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Top 10 active players as of December 31, 1962


All active players as of December 31, 1962

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Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Age
1 Botvinnik, Mikhail M27405425.4% #651.37
2 Petrosian, Tigran V27374921.8% #733.54
3 Spassky, Boris V27135110.7% #1025.91
4 Geller, Efim P2710499.2% #1037.82
5 Keres, Paul2709508.9% #1046.98
6 Fischer, Robert J2702496.6% #1119.80
7 Korchnoi, Viktor L2695495.0% #1331.77
8 Smyslov, Vassily V2672502.0% #1841.76
9 Polugaevsky, Lev A2670512.1% #1828.11
10 Kholmov, Ratmir D2656531.4% #2237.63
11 Averbakh, Yury L2651531.2% #2440.89
12 Tal, Mikhail2644500.5% #2526.14
13 Gligoric, Svetozar2641480.4% #2639.91
14 Reshevsky, Samuel H2637581.0% #2951.10
15 Taimanov, Mark E2637500.4% #2736.89
16 Stein, Leonid Z2634510.4% #2928.13
17 Vasiukov, Evgeny A2633530.4% #2929.81
18 Najdorf, Miguel2630510.4% #3052.71
19 Antoshin, Vladimir S2610710.9% #4433.63
20 Schmid, Lothar M2609590.2% #4134.64
21 Bronstein, David I2607510.1% #3938.86
22 Boleslavsky, Isaak E2607590.3% #4243.56
23 Portisch, Lajos259549 #4425.74
24 Olafsson, Fridrik259151 #4827.92
25 Ivkov, Borislav259150 #4729.13
26 Kotov, Alexander A2588680.3% #5649.38
27 Evans, Larry M258755 #5130.77
28 Benko, Pal C258250 #5234.46
29 Byrne, Donald2580580.1% #5632.55
30 Uhlmann, Wolfgang257750 #5427.75
31 Gipslis, Aivars257358 #6125.89
32 Byrne, Robert E256757 #6434.70
33 Unzicker, Wolfgang256654 #6437.51
34 Kots, Yury I256658 #6529.06
35 Trifunovic, Petar256452 #6452.33
36 Lombardy, William J256259 #6825.07
37 Bagirov, Vladimir K255960 #7026.37
38 Panno, Oscar R255757 #7027.78
39 Matanovic, Aleksandar255050 #7232.61
40 Bolbochán, Julio254655 #7942.77
41 Euwe, Machgielis254465 #8461.61
42 Darga, Klaus V254354 #7928.85
43 Larsen, Bent254155 #8127.82
44 Szabó, László254150 #7945.78
45 Pachmann, Ludek254050 #7938.64
46 Pomar Salamanca, Arturo254054 #8231.33
47 Filip, Miroslav253949 #8034.18
48 Lutikov, Anatoly S253961 #8629.90
49 Furman, Semen A253961 #8642.08
50 Aronin, Lev S253555 #8642.45
51 Bannik, Anatoly A253358 #9041.07
52 Parma, Bruno252952 #8921.00
53 Tringov, Georgy P252856 #9225.81
54 Shamkovich, Leonid A252857 #9339.58
55 Sanguinetti, Raúl C252854 #9129.90
56 Rossolimo, Nicolas252769 #10052.84
57 Gufeld, Eduard E252558 #9626.78
58 Tolush, Alexander K252462 #9852.66
59 Shianovsky, Vladislav I252457 #9633.02
60 Cherepkov, Alexander V252065 #10442.17
61 Simagin, Vladimir P251954 #9943.53
62 Trapl, Jindrich251862 #10420.76
63 Bisguier, Arthur B251451 #10233.23
64 Bondarevsky, Igor Z251370 #11349.63
65 Stĺhlberg, Gideon251064 #11254.92
66 Djuraševic, Božidar250959 #11129.68
67 O'Kelly de Galway, Albéric250852 #10751.62
68 Matulovic, Milan250857 #11027.56
69 Ghitescu, Theodor250856 #11028.93
70 Barcza, Gedeon250650 #10851.36
71 Flohr, Salo250465 #11854.13
72 Krogius, Nikolay V250259 #11632.44
73 Hort, Vlastimil250153 #11418.96
74 Nezhmetdinov, Rashid G249963 #12250.04
75 Ciocaltea, Victor249953 #11630.95
76 Bobotsov, Milko G249657 #12131.25
77 Donner, Johannes H249551 #11835.48
78 Padevsky, Nikola B249454 #12129.59
79 Bilek, István249450 #11830.39
80 Khasin, Abram I249159 #12639.87
81 Lilienthal, Andor248859 #12851.65
82 Rossetto, Héctor D248852 #12440.31
83 Mednis, Edmar J248761 #13125.77
84 Nei, Iivo248463 #13431.17
85 Robatsch, Karl248255 #13134.21
86 Pilnik, Herman248159 #13548.97
87 Suetin, Alexey S248058 #13536.12
88 Udovcic, Mijo247952 #13242.30
89 Penrose, Jonathan247755 #13629.23
90 Ciric, Dragoljub M247755 #13527.13
91 Minev, Nikolay N247656 #13731.97
92 Veresov, Gavriil N247671 #14550.43
93 Tarasov, Vitaly G247464 #14339.94
94 Zaitsev, Alexander N247364 #14327.54
95 Lein, Anatoly247268 #14731.75
96 Eliskases, Erich G247254 #13949.87
97 Farré Mallofré, Miguel247271 #14826.85
98 Ignatiev, Felix N247162 #14430.97
99 Kavalek, Lubomir246865 #14819.39
100 Kottnauer, Cenek246562 #14852.85
101 Johannessen, Svein246555 25.20
102 Bukic, Enver246460 25.08
103 Gurgenidze, Bukhuti I246461 29.13
104 Fichtl, Jirí246454 41.87
105 Sherwin, James T246363 29.18
106 Jansa, Vlastimil246358 20.09
107 Bertok, Mario246151 33.33
108 Lundin, Erik246173 58.50
109 Minic, Dragoljub246153 25.81
110 Weinstein, Raymond A246169 21.68
111 Smederevac, Petar246169 40.35
112 Yanofsky, Daniel A245960 37.76
113 Karaklajic, Nikola245856 36.85
114 Drimer, Dolfi245655 28.21
115 Mikenas, Vladas245656 52.70
116 Ujtelky, Maximilián245262 47.70
117 Lengyel, Levente245155 29.55
118 Seidman, Herbert245174 42.20
119 Velimirovic, Dragoljub245071 20.63
120 Pietzsch, Wolfgang W244953 32.03
121 Díez del Corral, Jesús244764 29.73
122 Blau, Max244761 44.03
123 Janoševic, Dragoljub244657 39.48
124 Maric, Rudolf244564 35.63
125 Enevoldsen, Jens244562 55.27
126 Rabar, Braslav244357 43.26
127 Bogdanovic, Rajko244359 31.13
128 Bialas, Wolfram244272 27.35
129 Blatny, Frantisek244265 29.75
130 Savon, Vladimir A244159 22.26
131 Klovans, Janis244174 27.73
132 Mohrlok, Dieter244162
133 Bouwmeester, Henk B244057 33.29
134 Puc, Stojan243960 41.73
135 Berliner, Hans Jack243866
136 Guimard, Carlos E243854 49.73
137 Alster, Ladislav243869 35.75
138 Milev, Zdravko A243757 33.18
139 Clarke, Peter H243760
140 Keller, Dieter243763 26.45
141 Pfeiffer, Gerhard243667 39.55
142 Ojanen, Kaarle Sakari243665
143 Tan Hong Ghee243668
144 Dueckstein, Andreas243557 35.41
145 Pirc, Vasja243556 55.03
146 Kupper, Josef243564 30.80
147 Kolarov, Atanas S243566 28.82
148 Borisenko, Georgy K243364 40.60
149 Dely, Peter243255 28.49
150 Bikhovsky, Anatoly A243262 28.67
151 Radovici, Corvin243159 31.03
152 Garcia, Raimundo243158 26.59
153 Milic, Borislav243156 37.20
154 Espinosa Flores, Rafael243174
155 Schweber, Samuel243055 26.46
156 Nilsson, Zandor242972
157 Brinck Claussen, Bjorn242872
158 Lehmann, Heinz Dr242858
159 Soos, Bela242763 32.81
160 Jiménez Zerquera, Eleazar242656 34.52
161 Prins, Lodewijk242564 49.92
162 Neikirkh, Oleg N242567 48.81
163 van Scheltinga, Tjeerd D242560 48.81
164 Damjanovic, Mato242554 35.77
165 Aloni, Izak242467
166 Porat, Yosef242463 53.57
167 Roizman, Abram Y242473
168 Fuchs, Reinhart242258 28.26
169 Gheorghiu, Florin242258 18.73
170 Schmidt, Wlodzimierz242071 19.72
171 Malich, Burkhard G241956 26.09
172 Khodos, German L241961
173 Alexander, Conel H241666 53.70
174 Torán Albero, Román241658 31.23
175 Steinmeyer, Robert241669
176 Cuéllar Gacharná, Miguel241459 46.12
177 Van den Berg, Carel Benjamin241363
178 Gonzalez, Juan Carlos241262 45.71
179 Foguelman, Alberto241154 39.22
180 Addison, William G241169 29.09
181 Trmal, Jaroslav240967 25.55
182 Johansson, Martin240963 44.40
183 Flores Alvarez, Rodrigo240772 49.36
184 Sokolov, Vladimir240756 29.33
185 Kluger, Guyla240654 48.95
186 Soderborg, Berndt240668 29.38
187 Kozma, Julius240559 33.58
188 Tröger, Paul240462 49.51
189 Sliwa, Bogdan240354 40.90
190 Doda, Zbigniew240256 31.85
191 Zinn, Lothar240261 24.78
192 Honfi, Karoly240154 32.18
193 Ugrinovic, Dragan240065 31.84
194 Vladimirov, Boris T239965 33.62
195 Kieninger, Georg239572 60.57
196 Drozd, Ryszard239560 28.54
197 Korelov, Alexander P239363
198 Cuderman, Vinko239373
199 Flórián, Tibor239271 43.82
200 Sofrevski, Jovan239057 27.37
201 Letelier Martner, René238955 47.28
202 Novopashin, Arkady238964
203 Haygarth, Michael J238665
204 Teschner, Rudolf238656 40.87
205 Henneberke, Franciscus238659
206 Cruz, Raul C238557
207 Czerniak, Moshe238558 52.90
208 Forintos, Gyözö V238257 27.42
209 Kinzel, Anton238163
210 Pustina, Ylvi238171
211 Eising, Johannes237967 27.59
212 Stoltz, Gösta237971 58.64
213 Mihaljcisin, Mihajlo237760 29.85
214 Haag, Ervin237756 29.96
215 Buskenstrom, Sven237769
216 Smailbegovic, Hasan237657
217 Lukic, Arsenije237660
218 Nemet, Ivan237569 19.71
219 Bazan, Osvaldo237558 28.21
220 Heuer, Valter237374 34.46
221 Marovic, Dražen236858 24.96
222 Osmanagic, Dusan236767
223 Giustolisi, Alberto236772 34.78
224 Johner, Hans236675 73.98
225 Scafarelli, Francesco236666 29.19
226 Golz, Werner236460
227 Littlewood, John Eric236460
228 Blom, Kaj236473
229 German, Eugenio Maciel236359
230 Pogats, Jozsef236257 34.47
231 Bhend, Edwin236170 31.31
232 Szily, József236163 49.25
233 Liebert, Heinz236058 26.60
234 Barden, Leonhard William235767
235 Brzozka, Stefan235768
236 Mnatsakanian, Eduard A235764 24.07
237 Cobo Arteaga, Eldis235658
238 Walther, Edgar235667 32.02
239 Popov, Luben235559 26.92
240 Germek, Milan235467
241 Skold, Kristian235472
242 Buljovcic, Ivan235367 26.01
243 Emma, Jaime J235269 24.95
244 Stupica, Janesz235272
245 Tarnowski, Alfred235266 45.82
246 Yudovich, Mikhail Jr235165
247 Mititelu, Gheorghe235161 28.17
248 Grabczewski, Romuald234972 30.89
249 Garcia, Gilberto234562
250 Langeweg, Kick234553 25.81
251 Bertholdt, Dieter234471
252 Albareda, Miguel Crues234371
253 Golombek, Harry234363 51.83
254 Šajtar, Jaroslav234271 41.08
255 Gudmundsson, Arinbjorn234272
256 Maslov, Leonid P234172
257 Puig Pulido, Pedro234066
258 Tan Hiong Liong234068
259 Kramer, Haije234064 45.10
260 Filep, Tibor233966 27.01
261 Gereben, Ernö233862 55.54
262 Mosionzhik, Ilya Samoilovich233767
263 Prameshuber, Aleksander233668
264 Pelikán, Jorge233661 56.69
265 Navarovszky, Laszlo233567 29.74
266 Wexler, Bernardo233557 37.75
267 Purevzhav, S.233365
268 Vesely, Jiri233365
269 Perez Perez, Francisco Jose233252
270 Behrensen, Jorge233273 32.67
271 Bielicki, Carlos233054 22.63
272 Handel, Horst233072
273 Van Seters, Frits232976
274 Wade, Robert Graham232857
275 Dunkelblum, Arthur232658 56.69
276 De Rooi, Paul232670 34.34
277 Redolfi, Argentino Rodolfo232573
278 Cetkovic, Momcilo232273
279 Luckis, Marcos232070 57.95
280 Dozsa, Paul231866
281 Casas, Fernando231773 36.36
282 Alvarez del Monte, Jose Luis231657
283 Kostro, Jerzy231669 25.93
284 Djantar, Djordje231673 31.30
285 Rubinstein, Jose231464
286 Baumbach, Friedrich231464 27.31
287 Augustin, Josef231469 20.62
288 Kupka, Slavoj231468 20.48
289 Bednarski, Jacek B231375 23.80
290 Szollosi, Laszlo Sr231262 36.37
291 Ljungqvist, Lennart231173
292 Panov, Vladimir231176
293 Dominguez, Christobal230960
294 Kozomara, Vladimir230957
295 Reinhardt, Enrique H230863 59.75
296 Belkadi, Ridha230872 37.68
297 Rantanen, Matti230876
298 Zaitsev, Igor A230665 24.59
299 Schuster, Theodor230674
300 Durao, Joaquim230562 32.18
301 Thorbergsson, Freysteinn230460
302 Beni, Alfred230256 39.58
303 Lokvenc, Josef230262 63.66
304 Flesch, Janos229962 29.25
305 Opocenský, Karel229767 70.89
306 From, Sigfred229574 37.05
307 Goldenberg, E.229557
308 Tatai, Stefano229371 24.77
309 Olsson, Ake229170 28.66
310 Molnar, Imre229174 32.14
311 Fabian, J.228965
312 Raisa, Unto228964 28.78
313 Balcerowski, Witold228764 27.39
314 Ulvestad, Olaf228770 50.18
315 Camara, Ronald228767
316 Barendregt, Johan Teunis227961
317 Réthy, Pál227874 57.92
318 Marthaler, Otto227873
319 Niemela, Ilmari227664
320 Puiggrós, Guillermo E227674 50.76
321 Nilsson, Nils Specht227675
322 Holm, Sejer227671 23.39
323 Ostojic, Predrag227567 24.85
324 Marsalek, Josef227458 27.78
325 Krzisnik, Rok227076
326 Nun, Josef226871 29.44
327 Saborido, Rafael226369
328 Gromek, Jozef226169 31.70
329 Rajkovic, Dusan226076 20.54
330 Hottes, Dieter225974 27.42
331 Podolsky, Horst225875
332 Varnusz, Egon225573 29.13
333 Benitez, Otto225576
334 Orev, Petar225568 28.57
335 Clemens, Christian225172 22.40
336 Moehring, Guenther225172 26.10
337 Pavlov, Mircea225168 25.30
338 Heidenfeld, Wolfgang225062
339 Zirngibl, Albert224972
340 Anastasopoulos, Anastasios224975
341 Kolvig, Bent224866 29.68
342 Scanavino, Eduardo224760
343 Ortega, Rogelio224561
344 Hecht, Hans-Joachim224569 23.92
345 Aaron, Manuel224254 27.00
346 De Greif, Boris224162 32.88
347 Incutto, Carlos224063
348 Mejic, Petar224067
349 Kokkoris, Hristos223969
350 Sallay, Roland223573
351 Quinones, Oscar Carillo223573
352 Estrada Degrandi, Walter223561
353 Boutteville, Cesar223266 45.52
354 Georgescu, Vasile Sr223165
355 Reilly, Brian P223173 61.05
356 Plachetka, Jan223071 17.86
357 Raetsch, Heinz223062
358 Kuprejanov, George222676
359 Westerinen, Heikki MJ222673 18.68
360 Witkowski, Stefan222572 31.26
361 Calvo Minguez, Ricardo222571 19.19
362 Veid, R.222065
363 Momo, S.221973
364 Fernandez, A.221874
365 Hollis, Adrian Swayne221771
366 Bakulin, Nikolac I221674
367 Soby, Frode221676
368 Torres, JS.221569
369 Gragger, Anton Fritz221358
370 Llado Lumbera, Jaime221066 46.37
371 Borloy, Karoly219867 40.92
372 Liptay, Laszlo219867 25.49
373 Boisan219376
374 Orendy, Emil219071
375 Paoli, Enrico219062 54.96
376 Silva Nazzari, Roberto218863 23.11
377 Siero218762
378 Bojkovic, Slobodan218476 17.43
379 Zichichi, Alvise217871 24.49
380 Gonzalez, G.217769
381 Rubinetti, Jorge A217769 17.75
382 Hartoch, Robert G217471
383 Bahamonde, Antonio216968
384 Conrady, Alphonse216768
385 Muehlberg, Siegfried216568
386 Hemasian216473
387 Farah, Rodolfo216169 31.45
388 Suer, Nevzat216069
389 Christoffel, Martin215974 40.33
390 Palsson, Jon215973
391 Etcheverry, E.215669
392 Benkö, Francisco215273 52.52
393 Benzaquen215069
394 Ozsvath, Andras214667 33.37
395 Kool, Gerard J213971
396 Hindle, Owen M213773 22.79
397 Siveri, Armando213669
398 Hybl, Jaroslav213171 34.80
399 Recalde, Eleuterio213175
400 Bakos, S.213067
401 Colon Romero, Miguel212469
402 Kleopas, George212271
403 Marcussi, Bartolome211469
404 Schneider, L.211273
405 Fleischmann, Claus209671

These ratings, calculated as of December 31, 1962, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the time between January 1, 1962 and December 31, 1962, along with the ratings that were already calculated as of December 31, 1961. Players who have played an insufficient number of games in recent years will not appear on the list, even though you may see them on previous and/or subsequent lists. Any players who have been completely inactive for three years are removed from the list.

Definition of columns in the above list:

# refers to the player's world rank on this list.

Player is the full name of the player. Click on the player's name to see a career progression of the player's ratings.

Rating is the calculated rating for the player, as of December 31, 1962. This represents the player's estimated strength on January 1, 1963.

+/- is the standard deviation of the player's rating estimate. It is based on a geometric average of the number of rated games played in past years. Players who play very frequently will have a smaller +/- value, indicating a greater confidence in the accuracy of their rating. Players whose +/- value exceeds 76 are classified as "inactive" and removed from the ranking list due to their infrequent play against rated opponents. Mathematically, a player's rating is an estimate of their exact strength on January 1, 1963. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on January 1, 1963 should be within one standard deviation of their calculated rating approximately 68% of the time, and within two standard deviations of their calculated rating approximately 95% of the time.

Best? is the estimated likelihood that the player was actually the strongest player in the world on January 1, 1963. Since ratings are known to be inaccurate, it is possible that a lower-rated player is actually much stronger than their rating would indicate, and it is also possible that other players are weaker than their ratings would indicate. This number indicates the likelihood that the player is indeed the strongest player in the world. On a particular list, it will add up to 100% across the complete list of all players. This value is only calculated for the top 100 players on any rating list.

75%? gives a 75%-confidence world ranking for the player. Because ratings are known to be inaccurate, even if a particular player is rated third in the world, we cannot say with 100% certainty that they are truly one of the three strongest players in the world. This number indicates the world rank that we are 75% sure the player is "no worse than". Thus if a player has a value of #12 in this column, we are 75% sure that the player is one of the twelve strongest players in the world. This value is only calculated for the top 100 players on any rating list.

Age is the player's exact age in years, on December 31, 1962. If a player's age is displayed as a link, that means that this rating was active at the time of their next birthday. Click on the link to see the sorted list of all players' ratings on their birthdays when turning that same age.

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