Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: August 1953 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Samuel Reshevsky  2781    41y9m   (#7 all-time among players aged 41y9m) 
 #2  Mikhail Botvinnik  2779    42y0m   (#7 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 
 #3  Vassily Smyslov  2765    32y5m   (#12 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #4  Miguel Najdorf  2753    43y4m   (#11 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #5  Efim Geller  2734    28y5m   (#30 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #6  Alexander Kotov  2727    40y0m   (#25 all-time among players aged 40y0m) 
 #7  David Bronstein  2724    29y6m   (#35 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 
 #8  Isaak Boleslavsky  2722    34y2m   (#34 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #9  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2722    45y7m   (#15 all-time among players aged 45y7m) 
 #10  Paul Keres  2721    37y7m   (#30 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #11  Tigran Petrosian  2717    24y2m   (#30 all-time among players aged 24y2m) 
 #12  László Szabó  2716    36y5m   (#37 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #13  Mark Taimanov  2714    27y6m   (#51 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #14  Svetozar Gligoric  2707    30y6m   (#50 all-time among players aged 30y6m) 
 #15  Alexander Tolush  2693    43y3m   (#31 all-time among players aged 43y3m) 
 #16  Max Euwe  2688    52y3m   (#17 all-time among players aged 52y3m) 
 #17  Julio Bolbochán  2674    33y5m   (#88 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #18  Wolfgang Unzicker  2667    28y2m   (#105 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #19  Oleg Moiseev  2660    28y3m   (#119 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #20  Lev Aronin  2659    33y1m   (#122 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #21  Erich Eliskases  2657    40y6m   (#76 all-time among players aged 40y6m) 
 #22  Andrija Fuderer  2648    22y3m   (#76 all-time among players aged 22y3m) 
 #23  Viktor Korchnoi  2647    22y5m   (#82 all-time among players aged 22y5m) 
 #24  Petar Trifunovic  2647    43y0m   (#70 all-time among players aged 43y0m) 
 #25  Yury Averbakh  2645    31y6m   (#153 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #26  Herman Pilnik  2643    39y7m   (#102 all-time among players aged 39y7m) 
 #27  Ludek Pachmann  2641    29y3m   (#166 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #28  Larry Evans  2640    21y5m   (#67 all-time among players aged 21y5m) 
 #29  Nicolas Rossolimo  2638    43y6m   (#82 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #30  Gedeon Barcza  2636    42y0m   (#112 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 
 #31  Salo Flohr  2635    44y9m   (#73 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #32  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2633    42y3m   (#113 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #33  Vladimir Simagin  2630    34y2m   (#179 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #34  Robert Byrne  2629    25y4m   (#165 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #35  Héctor Rossetto  2623    30y11m   (#210 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #36  Braslav Rabar  2620    33y11m   (#199 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #37  Borislav Milic  2619    27y10m   (#217 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #38  Vasja Pirc  2619    45y8m   (#88 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #39  Alexander Chistiakov  2617    39y7m   (#154 all-time among players aged 39y7m) 
 #40  Boris Spassky  2617    16y7m   (#11 all-time among players aged 16y7m) 
 #41  Isaak Lipnitsky  2615    30y7m   (#247 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #42  Miguel Cuéllar Gacharná  2614    36y9m   (#196 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #43  Vladimir Zagorovsky  2613    28y2m   (#234 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #44  Ratmir Kholmov  2613    28y3m   (#236 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #45  Miroslav Filip  2611    24y10m   (#207 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #46  Aleksandar Matanovic  2607    23y3m   (#179 all-time among players aged 23y3m) 
 #47  Reuben Fine  2606    38y10m   (#182 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #48  Cenek Kottnauer  2604    43y6m   (#132 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #49  Aleksandar Nedeljkovic  2604   
 #50  Lothar Schmid  2603    25y3m   (#250 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #51  Erik Lundin  2602    49y1m   (#76 all-time among players aged 49y1m) 
 #52  Oscar Panno  2598    18y5m   (#51 all-time among players aged 18y5m) 
 #53  Alexey Suetin  2597    26y9m   (#280 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #54  Mijo Udovcic  2594    32y11m   (#318 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #55  Moshe Czerniak  2594    43y6m   (#155 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #56  Pal Benko  2591    25y1m   (#278 all-time among players aged 25y1m) 
 #57  Zdravko Milev  2590    23y10m   (#257 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #58  Nikolay Kopilov  2588    33y10m   (#316 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #59  József Szily  2588    39y10m   (#219 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 
 #60  Georgy Ilivitsky  2588    32y4m   (#336 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #61  Vladimir Antoshin  2583    24y3m   (#283 all-time among players aged 24y3m) 
 #62  Eero Böök  2582    43y6m   (#179 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #63  Ilia Kan  2581    44y3m   (#189 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #64  Srecko Nedeljkovic  2579    29y8m   (#403 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #65  Igor Bondarevsky  2579    40y3m   (#239 all-time among players aged 40y3m) 
 #66  Juan Carlos Gonzalez  2579    36y4m   (#313 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #67  Mikhail Bonch-Osmolovsky  2577    34y7m   (#353 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #68  Dragoljub Janoševic  2576    30y1m   (#423 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #69  Yacov Estrin  2575    30y4m   (#428 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #70  Andor Lilienthal  2574    42y3m   (#219 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #71  Vladimir Alatortsev  2570    44y3m   (#221 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #72  Ernö Gereben  2564    46y2m   (#186 all-time among players aged 46y2m) 
 #73  Conel Alexander  2563    44y4m   (#229 all-time among players aged 44y4m) 
 #74  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2563    40y8m   (#289 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #75  Semen Furman  2563    32y8m   (#464 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #76  Borislav Ivkov  2562    19y9m   (#135 all-time among players aged 19y9m) 
 #77  Nikola Karaklajic  2562    27y6m   (#471 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #78  Mikhail Yudovich  2560    42y2m   (#276 all-time among players aged 42y2m) 
 #79  Carlos Guimard  2558    40y4m   (#315 all-time among players aged 40y4m) 
 #80  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2555    43y6m   (#256 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #81  Boris Baranov  2554    30y2m   (#533 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #82  Victor Ciocaltea  2553    21y7m   (#284 all-time among players aged 21y7m) 
 #83  Rodrigo Flores Alvarez  2550    40y0m   (#356 all-time among players aged 40y0m) 
 #84  Rudolf Teschner  2549    31y6m   (#575 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #85  Johannes Donner  2548    26y1m   (#522 all-time among players aged 26y1m) 
 #86  Al Horowitz  2545    45y9m   (#233 all-time among players aged 45y9m) 
 #87  René Letelier Martner  2545    37y11m   (#438 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #88  Jaroslav Šajtar  2545    31y8m   (#608 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #89  Ludwig Engels  2544    47y8m   (#200 all-time among players aged 47y8m) 
 #90  Stefan Szabo  2543    41y8m   (#347 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #91  Bogdan Sliwa  2542    31y6m   (#625 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #92  Aleksander Nikitin  2542    18y7m   (#110 all-time among players aged 18y7m) 
 #93  Jácobo Bolbochán  2540    46y8m   (#225 all-time among players aged 46y8m) 
 #94  Arthur Bisguier  2540    23y10m   (#471 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #95  Gösta Stoltz  2540    49y3m   (#159 all-time among players aged 49y3m) 
 #96  Vincenzo Castaldi  2539    37y3m   (#490 all-time among players aged 37y3m) 
 #97  Pablo Michel  2538    47y8m   (#217 all-time among players aged 47y8m) 
 #98  Vasily Panov  2538    46y9m   (#234 all-time among players aged 46y9m) 
 #99  Gerhard Pfeiffer  2536    30y2m   (#658 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #100  Evgeny Zagoriansky  2536    43y0m   (#338 all-time among players aged 43y0m)