Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: January 1970 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Bobby Fischer  2788    26y10m   (#8 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #2  Viktor Korchnoi  2775    38y10m   (#6 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #3  Boris Spassky  2767    33y0m   (#12 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #4  Lev Polugaevsky  2748    35y2m   (#14 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #5  Tigran Petrosian  2747    40y7m   (#15 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #6  Vassily Smyslov  2745    48y10m   (#5 all-time among players aged 48y10m) 
 #7  Leonid Stein  2744    35y2m   (#17 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #8  Bent Larsen  2739    34y10m   (#23 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #9  Lajos Portisch  2732    32y9m   (#27 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #10  Efim Geller  2731    44y10m   (#14 all-time among players aged 44y10m) 
 #11  Mikhail Botvinnik  2726    58y5m   (#4 all-time among players aged 58y5m) 
 #12  Paul Keres  2707    54y0m   (#6 all-time among players aged 54y0m) 
 #13  Vlastimil Hort  2706    26y0m   (#43 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #14  Mikhail Tal  2696    33y2m   (#58 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #15  Alexey Suetin  2695    43y2m   (#30 all-time among players aged 43y2m) 
 #16  Mark Taimanov  2692    43y11m   (#32 all-time among players aged 43y11m) 
 #17  Svetozar Gligoric  2690    46y11m   (#26 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #18  Ratmir Kholmov  2686    44y8m   (#33 all-time among players aged 44y8m) 
 #19  Samuel Reshevsky  2683    58y2m   (#7 all-time among players aged 58y2m) 
 #20  David Bronstein  2680    45y11m   (#35 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #21  Milan Matulovic  2674    34y7m   (#90 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #22  Miguel Najdorf  2665    59y9m   (#5 all-time among players aged 59y9m) 
 #23  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2664    34y10m   (#105 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #24  Aivars Gipslis  2662    32y11m   (#115 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #25  Nikolay Krogius  2661    39y6m   (#73 all-time among players aged 39y6m) 
 #26  Vladimir Liberzon  2658    32y10m   (#125 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #27  Vladimir Savon  2657    29y4m   (#129 all-time among players aged 29y4m) 
 #28  Lothar Schmid  2648    41y8m   (#90 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #29  Viacheslav Osnos  2647    34y6m   (#133 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #30  Yury Balashov  2647    20y10m   (#55 all-time among players aged 20y10m) 
 #31  Klaus Darga  2643    35y11m   (#131 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #32  Pal Benko  2642    41y6m   (#102 all-time among players aged 41y6m) 
 #33  Alexander Zaitsev  2641    34y7m   (#153 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #34  Borislav Ivkov  2640    36y2m   (#137 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #35  Evgeny Vasiukov  2639    36y10m   (#129 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #36  Florin Gheorghiu  2636    25y9m   (#147 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #37  Wolfgang Unzicker  2633    44y7m   (#83 all-time among players aged 44y7m) 
 #38  Robert Hübner  2633    21y2m   (#70 all-time among players aged 21y2m) 
 #39  Oscar Panno  2632    34y10m   (#166 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #40  Henrique Mecking  2628    18y0m   (#25 all-time among players aged 18y0m) 
 #41  Anatoly Lutikov  2628    36y11m   (#155 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #42  Lubomir Kavalek  2628    26y5m   (#181 all-time among players aged 26y5m) 
 #43  Walter Browne  2628    21y0m   (#73 all-time among players aged 21y0m) 
 #44  Fridrik Olafsson  2627    35y0m   (#183 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #45  Bruno Parma  2627    28y1m   (#196 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #46  Orest Averkin  2625    25y11m   (#172 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #47  Janis Klovans  2625    34y9m   (#195 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #48  Eduard Gufeld  2622    33y10m   (#195 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #49  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2621    36y2m   (#177 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #50  Anatoly Karpov  2621    18y8m   (#36 all-time among players aged 18y8m) 
 #51  Igor Platonov  2619    36y0m   (#186 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #52  Vladimir Antoshin  2616    40y8m   (#146 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #53  Bojan Kurajica  2616    22y2m   (#129 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #54  Aleksandar Matanovic  2615    39y8m   (#157 all-time among players aged 39y8m) 
 #55  Georgy Tringov  2614    32y10m   (#242 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #56  Samuil Zhukhovitsky  2614    53y1m   (#42 all-time among players aged 53y1m) 
 #57  Dragoljub Ciric  2613    34y2m   (#220 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #58  Abram Khasin  2613    46y11m   (#85 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #59  Larry Evans  2612    37y10m   (#185 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #60  Yury Averbakh  2609    47y11m   (#77 all-time among players aged 47y11m) 
 #61  Mikhail Podgaets  2606    22y6m   (#166 all-time among players aged 22y6m) 
 #62  Raúl Sanguinetti  2605    36y11m   (#211 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #63  Jan Smejkal  2603    23y10m   (#203 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #64  Robert Byrne  2602    41y9m   (#169 all-time among players aged 41y9m) 
 #65  Duncan Suttles  2600    24y1m   (#217 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #66  Milko Bobotsov  2600    38y4m   (#212 all-time among players aged 38y4m) 
 #67  Miroslav Filip  2598    41y3m   (#185 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #68  Yury Sakharov  2598    47y4m   (#101 all-time among players aged 47y4m) 
 #69  Helmut Pfleger  2597    26y5m   (#283 all-time among players aged 26y5m) 
 #70  Leonid Shamkovich  2597    46y7m   (#112 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #71  William Lombardy  2596    32y1m   (#309 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #72  Igor Zaitsev  2592    31y8m   (#343 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #73  Levente Lengyel  2591    36y7m   (#272 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #74  Gedeon Barcza  2591    58y5m   (#27 all-time among players aged 58y5m) 
 #75  Anatoly Lein  2590    38y10m   (#230 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #76  Tamaz Georgadze  2589   
 #77  Vladimir Tukmakov  2587    23y10m   (#272 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #78  Semen Furman  2586    49y1m   (#99 all-time among players aged 49y1m) 
 #79  Jonathan Penrose  2586    36y3m   (#287 all-time among players aged 36y3m) 
 #80  Enver Bukic  2584    32y1m   (#370 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #81  Vadim Faibisovich  2582    25y8m   (#339 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #82  Ludek Pachmann  2582    45y8m   (#152 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #83  Iivo Nei  2582    38y3m   (#275 all-time among players aged 38y3m) 
 #84  Ivan Radulov  2582    31y0m   (#387 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #85  Gyözö Forintos  2581    34y6m   (#337 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #86  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2581    38y4m   (#288 all-time among players aged 38y4m) 
 #87  Juergen Dueball  2581    24y10m   (#313 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #88  Albert Kapengut  2581    25y6m   (#335 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #89  Gennady Ageichenko  2579    28y7m   (#382 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #90  Gennady Kuzmin  2578    24y0m   (#301 all-time among players aged 24y0m) 
 #91  Vitaly Tseshkovsky  2578    25y4m   (#342 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #92  Rafael Vaganian  2578    18y3m   (#61 all-time among players aged 18y3m) 
 #93  Johannes Donner  2573    42y6m   (#219 all-time among players aged 42y6m) 
 #94  Laszlo Barczay  2573    33y11m   (#397 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #95  Mato Damjanovic  2572    42y10m   (#217 all-time among players aged 42y10m) 
 #96  Albin Planinc  2572    25y9m   (#380 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #97  Arthur Bisguier  2571    40y3m   (#261 all-time among players aged 40y3m) 
 #98  Peter Dely  2570    35y6m   (#364 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #99  Isaak Boleslavsky  2570    50y7m   (#108 all-time among players aged 50y7m) 
 #100  Vladimir Bagirov  2570    33y5m   (#423 all-time among players aged 33y5m)