Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: September 1960 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Mikhail Tal  2799    23y10m   (#6 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #2  Tigran Petrosian  2775    31y3m   (#10 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #3  Paul Keres  2766    44y8m   (#2 all-time among players aged 44y8m) 
 #4  Boris Spassky  2755    23y8m   (#12 all-time among players aged 23y8m) 
 #5  Viktor Korchnoi  2750    29y6m   (#20 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 
 #6  Vassily Smyslov  2749    39y6m   (#13 all-time among players aged 39y6m) 
 #7  Efim Geller  2738    35y6m   (#22 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #8  Ratmir Kholmov  2730    35y4m   (#29 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #9  Svetozar Gligoric  2719    37y7m   (#35 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #10  Mark Taimanov  2712    34y7m   (#44 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #11  Mikhail Botvinnik  2710    49y1m   (#14 all-time among players aged 49y1m) 
 #12  Lev Polugaevsky  2705    25y10m   (#45 all-time among players aged 25y10m) 
 #13  Bobby Fischer  2701    17y6m   (#3 all-time among players aged 17y6m) 
 #14  Yury Averbakh  2699    38y7m   (#45 all-time among players aged 38y7m) 
 #15  László Szabó  2698    43y6m   (#31 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #16  Samuel Reshevsky  2698    48y10m   (#16 all-time among players aged 48y10m) 
 #17  David Bronstein  2696    36y7m   (#54 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #18  Wolfgang Unzicker  2675    35y3m   (#79 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #19  Miguel Najdorf  2670    50y5m   (#25 all-time among players aged 50y5m) 
 #20  Lajos Portisch  2664    23y5m   (#78 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #21  Ludek Pachmann  2664    36y4m   (#89 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #22  Fridrik Olafsson  2663    25y8m   (#98 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #23  Oscar Panno  2657    25y6m   (#113 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #24  Gedeon Barcza  2652    49y1m   (#35 all-time among players aged 49y1m) 
 #25  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2652    25y6m   (#126 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #26  Isaak Boleslavsky  2651    41y3m   (#84 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #27  Larry Evans  2647    28y6m   (#148 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #28  Aleksandar Matanovic  2647    30y4m   (#148 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #29  Vladimir Bagirov  2647    24y1m   (#108 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #30  Andrija Fuderer  2646    29y4m   (#154 all-time among players aged 29y4m) 
 #31  Borislav Ivkov  2646    26y10m   (#136 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #32  Vladas Mikenas  2641    50y5m   (#37 all-time among players aged 50y5m) 
 #33  William Lombardy  2641    22y9m   (#98 all-time among players aged 22y9m) 
 #34  Aivars Gipslis  2640    23y7m   (#111 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #35  Miroslav Filip  2639    31y11m   (#161 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #36  Lothar Schmid  2639    32y4m   (#171 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #37  Vladimir Antoshin  2629    31y4m   (#198 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #38  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2628    29y0m   (#196 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #39  Nikolay Krogius  2625    30y2m   (#210 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #40  Evgeny Vasiukov  2624    27y6m   (#197 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #41  Alexander Cherepkov  2619    39y11m   (#144 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #42  Bent Larsen  2618    25y6m   (#196 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #43  Jacob Yukhtman  2617    25y8m   (#202 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #44  Pal Benko  2616    32y2m   (#240 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #45  Vladimir Simagin  2615    41y3m   (#148 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #46  Alexander Kotov  2615    47y1m   (#77 all-time among players aged 47y1m) 
 #47  Yury Nikolaevsky  2610    23y7m   (#179 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #48  Alexander Tolush  2610    50y4m   (#62 all-time among players aged 50y4m) 
 #49  Johannes Donner  2609    33y2m   (#247 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #50  István Bilek  2608    28y1m   (#266 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #51  Lev Aronin  2606    40y2m   (#171 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #52  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2606    26y10m   (#250 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #53  Raúl Sanguinetti  2606    27y7m   (#262 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #54  Anatoly Lutikov  2601    27y7m   (#282 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #55  Mario Bertok  2600    31y0m   (#308 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #56  Max Euwe  2598    59y4m   (#24 all-time among players aged 59y4m) 
 #57  Klaus Darga  2598    26y7m   (#284 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #58  Leonid Stein  2596    25y10m   (#273 all-time among players aged 25y10m) 
 #59  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2594    52y8m   (#57 all-time among players aged 52y8m) 
 #60  Petar Trifunovic  2594    50y1m   (#84 all-time among players aged 50y1m) 
 #61  Eduard Gufeld  2594    24y6m   (#252 all-time among players aged 24y6m) 
 #62  Héctor Rossetto  2591    38y0m   (#243 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #63  Semen Furman  2585    39y9m   (#232 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #64  Milan Matulovic  2582    25y3m   (#322 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #65  Jonathan Penrose  2580    26y11m   (#374 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #66  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2579    47y9m   (#114 all-time among players aged 47y9m) 
 #67  Milko Bobotsov  2579    29y0m   (#396 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #68  Anatoly Bannik  2578    38y9m   (#269 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #69  Nikola Padevsky  2578    27y4m   (#385 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #70  Carlos Guimard  2577    47y5m   (#132 all-time among players aged 47y5m) 
 #71  Vladislav Shianovsky  2576    30y9m   (#416 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #72  Alexey Suetin  2574    33y10m   (#389 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #73  Zdravko Milev  2574    30y11m   (#427 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #74  Herman Pilnik  2573    46y8m   (#158 all-time among players aged 46y8m) 
 #75  Borislav Milic  2572    34y11m   (#369 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #76  Robert Byrne  2571    32y5m   (#434 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #77  Maximilián Ujtelky  2568    45y5m   (#193 all-time among players aged 45y5m) 
 #78  Daniel Yanofsky  2567    35y6m   (#380 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #79  Julio Bolbochán  2566    40y6m   (#282 all-time among players aged 40y6m) 
 #80  Yury Sakharov  2564    38y0m   (#340 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #81  Božidar Djuraševic  2561    27y5m   (#475 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #82  Vlastimil Hort  2561    16y8m   (#34 all-time among players aged 16y8m) 
 #83  Donald Byrne  2560    30y3m   (#494 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #84  Frank Anderson  2557    32y8m   (#501 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #85  Cenek Kottnauer  2556    50y7m   (#124 all-time among players aged 50y7m) 
 #86  Georgy Tringov  2554    23y6m   (#370 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #87  Iivo Nei  2553    28y11m   (#541 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #88  Arthur Bisguier  2552    30y11m   (#541 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #89  Petar Smederevac  2552    38y1m   (#396 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #90  James Sherwin  2551    26y11m   (#545 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #91  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2550    49y4m   (#141 all-time among players aged 49y4m) 
 #92  Salo Flohr  2550    51y10m   (#122 all-time among players aged 51y10m) 
 #93  Milan Vukcevich  2549    23y6m   (#394 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #94  Vladilen Popov  2547   
 #95  Bernardo Wexler  2547    35y5m   (#480 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #96  Tibor Flórián  2546    41y6m   (#339 all-time among players aged 41y6m) 
 #97  Erich Eliskases  2545    47y7m   (#190 all-time among players aged 47y7m) 
 #98  Eero Böök  2545    50y7m   (#142 all-time among players aged 50y7m) 
 #99  Stojan Puc  2544    39y5m   (#397 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #100  Miguel Cuéllar Gacharná  2543    43y10m   (#289 all-time among players aged 43y10m)