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
Frantiek 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)