Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: November 1972 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Bobby Fischer  2866    29y8m   (#2 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #2  Anatoly Karpov  2752    21y6m   (#10 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 
 #3  Mikhail Tal  2750    36y0m   (#15 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #4  Boris Spassky  2748    35y10m   (#16 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #5  Lev Polugaevsky  2746    38y0m   (#19 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #6  Tigran Petrosian  2740    43y5m   (#16 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #7  Viktor Korchnoi  2739    41y8m   (#18 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #8  Leonid Stein  2739    38y0m   (#20 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #9  Lajos Portisch  2738    35y7m   (#22 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #10  Robert Hübner  2727    24y0m   (#26 all-time among players aged 24y0m) 
 #11  Bent Larsen  2720    37y8m   (#31 all-time among players aged 37y8m) 
 #12  Paul Keres  2720    56y10m   (#5 all-time among players aged 56y10m) 
 #13  Vassily Smyslov  2716    51y8m   (#10 all-time among players aged 51y8m) 
 #14  Vlastimil Hort  2713    28y10m   (#44 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #15  Vladimir Savon  2702    32y2m   (#64 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #16  Jan Smejkal  2693    26y8m   (#61 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #17  David Bronstein  2689    48y9m   (#20 all-time among players aged 48y9m) 
 #18  Svetozar Gligoric  2684    49y9m   (#18 all-time among players aged 49y9m) 
 #19  Mark Taimanov  2679    46y9m   (#32 all-time among players aged 46y9m) 
 #20  Henrique Mecking  2676    20y10m   (#31 all-time among players aged 20y10m) 
 #21  Efim Geller  2675    47y8m   (#27 all-time among players aged 47y8m) 
 #22  Oscar Panno  2670    37y8m   (#70 all-time among players aged 37y8m) 
 #23  Aivars Gipslis  2669    35y9m   (#88 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #24  Borislav Ivkov  2665    39y0m   (#76 all-time among players aged 39y0m) 
 #25  Ljubomir Ljubojevic  2661    22y0m   (#58 all-time among players aged 22y0m) 
 #26  Evgeny Vasiukov  2661    39y8m   (#73 all-time among players aged 39y8m) 
 #27  Fridrik Olafsson  2656    37y10m   (#95 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #28  Robert Byrne  2654    44y7m   (#54 all-time among players aged 44y7m) 
 #29  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2652    37y8m   (#93 all-time among players aged 37y8m) 
 #30  Vladimir Tukmakov  2652    26y8m   (#128 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #31  Semen Furman  2650    51y11m   (#32 all-time among players aged 51y11m) 
 #32  Florin Gheorghiu  2649    28y7m   (#141 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #33  László Szabó  2646    55y8m   (#18 all-time among players aged 55y8m) 
 #34  Yury Averbakh  2646    50y9m   (#34 all-time among players aged 50y9m) 
 #35  Anatoly Lein  2645    41y8m   (#102 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #36  Gennady Kuzmin  2645    26y10m   (#141 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #37  Yury Balashov  2643    23y8m   (#108 all-time among players aged 23y8m) 
 #38  Alexander Beliavsky  2643    18y11m   (#25 all-time among players aged 18y11m) 
 #39  Samuel Reshevsky  2639    61y0m   (#7 all-time among players aged 61y0m) 
 #40  Alexey Suetin  2637    46y0m   (#61 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #41  Mikhail Mukhin  2637    24y9m   (#146 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #42  Lubomir Kavalek  2635    29y3m   (#184 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #43  Helmut Pfleger  2635    29y3m   (#185 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #44  Viktor Kupreichik  2635    23y4m   (#114 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 
 #45  Nikolay Krogius  2633    42y4m   (#106 all-time among players aged 42y4m) 
 #46  Miguel Najdorf  2631    62y7m   (#6 all-time among players aged 62y7m) 
 #47  Walter Browne  2631    23y10m   (#136 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #48  Zoltán Ribli  2629    21y2m   (#78 all-time among players aged 21y2m) 
 #49  Burkhard Malich  2627    36y0m   (#163 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #50  Pal Benko  2627    44y4m   (#92 all-time among players aged 44y4m) 
 #51  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2622    30y6m   (#217 all-time among players aged 30y6m) 
 #52  Ulf Andersson  2622    21y5m   (#92 all-time among players aged 21y5m) 
 #53  Wolfgang Unzicker  2617    47y5m   (#72 all-time among players aged 47y5m) 
 #54  Vladimir Liberzon  2616    35y8m   (#200 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #55  Eduard Gufeld  2615    36y8m   (#193 all-time among players aged 36y8m) 
 #56  Mikhail Botvinnik  2614    61y3m   (#12 all-time among players aged 61y3m) 
 #57  Mikhail Podgaets  2614    25y4m   (#217 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #58  Aleksandar Matanovic  2609    42y6m   (#146 all-time among players aged 42y6m) 
 #59  Albin Planinc  2608    28y7m   (#262 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #60  Hillar Karner  2604    37y4m   (#214 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #61  Jesús Díez del Corral  2602    39y7m   (#189 all-time among players aged 39y7m) 
 #62  Milan Matulovic  2601    37y5m   (#218 all-time among players aged 37y5m) 
 #63  Dražen Marovic  2601    34y10m   (#260 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #64  István Csom  2600    32y5m   (#298 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #65  Ivan Radulov  2599    33y10m   (#268 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #66  Valery Zhidkov  2597    33y2m   (#296 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #67  Johannes Donner  2597    45y4m   (#128 all-time among players aged 45y4m) 
 #68  Karen Grigorian  2596    25y2m   (#260 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #69  Rafael Vaganian  2596    21y1m   (#138 all-time among players aged 21y1m) 
 #70  Igor Platonov  2594    38y10m   (#216 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #71  Bruno Parma  2593    30y11m   (#334 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #72  István Bilek  2593    40y3m   (#206 all-time among players aged 40y3m) 
 #73  Ratmir Kholmov  2591    47y6m   (#103 all-time among players aged 47y6m) 
 #74  Hans-Joachim Hecht  2591    33y10m   (#304 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #75  Anatoly Lutikov  2590    39y9m   (#220 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #76  Vladimir Bagirov  2589    36y3m   (#267 all-time among players aged 36y3m) 
 #77  Miroslav Filip  2589    44y1m   (#165 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #78  András Adorján  2589    22y8m   (#209 all-time among players aged 22y8m) 
 #79  Igor Zaitsev  2588    34y6m   (#313 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #80  Albert Kapengut  2585    28y4m   (#363 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #81  Dumitru Ghizdavu  2585    23y6m   (#259 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #82  Yakov Murey  2584    31y3m   (#377 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #83  William Lombardy  2584    34y11m   (#315 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #84  Mato Damjanovic  2584    45y8m   (#147 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #85  Josip Rukavina  2584    30y0m   (#387 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #86  Vladimir Antoshin  2583    43y6m   (#177 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #87  Victor Ciocaltea  2582    40y10m   (#238 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #88  Oleg Dementiev  2582    34y10m   (#330 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #89  Klaus Darga  2581    38y9m   (#259 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #90  Gyözö Forintos  2580    37y4m   (#291 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #91  Roman Dzindzichashvili  2579    28y6m   (#388 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #92  Dragoljub Minic  2579    35y8m   (#324 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #93  Leonid Shamkovich  2578    49y5m   (#106 all-time among players aged 49y5m) 
 #94  Jan Timman  2577    20y11m   (#169 all-time among players aged 20y11m) 
 #95  Larry Evans  2577    40y8m   (#251 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #96  Eugenio Torre  2576    21y0m   (#179 all-time among players aged 21y0m) 
 #97  Viacheslav Osnos  2575    37y4m   (#311 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #98  Vlastimil Jansa  2575    30y0m   (#431 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #99  Miguel Quinteros  2574    24y11m   (#344 all-time among players aged 24y11m) 
 #100  Anatoly Shmit  2574    31y2m   (#428 all-time among players aged 31y2m)