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  Dražen 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)