Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: July 1969 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Bobby Fischer  2793    26y4m   (#8 all-time among players aged 26y4m) 
 #2  Viktor Korchnoi  2777    38y4m   (#9 all-time among players aged 38y4m) 
 #3  Boris Spassky  2773    32y6m   (#10 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #4  Bent Larsen  2750    34y4m   (#16 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #5  Tigran Petrosian  2749    40y1m   (#16 all-time among players aged 40y1m) 
 #6  Vassily Smyslov  2748    48y4m   (#6 all-time among players aged 48y4m) 
 #7  Lev Polugaevsky  2742    34y8m   (#19 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #8  Leonid Stein  2739    34y8m   (#23 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #9  Mikhail Botvinnik  2734    57y11m   (#3 all-time among players aged 57y11m) 
 #10  Lajos Portisch  2730    32y3m   (#28 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #11  Efim Geller  2725    44y4m   (#17 all-time among players aged 44y4m) 
 #12  Mikhail Tal  2706    32y8m   (#53 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #13  Paul Keres  2706    53y6m   (#6 all-time among players aged 53y6m) 
 #14  Vlastimil Hort  2702    25y6m   (#44 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #15  Ratmir Kholmov  2694    44y2m   (#30 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #16  Mark Taimanov  2689    43y5m   (#36 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #17  Svetozar Gligoric  2685    46y5m   (#31 all-time among players aged 46y5m) 
 #18  Alexey Suetin  2684    42y8m   (#40 all-time among players aged 42y8m) 
 #19  David Bronstein  2682    45y5m   (#34 all-time among players aged 45y5m) 
 #20  Nikolay Krogius  2670    39y0m   (#63 all-time among players aged 39y0m) 
 #21  Samuel Reshevsky  2666    57y8m   (#11 all-time among players aged 57y8m) 
 #22  Milan Matulovic  2664    34y1m   (#100 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #23  Aivars Gipslis  2663    32y5m   (#114 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #24  Alexander Zaitsev  2658    34y1m   (#116 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #25  Semen Furman  2655    48y7m   (#31 all-time among players aged 48y7m) 
 #26  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2653    34y4m   (#122 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #27  Miguel Najdorf  2652    59y3m   (#10 all-time among players aged 59y3m) 
 #28  Vladimir Liberzon  2651    32y4m   (#140 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #29  Evgeny Vasiukov  2647    36y4m   (#118 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #30  Klaus Darga  2646    35y5m   (#132 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #31  Viacheslav Osnos  2646    34y0m   (#138 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #32  Anatoly Lutikov  2642    36y5m   (#131 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #33  Florin Gheorghiu  2641    25y3m   (#135 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #34  Fridrik Olafsson  2641    34y6m   (#153 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #35  Borislav Ivkov  2640    35y8m   (#138 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #36  Pal Benko  2639    41y0m   (#107 all-time among players aged 41y0m) 
 #37  Eduard Gufeld  2635    33y4m   (#165 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #38  Dragoljub Ciric  2634    33y8m   (#165 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #39  Vladimir Savon  2632    28y10m   (#185 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #40  Lubomir Kavalek  2632    25y11m   (#157 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #41  Lothar Schmid  2631    41y2m   (#124 all-time among players aged 41y2m) 
 #42  Anatoly Lein  2626    38y4m   (#140 all-time among players aged 38y4m) 
 #43  Larry Evans  2625    37y4m   (#153 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #44  Wolfgang Unzicker  2624    44y1m   (#106 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #45  Janis Klovans  2623    34y3m   (#195 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #46  Oscar Panno  2621    34y4m   (#200 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #47  Bruno Parma  2619    27y7m   (#216 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #48  Aleksandar Matanovic  2619    39y2m   (#141 all-time among players aged 39y2m) 
 #49  Vladimir Tukmakov  2618    23y4m   (#149 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 
 #50  Bojan Kurajica  2617    21y8m   (#119 all-time among players aged 21y8m) 
 #51  Georgy Tringov  2617    32y4m   (#237 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #52  Robert Hübner  2615    20y8m   (#85 all-time among players aged 20y8m) 
 #53  Vladimir Antoshin  2614    40y2m   (#151 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #54  Henrique Mecking  2614    17y6m   (#25 all-time among players aged 17y6m) 
 #55  Abram Khasin  2613    46y5m   (#90 all-time among players aged 46y5m) 
 #56  Yury Averbakh  2609    47y5m   (#80 all-time among players aged 47y5m) 
 #57  Yury Sakharov  2608    46y10m   (#94 all-time among players aged 46y10m) 
 #58  Leonid Shamkovich  2605    46y1m   (#104 all-time among players aged 46y1m) 
 #59  Raúl Sanguinetti  2604    36y5m   (#226 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #60  Mikhail Podgaets  2603    22y0m   (#157 all-time among players aged 22y0m) 
 #61  Isaak Boleslavsky  2600    50y1m   (#78 all-time among players aged 50y1m) 
 #62  Vitaly Tseshkovsky  2599    24y10m   (#242 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #63  Milko Bobotsov  2598    37y10m   (#223 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #64  Robert Byrne  2598    41y3m   (#186 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #65  Jonathan Penrose  2594    35y9m   (#267 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #66  Helmut Pfleger  2594    25y11m   (#288 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #67  Gedeon Barcza  2592    57y11m   (#25 all-time among players aged 57y11m) 
 #68  Ludek Pachmann  2590    45y2m   (#145 all-time among players aged 45y2m) 
 #69  Miroslav Filip  2589    40y9m   (#211 all-time among players aged 40y9m) 
 #70  Jan Smejkal  2589    23y4m   (#234 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 
 #71  Igor Zaitsev  2589    31y2m   (#349 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #72  Duncan Suttles  2587    23y7m   (#256 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #73  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2586    35y8m   (#295 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #74  Gyözö Forintos  2584    34y0m   (#332 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #75  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2581    37y10m   (#282 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #76  William Lombardy  2580    31y7m   (#399 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #77  Gennady Ageichenko  2579    28y1m   (#385 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #78  Enver Bukic  2579    31y7m   (#404 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #79  Rudolf Teschner  2578    47y5m   (#129 all-time among players aged 47y5m) 
 #80  Victor Zheliandinov  2577    34y4m   (#359 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #81  Laszlo Barczay  2576    33y5m   (#389 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #82  Nikola Padevsky  2574    36y2m   (#333 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #83  Levente Lengyel  2574    36y1m   (#333 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #84  László Szabó  2570    52y4m   (#82 all-time among players aged 52y4m) 
 #85  Alexander Kotov  2570    55y11m   (#49 all-time among players aged 55y11m) 
 #86  Johannes Donner  2569    42y0m   (#249 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 
 #87  Ivan Radulov  2569    30y6m   (#459 all-time among players aged 30y6m) 
 #88  István Bilek  2567    36y11m   (#357 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #89  Karl Heinz Maeder  2564   
 #90  Nikola Spiridonov  2564    31y5m   (#481 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #91  Vladimir Bagirov  2564    32y11m   (#457 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #92  Boris Vladimirov  2563    40y2m   (#290 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #93  Donald Byrne  2563    39y1m   (#325 all-time among players aged 39y1m) 
 #94  Albin Planinc  2563    25y3m   (#408 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #95  Iivo Nei  2563    37y9m   (#353 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #96  Ervin Haag  2562    36y6m   (#380 all-time among players aged 36y6m) 
 #97  Hans-Joachim Hecht  2561    30y6m   (#503 all-time among players aged 30y6m) 
 #98  Anatoly Bikhovsky  2560    35y3m   (#418 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #99  Yury Nikolaevsky  2559    32y5m   (#505 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #100  Raymond Keene  2559    21y6m   (#261 all-time among players aged 21y6m)