Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: November 1938 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Mikhail Botvinnik  2763    27y3m   (#12 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #2  Alexander Alekhine  2754    46y1m   (#6 all-time among players aged 46y1m) 
 #3  Samuel Reshevsky  2745    27y0m   (#19 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #4  Reuben Fine  2737    24y1m   (#17 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #5  José Capablanca  2732    50y0m   (#7 all-time among players aged 50y0m) 
 #6  Salo Flohr  2727    30y0m   (#28 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #7  Paul Keres  2718    22y10m   (#24 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #8  Max Euwe  2716    37y6m   (#36 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #9  Erich Eliskases  2686    25y9m   (#67 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #10  Vasja Pirc  2671    30y11m   (#110 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #11  Grigory Levenfish  2664    49y8m   (#26 all-time among players aged 49y8m) 
 #12  Efim Bogoljubow  2659    49y7m   (#29 all-time among players aged 49y7m) 
 #13  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2653    30y10m   (#134 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #14  Vladimirs Petrovs  2633    31y2m   (#183 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #15  Carlos Guimard  2632    25y7m   (#152 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #16  Saviely Tartakower  2628    51y9m   (#43 all-time among players aged 51y9m) 
 #17  Lajos Steiner  2628    35y5m   (#177 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #18  Viacheslav Ragozin  2625    30y1m   (#207 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #19  Endre Steiner  2622    37y5m   (#160 all-time among players aged 37y5m) 
 #20  Al Horowitz  2620    31y0m   (#225 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #21  Isaac Kashdan  2616    33y0m   (#233 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #22  Vsevolod Rauzer  2614    30y1m   (#253 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #23  László Szabó  2614    21y8m   (#124 all-time among players aged 21y8m) 
 #24  Peter Romanovsky  2613    46y4m   (#92 all-time among players aged 46y4m) 
 #25  Peter Dubinin  2611    29y5m   (#268 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #26  Georg Kieninger  2609    36y5m   (#206 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #27  Andor Lilienthal  2609    27y6m   (#252 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #28  Vladimir Makogonov  2608    34y3m   (#234 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #29  Albert Simonson  2596    23y11m   (#231 all-time among players aged 23y11m) 
 #30  Ludwig Engels  2595    32y11m   (#317 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #31  Ludwig Rellstab Sr  2594    34y0m   (#284 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #32  Ilia Kan  2593    29y6m   (#336 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 
 #33  Pablo Michel  2591    32y11m   (#334 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #34  Boris Kostic  2591    51y9m   (#69 all-time among players aged 51y9m) 
 #35  Géza Maróczy  2589    68y8m   (#5 all-time among players aged 68y8m) 
 #36  Abraham Kupchik  2589    46y8m   (#127 all-time among players aged 46y8m) 
 #37  Georgy Lisitsin  2589    29y1m   (#343 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #38  Vladimir Alatortsev  2584    29y6m   (#376 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 
 #39  Miguel Najdorf  2581    28y7m   (#368 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #40  Jan Foltys  2581    30y1m   (#401 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #41  Rudolf Spielmann  2581    55y6m   (#45 all-time among players aged 55y6m) 
 #42  Igor Bondarevsky  2579    25y6m   (#340 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #43  Paulin Frydman  2579    33y6m   (#376 all-time among players aged 33y6m) 
 #44  Sergey Belavenets  2578    28y10m   (#395 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #45  Carl Ahues  2578    54y11m   (#50 all-time among players aged 54y11m) 
 #46  Herbert Heinicke  2577    33y8m   (#371 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #47  Karl Gilg  2575    37y10m   (#300 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #48  Kurt Richter  2573    38y0m   (#309 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #49  Arthur Dake  2571    28y7m   (#417 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #50  Johannes van den Bosch  2569    32y7m   (#443 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #51  Milan Vidmar Sr  2568    53y5m   (#67 all-time among players aged 53y5m) 
 #52  Vitaly Chekhover  2566    29y11m   (#472 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #53  Karel Opocenský  2564    46y9m   (#173 all-time among players aged 46y9m) 
 #54  Mikhail Yudovich  2564    27y5m   (#456 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #55  Paul List  2561    51y10m   (#103 all-time among players aged 51y10m) 
 #56  Nikolay Riumin  2559    30y2m   (#508 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #57  George Treysman  2557   
 #58  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2557    28y9m   (#510 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #59  Salo Landau  2557    35y7m   (#423 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #60  Ilya Rabinovich  2557    47y10m   (#162 all-time among players aged 47y10m) 
 #61  Jorge Pelikán  2556    32y7m   (#517 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #62  Gösta Stoltz  2554    34y6m   (#475 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #63  Alexander Chistiakov  2554    24y10m   (#433 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #64  Lajos Asztalos  2551    49y4m   (#139 all-time among players aged 49y4m) 
 #65  Leonid Shamaev  2550    33y6m   (#509 all-time among players aged 33y6m) 
 #66  Ernst Grünfeld  2549    45y0m   (#245 all-time among players aged 45y0m) 
 #67  Eero Böök  2547    28y9m   (#574 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #68  Paul Schmidt  2547    22y3m   (#352 all-time among players aged 22y3m) 
 #69  Alexander Tolush  2546    28y6m   (#568 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #70  Victor Goglidze  2544    33y0m   (#565 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #71  Emil Zinner  2544    29y3m   (#589 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #72  Alexey Sokolsky  2544    30y1m   (#608 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #73  Isaías Pleci  2543    31y1m   (#616 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #74  Vladas Mikenas  2543    28y7m   (#597 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #75  Albert Becker  2541    42y2m   (#335 all-time among players aged 42y2m) 
 #76  Petar Trifunovic  2540    28y3m   (#612 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #77  Henryk Friedmann  2540    35y10m   (#518 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #78  Roberto Grau  2540    38y8m   (#447 all-time among players aged 38y8m) 
 #79  Fedor Bohatirchuk  2539    46y0m   (#243 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #80  Conel Alexander  2537    29y7m   (#643 all-time among players aged 29y7m) 
 #81  Iosif Pogrebissky  2534    32y9m   (#630 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #82  Ernö Gereben  2534    31y5m   (#687 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #83  Karel Treybal  2533    53y9m   (#101 all-time among players aged 53y9m) 
 #84  Eduard Gerstenfeld  2533    23y10m   (#515 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #85  Philip Milner-Barry  2532    32y2m   (#683 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #86  Josek Kolski  2531    38y10m   (#472 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #87  Ludwig Rödl  2531    31y7m   (#702 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #88  Nicolaas Cortlever  2530    23y5m   (#504 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #89  Wilhelm Kuppe  2528   
 #90  Dmitry Rovner  2526    30y10m   (#748 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #91  Sidney Bernstein  2526    27y4m   (#724 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #92  Milan Jr Vidmar  2525    28y11m   (#724 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #93  S. Cohen  2525   
 #94  Teodor Regedzinski  2521    44y7m   (#352 all-time among players aged 44y7m) 
 #95  Nikolay Kopaev  2521    24y9m   (#652 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #96  Fricis Apšenieks  2520    44y7m   (#354 all-time among players aged 44y7m) 
 #97  Berthold Koch  2518    39y9m   (#506 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #98  Izaak Appel  2517    33y10m   (#728 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #99  Josef Lokvenc  2517    39y6m   (#532 all-time among players aged 39y6m) 
 #100  Anthony Santasiere  2516    33y11m   (#732 all-time among players aged 33y11m)