Monthly top-five lists

Monthly Lists: 1980 - 1990

Duration: All years 20th century 19th century 50-year span 40-year span 30-year span 20-year span 10-year span 5-year span 3-year span 1-year span covering 1995-Jan through 2004-Dec 1990-Jan through 1999-Dec 1985-Jan through 1994-Dec 1980-Jan through 1989-Dec 1975-Jan through 1984-Dec 1970-Jan through 1979-Dec 1965-Jan through 1974-Dec 1960-Jan through 1969-Dec 1955-Jan through 1964-Dec 1950-Jan through 1959-Dec 1945-Jan through 1954-Dec 1940-Jan through 1949-Dec 1935-Jan through 1944-Dec 1930-Jan through 1939-Dec 1925-Jan through 1934-Dec 1920-Jan through 1929-Dec 1915-Jan through 1924-Dec 1910-Jan through 1919-Dec 1905-Jan through 1914-Dec 1900-Jan through 1909-Dec 1895-Jan through 1904-Dec 1890-Jan through 1899-Dec 1885-Jan through 1894-Dec 1880-Jan through 1889-Dec 1875-Jan through 1884-Dec 1870-Jan through 1879-Dec 1865-Jan through 1874-Dec 1860-Jan through 1869-Dec 1855-Jan through 1864-Dec 1850-Jan through 1859-Dec 1845-Jan through 1854-Dec 1840-Jan through 1849-Dec

1980	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1980 rating list	2823: Anatoly Karpov	2795: Viktor Korchnoi	2755: Mikhail Tal	2754: Lajos Portisch	2736: Lev Polugaevsky
February 1980 rating list	2817: Anatoly Karpov	2790: Viktor Korchnoi	2754: Lajos Portisch	2749: Mikhail Tal	2741: Garry Kasparov
March 1980 rating list	2816: Anatoly Karpov	2787: Viktor Korchnoi	2754: Lajos Portisch	2749: Mikhail Tal	2741: Garry Kasparov
April 1980 rating list	2814: Anatoly Karpov	2788: Viktor Korchnoi	2752: Lajos Portisch	2746: Lev Polugaevsky	2740: Garry Kasparov
May 1980 rating list	2812: Anatoly Karpov	2788: Viktor Korchnoi	2753: Garry Kasparov	2750: Lajos Portisch	2744: Lev Polugaevsky
June 1980 rating list	2819: Anatoly Karpov	2788: Viktor Korchnoi	2752: Garry Kasparov	2750: Lajos Portisch	2740: Lev Polugaevsky
July 1980 rating list	2824: Anatoly Karpov	2788: Viktor Korchnoi	2755: Garry Kasparov	2749: Lajos Portisch	2740: Lev Polugaevsky
August 1980 rating list	2823: Anatoly Karpov	2788: Viktor Korchnoi	2755: Garry Kasparov	2748: Lajos Portisch	2743: Lev Polugaevsky
September 1980 rating list	2821: Anatoly Karpov	2785: Viktor Korchnoi	2754: Garry Kasparov	2742: Lev Polugaevsky	2739: Lajos Portisch
October 1980 rating list	2826: Anatoly Karpov	2785: Viktor Korchnoi	2752: Garry Kasparov	2748: Lajos Portisch	2741: Lev Polugaevsky
November 1980 rating list	2808: Anatoly Karpov	2781: Viktor Korchnoi	2750: Garry Kasparov	2747: Lajos Portisch	2739: Jan Timman
December 1980 rating list	2812: Anatoly Karpov	2779: Viktor Korchnoi	2757: Lajos Portisch	2748: Garry Kasparov	2735: Jan Timman
1981	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1981 rating list	2811: Anatoly Karpov	2775: Viktor Korchnoi	2752: Lajos Portisch	2748: Garry Kasparov	2734: Jan Timman
February 1981 rating list	2814: Anatoly Karpov	2775: Viktor Korchnoi	2750: Garry Kasparov	2743: Lajos Portisch	2741: Jan Timman
March 1981 rating list	2812: Anatoly Karpov	2784: Viktor Korchnoi	2759: Garry Kasparov	2740: Jan Timman	2735: Lajos Portisch
April 1981 rating list	2813: Anatoly Karpov	2787: Viktor Korchnoi	2755: Garry Kasparov	2739: Jan Timman	2736: Lajos Portisch
May 1981 rating list	2816: Anatoly Karpov	2800: Viktor Korchnoi	2759: Garry Kasparov	2738: Lajos Portisch	2735: Lev Polugaevsky
June 1981 rating list	2816: Anatoly Karpov	2798: Viktor Korchnoi	2758: Garry Kasparov	2743: Lajos Portisch	2738: Jan Timman
July 1981 rating list	2814: Anatoly Karpov	2787: Viktor Korchnoi	2758: Garry Kasparov	2745: Jan Timman	2739: Lajos Portisch
August 1981 rating list	2814: Anatoly Karpov	2783: Viktor Korchnoi	2757: Garry Kasparov	2745: Jan Timman	2740: Lajos Portisch
September 1981 rating list	2813: Anatoly Karpov	2779: Viktor Korchnoi	2763: Garry Kasparov	2744: Jan Timman	2741: Lajos Portisch
October 1981 rating list	2812: Anatoly Karpov	2777: Viktor Korchnoi	2766: Garry Kasparov	2745: Jan Timman	2739: Lajos Portisch
November 1981 rating list	2816: Anatoly Karpov	2767: Viktor Korchnoi	2764: Garry Kasparov	2746: Jan Timman	2741: Lajos Portisch
December 1981 rating list	2817: Anatoly Karpov	2766: Viktor Korchnoi	2765: Garry Kasparov	2746: Jan Timman	2740: Lajos Portisch
1982	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1982 rating list	2817: Anatoly Karpov	2786: Garry Kasparov	2764: Viktor Korchnoi	2745: Jan Timman	2740: Lajos Portisch
February 1982 rating list	2816: Anatoly Karpov	2786: Garry Kasparov	2765: Viktor Korchnoi	2739: Lajos Portisch	2737: Jan Timman
March 1982 rating list	2804: Anatoly Karpov	2786: Garry Kasparov	2764: Viktor Korchnoi	2743: Jan Timman	2739: Lajos Portisch
April 1982 rating list	2804: Anatoly Karpov	2786: Garry Kasparov	2767: Viktor Korchnoi	2751: Alexander Beliavsky	2743: Jan Timman
May 1982 rating list	2803: Anatoly Karpov	2784: Garry Kasparov	2758: Viktor Korchnoi	2747: Alexander Beliavsky	2741: Jan Timman
June 1982 rating list	2800: Anatoly Karpov	2797: Garry Kasparov	2753: Viktor Korchnoi	2747: Alexander Beliavsky	2736: Lajos Portisch
July 1982 rating list	2799: Anatoly Karpov	2798: Garry Kasparov	2750: Viktor Korchnoi	2747: Alexander Beliavsky	2738: Lajos Portisch
August 1982 rating list	2801: Anatoly Karpov	2799: Garry Kasparov	2749: Viktor Korchnoi	2747: Alexander Beliavsky	2738: Lajos Portisch
September 1982 rating list	2799: Garry Kasparov	2798: Anatoly Karpov	2746: Alexander Beliavsky	2742: Lajos Portisch	2737: Viktor Korchnoi
October 1982 rating list	2810: Garry Kasparov	2803: Anatoly Karpov	2751: Alexander Beliavsky	2734: Viktor Korchnoi	2734: Lajos Portisch
November 1982 rating list	2821: Garry Kasparov	2811: Anatoly Karpov	2749: Alexander Beliavsky	2739: Lajos Portisch	2734: Ulf Andersson
December 1982 rating list	2821: Garry Kasparov	2810: Anatoly Karpov	2748: Alexander Beliavsky	2737: Lajos Portisch	2734: Ulf Andersson
1983	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1983 rating list	2823: Garry Kasparov	2810: Anatoly Karpov	2754: Alexander Beliavsky	2737: Lajos Portisch	2735: Ulf Andersson
February 1983 rating list	2822: Garry Kasparov	2808: Anatoly Karpov	2752: Alexander Beliavsky	2739: Ulf Andersson	2737: Lajos Portisch
March 1983 rating list	2822: Garry Kasparov	2805: Anatoly Karpov	2751: Alexander Beliavsky	2742: Ulf Andersson	2736: Lajos Portisch
April 1983 rating list	2828: Garry Kasparov	2805: Anatoly Karpov	2743: Alexander Beliavsky	2743: Ulf Andersson	2734: Boris Spassky
May 1983 rating list	2827: Garry Kasparov	2805: Anatoly Karpov	2743: Ulf Andersson	2735: Alexander Beliavsky	2734: Boris Spassky
June 1983 rating list	2827: Garry Kasparov	2804: Anatoly Karpov	2741: Ulf Andersson	2734: Alexander Beliavsky	2733: Boris Spassky
July 1983 rating list	2826: Garry Kasparov	2802: Anatoly Karpov	2740: Ulf Andersson	2732: Boris Spassky	2730: Ljubomir Ljubojevic
August 1983 rating list	2822: Garry Kasparov	2804: Anatoly Karpov	2742: Ulf Andersson	2733: Boris Spassky	2731: Ljubomir Ljubojevic
September 1983 rating list	2838: Garry Kasparov	2803: Anatoly Karpov	2742: Ulf Andersson	2732: Rafael Vaganian	2730: Lajos Portisch
October 1983 rating list	2842: Garry Kasparov	2806: Anatoly Karpov	2743: Ulf Andersson	2734: Rafael Vaganian	2732: Boris Spassky
November 1983 rating list	2841: Garry Kasparov	2807: Anatoly Karpov	2739: Ulf Andersson	2736: Rafael Vaganian	2735: Lajos Portisch
December 1983 rating list	2830: Garry Kasparov	2807: Anatoly Karpov	2739: Lajos Portisch	2737: Ulf Andersson	2735: Jan Timman
1984	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1984 rating list	2841: Garry Kasparov	2806: Anatoly Karpov	2739: Lajos Portisch	2739: Ulf Andersson	2737: Rafael Vaganian
February 1984 rating list	2844: Garry Kasparov	2806: Anatoly Karpov	2739: Lajos Portisch	2737: Alexander Beliavsky	2736: Rafael Vaganian
March 1984 rating list	2843: Garry Kasparov	2805: Anatoly Karpov	2746: Rafael Vaganian	2739: Lajos Portisch	2738: Alexander Beliavsky
April 1984 rating list	2847: Garry Kasparov	2806: Anatoly Karpov	2747: Rafael Vaganian	2739: Alexander Beliavsky	2735: Ulf Andersson
May 1984 rating list	2846: Garry Kasparov	2810: Anatoly Karpov	2746: Rafael Vaganian	2736: Jan Timman	2735: Alexander Beliavsky
June 1984 rating list	2846: Garry Kasparov	2811: Anatoly Karpov	2746: Rafael Vaganian	2742: Jan Timman	2736: Viktor Korchnoi
July 1984 rating list	2844: Garry Kasparov	2811: Anatoly Karpov	2745: Rafael Vaganian	2741: Jan Timman	2739: Viktor Korchnoi
August 1984 rating list	2844: Garry Kasparov	2811: Anatoly Karpov	2748: Jan Timman	2744: Rafael Vaganian	2742: Lajos Portisch
September 1984 rating list	2844: Garry Kasparov	2811: Anatoly Karpov	2749: Jan Timman	2746: Rafael Vaganian	2743: Lajos Portisch
October 1984 rating list	2828: Garry Kasparov	2824: Anatoly Karpov	2749: Jan Timman	2748: Rafael Vaganian	2743: Lajos Portisch
November 1984 rating list	2824: Anatoly Karpov	2821: Garry Kasparov	2745: Rafael Vaganian	2744: Jan Timman	2737: Lajos Portisch
December 1984 rating list	2827: Anatoly Karpov	2817: Garry Kasparov	2754: Rafael Vaganian	2747: Alexander Beliavsky	2736: Jan Timman
1985	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1985 rating list	2826: Anatoly Karpov	2823: Garry Kasparov	2756: Rafael Vaganian	2749: Alexander Beliavsky	2739: Jan Timman
February 1985 rating list	2827: Garry Kasparov	2825: Anatoly Karpov	2758: Rafael Vaganian	2752: Alexander Beliavsky	2744: Jan Timman
March 1985 rating list	2830: Garry Kasparov	2823: Anatoly Karpov	2759: Rafael Vaganian	2752: Alexander Beliavsky	2745: Jan Timman
April 1985 rating list	2829: Garry Kasparov	2822: Anatoly Karpov	2750: Alexander Beliavsky	2744: Jan Timman	2740: Rafael Vaganian
May 1985 rating list	2826: Garry Kasparov	2820: Anatoly Karpov	2753: Alexander Beliavsky	2747: Rafael Vaganian	2745: Jan Timman
June 1985 rating list	2824: Garry Kasparov	2818: Anatoly Karpov	2751: Alexander Beliavsky	2747: Rafael Vaganian	2746: Jan Timman
July 1985 rating list	2824: Garry Kasparov	2818: Anatoly Karpov	2756: Jan Timman	2751: Alexander Beliavsky	2746: Rafael Vaganian
August 1985 rating list	2831: Garry Kasparov	2822: Anatoly Karpov	2758: Jan Timman	2757: Rafael Vaganian	2749: Alexander Beliavsky
September 1985 rating list	2830: Garry Kasparov	2822: Anatoly Karpov	2757: Rafael Vaganian	2755: Alexander Beliavsky	2755: Jan Timman
October 1985 rating list	2830: Garry Kasparov	2828: Anatoly Karpov	2757: Rafael Vaganian	2756: Alexander Beliavsky	2753: Jan Timman
November 1985 rating list	2839: Garry Kasparov	2823: Anatoly Karpov	2761: Rafael Vaganian	2754: Alexander Beliavsky	2753: Jan Timman
December 1985 rating list	2838: Garry Kasparov	2822: Anatoly Karpov	2760: Rafael Vaganian	2754: Jan Timman	2747: Alexander Beliavsky
1986	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1986 rating list	2842: Garry Kasparov	2823: Anatoly Karpov	2759: Rafael Vaganian	2751: Jan Timman	2750: Viktor Korchnoi
February 1986 rating list	2836: Garry Kasparov	2815: Anatoly Karpov	2748: Viktor Korchnoi	2747: Alexander Beliavsky	2746: Rafael Vaganian
March 1986 rating list	2833: Garry Kasparov	2812: Anatoly Karpov	2750: Artur Jussupow	2747: Alexander Beliavsky	2745: Viktor Korchnoi
April 1986 rating list	2838: Garry Kasparov	2822: Anatoly Karpov	2751: Alexander Beliavsky	2749: Artur Jussupow	2749: Viktor Korchnoi
May 1986 rating list	2835: Garry Kasparov	2821: Anatoly Karpov	2752: Artur Jussupow	2750: Viktor Korchnoi	2746: Jan Timman
June 1986 rating list	2849: Garry Kasparov	2826: Anatoly Karpov	2754: Viktor Korchnoi	2752: Artur Jussupow	2740: Jan Timman
July 1986 rating list	2848: Garry Kasparov	2825: Anatoly Karpov	2754: Viktor Korchnoi	2751: Artur Jussupow	2740: Jan Timman
August 1986 rating list	2849: Garry Kasparov	2829: Anatoly Karpov	2753: Artur Jussupow	2741: Viktor Korchnoi	2740: Alexander Beliavsky
September 1986 rating list	2852: Garry Kasparov	2829: Anatoly Karpov	2751: Artur Jussupow	2741: Viktor Korchnoi	2739: Alexander Beliavsky
October 1986 rating list	2848: Garry Kasparov	2831: Anatoly Karpov	2747: Artur Jussupow	2742: Andrey Sokolov	2741: Viktor Korchnoi
November 1986 rating list	2848: Garry Kasparov	2828: Anatoly Karpov	2745: Artur Jussupow	2743: Andrey Sokolov	2742: Alexander Beliavsky
December 1986 rating list	2839: Garry Kasparov	2815: Anatoly Karpov	2756: Artur Jussupow	2746: Alexander Beliavsky	2741: Andrey Sokolov
1987	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1987 rating list	2850: Garry Kasparov	2819: Anatoly Karpov	2754: Artur Jussupow	2743: Alexander Beliavsky	2740: Andrey Sokolov
February 1987 rating list	2850: Garry Kasparov	2819: Anatoly Karpov	2755: Artur Jussupow	2743: Alexander Beliavsky	2738: Andrey Sokolov
March 1987 rating list	2852: Garry Kasparov	2824: Anatoly Karpov	2756: Artur Jussupow	2743: Alexander Beliavsky	2741: Jan Timman
April 1987 rating list	2849: Garry Kasparov	2821: Anatoly Karpov	2757: Artur Jussupow	2754: Alexander Beliavsky	2738: Jan Timman
May 1987 rating list	2857: Garry Kasparov	2823: Anatoly Karpov	2756: Artur Jussupow	2753: Alexander Beliavsky	2743: Jan Timman
June 1987 rating list	2858: Garry Kasparov	2825: Anatoly Karpov	2751: Alexander Beliavsky	2747: Artur Jussupow	2746: Jan Timman
July 1987 rating list	2858: Garry Kasparov	2824: Anatoly Karpov	2749: Alexander Beliavsky	2747: Jan Timman	2747: Artur Jussupow
August 1987 rating list	2854: Garry Kasparov	2821: Anatoly Karpov	2748: Alexander Beliavsky	2747: Artur Jussupow	2745: Jan Timman
September 1987 rating list	2851: Garry Kasparov	2818: Anatoly Karpov	2747: Alexander Beliavsky	2746: Artur Jussupow	2743: Jan Timman
October 1987 rating list	2847: Garry Kasparov	2814: Anatoly Karpov	2749: Jan Timman	2746: Artur Jussupow	2746: Alexander Beliavsky
November 1987 rating list	2843: Garry Kasparov	2817: Anatoly Karpov	2753: Jan Timman	2750: Alexander Beliavsky	2741: Artur Jussupow
December 1987 rating list	2845: Garry Kasparov	2817: Anatoly Karpov	2754: Jan Timman	2750: Alexander Beliavsky	2743: Artur Jussupow
1988	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1988 rating list	2843: Garry Kasparov	2817: Anatoly Karpov	2758: Jan Timman	2753: Alexander Beliavsky	2743: Artur Jussupow
February 1988 rating list	2840: Garry Kasparov	2814: Anatoly Karpov	2757: Jan Timman	2751: Alexander Beliavsky	2743: Artur Jussupow
March 1988 rating list	2842: Garry Kasparov	2816: Anatoly Karpov	2768: Jan Timman	2755: Alexander Beliavsky	2747: Artur Jussupow
April 1988 rating list	2839: Garry Kasparov	2812: Anatoly Karpov	2757: Jan Timman	2752: Alexander Beliavsky	2745: Artur Jussupow
May 1988 rating list	2840: Garry Kasparov	2817: Anatoly Karpov	2756: Alexander Beliavsky	2751: Jan Timman	2737: Artur Jussupow
June 1988 rating list	2856: Garry Kasparov	2820: Anatoly Karpov	2756: Alexander Beliavsky	2751: Jan Timman	2736: Artur Jussupow
July 1988 rating list	2876: Garry Kasparov	2834: Anatoly Karpov	2748: Alexander Beliavsky	2744: Jan Timman	2738: Lajos Portisch
August 1988 rating list	2873: Garry Kasparov	2834: Anatoly Karpov	2744: Alexander Beliavsky	2743: Jan Timman	2742: Valery Salov
September 1988 rating list	2871: Garry Kasparov	2832: Anatoly Karpov	2744: Alexander Beliavsky	2743: Valery Salov	2742: Jan Timman
October 1988 rating list	2874: Garry Kasparov	2840: Anatoly Karpov	2744: Valery Salov	2743: Alexander Beliavsky	2740: Jan Timman
November 1988 rating list	2870: Garry Kasparov	2838: Anatoly Karpov	2752: Alexander Beliavsky	2745: Valery Salov	2741: Jan Timman
December 1988 rating list	2879: Garry Kasparov	2845: Anatoly Karpov	2749: Alexander Beliavsky	2744: Valery Salov	2740: Jan Timman
1989	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 1989 rating list	2879: Garry Kasparov	2845: Anatoly Karpov	2749: Alexander Beliavsky	2744: Valery Salov	2742: Nigel Short
February 1989 rating list	2879: Garry Kasparov	2848: Anatoly Karpov	2753: Vassily Ivanchuk	2745: Alexander Beliavsky	2744: Nigel Short
March 1989 rating list	2878: Garry Kasparov	2848: Anatoly Karpov	2754: Vassily Ivanchuk	2746: Alexander Beliavsky	2745: Nigel Short
April 1989 rating list	2875: Garry Kasparov	2847: Anatoly Karpov	2754: Vassily Ivanchuk	2753: Valery Salov	2750: Nigel Short
May 1989 rating list	2873: Garry Kasparov	2844: Anatoly Karpov	2753: Vassily Ivanchuk	2752: Valery Salov	2749: Nigel Short
June 1989 rating list	2871: Garry Kasparov	2843: Anatoly Karpov	2760: Vassily Ivanchuk	2750: Valery Salov	2747: Nigel Short
July 1989 rating list	2869: Garry Kasparov	2838: Anatoly Karpov	2760: Vassily Ivanchuk	2752: Jan Timman	2749: Valery Salov
August 1989 rating list	2867: Garry Kasparov	2838: Anatoly Karpov	2760: Vassily Ivanchuk	2751: Jan Timman	2747: Valery Salov
September 1989 rating list	2862: Garry Kasparov	2836: Anatoly Karpov	2760: Vassily Ivanchuk	2752: Jan Timman	2749: Valery Salov
October 1989 rating list	2876: Garry Kasparov	2840: Anatoly Karpov	2754: Jan Timman	2752: Vassily Ivanchuk	2751: Valery Salov
November 1989 rating list	2875: Garry Kasparov	2836: Anatoly Karpov	2761: Vassily Ivanchuk	2753: Jan Timman	2749: Alexander Beliavsky
December 1989 rating list	2885: Garry Kasparov	2838: Anatoly Karpov	2760: Vassily Ivanchuk	2757: Jan Timman	2748: Valery Salov