Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: August 1974 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Anatoly Karpov  2800    23y3m   (#4 all-time among players aged 23y3m) 
 #2  Bobby Fischer  2793    31y5m   (#6 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #3  Viktor Korchnoi  2764    43y5m   (#8 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #4  Mikhail Tal  2751    37y9m   (#18 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #5  Tigran Petrosian  2744    45y2m   (#8 all-time among players aged 45y2m) 
 #6  Lev Polugaevsky  2739    39y9m   (#17 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #7  Lajos Portisch  2732    37y4m   (#25 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #8  Boris Spassky  2729    37y7m   (#27 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #9  Robert Hübner  2725    25y9m   (#30 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #10  Efim Geller  2717    49y5m   (#11 all-time among players aged 49y5m) 
 #11  Bent Larsen  2715    39y5m   (#28 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #12  Robert Byrne  2715    46y4m   (#20 all-time among players aged 46y4m) 
 #13  Oleg Romanishin  2703    22y7m   (#29 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #14  Vlastimil Hort  2701    30y7m   (#57 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #15  Gennady Kuzmin  2698    28y7m   (#58 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #16  Henrique Mecking  2698    22y7m   (#34 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #17  Jan Smejkal  2696    28y5m   (#58 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #18  Vassily Smyslov  2694    53y5m   (#14 all-time among players aged 53y5m) 
 #19  Semen Furman  2692    53y8m   (#14 all-time among players aged 53y8m) 
 #20  Ljubomir Ljubojevic  2692    23y9m   (#48 all-time among players aged 23y9m) 
 #21  Svetozar Gligoric  2687    51y6m   (#21 all-time among players aged 51y6m) 
 #22  Evgeny Vasiukov  2681    41y5m   (#52 all-time among players aged 41y5m) 
 #23  Vladimir Savon  2678    33y11m   (#77 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #24  Rafael Vaganian  2678    22y10m   (#54 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #25  Lubomir Kavalek  2673    31y0m   (#108 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #26  Paul Keres  2669    58y7m   (#9 all-time among players aged 58y7m) 
 #27  László Szabó  2668    57y5m   (#10 all-time among players aged 57y5m) 
 #28  Ulf Andersson  2664    23y2m   (#78 all-time among players aged 23y2m) 
 #29  Vladimir Tukmakov  2663    28y5m   (#114 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #30  Yury Balashov  2658    25y5m   (#110 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #31  Yury Averbakh  2656    52y6m   (#31 all-time among players aged 52y6m) 
 #32  Florin Gheorghiu  2654    30y4m   (#131 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #33  Borislav Ivkov  2653    40y9m   (#79 all-time among players aged 40y9m) 
 #34  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2653    39y5m   (#82 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #35  David Bronstein  2649    50y6m   (#33 all-time among players aged 50y6m) 
 #36  Nikolay Krogius  2649    44y1m   (#61 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #37  Zoltán Ribli  2648    22y11m   (#90 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #38  Anatoly Lutikov  2648    41y6m   (#88 all-time among players aged 41y6m) 
 #39  Walter Browne  2644    25y7m   (#133 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #40  Anatoly Lein  2643    43y5m   (#75 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #41  István Csom  2643    34y2m   (#153 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #42  Mark Taimanov  2638    48y6m   (#43 all-time among players aged 48y6m) 
 #43  Albin Planinc  2638    30y4m   (#175 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #44  Mark Dvoretsky  2638    26y8m   (#160 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #45  Oscar Panno  2636    39y5m   (#113 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #46  Ratmir Kholmov  2628    49y3m   (#48 all-time among players aged 49y3m) 
 #47  Roman Dzindzichashvili  2626    30y3m   (#203 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #48  Helmut Pfleger  2625    31y0m   (#207 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #49  Karen Grigorian  2624    26y11m   (#202 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #50  Viktor Kupreichik  2623    25y1m   (#181 all-time among players aged 25y1m) 
 #51  Aivars Gipslis  2622    37y6m   (#156 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #52  Vladimir Liberzon  2621    37y5m   (#161 all-time among players aged 37y5m) 
 #53  Jan Timman  2621    22y8m   (#133 all-time among players aged 22y8m) 
 #54  Alexander Beliavsky  2620    20y8m   (#74 all-time among players aged 20y8m) 
 #55  Wolfgang Unzicker  2619    49y2m   (#56 all-time among players aged 49y2m) 
 #56  Pal Benko  2619    46y1m   (#85 all-time among players aged 46y1m) 
 #57  Lothar Schmid  2617    46y3m   (#85 all-time among players aged 46y3m) 
 #58  Boris Gulko  2616    27y6m   (#224 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #59  Eduard Gufeld  2616    38y5m   (#159 all-time among players aged 38y5m) 
 #60  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2615    32y3m   (#248 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #61  Burkhard Malich  2614    37y9m   (#180 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #62  Alexey Suetin  2614    47y9m   (#70 all-time among players aged 47y9m) 
 #63  András Adorján  2613    24y5m   (#189 all-time among players aged 24y5m) 
 #64  Milan Matulovic  2612    39y2m   (#164 all-time among players aged 39y2m) 
 #65  Mikhail Shereshevsky  2612    24y4m   (#191 all-time among players aged 24y4m) 
 #66  Samuel Reshevsky  2611    62y9m   (#7 all-time among players aged 62y9m) 
 #67  Vitaly Tseshkovsky  2610    29y11m   (#274 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #68  Bojan Kurajica  2609    26y9m   (#241 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #69  Bruno Parma  2609    32y8m   (#262 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #70  Vladimir Bagirov  2608    38y0m   (#194 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #71  Gyula Sax  2608    23y2m   (#173 all-time among players aged 23y2m) 
 #72  Ivan Radulov  2607    35y7m   (#224 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #73  Iivo Nei  2605    42y10m   (#140 all-time among players aged 42y10m) 
 #74  Hans-Joachim Hecht  2603    35y7m   (#235 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #75  Janis Klovans  2603    39y4m   (#192 all-time among players aged 39y4m) 
 #76  Johannes Donner  2603    47y1m   (#96 all-time among players aged 47y1m) 
 #77  Yakov Murey  2602    33y0m   (#287 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #78  István Bilek  2602    42y0m   (#164 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 
 #79  Yury Razuvaev  2602    28y10m   (#295 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #80  Vlastimil Jansa  2601    31y9m   (#300 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #81  Rainer Knaak  2601    21y5m   (#136 all-time among players aged 21y5m) 
 #82  Dražen Marovic  2601    36y7m   (#233 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #83  Albert Kapengut  2600    30y1m   (#316 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #84  Fridrik Olafsson  2598    39y7m   (#200 all-time among players aged 39y7m) 
 #85  William Lombardy  2597    36y8m   (#239 all-time among players aged 36y8m) 
 #86  Jesús Díez del Corral  2596    41y4m   (#190 all-time among players aged 41y4m) 
 #87  Miguel Quinteros  2596    26y8m   (#291 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #88  Aleksandar Matanovic  2596    44y3m   (#153 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #89  Andreas Dueckstein  2595    47y0m   (#111 all-time among players aged 47y0m) 
 #90  Mikhail Podgaets  2594    27y1m   (#298 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #91  Vladimir Antoshin  2592    45y3m   (#140 all-time among players aged 45y3m) 
 #92  Raymond Keene  2591    26y7m   (#317 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #93  Gennadi Sosonko  2586    31y3m   (#372 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #94  John Grefe  2585    26y11m   (#342 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #95  Gyözö Forintos  2584    39y1m   (#253 all-time among players aged 39y1m) 
 #96  Miguel Najdorf  2583    64y4m   (#11 all-time among players aged 64y4m) 
 #97  Wlodzimierz Schmidt  2581    31y4m   (#385 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #98  Nukhim Rashkovsky  2581    28y4m   (#385 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #99  William Hartston  2581    27y0m   (#369 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #100  Andrei Lukin  2580    26y0m   (#346 all-time among players aged 26y0m)