Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: September 1929 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Alexander Alekhine  2796    36y11m   (#6 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #2  José Capablanca  2795    40y10m   (#5 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #3  Aron Nimzowitsch  2780    42y10m   (#6 all-time among players aged 42y10m) 
 #4  Efim Bogoljubow  2738    40y5m   (#18 all-time among players aged 40y5m) 
 #5  Max Euwe  2733    28y4m   (#33 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 

 #6  Akiba Rubinstein  2718    46y11m   (#15 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #7  Milan Vidmar Sr  2704    44y3m   (#25 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #8  Rudolf Spielmann  2699    46y4m   (#27 all-time among players aged 46y4m) 
 #9  Saviely Tartakower  2676    42y7m   (#51 all-time among players aged 42y7m) 
 #10  Friedrich Sämisch  2640    33y0m   (#154 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 

 #11  Ernst Grünfeld  2638    35y10m   (#147 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #12  Hermanis Matisons  2631    34y9m   (#179 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #13  Frank Marshall  2631    52y1m   (#40 all-time among players aged 52y1m) 
 #14  Géza Maróczy  2625    59y6m   (#16 all-time among players aged 59y6m) 
 #15  Albert Becker  2622    33y0m   (#211 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 

 #16  Esteban Canal  2615    33y5m   (#215 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #17  Dawid Przepiórka  2612    48y9m   (#74 all-time among players aged 48y9m) 
 #18  Carl Ahues  2604    45y9m   (#114 all-time among players aged 45y9m) 
 #19  Karel Treybal  2602    44y7m   (#134 all-time among players aged 44y7m) 
 #20  Isaac Kashdan  2600    23y10m   (#215 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 

 #21  Paul Johner  2598    42y0m   (#171 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 
 #22  Boris Kostic  2591    42y7m   (#185 all-time among players aged 42y7m) 
 #23  Bernhard Lichtenstein  2587    45y5m   (#144 all-time among players aged 45y5m) 
 #24  Hans Kmoch  2586    35y2m   (#309 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #25  Edgar Colle  2580    32y4m   (#384 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 

 #26  Frederick Yates  2578    45y8m   (#160 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #27  Lajos Asztalos  2578    40y2m   (#235 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #28  Endre Steiner  2576    28y3m   (#404 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #29  Arpád Vajda  2574    33y4m   (#394 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #30  Karl Gilg  2572    28y8m   (#418 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 

 #31  Sándor Takács  2565    36y7m   (#376 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #32  Alfred Brinckmann  2562    38y8m   (#335 all-time among players aged 38y8m) 
 #33  Norman Whitaker  2559    39y5m   (#322 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #34  André Muffang  2559    32y2m   (#514 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #35  Samuel Factor  2558    37y0m   (#399 all-time among players aged 37y0m) 

 #36  Paul List  2557    42y8m   (#257 all-time among players aged 42y8m) 
 #37  Manuel Golmayo de la Torriente  2556    46y3m   (#204 all-time among players aged 46y3m) 
 #38  Siegbert Tarrasch  2553    67y6m   (#10 all-time among players aged 67y6m) 
 #39  Lajos Steiner  2551    26y3m   (#512 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #40  Abraham Kupchik  2551    37y6m   (#429 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 

 #41  Karl Helling  2550    25y1m   (#464 all-time among players aged 25y1m) 
 #42  Carl Carls  2545    49y0m   (#157 all-time among players aged 49y0m) 
 #43  Kurt Richter  2543    28y10m   (#604 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #44  Heinrich Wagner  2540    41y1m   (#373 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #45  Karel Opocenský  2539    37y7m   (#478 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 

 #46  Victor Berger  2539    25y8m   (#573 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #47  Josef Lokvenc  2538    30y4m   (#641 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #48  George Thomas  2536    48y3m   (#200 all-time among players aged 48y3m) 
 #49  Salo Flohr  2533    20y10m   (#302 all-time among players aged 20y10m) 
 #50  Sándor Takács  2532    36y7m   (#554 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 

 #51  Kornél Havasi  2519    37y8m   (#589 all-time among players aged 37y8m) 
 #52  Salo Landau  2517    26y5m   (#785 all-time among players aged 26y5m) 
 #53  Karl Berndtsson-Kullberg  2517    37y6m   (#609 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #54  George Koltanowski  2516    26y0m   (#766 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #55  William Winter  2516    31y0m   (#812 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 

 #56  William Fairhurst  2515    26y1m   (#782 all-time among players aged 26y1m) 
 #57  Jakob Seitz  2513    31y7m   (#828 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #58  Herman Steiner  2513    24y5m   (#690 all-time among players aged 24y5m) 
 #59  Baldur Hönlinger  2512    24y2m   (#683 all-time among players aged 24y2m) 
 #60  Jacques Mieses  2511    64y7m   (#33 all-time among players aged 64y7m) 

 #61  Paul Leonhardt  2510    51y10m   (#183 all-time among players aged 51y10m) 
 #62  Alfred Van Nuess  2507   
 #63  Hans Müller  2503    32y9m   (#859 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #64  Ladislav Prokeš  2501    45y3m   (#391 all-time among players aged 45y3m) 
 #65  Mario Monticelli  2501    27y6m   (#925 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 

 #66  Erik Sr Andersen  2501    25y5m   (#849 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #67  Géza Nagy  2501    36y9m   (#749 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #68  Oskar Hans Antze  2491   
 #69  Johannes van den Bosch  2491    23y5m   (#773 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #70  Roberto Grau  2489    29y6m   (#1060 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 

 #71  Kazimierz Makarczyk  2488    28y8m   (#1046 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #72  Wilhelm Orbach  2487   
 #73  Jindrich Engel  2487    32y6m   (#1006 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #74  Gösta Stoltz  2486    25y4m   (#971 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #75  Victor Soultanbéieff  2486    33y10m   (#949 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 

 #76  Walter Michel  2485    40y10m   (#645 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #77  Simon Rotenstein  2484   
 #78  Eugene Znosko-Borovsky  2480    45y1m   (#480 all-time among players aged 45y1m) 
 #79  Willi Schlage  2480    40y9m   (#666 all-time among players aged 40y9m) 
 #80  R Max Blümich  2475    42y10m   (#598 all-time among players aged 42y10m) 

 #81  Henri Weenink  2475    36y11m   (#897 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #82  Karel Hromádka  2473    42y5m   (#619 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #83  Zoltán Balla  2472    46y1m   (#446 all-time among players aged 46y1m) 
 #84  Ladislaus Von Doery  2471   
 #85  Vladimir Vukovic  2470    31y1m   (#1211 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 

 #86  Imre König  2470    28y7m   (#1218 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #87  Harold Saunders  2469   
 #88  Wilhelm Hilse  2469    51y3m   (#289 all-time among players aged 51y3m) 
 #89  Josef Rejfír  2465    20y0m   (#524 all-time among players aged 20y0m) 
 #90  Fritz Igel  2465   

 #91  Berthold Koch  2464    30y7m   (#1292 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #92  Edward Sergeant  2459    47y9m   (#425 all-time among players aged 47y9m) 
 #93  Holger Norman Hansen  2459   
 #94  Maurice Goldstein  2458    28y5m   (#1326 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #95  Antonio Sacconi  2458    33y11m   (#1173 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 

 #96  Willem Wertheim  2458   
 #97  Wilhelm Schoenmann  2457   
 #98  John Arthur Drewitt  2453   
 #99  Siegfried Wolf  2451    61y9m   (#82 all-time among players aged 61y9m) 
 #100  Allan Nilsson  2449    30y4m   (#1416 all-time among players aged 30y4m)