Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: January 1966 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Boris Spassky  2767    29y0m   (#12 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #2  Mikhail Tal  2763    29y2m   (#13 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #3  Viktor Korchnoi  2755    34y10m   (#15 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #4  Leonid Stein  2753    31y2m   (#20 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #5  Bobby Fischer  2744    22y10m   (#15 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #6  Lev Polugaevsky  2743    31y2m   (#27 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #7  Tigran Petrosian  2735    36y7m   (#27 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #8  Efim Geller  2734    40y10m   (#22 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #9  Vassily Smyslov  2732    44y10m   (#13 all-time among players aged 44y10m) 
 #10  Mikhail Botvinnik  2725    54y5m   (#3 all-time among players aged 54y5m) 
 #11  Paul Keres  2723    50y0m   (#10 all-time among players aged 50y0m) 
 #12  Miguel Najdorf  2719    55y9m   (#4 all-time among players aged 55y9m) 
 #13  Lajos Portisch  2703    28y9m   (#55 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #14  Mark Taimanov  2702    39y11m   (#38 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #15  Borislav Ivkov  2698    32y2m   (#68 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #16  Bent Larsen  2697    30y10m   (#66 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #17  David Bronstein  2695    41y11m   (#36 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #18  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2681    30y10m   (#92 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #19  Leonid Shamkovich  2675    42y7m   (#52 all-time among players aged 42y7m) 
 #20  Alexey Suetin  2670    39y2m   (#63 all-time among players aged 39y2m) 
 #21  Svetozar Gligoric  2668    42y11m   (#53 all-time among players aged 42y11m) 
 #22  Ratmir Kholmov  2668    40y8m   (#62 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #23  Isaak Boleslavsky  2665    46y7m   (#40 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #24  Samuel Reshevsky  2665    54y2m   (#20 all-time among players aged 54y2m) 
 #25  Anatoly Lutikov  2660    32y11m   (#119 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #26  Iivo Nei  2654    34y3m   (#123 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #27  Wolfgang Unzicker  2652    40y7m   (#84 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #28  Yury Averbakh  2648    43y11m   (#64 all-time among players aged 43y11m) 
 #29  Nikolay Krogius  2642    35y6m   (#137 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #30  Ludek Pachmann  2642    41y8m   (#106 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #31  Raúl Sanguinetti  2642    32y11m   (#152 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #32  Anatoly Lein  2635    34y10m   (#161 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #33  Vlastimil Hort  2635    22y0m   (#88 all-time among players aged 22y0m) 
 #34  Roman Dzindzichashvili  2634    21y8m   (#86 all-time among players aged 21y8m) 
 #35  Bruno Parma  2631    24y1m   (#144 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #36  Pal Benko  2630    37y6m   (#131 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #37  László Szabó  2629    48y10m   (#49 all-time among players aged 48y10m) 
 #38  Robert Byrne  2627    37y9m   (#143 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #39  Milan Matulovic  2624    30y7m   (#207 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #40  Evgeny Vasiukov  2622    32y10m   (#214 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #41  Vladimir Liberzon  2622    28y10m   (#225 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #42  Helmut Pfleger  2620    22y5m   (#131 all-time among players aged 22y5m) 
 #43  Oscar Panno  2619    30y10m   (#224 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #44  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2619    32y2m   (#231 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #45  Johannes Donner  2618    38y6m   (#153 all-time among players aged 38y6m) 
 #46  Julio Bolbochán  2618    45y10m   (#87 all-time among players aged 45y10m) 
 #47  Lothar Schmid  2617    37y8m   (#172 all-time among players aged 37y8m) 
 #48  Vladimir Antoshin  2617    36y8m   (#186 all-time among players aged 36y8m) 
 #49  Florin Gheorghiu  2617    21y9m   (#121 all-time among players aged 21y9m) 
 #50  Klaus Darga  2617    31y11m   (#242 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #51  Vladimir Simagin  2614    46y7m   (#88 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #52  Aivars Gipslis  2611    28y11m   (#266 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #53  Alexander Zaitsev  2609    30y7m   (#279 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #54  Levente Lengyel  2605    32y7m   (#278 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #55  Eduard Gufeld  2603    29y10m   (#307 all-time among players aged 29y10m) 
 #56  Semen Furman  2603    45y1m   (#120 all-time among players aged 45y1m) 
 #57  Wolfgang Pietzsch  2603    35y1m   (#250 all-time among players aged 35y1m) 
 #58  Boris Vladimirov  2602    36y8m   (#225 all-time among players aged 36y8m) 
 #59  Salo Flohr  2600    57y2m   (#25 all-time among players aged 57y2m) 
 #60  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2599    58y0m   (#23 all-time among players aged 58y0m) 
 #61  Fridrik Olafsson  2599    31y0m   (#312 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #62  Aleksandar Matanovic  2598    35y8m   (#246 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #63  Alexander Kotov  2598    52y5m   (#56 all-time among players aged 52y5m) 
 #64  Yury Sakharov  2596    43y4m   (#157 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #65  Daniel Yanofsky  2596    40y10m   (#193 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #66  Andor Lilienthal  2595    54y8m   (#38 all-time among players aged 54y8m) 
 #67  Dragoljub Ciric  2595    30y2m   (#331 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #68  Miroslav Filip  2594    37y3m   (#242 all-time among players aged 37y3m) 
 #69  Larry Evans  2594    33y10m   (#289 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #70  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2593    53y1m   (#55 all-time among players aged 53y1m) 
 #71  István Bilek  2592    33y5m   (#323 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #72  Abram Khasin  2589    42y11m   (#181 all-time among players aged 42y11m) 
 #73  Milko Bobotsov  2587    34y4m   (#320 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #74  Bernard Zuckerman  2587    22y10m   (#219 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #75  Georgy Tringov  2585    28y10m   (#367 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #76  Nikola Padevsky  2585    32y8m   (#353 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #77  Vladimir Bagirov  2584    29y5m   (#377 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #78  Petar Trifunovic  2584    55y5m   (#42 all-time among players aged 55y5m) 
 #79  Gedeon Barcza  2583    54y5m   (#51 all-time among players aged 54y5m) 
 #80  Anatoly Bannik  2582    44y1m   (#184 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #81  Viacheslav Osnos  2582    30y6m   (#386 all-time among players aged 30y6m) 
 #82  Victor Ciocaltea  2582    34y0m   (#350 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #83  Lubomir Kavalek  2581    22y5m   (#228 all-time among players aged 22y5m) 
 #84  Igor Platonov  2578    32y0m   (#405 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #85  Dražen Marovic  2578    28y0m   (#388 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #86  Karoly Honfi  2577    35y3m   (#346 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #87  Yury Kots  2576    32y1m   (#422 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #88  Aleksandar Bradvarevic  2575    32y6m   (#396 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #89  Reinhart Fuchs  2574    31y4m   (#423 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #90  Georgy Ilivitsky  2573    44y9m   (#189 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #91  Anatoly Bikhovsky  2572    31y9m   (#432 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #92  Erich Eliskases  2571    52y11m   (#66 all-time among players aged 52y11m) 
 #93  Raimundo Garcia  2570    29y8m   (#441 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #94  Héctor Rossetto  2566    43y4m   (#230 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #95  Janis Klovans  2565    30y9m   (#473 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #96  Bela Soos  2565    35y10m   (#386 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #97  Dragoljub Minic  2564    28y10m   (#464 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #98  Yury Gusev  2564    44y4m   (#226 all-time among players aged 44y4m) 
 #99  Naum Levin  2562    32y11m   (#466 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #100  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2562    54y8m   (#65 all-time among players aged 54y8m)