Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: December 1999 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Garry Kasparov  2871    36y8m   (#1 all-time among players aged 36y8m) 
 #2  Viswanathan Anand  2814    30y0m   (#5 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #3  Vladimir Kramnik  2799    24y6m   (#4 all-time among players aged 24y6m) 
 #4  Alexei Shirov  2761    27y5m   (#13 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #5  Vassily Ivanchuk  2749    30y9m   (#24 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #6  Alexander Morozevich  2746    22y5m   (#15 all-time among players aged 22y5m) 
 #7  Michael Adams  2740    28y1m   (#26 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #8  Evgeny Bareev  2736    33y1m   (#25 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #9  Peter Leko  2735    20y3m   (#8 all-time among players aged 20y3m) 
 #10  Peter Svidler  2730    23y6m   (#24 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #11  Veselin Topalov  2730    24y9m   (#23 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #12  Boris Gelfand  2728    31y6m   (#35 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #13  Nigel Short  2721    34y6m   (#38 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #14  Mikhail Gurevich  2705    40y10m   (#34 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #15  Predrag Nikolic  2704    39y3m   (#37 all-time among players aged 39y3m) 
 #16  Anatoly Karpov  2702    48y7m   (#16 all-time among players aged 48y7m) 
 #17  Sergei Rublevsky  2701    25y2m   (#43 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #18  Alexey Dreev  2700    30y11m   (#61 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #19  Vladimir Akopian  2698    28y0m   (#62 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #20  Alexander Beliavsky  2692    46y0m   (#30 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #21  Vadim Zvjaginsev  2690    23y4m   (#45 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 
 #22  Kiril Georgiev  2689    34y1m   (#67 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #23  Michal Krasenkow  2689    36y1m   (#62 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #24  Alexander Khalifman  2687    33y11m   (#67 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #25  Jan Timman  2686    48y0m   (#22 all-time among players aged 48y0m) 
 #26  Viktor Korchnoi  2682    68y9m   (#1 all-time among players aged 68y9m) 
 #27  Judit Polgar  2681    23y5m   (#52 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #28  Vladislav Tkachiev  2681    26y1m   (#75 all-time among players aged 26y1m) 
 #29  Zurab Azmaiparashvili  2680    39y9m   (#49 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #30  Alexander Onischuk  2680    24y3m   (#60 all-time among players aged 24y3m) 
 #31  Zoltan Almasi  2678    23y4m   (#59 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 
 #32  Matthew Sadler  2677    25y7m   (#75 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #33  Ivan Sokolov  2674    31y6m   (#102 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #34  Alexei Fedorov  2674    27y3m   (#91 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #35  Konstantin Sakaev  2673    25y8m   (#79 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #36  Sergei Movsesian  2672    21y1m   (#39 all-time among players aged 21y1m) 
 #37  Loek van Wely  2672    27y2m   (#95 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #38  Yasser Seirawan  2666    39y9m   (#63 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #39  Joel Lautier  2665    26y8m   (#101 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #40  Vadim Milov  2662    27y4m   (#112 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #41  Curt Hansen  2660    35y3m   (#102 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #42  Artur Jussupow  2655    39y10m   (#79 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 
 #43  Igor Khenkin  2655    31y9m   (#136 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #44  Rustam Kasimdzhanov  2652    20y0m   (#38 all-time among players aged 20y0m) 
 #45  Jeroen Piket  2650    30y11m   (#136 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #46  Ilia Smirin  2649    31y11m   (#145 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #47  Jonathan Speelman  2649    43y2m   (#71 all-time among players aged 43y2m) 
 #48  Rafael Vaganian  2648    48y2m   (#40 all-time among players aged 48y2m) 
 #49  Sergei Shipov  2646    33y8m   (#139 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #50  Sergey Dolmatov  2644    40y10m   (#95 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #51  Sergey Volkov  2644    25y10m   (#135 all-time among players aged 25y10m) 
 #52  Giorgi Giorgadze  2642    35y2m   (#142 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #53  Valery Salov  2642    35y7m   (#135 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #54  Rafael Leitao  2642    20y0m   (#48 all-time among players aged 20y0m) 
 #55  Ulf Andersson  2642    48y6m   (#42 all-time among players aged 48y6m) 
 #56  Ruslan Ponomariov  2641    16y2m   (#6 all-time among players aged 16y2m) 
 #57  Vladimir Epishin  2641    34y5m   (#156 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #58  Viktor Bologan  2641    28y0m   (#158 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #59  Alexander Chernin  2640    39y9m   (#101 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #60  Jóhann Hjartarson  2640    36y10m   (#126 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #61  Ildar Ibragimov  2640    32y4m   (#167 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #62  Boris Gulko  2639    52y10m   (#33 all-time among players aged 52y10m) 
 #63  Nick deFirmian  2639    42y5m   (#97 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #64  Andrei Kharlov  2639    31y1m   (#169 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #65  Julian Hodgson  2638    36y5m   (#142 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #66  Zurab Sturua  2638    40y6m   (#109 all-time among players aged 40y6m) 
 #67  Zbynek Hracek  2637    29y3m   (#176 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #68  Boris Avrukh  2637    21y11m   (#86 all-time among players aged 21y11m) 
 #69  Sergei Tiviakov  2637    26y10m   (#160 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #70  Rustem Dautov  2636    34y1m   (#165 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #71  Oleg Korneev  2635    30y5m   (#181 all-time among players aged 30y5m) 
 #72  Vladimir Malakhov  2634    19y1m   (#37 all-time among players aged 19y1m) 
 #73  Smbat Lputian  2633    41y10m   (#119 all-time among players aged 41y10m) 
 #74  Zhang Zhong  2631    21y3m   (#77 all-time among players aged 21y3m) 
 #75  Anthony Miles  2631    44y8m   (#84 all-time among players aged 44y8m) 
 #76  Alex Yermolinsky  2630    41y8m   (#124 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #77  Zdenko Kožul  2629    33y7m   (#179 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #78  Alexander Goldin  2628    34y10m   (#183 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #79  Artashes Minasian  2626    32y11m   (#198 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #80  Aleksej Aleksandrov  2625    26y7m   (#197 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #81  Iván Morovic Fernández  2625    36y9m   (#162 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #82  Larry Christiansen  2625    43y6m   (#103 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #83  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu  2624    23y4m   (#134 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 
 #84  Pavel Kotsur  2624    25y11m   (#177 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #85  Jaan Ehlvest  2624    37y2m   (#160 all-time among players aged 37y2m) 
 #86  Emil Sutovsky  2624    22y3m   (#123 all-time among players aged 22y3m) 
 #87  Peng Xiaomin  2623    26y8m   (#198 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #88  Joel Benjamin  2623    35y9m   (#177 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #89  Lev Psakhis  2622    41y1m   (#142 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #90  Gilberto Milos  2622    36y2m   (#175 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #91  Robert Hübner  2620    51y1m   (#50 all-time among players aged 51y1m) 
 #92  Vladimir Malaniuk  2620    42y5m   (#129 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #93  Miguel Illescas Cordoba  2620    34y0m   (#205 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #94  Etienne Bacrot  2619    16y11m   (#15 all-time among players aged 16y11m) 
 #95  Christopher Lutz  2618    28y10m   (#232 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #96  Gata Kamsky  2617    25y6m   (#197 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #97  Simen Agdestein  2617    32y7m   (#234 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #98  Alexander Graf  2616    37y4m   (#180 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #99  Julio Granda Zuńiga  2616    32y10m   (#234 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #100  Igor Novikov  2616    37y7m   (#177 all-time among players aged 37y7m)