Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: October 1968 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Bobby Fischer  2798    25y7m   (#6 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #2  Viktor Korchnoi  2769    37y7m   (#10 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #3  Boris Spassky  2766    31y9m   (#11 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #4  Mikhail Botvinnik  2746    57y2m   (#2 all-time among players aged 57y2m) 
 #5  Lev Polugaevsky  2738    33y11m   (#19 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #6  Leonid Stein  2737    33y11m   (#20 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #7  Mikhail Tal  2737    31y11m   (#27 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #8  Vassily Smyslov  2736    47y7m   (#11 all-time among players aged 47y7m) 
 #9  Bent Larsen  2735    33y7m   (#23 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #10  Tigran Petrosian  2734    39y4m   (#19 all-time among players aged 39y4m) 
 #11  Efim Geller  2724    43y7m   (#22 all-time among players aged 43y7m) 
 #12  Ratmir Kholmov  2722    43y5m   (#23 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #13  Lajos Portisch  2718    31y6m   (#44 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #14  Paul Keres  2708    52y9m   (#11 all-time among players aged 52y9m) 
 #15  Mark Taimanov  2701    42y8m   (#31 all-time among players aged 42y8m) 
 #16  Vlastimil Hort  2697    24y9m   (#44 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #17  Yury Sakharov  2683    46y1m   (#33 all-time among players aged 46y1m) 
 #18  David Bronstein  2680    44y8m   (#36 all-time among players aged 44y8m) 
 #19  Nikolay Krogius  2674    38y3m   (#63 all-time among players aged 38y3m) 
 #20  Alexey Suetin  2671    41y11m   (#56 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #21  Svetozar Gligoric  2669    45y8m   (#38 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #22  Larry Evans  2664    36y7m   (#86 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #23  Semen Furman  2664    47y10m   (#36 all-time among players aged 47y10m) 
 #24  Miguel Najdorf  2663    58y6m   (#11 all-time among players aged 58y6m) 
 #25  Milan Matulovic  2663    33y4m   (#106 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #26  Wolfgang Unzicker  2659    43y4m   (#54 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #27  Aivars Gipslis  2658    31y8m   (#129 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #28  Samuel Reshevsky  2650    56y11m   (#16 all-time among players aged 56y11m) 
 #29  Florin Gheorghiu  2649    24y6m   (#115 all-time among players aged 24y6m) 
 #30  Evgeny Vasiukov  2647    35y7m   (#122 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #31  Alexander Zaitsev  2643    33y4m   (#143 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #32  Eduard Gufeld  2642    32y7m   (#159 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #33  Pal Benko  2641    40y3m   (#101 all-time among players aged 40y3m) 
 #34  Borislav Ivkov  2639    34y11m   (#149 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #35  Anatoly Lein  2639    37y7m   (#114 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #36  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2637    33y7m   (#161 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #37  Vladimir Savon  2635    28y1m   (#173 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #38  Oscar Panno  2635    33y7m   (#167 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #39  Dragoljub Ciric  2634    32y11m   (#171 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #40  Viacheslav Osnos  2631    33y3m   (#169 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #41  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2629    34y11m   (#176 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #42  Aleksandar Matanovic  2628    38y5m   (#128 all-time among players aged 38y5m) 
 #43  Anatoly Lutikov  2628    35y8m   (#167 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #44  Fridrik Olafsson  2626    33y9m   (#183 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #45  Bruno Parma  2622    26y10m   (#209 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #46  Vladimir Antoshin  2620    39y5m   (#145 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #47  Vladimir Liberzon  2620    31y7m   (#221 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #48  Leonid Shamkovich  2620    45y4m   (#98 all-time among players aged 45y4m) 
 #49  Lubomir Kavalek  2617    25y2m   (#198 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #50  Klaus Darga  2615    34y8m   (#223 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #51  Isaak Boleslavsky  2615    49y4m   (#61 all-time among players aged 49y4m) 
 #52  Abram Khasin  2613    45y8m   (#100 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #53  Victor Zheliandinov  2611    33y7m   (#233 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #54  Robert Hübner  2610    19y11m   (#74 all-time among players aged 19y11m) 
 #55  Igor Platonov  2607    34y9m   (#241 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #56  Boris Vladimirov  2606    39y5m   (#179 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #57  Jan Smejkal  2603    22y7m   (#175 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #58  Georgy Tringov  2603    31y7m   (#288 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #59  Robert Byrne  2601    40y6m   (#178 all-time among players aged 40y6m) 
 #60  Bojan Kurajica  2599    20y11m   (#126 all-time among players aged 20y11m) 
 #61  Igor Zaitsev  2598    30y5m   (#318 all-time among players aged 30y5m) 
 #62  Yury Averbakh  2594    46y8m   (#115 all-time among players aged 46y8m) 
 #63  Helmut Pfleger  2593    25y2m   (#269 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #64  Lothar Schmid  2593    40y5m   (#195 all-time among players aged 40y5m) 
 #65  Gedeon Barcza  2588    57y2m   (#30 all-time among players aged 57y2m) 
 #66  Ludek Pachmann  2588    44y5m   (#162 all-time among players aged 44y5m) 
 #67  Janesz Stupica  2587    33y7m   (#332 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #68  László Szabó  2587    51y7m   (#73 all-time among players aged 51y7m) 
 #69  Miroslav Filip  2587    40y0m   (#218 all-time among players aged 40y0m) 
 #70  Aleksander Nikitin  2587    33y9m   (#330 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #71  Raúl Sanguinetti  2583    35y8m   (#304 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #72  William Lombardy  2583    30y10m   (#381 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #73  Milko Bobotsov  2583    37y1m   (#286 all-time among players aged 37y1m) 
 #74  Rudolf Teschner  2582    46y8m   (#137 all-time among players aged 46y8m) 
 #75  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2580    37y1m   (#298 all-time among players aged 37y1m) 
 #76  Johannes Donner  2579    41y3m   (#238 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #77  Alexander Kotov  2579    55y2m   (#46 all-time among players aged 55y2m) 
 #78  Gyözö Forintos  2579    33y3m   (#376 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #79  István Bilek  2579    36y2m   (#319 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #80  James Sherwin  2577    35y0m   (#344 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #81  Nikola Padevsky  2576    35y5m   (#340 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #82  Donald Byrne  2575    38y4m   (#304 all-time among players aged 38y4m) 
 #83  Henrique Mecking  2575    16y9m   (#28 all-time among players aged 16y9m) 
 #84  Anatoly Bikhovsky  2575    34y6m   (#366 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #85  Hrvoje Messing  2573    28y3m   (#421 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #86  Vladimir Bagirov  2571    32y2m   (#438 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #87  Enver Bukic  2571    30y10m   (#442 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #88  Oleg Chernikov  2570    32y0m   (#450 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #89  Salo Flohr  2569    59y11m   (#31 all-time among players aged 59y11m) 
 #90  Heikki MJ Westerinen  2568    24y6m   (#360 all-time among players aged 24y6m) 
 #91  Eduard Mnatsakanian  2567    29y10m   (#475 all-time among players aged 29y10m) 
 #92  Laszlo Barczay  2567    32y8m   (#444 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #93  Vladimir Tukmakov  2567    22y7m   (#275 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #94  Gennady Ageichenko  2566    27y4m   (#444 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #95  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2563    26y5m   (#447 all-time among players aged 26y5m) 
 #96  Levente Lengyel  2561    35y4m   (#413 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #97  Vladimir Sergievsky  2560    32y0m   (#504 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #98  Jonathan Penrose  2560    35y0m   (#425 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #99  Dragoljub Minic  2560    31y7m   (#503 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #100  Ervin Haag  2559    35y9m   (#418 all-time among players aged 35y9m)