Monthly top-five lists

Monthly Lists: 1945 - 1950

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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
1948	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1948 rating list	2831: Mikhail Botvinnik	2795: Miguel Najdorf	2760: Paul Keres	2760: Gideon Ståhlberg	2739: Isaak Boleslavsky
February 1948 rating list	2829: Mikhail Botvinnik	2797: Miguel Najdorf	2762: Gideon Ståhlberg	2757: Paul Keres	2738: Isaak Boleslavsky
March 1948 rating list	2826: Mikhail Botvinnik	2797: Miguel Najdorf	2762: Gideon Ståhlberg	2754: Paul Keres	2736: Isaak Boleslavsky
April 1948 rating list	2847: Mikhail Botvinnik	2793: Miguel Najdorf	2759: Gideon Ståhlberg	2756: Paul Keres	2743: Samuel Reshevsky
May 1948 rating list	2851: Mikhail Botvinnik	2794: Miguel Najdorf	2762: Gideon Ståhlberg	2753: Samuel Reshevsky	2753: Paul Keres
June 1948 rating list	2854: Mikhail Botvinnik	2789: Miguel Najdorf	2759: Paul Keres	2758: Samuel Reshevsky	2757: Gideon Ståhlberg
July 1948 rating list	2852: Mikhail Botvinnik	2788: Miguel Najdorf	2757: Gideon Ståhlberg	2756: Samuel Reshevsky	2755: Paul Keres
August 1948 rating list	2843: Mikhail Botvinnik	2763: Miguel Najdorf	2749: Paul Keres	2747: Samuel Reshevsky	2742: David Bronstein
September 1948 rating list	2841: Mikhail Botvinnik	2762: Miguel Najdorf	2747: Paul Keres	2745: Samuel Reshevsky	2742: David Bronstein
October 1948 rating list	2838: Mikhail Botvinnik	2758: Miguel Najdorf	2744: Samuel Reshevsky	2744: Paul Keres	2742: David Bronstein
November 1948 rating list	2836: Mikhail Botvinnik	2757: Miguel Najdorf	2743: Samuel Reshevsky	2741: David Bronstein	2740: Paul Keres
December 1948 rating list	2834: Mikhail Botvinnik	2758: Miguel Najdorf	2744: Samuel Reshevsky	2740: David Bronstein	2738: Paul Keres
1949	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1949 rating list	2832: Mikhail Botvinnik	2756: Miguel Najdorf	2743: David Bronstein	2742: Samuel Reshevsky	2736: Gideon Ståhlberg
February 1949 rating list	2829: Mikhail Botvinnik	2755: Miguel Najdorf	2742: David Bronstein	2740: Samuel Reshevsky	2737: Vassily Smyslov
March 1949 rating list	2828: Mikhail Botvinnik	2756: Miguel Najdorf	2745: David Bronstein	2740: Vassily Smyslov	2738: Samuel Reshevsky
April 1949 rating list	2826: Mikhail Botvinnik	2754: Miguel Najdorf	2745: David Bronstein	2742: Vassily Smyslov	2737: Samuel Reshevsky
May 1949 rating list	2823: Mikhail Botvinnik	2752: Miguel Najdorf	2746: David Bronstein	2745: Vassily Smyslov	2737: Alexander Kotov
June 1949 rating list	2821: Mikhail Botvinnik	2751: Miguel Najdorf	2747: Vassily Smyslov	2747: David Bronstein	2739: Alexander Kotov
July 1949 rating list	2818: Mikhail Botvinnik	2750: Vassily Smyslov	2749: Miguel Najdorf	2749: David Bronstein	2741: Alexander Kotov
August 1949 rating list	2818: Mikhail Botvinnik	2753: Vassily Smyslov	2750: David Bronstein	2749: Miguel Najdorf	2742: Alexander Kotov
September 1949 rating list	2816: Mikhail Botvinnik	2754: Vassily Smyslov	2750: David Bronstein	2745: Miguel Najdorf	2743: Alexander Kotov
October 1949 rating list	2813: Mikhail Botvinnik	2756: Vassily Smyslov	2750: David Bronstein	2744: Alexander Kotov	2743: Miguel Najdorf
November 1949 rating list	2812: Mikhail Botvinnik	2759: Vassily Smyslov	2752: David Bronstein	2746: Alexander Kotov	2740: Miguel Najdorf
December 1949 rating list	2811: Mikhail Botvinnik	2759: Vassily Smyslov	2755: David Bronstein	2750: Alexander Kotov	2738: Reuben Fine