Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: October 1972 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Bobby Fischer  2870    29y7m   (#2 all-time among players aged 29y7m) 
 #2  Boris Spassky  2752    35y9m   (#11 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #3  Lev Polugaevsky  2746    37y11m   (#19 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #4  Mikhail Tal  2746    35y11m   (#17 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #5  Anatoly Karpov  2743    21y5m   (#12 all-time among players aged 21y5m) 
 #6  Tigran Petrosian  2741    43y4m   (#16 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #7  Leonid Stein  2741    37y11m   (#21 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #8  Viktor Korchnoi  2738    41y7m   (#19 all-time among players aged 41y7m) 
 #9  Lajos Portisch  2736    35y6m   (#25 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #10  Paul Keres  2724    56y9m   (#5 all-time among players aged 56y9m) 
 #11  Bent Larsen  2720    37y7m   (#33 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #12  Robert Hübner  2719    23y11m   (#28 all-time among players aged 23y11m) 
 #13  Vassily Smyslov  2716    51y7m   (#9 all-time among players aged 51y7m) 
 #14  Vlastimil Hort  2712    28y9m   (#45 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #15  Vladimir Savon  2710    32y1m   (#50 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #16  Jan Smejkal  2692    26y7m   (#63 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #17  David Bronstein  2691    48y8m   (#20 all-time among players aged 48y8m) 
 #18  Svetozar Gligoric  2683    49y8m   (#18 all-time among players aged 49y8m) 
 #19  Mark Taimanov  2682    46y8m   (#32 all-time among players aged 46y8m) 
 #20  Efim Geller  2680    47y7m   (#27 all-time among players aged 47y7m) 
 #21  Oscar Panno  2676    37y7m   (#62 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #22  Henrique Mecking  2675    20y9m   (#32 all-time among players aged 20y9m) 
 #23  Aivars Gipslis  2670    35y8m   (#84 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #24  Borislav Ivkov  2665    38y11m   (#74 all-time among players aged 38y11m) 
 #25  Gennady Kuzmin  2665    26y9m   (#100 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #26  Evgeny Vasiukov  2663    39y7m   (#72 all-time among players aged 39y7m) 
 #27  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2659    37y7m   (#85 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #28  Ljubomir Ljubojevic  2653    21y11m   (#69 all-time among players aged 21y11m) 
 #29  Fridrik Olafsson  2651    37y9m   (#98 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #30  Semen Furman  2649    51y10m   (#32 all-time among players aged 51y10m) 
 #31  Vladimir Tukmakov  2648    26y7m   (#138 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #32  Yury Balashov  2647    23y7m   (#98 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #33  Florin Gheorghiu  2645    28y6m   (#151 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #34  Anatoly Lein  2645    41y7m   (#96 all-time among players aged 41y7m) 
 #35  László Szabó  2644    55y7m   (#20 all-time among players aged 55y7m) 
 #36  Alexander Beliavsky  2644    18y10m   (#23 all-time among players aged 18y10m) 
 #37  Yury Averbakh  2643    50y8m   (#35 all-time among players aged 50y8m) 
 #38  Robert Byrne  2641    44y6m   (#69 all-time among players aged 44y6m) 
 #39  Mikhail Mukhin  2641    24y8m   (#136 all-time among players aged 24y8m) 
 #40  Samuel Reshevsky  2639    60y11m   (#7 all-time among players aged 60y11m) 
 #41  Alexey Suetin  2639    45y11m   (#59 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #42  Nikolay Krogius  2638    42y3m   (#101 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #43  Viktor Kupreichik  2635    23y3m   (#108 all-time among players aged 23y3m) 
 #44  Miguel Najdorf  2632    62y6m   (#6 all-time among players aged 62y6m) 
 #45  Helmut Pfleger  2629    29y2m   (#195 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #46  Pal Benko  2627    44y3m   (#97 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #47  Lubomir Kavalek  2627    29y2m   (#199 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #48  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2625    30y5m   (#206 all-time among players aged 30y5m) 
 #49  Walter Browne  2625    23y9m   (#147 all-time among players aged 23y9m) 
 #50  Burkhard Malich  2624    35y11m   (#173 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #51  Ulf Andersson  2624    21y4m   (#87 all-time among players aged 21y4m) 
 #52  Mikhail Botvinnik  2621    61y2m   (#11 all-time among players aged 61y2m) 
 #53  Zoltán Ribli  2619    21y1m   (#89 all-time among players aged 21y1m) 
 #54  Vladimir Liberzon  2619    35y7m   (#199 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #55  Eduard Gufeld  2616    36y7m   (#189 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #56  Mikhail Podgaets  2615    25y3m   (#211 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #57  Wolfgang Unzicker  2612    47y4m   (#76 all-time among players aged 47y4m) 
 #58  Klaus Darga  2612    38y8m   (#171 all-time among players aged 38y8m) 
 #59  Albin Planinc  2609    28y6m   (#261 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #60  Hillar Karner  2607    37y3m   (#205 all-time among players aged 37y3m) 
 #61  Aleksandar Matanovic  2605    42y5m   (#151 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #62  Dražen Marovic  2602    34y9m   (#255 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #63  Milan Matulovic  2602    37y4m   (#217 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #64  Jesús Díez del Corral  2601    39y6m   (#195 all-time among players aged 39y6m) 
 #65  Rafael Vaganian  2599    21y0m   (#127 all-time among players aged 21y0m) 
 #66  Hans-Joachim Hecht  2597    33y9m   (#280 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #67  Johannes Donner  2597    45y3m   (#131 all-time among players aged 45y3m) 
 #68  Karen Grigorian  2597    25y1m   (#259 all-time among players aged 25y1m) 
 #69  Ratmir Kholmov  2596    47y5m   (#98 all-time among players aged 47y5m) 
 #70  William Lombardy  2595    34y10m   (#280 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #71  Bruno Parma  2594    30y10m   (#337 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #72  Manfred Schoeneberg  2594    26y3m   (#296 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #73  Valery Zhidkov  2593    33y1m   (#318 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #74  Igor Platonov  2593    38y9m   (#224 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #75  Anatoly Lutikov  2593    39y8m   (#214 all-time among players aged 39y8m) 
 #76  Vladimir Bagirov  2593    36y2m   (#267 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #77  Josip Rukavina  2592    29y11m   (#342 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #78  Vladimir Antoshin  2592    43y5m   (#163 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #79  Igor Zaitsev  2591    34y5m   (#304 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #80  István Csom  2591    32y4m   (#323 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #81  Albert Kapengut  2589    28y3m   (#342 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #82  István Bilek  2588    40y2m   (#217 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #83  András Adorján  2587    22y7m   (#209 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #84  Oleg Dementiev  2585    34y9m   (#319 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #85  Ivan Radulov  2585    33y9m   (#337 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #86  Yakov Murey  2583    31y2m   (#388 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #87  Mato Damjanovic  2582    45y7m   (#154 all-time among players aged 45y7m) 
 #88  Roman Dzindzichashvili  2581    28y5m   (#376 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #89  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2581    41y1m   (#239 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #90  Dragoljub Minic  2580    35y7m   (#317 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #91  Miroslav Filip  2580    44y0m   (#193 all-time among players aged 44y0m) 
 #92  Jan Timman  2579    20y10m   (#160 all-time among players aged 20y10m) 
 #93  Leonid Shamkovich  2579    49y4m   (#100 all-time among players aged 49y4m) 
 #94  Miguel Quinteros  2579    24y10m   (#322 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #95  Yury Razuvaev  2576    27y0m   (#394 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #96  Gyözö Forintos  2575    37y3m   (#315 all-time among players aged 37y3m) 
 #97  Anatoly Shmit  2574    31y1m   (#425 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #98  Mikhail Steinberg  2573    20y9m   (#165 all-time among players aged 20y9m) 
 #99  Viacheslav Osnos  2572    37y3m   (#324 all-time among players aged 37y3m) 
 #100  Lothar Schmid  2572    44y5m   (#196 all-time among players aged 44y5m)