Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: August 1936 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Max Euwe  2753    35y3m   (#10 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #2  Mikhail Botvinnik  2748    25y0m   (#16 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #3  Alexander Alekhine  2745    43y10m   (#11 all-time among players aged 43y10m) 
 #4  Salo Flohr  2744    27y9m   (#24 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #5  José Capablanca  2742    47y9m   (#9 all-time among players aged 47y9m) 
 #6  Samuel Reshevsky  2727    24y9m   (#27 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #7  Reuben Fine  2693    21y10m   (#34 all-time among players aged 21y10m) 
 #8  Efim Bogoljubow  2682    47y4m   (#28 all-time among players aged 47y4m) 
 #9  Andor Lilienthal  2673    25y3m   (#78 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #10  Paul Keres  2662    20y7m   (#38 all-time among players aged 20y7m) 
 #11  Emanuel Lasker  2661    67y8m   (#2 all-time among players aged 67y8m) 
 #12  Saviely Tartakower  2655    49y6m   (#32 all-time among players aged 49y6m) 
 #13  Miguel Najdorf  2653    26y4m   (#118 all-time among players aged 26y4m) 
 #14  George Treysman  2643   
 #15  Arthur Dake  2643    26y4m   (#139 all-time among players aged 26y4m) 
 #16  Isaac Kashdan  2642    30y9m   (#159 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #17  Lajos Steiner  2641    33y2m   (#149 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #18  Erich Eliskases  2627    23y6m   (#132 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #19  Peter Romanovsky  2627    44y1m   (#100 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #20  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2626    28y7m   (#206 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #21  László Szabó  2625    19y5m   (#45 all-time among players aged 19y5m) 
 #22  Ilia Kan  2620    27y3m   (#217 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #23  Viacheslav Ragozin  2617    27y10m   (#221 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #24  Albert Simonson  2617    21y8m   (#118 all-time among players aged 21y8m) 
 #25  Grigory Levenfish  2616    47y5m   (#73 all-time among players aged 47y5m) 
 #26  Kurt Richter  2611    35y9m   (#216 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #27  George Koltanowski  2610    32y11m   (#261 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #28  Géza Maróczy  2607    66y5m   (#5 all-time among players aged 66y5m) 
 #29  Karel Opocenský  2607    44y6m   (#128 all-time among players aged 44y6m) 
 #30  Vasja Pirc  2606    28y8m   (#269 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #31  Rudolf Spielmann  2605    53y3m   (#46 all-time among players aged 53y3m) 
 #32  Abraham Kupchik  2603    44y5m   (#134 all-time among players aged 44y5m) 
 #33  Carl Ahues  2602    52y8m   (#52 all-time among players aged 52y8m) 
 #34  Jan Foltys  2600    27y10m   (#301 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #35  Nikolay Riumin  2599    27y11m   (#303 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #36  Ernst Grünfeld  2594    42y9m   (#168 all-time among players aged 42y9m) 
 #37  Josek Kolski  2592    36y7m   (#268 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #38  Eero Böök  2590    26y6m   (#317 all-time among players aged 26y6m) 
 #39  Wilhelm Ernst  2590    32y7m   (#337 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #40  Paulin Frydman  2588    31y3m   (#358 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #41  Georgy Lisitsin  2586    26y10m   (#333 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #42  Ludwig Engels  2585    30y8m   (#373 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #43  Ossip Bernstein  2583    53y10m   (#54 all-time among players aged 53y10m) 
 #44  Vsevolod Rauzer  2582    27y10m   (#374 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #45  Vladimir Alatortsev  2581    27y3m   (#365 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #46  Ilya Rabinovich  2579    45y7m   (#159 all-time among players aged 45y7m) 
 #47  Pablo Michel  2571    30y8m   (#436 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #48  Herbert Heinicke  2571    31y5m   (#447 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #49  Gösta Stoltz  2570    32y3m   (#438 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #50  Milan Vidmar Sr  2565    51y2m   (#116 all-time among players aged 51y2m) 
 #51  Fedor Bohatirchuk  2565    43y9m   (#237 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #52  Jorge Pelikán  2564    30y4m   (#464 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #53  Isaías Pleci  2563    28y10m   (#475 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #54  Erik Lundin  2562    32y1m   (#485 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #55  Albert Becker  2562    39y11m   (#299 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #56  Aaron Schwartzman  2561   
 #57  Friedrich Sämisch  2561    39y11m   (#306 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #58  Fricis Apšenieks  2557    42y4m   (#285 all-time among players aged 42y4m) 
 #59  Roberto Grau  2556    36y5m   (#412 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #60  Kornél Havasi  2553    44y7m   (#249 all-time among players aged 44y7m) 
 #61  Petar Trifunovic  2549    26y0m   (#518 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #62  Ernö Gereben  2549    29y2m   (#559 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #63  Mikhail Yudovich  2548    25y2m   (#479 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #64  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2547    26y6m   (#551 all-time among players aged 26y6m) 
 #65  Ludwig Rellstab Sr  2547    31y9m   (#588 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #66  Erik Sr Andersen  2544    32y4m   (#599 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #67  Karl Gilg  2543    35y7m   (#501 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #68  Vitaly Chekhover  2541    27y8m   (#611 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #69  Ludwig Rödl  2540    29y4m   (#626 all-time among players aged 29y4m) 
 #70  Vladimirs Petrovs  2536    28y11m   (#646 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #71  Alexander Kevitz  2535    33y11m   (#602 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #72  Arnold Denker  2534    22y6m   (#425 all-time among players aged 22y6m) 
 #73  Samuel Factor  2531    43y11m   (#317 all-time among players aged 43y11m) 
 #74  Al Horowitz  2531    28y9m   (#687 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #75  Johannes van den Bosch  2528    30y4m   (#719 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #76  Jácobo Bolbochán  2525    29y8m   (#741 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #77  Sergey Belavenets  2524    26y7m   (#720 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #78  Victor Goglidze  2522    30y9m   (#780 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #79  Karl Helling  2521    32y0m   (#756 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #80  Hans Johner  2521    47y7m   (#256 all-time among players aged 47y7m) 
 #81  Emil Zinner  2520    27y0m   (#770 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #82  Hans Kmoch  2520    42y1m   (#416 all-time among players aged 42y1m) 
 #83  Josef Rejfír  2518    26y11m   (#785 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #84  Frank Marshall  2518    59y0m   (#50 all-time among players aged 59y0m) 
 #85  Luis Piazzini  2518    31y3m   (#783 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #86  Vladimir Makogonov  2518    32y0m   (#773 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #87  Karel Treybal  2516    51y6m   (#183 all-time among players aged 51y6m) 
 #88  Endre Steiner  2514    35y2m   (#695 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #89  Luis Argentino Palau  2513   
 #90  Eduard Glass  2510   
 #91  Carlos Guimard  2509    23y4m   (#628 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 
 #92  William Winter  2508    37y11m   (#629 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #93  Salo Landau  2508    33y4m   (#798 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #94  Hans Müller  2506    39y8m   (#579 all-time among players aged 39y8m) 
 #95  Juan Vinuesa  2505   
 #96  Gavriil Veresov  2500    24y1m   (#778 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #97  George Thomas  2499    55y2m   (#126 all-time among players aged 55y2m) 
 #98  Yosef Porat  2498    27y2m   (#951 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #99  Guyla Kluger  2497    22y7m   (#652 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #100  Baldur Hönlinger  2495    31y1m   (#970 all-time among players aged 31y1m)