Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: February 1963 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Tigran Petrosian  2791    33y8m   (#8 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #2  Viktor Korchnoi  2760    31y11m   (#15 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #3  Efim Geller  2759    37y11m   (#13 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #4  Bobby Fischer  2758    19y11m   (#3 all-time among players aged 19y11m) 
 #5  Boris Spassky  2757    26y1m   (#13 all-time among players aged 26y1m) 
 #6  Mikhail Botvinnik  2757    51y6m   (#3 all-time among players aged 51y6m) 
 #7  Paul Keres  2755    47y1m   (#6 all-time among players aged 47y1m) 
 #8  Mikhail Tal  2731    26y3m   (#30 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #9  Vassily Smyslov  2727    41y11m   (#23 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #10  Lev Polugaevsky  2726    28y3m   (#37 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #11  Svetozar Gligoric  2710    40y0m   (#32 all-time among players aged 40y0m) 
 #12  Evgeny Vasiukov  2705    29y11m   (#49 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #13  Yury Averbakh  2699    41y0m   (#36 all-time among players aged 41y0m) 
 #14  Miguel Najdorf  2693    52y10m   (#16 all-time among players aged 52y10m) 
 #15  Mark Taimanov  2691    37y0m   (#51 all-time among players aged 37y0m) 
 #16  David Bronstein  2683    39y0m   (#52 all-time among players aged 39y0m) 
 #17  Leonid Stein  2681    28y3m   (#83 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #18  Ratmir Kholmov  2677    37y9m   (#60 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #19  Samuel Reshevsky  2673    51y3m   (#25 all-time among players aged 51y3m) 
 #20  Fridrik Olafsson  2660    28y1m   (#119 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #21  Borislav Ivkov  2658    29y3m   (#124 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #22  Lajos Portisch  2658    25y10m   (#112 all-time among players aged 25y10m) 
 #23  Raúl Sanguinetti  2657    30y0m   (#128 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #24  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2652    27y11m   (#131 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #25  Aivars Gipslis  2649    26y0m   (#127 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #26  Isaak Boleslavsky  2647    43y8m   (#71 all-time among players aged 43y8m) 
 #27  Lothar Schmid  2647    34y9m   (#133 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #28  Pal Benko  2643    34y7m   (#147 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #29  William Lombardy  2642    25y2m   (#135 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #30  Larry Evans  2638    30y11m   (#166 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #31  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2633    31y5m   (#182 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #32  Aleksandar Matanovic  2631    32y9m   (#187 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #33  Miroslav Filip  2630    34y4m   (#184 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #34  Alexander Kotov  2626    49y6m   (#48 all-time among players aged 49y6m) 
 #35  Petar Trifunovic  2625    52y6m   (#39 all-time among players aged 52y6m) 
 #36  Klaus Darga  2624    29y0m   (#210 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #37  Wolfgang Unzicker  2622    37y8m   (#160 all-time among players aged 37y8m) 
 #38  Robert Byrne  2621    34y10m   (#202 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #39  László Szabó  2619    45y11m   (#88 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #40  Georgy Tringov  2616    25y11m   (#201 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #41  Bruno Parma  2615    21y2m   (#96 all-time among players aged 21y2m) 
 #42  Donald Byrne  2614    32y8m   (#244 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #43  Leonid Shamkovich  2613    39y8m   (#164 all-time among players aged 39y8m) 
 #44  Janis Klovans  2612    27y10m   (#240 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #45  Milan Matulovic  2609    27y8m   (#250 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #46  Anatoly Bannik  2606    41y2m   (#167 all-time among players aged 41y2m) 
 #47  Semen Furman  2606    42y2m   (#154 all-time among players aged 42y2m) 
 #48  István Bilek  2604    30y6m   (#300 all-time among players aged 30y6m) 
 #49  Ludek Pachmann  2604    38y9m   (#194 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #50  Vladimir Simagin  2602    43y8m   (#140 all-time among players aged 43y8m) 
 #51  Julio Bolbochán  2602    42y11m   (#147 all-time among players aged 42y11m) 
 #52  Vladimir Antoshin  2601    33y9m   (#267 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #53  Arthur Bisguier  2596    33y4m   (#300 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #54  William Addison  2595    29y3m   (#320 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #55  Bent Larsen  2593    27y11m   (#325 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #56  Nikola Padevsky  2591    29y9m   (#344 all-time among players aged 29y9m) 
 #57  Lev Aronin  2591    42y7m   (#187 all-time among players aged 42y7m) 
 #58  Yury Kots  2590    29y2m   (#338 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #59  Theodor Ghitescu  2590    29y1m   (#335 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #60  Eduard Gufeld  2590    26y11m   (#316 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #61  Johannes Donner  2588    35y7m   (#286 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #62  Héctor Rossetto  2588    40y5m   (#216 all-time among players aged 40y5m) 
 #63  Oscar Panno  2586    27y11m   (#345 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #64  Vladimir Bagirov  2585    26y6m   (#336 all-time among players aged 26y6m) 
 #65  Victor Ciocaltea  2584    31y1m   (#379 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #66  Gedeon Barcza  2582    51y6m   (#80 all-time among players aged 51y6m) 
 #67  Felix Ignatiev  2582    31y1m   (#387 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #68  Milko Bobotsov  2581    31y5m   (#400 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #69  Laszlo Barczay  2579    27y0m   (#375 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #70  Levente Lengyel  2578    29y8m   (#408 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #71  Alexey Suetin  2578    36y3m   (#322 all-time among players aged 36y3m) 
 #72  Dragoljub Minic  2576    25y11m   (#375 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #73  Tan Hong Ghee  2573   
 #74  Herman Pilnik  2573    49y1m   (#117 all-time among players aged 49y1m) 
 #75  Anatoly Lutikov  2573    30y0m   (#443 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #76  Dragoljub Ciric  2572    27y3m   (#414 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #77  Gavriil Veresov  2572    50y7m   (#104 all-time among players aged 50y7m) 
 #78  Andor Lilienthal  2572    51y9m   (#90 all-time among players aged 51y9m) 
 #79  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2571    51y9m   (#93 all-time among players aged 51y9m) 
 #80  Boris Vladimirov  2571    33y9m   (#397 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #81  Jonathan Penrose  2571    29y4m   (#430 all-time among players aged 29y4m) 
 #82  Charles Kalme  2569    23y3m   (#296 all-time among players aged 23y3m) 
 #83  Abram Khasin  2569    40y0m   (#272 all-time among players aged 40y0m) 
 #84  Wolfgang Pietzsch  2568    32y2m   (#463 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #85  Vitaly Tarasov  2568    40y1m   (#275 all-time among players aged 40y1m) 
 #86  Alexander Cherepkov  2568    42y4m   (#235 all-time among players aged 42y4m) 
 #87  Vlastimil Hort  2568    19y1m   (#97 all-time among players aged 19y1m) 
 #88  Nikolay Krogius  2568    32y7m   (#447 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #89  Mijo Udovcic  2566    42y5m   (#241 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #90  Božidar Djuraševic  2563    29y10m   (#493 all-time among players aged 29y10m) 
 #91  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2561    20y9m   (#196 all-time among players aged 20y9m) 
 #92  Enver Bukic  2558    25y2m   (#426 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #93  Alexander Tolush  2557    52y9m   (#90 all-time among players aged 52y9m) 
 #94  Iivo Nei  2556    31y4m   (#524 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #95  Vladislav Shianovsky  2555    33y2m   (#498 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #96  Alexander Zaitsev  2555    27y8m   (#515 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #97  Igor Bondarevsky  2555    49y9m   (#140 all-time among players aged 49y9m) 
 #98  Vitaly Korzin  2554   
 #99  Florin Gheorghiu  2553    18y10m   (#105 all-time among players aged 18y10m) 
 #100  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2553    50y2m   (#142 all-time among players aged 50y2m)