Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: May 1940 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Mikhail Botvinnik  2769    28y9m   (#11 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #2  Reuben Fine  2758    25y7m   (#12 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #3  Samuel Reshevsky  2747    28y6m   (#19 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #4  Alexander Alekhine  2743    47y7m   (#8 all-time among players aged 47y7m) 
 #5  Paul Keres  2737    24y4m   (#18 all-time among players aged 24y4m) 

 #6  Salo Flohr  2715    31y6m   (#46 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #7  Max Euwe  2711    39y0m   (#31 all-time among players aged 39y0m) 
 #8  Erich Eliskases  2703    27y3m   (#58 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #9  José Capablanca  2699    51y6m   (#16 all-time among players aged 51y6m) 
 #10  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2677    32y4m   (#94 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 

 #11  Vasja Pirc  2673    32y5m   (#98 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #12  László Szabó  2664    23y2m   (#79 all-time among players aged 23y2m) 
 #13  Vladimir Makogonov  2663    35y9m   (#94 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #14  Grigory Levenfish  2654    51y2m   (#32 all-time among players aged 51y2m) 
 #15  Sergey Belavenets  2646    30y4m   (#154 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 

 #16  Vladimirs Petrovs  2645    32y8m   (#149 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #17  Efim Bogoljubow  2643    51y1m   (#38 all-time among players aged 51y1m) 
 #18  Vladas Mikenas  2636    30y1m   (#181 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #19  Ludwig Engels  2629    34y5m   (#187 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #20  Viacheslav Ragozin  2628    31y7m   (#201 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 

 #21  Andor Lilienthal  2626    29y0m   (#203 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #22  Vladimir Alatortsev  2620    31y0m   (#223 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #23  Saviely Tartakower  2616    53y3m   (#39 all-time among players aged 53y3m) 
 #24  Miguel Najdorf  2616    30y1m   (#249 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #25  Paulin Frydman  2614    35y0m   (#219 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 

 #26  Al Horowitz  2613    32y6m   (#243 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #27  Milan Vidmar Sr  2611    54y11m   (#33 all-time among players aged 54y11m) 
 #28  Ilya Rabinovich  2608    49y4m   (#68 all-time among players aged 49y4m) 
 #29  Yosef Porat  2605    30y11m   (#290 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #30  Josef Lokvenc  2605    41y0m   (#173 all-time among players aged 41y0m) 

 #31  Vitaly Chekhover  2601    31y5m   (#304 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #32  Georgy Lisitsin  2600    30y7m   (#309 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #33  Alexander Kotov  2597    26y9m   (#278 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #34  Ilia Kan  2596    31y0m   (#332 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #35  Eero Böök  2591    30y3m   (#345 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 

 #36  Boris Kostic  2591    53y3m   (#55 all-time among players aged 53y3m) 
 #37  Kurt Richter  2590    39y6m   (#223 all-time among players aged 39y6m) 
 #38  Karl Gilg  2589    39y4m   (#220 all-time among players aged 39y4m) 
 #39  Peter Dubinin  2589    30y11m   (#353 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #40  Igor Bondarevsky  2588    27y0m   (#325 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 

 #41  Isaac Kashdan  2587    34y6m   (#316 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #42  Carlos Guimard  2584    27y1m   (#353 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #43  Ludwig Rellstab Sr  2582    35y6m   (#311 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #44  Jorge Pelikán  2582    34y1m   (#337 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #45  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2581    30y3m   (#396 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 

 #46  Georg Kieninger  2581    37y11m   (#282 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #47  Ernst Klein  2581    30y4m   (#400 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #48  Vassily Smyslov  2576    19y2m   (#86 all-time among players aged 19y2m) 
 #49  Karel Opocenský  2575    48y3m   (#123 all-time among players aged 48y3m) 
 #50  Pablo Michel  2575    34y5m   (#364 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 

 #51  Victor Goglidze  2574    34y6m   (#370 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #52  Eduard Gerstenfeld  2572    25y4m   (#370 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #53  Fedor Bohatirchuk  2571    47y6m   (#139 all-time among players aged 47y6m) 
 #54  Johannes van den Bosch  2568    34y1m   (#414 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #55  Anton Kohler  2568   

 #56  Hans Müller  2568    43y5m   (#223 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #57  Lajos Asztalos  2565    50y10m   (#111 all-time among players aged 50y10m) 
 #58  Jan Foltys  2564    31y7m   (#479 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #59  Herbert Heinicke  2564    35y2m   (#400 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #60  Rudolf Spielmann  2562    57y0m   (#53 all-time among players aged 57y0m) 

 #61  Lajos Steiner  2562    36y11m   (#374 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #62  Movsa Feigin  2560    32y3m   (#499 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #63  Alexander Tolush  2557    30y0m   (#534 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #64  Asmundur Asgeirsson  2557   
 #65  Mikhail Yudovich  2555    28y11m   (#526 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 

 #66  Jácobo Bolbochán  2553    33y5m   (#503 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #67  Conel Alexander  2553    31y1m   (#542 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #68  Alexey Sokolsky  2552    31y7m   (#551 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #69  Nicolaas Cortlever  2551    24y11m   (#453 all-time among players aged 24y11m) 
 #70  Abraham Kupchik  2550    48y2m   (#173 all-time among players aged 48y2m) 

 #71  Salo Landau  2549    37y1m   (#433 all-time among players aged 37y1m) 
 #72  Albert Simonson  2548    25y5m   (#496 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #73  Isaías Pleci  2548    32y7m   (#559 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #74  Aristide Gromer  2546    31y4m   (#595 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #75  Leonid Shamaev  2545    35y0m   (#508 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 

 #76  Philip Milner-Barry  2544    33y8m   (#548 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #77  Enrique Reed Valenzuela  2543    24y9m   (#488 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #78  Erik Lundin  2541    35y10m   (#514 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #79  Petar Trifunovic  2540    29y9m   (#633 all-time among players aged 29y9m) 
 #80  Adrian Conde  2538   

 #81  Rudolf1 Keller  2537    22y11m   (#437 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #82  Imre König  2537    39y3m   (#435 all-time among players aged 39y3m) 
 #83  Nikolay Riumin  2535    31y8m   (#670 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #84  Herman Steiner  2533    35y1m   (#581 all-time among players aged 35y1m) 
 #85  Roberto Grau  2532    40y2m   (#442 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 

 #86  Vsevolod Rauzer  2531    31y7m   (#697 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #87  Izaak Appel  2531    35y4m   (#582 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #88  Carl Ahues  2527    56y5m   (#75 all-time among players aged 56y5m) 
 #89  Bengt Ekenberg  2526   
 #90  Tjeerd van Scheltinga  2525    26y2m   (#697 all-time among players aged 26y2m) 

 #91  M. Broder  2525   
 #92  Gunnar Friedemann  2525   
 #93  R Max Blümich  2525    53y6m   (#121 all-time among players aged 53y6m) 
 #94  Vasily Panov  2523    33y6m   (#687 all-time among players aged 33y6m) 
 #95  Adrianus de Groot  2520    25y7m   (#674 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 

 #96  Josek Kolski  2516    40y4m   (#503 all-time among players aged 40y4m) 
 #97  Alexander Chistiakov  2515    26y4m   (#795 all-time among players aged 26y4m) 
 #98  František Zíta  2515    30y6m   (#830 all-time among players aged 30y6m) 
 #99  Max Jr Eisinger  2514    30y11m   (#834 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #100  Teodor Regedzinski  2514    46y1m   (#319 all-time among players aged 46y1m)