among players aged 43y7m)
#79
Viacheslav Osnos
2592
36y10m
(#262 all-time among players aged 36y10m)
#80
Josip Rukavina
2592
29y6m
(#342 all-time among players aged 29y6m)
#81
István Csom
2591
31y11m
(#344 all-time among players aged 31y11m)
#82
James Tarjan
2591
20y3m
(#110 all-time among players aged 20y3m)
#83
Klaus Darga
2590
38y3m
(#247 all-time among players aged 38y3m)
#84
Gyözö Forintos
2588
36y10m
(#276 all-time among players aged 36y10m)
#85
Ivan Radulov
2587
33y4m
(#333 all-time among players aged 33y4m)
#86
István Bilek
2586
39y9m
(#229 all-time among players aged 39y9m)
#87
Orest Averkin
2586
28y3m
(#358 all-time among players aged 28y3m)
#88
Bojan Kurajica
2586
24y6m
(#282 all-time among players aged 24y6m)
#89
Mato Damjanovic
2585
45y2m
(#155 all-time among players aged 45y2m)
#90
Dumitru Ghizdavu
2584
23y0m
(#238 all-time among players aged 23y0m)
#91
Julio Kaplan
2584
21y10m
(#195 all-time among players aged 21y10m)
#92
Roman Dzindzichashvili
2583
28y0m
(#366 all-time among players aged 28y0m)
#93
Abram Roizman
2583
39y10m
(#230 all-time among players aged 39y10m)
#94
Bertus Enklaar
2582
28y5m
(#373 all-time among players aged 28y5m)
#95
Karen Grigorian
2582
24y8m
(#312 all-time among players aged 24y8m)
#96
Manfred Schoeneberg
2581
25y10m
(#341 all-time among players aged 25y10m)
#97
András Adorján
2581
22y2m
(#208 all-time among players aged 22y2m)
#98
Jan Timman
2580
20y5m
(#136 all-time among players aged 20y5m)
#99
Valery Zilberstein
2580
29y1m
(#385 all-time among players aged 29y1m)
#100
Leonid Shamkovich
2579
48y11m
(#114 all-time among players aged 48y11m)