Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: September 1956 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Vassily Smyslov  2800    35y6m   (#7 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #2  Paul Keres  2779    40y8m   (#6 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #3  Mikhail Botvinnik  2763    45y1m   (#3 all-time among players aged 45y1m) 
 #4  David Bronstein  2762    32y7m   (#14 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #5  Tigran Petrosian  2747    27y3m   (#23 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #6  Mark Taimanov  2733    30y7m   (#29 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #7  Efim Geller  2725    31y6m   (#38 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #8  Viktor Korchnoi  2722    25y6m   (#31 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #9  Miguel Najdorf  2718    46y5m   (#17 all-time among players aged 46y5m) 
 #10  Samuel Reshevsky  2718    44y10m   (#20 all-time among players aged 44y10m) 
 #11  Svetozar Gligoric  2713    33y7m   (#43 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #12  Boris Spassky  2710    19y8m   (#10 all-time among players aged 19y8m) 
 #13  Yury Averbakh  2708    34y7m   (#49 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #14  Borislav Ivkov  2707    22y10m   (#30 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #15  László Szabó  2689    39y6m   (#46 all-time among players aged 39y6m) 
 #16  Aleksandar Matanovic  2688    26y4m   (#65 all-time among players aged 26y4m) 
 #17  Mikhail Tal  2688    19y10m   (#19 all-time among players aged 19y10m) 
 #18  Ratmir Kholmov  2682    31y4m   (#87 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #19  Julio Bolbochán  2680    36y6m   (#71 all-time among players aged 36y6m) 
 #20  Oscar Panno  2674    21y6m   (#43 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 
 #21  Ludek Pachmann  2673    32y4m   (#100 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #22  Alexander Kotov  2667    43y1m   (#53 all-time among players aged 43y1m) 
 #23  Miroslav Filip  2661    27y11m   (#117 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #24  Larry Evans  2660    24y6m   (#90 all-time among players aged 24y6m) 
 #25  Gedeon Barcza  2655    45y1m   (#52 all-time among players aged 45y1m) 
 #26  Pal Benko  2651    28y2m   (#130 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #27  Wolfgang Unzicker  2644    31y3m   (#157 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #28  Semen Furman  2637    35y9m   (#147 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #29  Georgy Ilivitsky  2637    35y5m   (#154 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #30  Erich Eliskases  2637    43y7m   (#84 all-time among players aged 43y7m) 
 #31  Klaus Darga  2632    22y7m   (#111 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #32  Arthur Bisguier  2630    26y11m   (#183 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #33  Andrija Fuderer  2626    25y4m   (#170 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #34  Lev Aronin  2625    36y2m   (#165 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #35  Fridrik Olafsson  2625    21y8m   (#104 all-time among players aged 21y8m) 
 #36  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2624    45y4m   (#80 all-time among players aged 45y4m) 
 #37  Isaak Boleslavsky  2622    37y3m   (#161 all-time among players aged 37y3m) 
 #38  Herman Pilnik  2622    42y8m   (#120 all-time among players aged 42y8m) 
 #39  Vladas Mikenas  2619    46y5m   (#78 all-time among players aged 46y5m) 
 #40  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2618    43y9m   (#114 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #41  Borislav Milic  2616    30y11m   (#240 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #42  Salo Flohr  2615    47y10m   (#69 all-time among players aged 47y10m) 
 #43  Evgeny Vasiukov  2614    23y6m   (#157 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #44  Vladlen Zurakhov  2614    26y4m   (#219 all-time among players aged 26y4m) 
 #45  Max Euwe  2614    55y4m   (#28 all-time among players aged 55y4m) 
 #46  Petar Trifunovic  2614    46y1m   (#91 all-time among players aged 46y1m) 
 #47  Nikola Karaklajic  2613    30y7m   (#253 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #48  Braslav Rabar  2613    37y0m   (#187 all-time among players aged 37y0m) 
 #49  Vladimir Antoshin  2610    27y4m   (#243 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #50  Anatoly Lutikov  2610    23y7m   (#182 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #51  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2606    48y8m   (#77 all-time among players aged 48y8m) 
 #52  Georgy Borisenko  2600    34y4m   (#270 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #53  Miklos Bely  2599    43y1m   (#151 all-time among players aged 43y1m) 
 #54  Oleg Moiseev  2599    31y4m   (#309 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #55  Lev Polugaevsky  2599    21y10m   (#166 all-time among players aged 21y10m) 
 #56  Carlos Guimard  2598    43y5m   (#144 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #57  Alexey Suetin  2594    29y10m   (#341 all-time among players aged 29y10m) 
 #58  Conel Alexander  2594    47y5m   (#104 all-time among players aged 47y5m) 
 #59  Bent Larsen  2593    21y6m   (#168 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 
 #60  Lothar Schmid  2590    28y4m   (#338 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #61  Vasily Bivshev  2590    34y7m   (#306 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #62  Božidar Djuraševic  2590    23y5m   (#244 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #63  Raúl Sanguinetti  2588    23y7m   (#252 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #64  William Lombardy  2587    18y9m   (#64 all-time among players aged 18y9m) 
 #65  Donald Byrne  2587    26y3m   (#323 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #66  Moshe Czerniak  2585    46y7m   (#132 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #67  Vasja Pirc  2585    48y9m   (#104 all-time among players aged 48y9m) 
 #68  Alexander Tolush  2580    46y4m   (#145 all-time among players aged 46y4m) 
 #69  Vladimir Simagin  2578    37y3m   (#302 all-time among players aged 37y3m) 
 #70  Lev Aronson  2575    32y8m   (#404 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #71  Héctor Rossetto  2574    34y0m   (#390 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #72  István Bilek  2573    24y1m   (#316 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #73  Srecko Nedeljkovic  2569    32y9m   (#428 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #74  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2568    46y7m   (#163 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #75  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2568    21y6m   (#224 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 
 #76  Ilia Kan  2565    47y4m   (#153 all-time among players aged 47y4m) 
 #77  Román Torán Albero  2565    24y11m   (#384 all-time among players aged 24y11m) 
 #78  Viacheslav Osnos  2564    21y2m   (#217 all-time among players aged 21y2m) 
 #79  Anatoly Bannik  2563    34y9m   (#429 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #80  Itzchak Aloni  2563    51y4m   (#110 all-time among players aged 51y4m) 
 #81  Guyla Kluger  2563    42y8m   (#244 all-time among players aged 42y8m) 
 #82  Abram Khasin  2562    33y7m   (#450 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #83  Vitaly Tarasov  2561    33y8m   (#452 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #84  Konstantin Klaman  2560    38y9m   (#345 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #85  Johannes Donner  2560    29y2m   (#486 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #86  Nicolas Rossolimo  2559    46y7m   (#187 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #87  György Szilágyi  2559    35y2m   (#419 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #88  Mikhail Shishov  2559    45y9m   (#206 all-time among players aged 45y9m) 
 #89  Janis Klavinš  2557    23y5m   (#368 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #90  Gunnar Uusi  2556    25y3m   (#447 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #91  Efim Samoilovich Stoliar  2555    33y6m   (#485 all-time among players aged 33y6m) 
 #92  Dragoljub Janoševic  2555    33y2m   (#500 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #93  Lajos Portisch  2554    19y5m   (#132 all-time among players aged 19y5m) 
 #94  Viacheslav Ragozin  2553    47y11m   (#166 all-time among players aged 47y11m) 
 #95  Mihajlo Trajkovic  2553   
 #96  Georgy Lisitsin  2552    46y11m   (#194 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #97  Erik Lundin  2551    52y2m   (#112 all-time among players aged 52y2m) 
 #98  Igor Bondarevsky  2548    43y4m   (#276 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #99  Mijo Udovcic  2548    36y0m   (#474 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #100  Andreas Dueckstein  2545    29y1m   (#576 all-time among players aged 29y1m)