Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: October 1960 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Mikhail Tal  2799    23y11m   (#6 all-time among players aged 23y11m) 
 #2  Tigran Petrosian  2776    31y4m   (#10 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #3  Paul Keres  2766    44y9m   (#2 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #4  Boris Spassky  2753    23y9m   (#12 all-time among players aged 23y9m) 
 #5  Viktor Korchnoi  2752    29y7m   (#16 all-time among players aged 29y7m) 
 #6  Vassily Smyslov  2749    39y7m   (#12 all-time among players aged 39y7m) 
 #7  Efim Geller  2739    35y7m   (#21 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #8  Ratmir Kholmov  2732    35y5m   (#29 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #9  Svetozar Gligoric  2720    37y8m   (#32 all-time among players aged 37y8m) 
 #10  Mark Taimanov  2711    34y8m   (#46 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #11  Mikhail Botvinnik  2707    49y2m   (#15 all-time among players aged 49y2m) 
 #12  Lev Polugaevsky  2705    25y11m   (#44 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #13  Bobby Fischer  2702    17y7m   (#3 all-time among players aged 17y7m) 
 #14  László Szabó  2699    43y7m   (#31 all-time among players aged 43y7m) 
 #15  Yury Averbakh  2698    38y8m   (#44 all-time among players aged 38y8m) 
 #16  Samuel Reshevsky  2695    48y11m   (#17 all-time among players aged 48y11m) 
 #17  David Bronstein  2693    36y8m   (#53 all-time among players aged 36y8m) 
 #18  Miguel Najdorf  2676    50y6m   (#22 all-time among players aged 50y6m) 
 #19  Wolfgang Unzicker  2675    35y4m   (#77 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #20  Lajos Portisch  2664    23y6m   (#78 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #21  Fridrik Olafsson  2662    25y9m   (#102 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #22  Ludek Pachmann  2660    36y5m   (#93 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #23  Oscar Panno  2656    25y7m   (#119 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #24  Vladimir Bagirov  2655    24y2m   (#96 all-time among players aged 24y2m) 
 #25  Gedeon Barcza  2654    49y2m   (#33 all-time among players aged 49y2m) 
 #26  Isaak Boleslavsky  2650    41y4m   (#82 all-time among players aged 41y4m) 
 #27  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2650    25y7m   (#125 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #28  Aleksandar Matanovic  2648    30y5m   (#141 all-time among players aged 30y5m) 
 #29  Larry Evans  2646    28y7m   (#154 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #30  Andrija Fuderer  2646    29y5m   (#153 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #31  Borislav Ivkov  2645    26y11m   (#139 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #32  William Lombardy  2643    22y10m   (#98 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #33  Lothar Schmid  2642    32y5m   (#161 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #34  Aivars Gipslis  2642    23y8m   (#113 all-time among players aged 23y8m) 
 #35  Vladas Mikenas  2639    50y6m   (#40 all-time among players aged 50y6m) 
 #36  Miroslav Filip  2637    32y0m   (#171 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #37  Vladimir Antoshin  2632    31y5m   (#187 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #38  Alexander Cherepkov  2627    40y0m   (#122 all-time among players aged 40y0m) 
 #39  Nikolay Krogius  2625    30y3m   (#209 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #40  Evgeny Vasiukov  2623    27y7m   (#204 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #41  Jacob Yukhtman  2616    25y9m   (#203 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #42  Bent Larsen  2616    25y7m   (#206 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #43  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2616    29y1m   (#243 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #44  Vladimir Simagin  2615    41y4m   (#151 all-time among players aged 41y4m) 
 #45  Pal Benko  2614    32y3m   (#250 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #46  Alexander Kotov  2613    47y2m   (#78 all-time among players aged 47y2m) 
 #47  Yury Nikolaevsky  2610    23y8m   (#180 all-time among players aged 23y8m) 
 #48  Johannes Donner  2610    33y3m   (#243 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #49  István Bilek  2609    28y2m   (#254 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #50  Raúl Sanguinetti  2606    27y8m   (#268 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #51  Lev Aronin  2604    40y3m   (#179 all-time among players aged 40y3m) 
 #52  Anatoly Lutikov  2603    27y8m   (#283 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #53  Klaus Darga  2602    26y8m   (#264 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #54  Alexander Tolush  2602    50y5m   (#70 all-time among players aged 50y5m) 
 #55  Mario Bertok  2601    31y1m   (#308 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #56  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2599    26y11m   (#269 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #57  Eduard Gufeld  2598    24y7m   (#240 all-time among players aged 24y7m) 
 #58  Leonid Stein  2597    25y11m   (#274 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #59  Janis Klovans  2596    25y6m   (#267 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #60  Petar Trifunovic  2596    50y2m   (#79 all-time among players aged 50y2m) 
 #61  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2593    52y9m   (#59 all-time among players aged 52y9m) 
 #62  Max Euwe  2592    59y5m   (#23 all-time among players aged 59y5m) 
 #63  Héctor Rossetto  2592    38y1m   (#233 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #64  Milan Matulovic  2586    25y4m   (#311 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #65  Jonathan Penrose  2583    27y0m   (#354 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #66  Nikola Padevsky  2582    27y5m   (#371 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #67  Semen Furman  2581    39y10m   (#234 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 
 #68  Vladislav Shianovsky  2579    30y10m   (#405 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #69  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2578    47y10m   (#119 all-time among players aged 47y10m) 
 #70  Anatoly Bannik  2578    38y10m   (#276 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #71  Milko Bobotsov  2578    29y1m   (#395 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #72  Carlos Guimard  2577    47y6m   (#127 all-time among players aged 47y6m) 
 #73  Herman Pilnik  2573    46y9m   (#155 all-time among players aged 46y9m) 
 #74  Borislav Milic  2572    35y0m   (#366 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #75  Maximilián Ujtelky  2571    45y6m   (#186 all-time among players aged 45y6m) 
 #76  Zdravko Milev  2570    31y0m   (#439 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #77  Julio Bolbochán  2570    40y7m   (#264 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #78  Alexey Suetin  2570    33y11m   (#407 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #79  Robert Byrne  2566    32y6m   (#458 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #80  Daniel Yanofsky  2563    35y7m   (#397 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #81  Yury Sakharov  2562    38y1m   (#342 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #82  Božidar Djuraševic  2561    27y6m   (#477 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #83  Milan Vukcevich  2560    23y7m   (#353 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #84  Vlastimil Hort  2560    16y9m   (#37 all-time among players aged 16y9m) 
 #85  Salo Flohr  2560    51y11m   (#102 all-time among players aged 51y11m) 
 #86  Donald Byrne  2557    30y4m   (#513 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #87  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2555    49y5m   (#137 all-time among players aged 49y5m) 
 #88  Arthur Bisguier  2554    31y0m   (#535 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #89  Iivo Nei  2553    29y0m   (#540 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #90  Georgy Tringov  2553    23y7m   (#386 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #91  Charles Kalme  2553    20y11m   (#229 all-time among players aged 20y11m) 
 #92  Stojan Puc  2552    39y6m   (#358 all-time among players aged 39y6m) 
 #93  Bernardo Wexler  2549    35y6m   (#472 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #94  Vladilen Popov  2548   
 #95  Petar Smederevac  2547    38y2m   (#424 all-time among players aged 38y2m) 
 #96  James Sherwin  2546    27y0m   (#574 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #97  Erich Eliskases  2546    47y8m   (#192 all-time among players aged 47y8m) 
 #98  Frank Anderson  2546    32y9m   (#555 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #99  Tibor Flórián  2546    41y7m   (#340 all-time among players aged 41y7m) 
 #100  Eero Böök  2545    50y8m   (#144 all-time among players aged 50y8m)