Monthly top-five lists

Monthly Lists: 1943 - 1948

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1943	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1943 rating list	2769: Samuel Reshevsky	2760: Alexander Alekhine	2756: Mikhail Botvinnik	2735: Max Euwe	2729: Paul Keres
February 1943 rating list	2767: Samuel Reshevsky	2760: Alexander Alekhine	2757: Mikhail Botvinnik	2735: Max Euwe	2730: Paul Keres
March 1943 rating list	2765: Samuel Reshevsky	2761: Alexander Alekhine	2759: Mikhail Botvinnik	2735: Max Euwe	2730: Paul Keres
April 1943 rating list	2763: Alexander Alekhine	2763: Samuel Reshevsky	2760: Mikhail Botvinnik	2735: Max Euwe	2729: Paul Keres
May 1943 rating list	2764: Alexander Alekhine	2762: Mikhail Botvinnik	2762: Samuel Reshevsky	2735: Max Euwe	2730: Paul Keres
June 1943 rating list	2765: Alexander Alekhine	2764: Mikhail Botvinnik	2760: Samuel Reshevsky	2742: Paul Keres	2733: Max Euwe
July 1943 rating list	2789: Alexander Alekhine	2769: Paul Keres	2769: Mikhail Botvinnik	2761: Samuel Reshevsky	2735: Max Euwe
August 1943 rating list	2789: Alexander Alekhine	2772: Mikhail Botvinnik	2772: Paul Keres	2760: Samuel Reshevsky	2735: Max Euwe
September 1943 rating list	2794: Alexander Alekhine	2775: Mikhail Botvinnik	2766: Paul Keres	2754: Samuel Reshevsky	2735: Max Euwe
October 1943 rating list	2797: Alexander Alekhine	2776: Mikhail Botvinnik	2764: Paul Keres	2754: Samuel Reshevsky	2733: Max Euwe
November 1943 rating list	2800: Alexander Alekhine	2780: Mikhail Botvinnik	2765: Paul Keres	2736: Gideon Ståhlberg	2733: Max Euwe
December 1943 rating list	2804: Alexander Alekhine	2784: Mikhail Botvinnik	2767: Paul Keres	2740: Gideon Ståhlberg	2734: Miguel Najdorf
1944	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1944 rating list	2805: Alexander Alekhine	2785: Mikhail Botvinnik	2766: Paul Keres	2741: Gideon Ståhlberg	2734: Miguel Najdorf
February 1944 rating list	2805: Alexander Alekhine	2790: Mikhail Botvinnik	2766: Paul Keres	2737: Gideon Ståhlberg	2734: Miguel Najdorf
March 1944 rating list	2805: Alexander Alekhine	2795: Mikhail Botvinnik	2766: Paul Keres	2736: Miguel Najdorf	2735: Gideon Ståhlberg
April 1944 rating list	2806: Alexander Alekhine	2800: Mikhail Botvinnik	2766: Paul Keres	2736: Miguel Najdorf	2732: Gideon Ståhlberg
May 1944 rating list	2806: Alexander Alekhine	2805: Mikhail Botvinnik	2766: Paul Keres	2738: Miguel Najdorf	2732: Vassily Smyslov
June 1944 rating list	2811: Mikhail Botvinnik	2806: Alexander Alekhine	2766: Paul Keres	2739: Miguel Najdorf	2734: Vassily Smyslov
July 1944 rating list	2807: Alexander Alekhine	2805: Mikhail Botvinnik	2766: Paul Keres	2742: Miguel Najdorf	2734: Vassily Smyslov
August 1944 rating list	2808: Mikhail Botvinnik	2807: Alexander Alekhine	2765: Paul Keres	2742: Miguel Najdorf	2735: Vassily Smyslov
September 1944 rating list	2810: Mikhail Botvinnik	2805: Alexander Alekhine	2763: Paul Keres	2749: Miguel Najdorf	2734: Vassily Smyslov
October 1944 rating list	2812: Mikhail Botvinnik	2803: Alexander Alekhine	2761: Paul Keres	2750: Miguel Najdorf	2735: Vassily Smyslov
November 1944 rating list	2812: Mikhail Botvinnik	2800: Alexander Alekhine	2759: Miguel Najdorf	2757: Paul Keres	2734: Vassily Smyslov
December 1944 rating list	2812: Mikhail Botvinnik	2799: Alexander Alekhine	2760: Miguel Najdorf	2756: Paul Keres	2735: Vassily Smyslov
1945	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1945 rating list	2813: Mikhail Botvinnik	2797: Alexander Alekhine	2761: Miguel Najdorf	2754: Paul Keres	2737: Vassily Smyslov
February 1945 rating list	2812: Mikhail Botvinnik	2796: Alexander Alekhine	2759: Miguel Najdorf	2753: Paul Keres	2741: Vassily Smyslov
March 1945 rating list	2811: Mikhail Botvinnik	2795: Alexander Alekhine	2757: Miguel Najdorf	2752: Paul Keres	2744: Vassily Smyslov
April 1945 rating list	2809: Mikhail Botvinnik	2793: Alexander Alekhine	2757: Miguel Najdorf	2751: Paul Keres	2748: Vassily Smyslov
May 1945 rating list	2808: Mikhail Botvinnik	2791: Alexander Alekhine	2757: Miguel Najdorf	2751: Paul Keres	2749: Vassily Smyslov
June 1945 rating list	2817: Mikhail Botvinnik	2789: Alexander Alekhine	2755: Miguel Najdorf	2751: Paul Keres	2749: Vassily Smyslov
July 1945 rating list	2881: Mikhail Botvinnik	2784: Alexander Alekhine	2753: Paul Keres	2752: Miguel Najdorf	2734: Vladimir Makogonov
August 1945 rating list	2879: Mikhail Botvinnik	2781: Alexander Alekhine	2753: Miguel Najdorf	2753: Paul Keres	2745: Samuel Reshevsky
September 1945 rating list	2879: Mikhail Botvinnik	2777: Alexander Alekhine	2752: Paul Keres	2752: Miguel Najdorf	2741: Samuel Reshevsky
October 1945 rating list	2885: Mikhail Botvinnik	2770: Alexander Alekhine	2748: Miguel Najdorf	2748: Paul Keres	2747: Vassily Smyslov
November 1945 rating list	2884: Mikhail Botvinnik	2766: Alexander Alekhine	2749: Vassily Smyslov	2749: Paul Keres	2748: Miguel Najdorf
December 1945 rating list	2884: Mikhail Botvinnik	2762: Alexander Alekhine	2750: Vassily Smyslov	2749: Paul Keres	2748: Miguel Najdorf
1946	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1946 rating list	2883: Mikhail Botvinnik	2768: Paul Keres	2758: Alexander Alekhine	2751: Miguel Najdorf	2751: Vassily Smyslov
February 1946 rating list	2882: Mikhail Botvinnik	2768: Paul Keres	2754: Miguel Najdorf	2752: Alexander Alekhine	2749: Vassily Smyslov
March 1946 rating list	2880: Mikhail Botvinnik	2767: Paul Keres	2759: Miguel Najdorf	2746: Vassily Smyslov	2745: Isaak Boleslavsky
April 1946 rating list	2878: Mikhail Botvinnik	2769: Paul Keres	2762: Miguel Najdorf	2745: Isaak Boleslavsky	2744: Vassily Smyslov
May 1946 rating list	2877: Mikhail Botvinnik	2768: Paul Keres	2761: Miguel Najdorf	2744: Isaak Boleslavsky	2742: Vassily Smyslov
June 1946 rating list	2874: Mikhail Botvinnik	2764: Paul Keres	2763: Miguel Najdorf	2742: Isaak Boleslavsky	2738: Vassily Smyslov
July 1946 rating list	2872: Mikhail Botvinnik	2766: Miguel Najdorf	2763: Paul Keres	2741: Isaak Boleslavsky	2735: Vassily Smyslov
August 1946 rating list	2864: Mikhail Botvinnik	2767: Miguel Najdorf	2762: Paul Keres	2738: Isaak Boleslavsky	2732: Vassily Smyslov
September 1946 rating list	2864: Mikhail Botvinnik	2761: Miguel Najdorf	2752: Paul Keres	2741: Vassily Smyslov	2740: Max Euwe
October 1946 rating list	2862: Mikhail Botvinnik	2766: Miguel Najdorf	2751: Paul Keres	2746: Max Euwe	2739: Vassily Smyslov
November 1946 rating list	2858: Mikhail Botvinnik	2770: Miguel Najdorf	2753: Max Euwe	2750: Paul Keres	2739: Vassily Smyslov
December 1946 rating list	2855: Mikhail Botvinnik	2771: Miguel Najdorf	2763: Max Euwe	2748: Paul Keres	2736: Vassily Smyslov
1947	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1947 rating list	2852: Mikhail Botvinnik	2772: Miguel Najdorf	2762: Max Euwe	2749: Paul Keres	2731: Vassily Smyslov
February 1947 rating list	2849: Mikhail Botvinnik	2774: Miguel Najdorf	2758: Max Euwe	2746: Paul Keres	2729: Vassily Smyslov
March 1947 rating list	2847: Mikhail Botvinnik	2786: Paul Keres	2775: Miguel Najdorf	2753: Max Euwe	2740: Isaak Boleslavsky
April 1947 rating list	2846: Mikhail Botvinnik	2782: Paul Keres	2778: Miguel Najdorf	2749: Max Euwe	2740: Isaak Boleslavsky
May 1947 rating list	2843: Mikhail Botvinnik	2781: Miguel Najdorf	2780: Paul Keres	2746: Max Euwe	2740: Isaak Boleslavsky
June 1947 rating list	2840: Mikhail Botvinnik	2782: Miguel Najdorf	2777: Paul Keres	2740: Max Euwe	2739: Isaak Boleslavsky
July 1947 rating list	2837: Mikhail Botvinnik	2784: Paul Keres	2783: Miguel Najdorf	2740: Isaak Boleslavsky	2738: Max Euwe
August 1947 rating list	2834: Mikhail Botvinnik	2786: Miguel Najdorf	2781: Paul Keres	2739: Isaak Boleslavsky	2737: Max Euwe
September 1947 rating list	2831: Mikhail Botvinnik	2789: Miguel Najdorf	2780: Paul Keres	2741: Gideon Ståhlberg	2740: Isaak Boleslavsky
October 1947 rating list	2828: Mikhail Botvinnik	2789: Miguel Najdorf	2779: Paul Keres	2744: Gideon Ståhlberg	2740: Isaak Boleslavsky
November 1947 rating list	2823: Mikhail Botvinnik	2792: Miguel Najdorf	2776: Paul Keres	2750: Gideon Ståhlberg	2739: Isaak Boleslavsky
December 1947 rating list	2834: Mikhail Botvinnik	2790: Miguel Najdorf	2762: Paul Keres	2750: Gideon Ståhlberg	2739: Isaak Boleslavsky