Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: March 1948 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Mikhail Botvinnik  2826    36y7m   (#2 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #2  Miguel Najdorf  2797    37y11m   (#6 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #3  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2762    40y2m   (#8 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #4  Paul Keres  2754    32y2m   (#18 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #5  Isaak Boleslavsky  2736    28y9m   (#30 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #6  Max Euwe  2730    46y10m   (#13 all-time among players aged 46y10m) 
 #7  Vassily Smyslov  2730    27y0m   (#35 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #8  Erich Eliskases  2723    35y1m   (#33 all-time among players aged 35y1m) 
 #9  David Bronstein  2721    24y1m   (#28 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #10  Alexander Kotov  2717    34y7m   (#39 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #11  Semen Furman  2701    27y3m   (#61 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #12  Samuel Reshevsky  2700    36y4m   (#50 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #13  László Szabó  2689    31y0m   (#80 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #14  Viacheslav Ragozin  2685    39y5m   (#44 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #15  Petar Trifunovic  2684    37y7m   (#55 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #16  Svetozar Gligoric  2672    25y1m   (#83 all-time among players aged 25y1m) 
 #17  Folke Ekström  2671    41y5m   (#60 all-time among players aged 41y5m) 
 #18  Salo Flohr  2667    39y4m   (#62 all-time among players aged 39y4m) 
 #19  Andor Lilienthal  2664    36y10m   (#85 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #20  Saviely Tartakower  2659    61y1m   (#4 all-time among players aged 61y1m) 
 #21  Herman Pilnik  2645    34y2m   (#142 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #22  Vasily Panov  2644    41y4m   (#97 all-time among players aged 41y4m) 
 #23  Georgy Lisitsin  2643    38y5m   (#109 all-time among players aged 38y5m) 
 #24  Julio Bolbochán  2641    28y0m   (#155 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #25  Nikolay Novotelnov  2641    36y3m   (#138 all-time among players aged 36y3m) 
 #26  Alexander Tolush  2639    37y10m   (#114 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #27  Reuben Fine  2636    33y5m   (#165 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #28  Vladimir Simagin  2634    28y9m   (#183 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #29  Igor Bondarevsky  2632    34y10m   (#170 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #30  Gösta Stoltz  2630    43y10m   (#98 all-time among players aged 43y10m) 
 #31  Eero Böök  2626    38y1m   (#142 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #32  Genrikh Kasparian  2622    38y1m   (#154 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #33  Gedeon Barcza  2618    36y7m   (#177 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #34  Jan Foltys  2618    39y5m   (#155 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #35  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2615    38y1m   (#168 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #36  Ludek Pachmann  2611    23y10m   (#179 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #37  Georg Kieninger  2611    45y9m   (#104 all-time among players aged 45y9m) 
 #38  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2608    36y10m   (#207 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #39  Daniel Yanofsky  2607    23y0m   (#173 all-time among players aged 23y0m) 
 #40  Vasja Pirc  2605    40y3m   (#174 all-time among players aged 40y3m) 
 #41  Erik Lundin  2605    43y8m   (#133 all-time among players aged 43y8m) 
 #42  Grigory Ravinsky  2605    38y5m   (#188 all-time among players aged 38y5m) 
 #43  Pal Benko  2605    19y8m   (#73 all-time among players aged 19y8m) 
 #44  Carlos Guimard  2603    34y11m   (#253 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #45  Héctor Rossetto  2603    25y6m   (#246 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #46  Tigran Petrosian  2601    18y9m   (#55 all-time among players aged 18y9m) 
 #47  Vladimir Alatortsev  2597    38y10m   (#209 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #48  Arnold Denker  2597    34y1m   (#278 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #49  Pablo Michel  2596    42y3m   (#172 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #50  Al Horowitz  2596    40y4m   (#195 all-time among players aged 40y4m) 
 #51  Isaac Kashdan  2595    42y4m   (#171 all-time among players aged 42y4m) 
 #52  Jácobo Bolbochán  2593    41y3m   (#205 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #53  Yury Averbakh  2592    26y1m   (#295 all-time among players aged 26y1m) 
 #54  Jorge Pelikán  2591    41y11m   (#191 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #55  Vladimir Makogonov  2587    43y7m   (#168 all-time among players aged 43y7m) 
 #56  Lev Aronin  2584    27y8m   (#359 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #57  Grigory Levenfish  2583    59y0m   (#30 all-time among players aged 59y0m) 
 #58  Mark Taimanov  2582    22y1m   (#199 all-time among players aged 22y1m) 
 #59  A Vasiljev  2580   
 #60  Ludwig Rödl  2575    40y11m   (#251 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #61  Jacob Levin  2574    44y1m   (#204 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #62  Milan Jr Vidmar  2572    38y3m   (#308 all-time among players aged 38y3m) 
 #63  Nicolaas Cortlever  2571    32y9m   (#419 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #64  Ossip Bernstein  2568    65y5m   (#16 all-time among players aged 65y5m) 
 #65  Vladimir Saigin  2567    30y8m   (#458 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #66  Carlos Maderna  2565    37y7m   (#347 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #67  Ratmir Kholmov  2563    22y10m   (#303 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #68  Stojan Puc  2562    26y11m   (#471 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #69  Evgeny Zagoriansky  2559    37y7m   (#380 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #70  Vladimir Zagorovsky  2558    22y9m   (#314 all-time among players aged 22y9m) 
 #71  Anatoly Ufimtsev  2558    33y10m   (#474 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #72  Vasilje Tomovic  2558    41y10m   (#297 all-time among players aged 41y10m) 
 #73  Samuil Zhukhovitsky  2557    31y3m   (#515 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #74  René Letelier Martner  2557    32y6m   (#521 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #75  Milan Vidmar Sr  2555    62y9m   (#18 all-time among players aged 62y9m) 
 #76  Mikhail Yudovich  2554    36y9m   (#406 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #77  Robert Combe  2553   
 #78  Miguel Crues Albareda  2552   
 #79  Vitaly Chekhover  2551    39y3m   (#370 all-time among players aged 39y3m) 
 #80  József Szily  2550    34y5m   (#494 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #81  Antonio Medina García  2549    28y5m   (#545 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #82  Herman Steiner  2549    42y11m   (#280 all-time among players aged 42y11m) 
 #83  German Fridstein  2548    36y4m   (#463 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #84  Marcos Luckis  2547    43y2m   (#278 all-time among players aged 43y2m) 
 #85  Ruperto Schroeder  2545   
 #86  Ilia Kan  2544    38y10m   (#406 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #87  George Thomas  2544    66y9m   (#14 all-time among players aged 66y9m) 
 #88  Cenek Kottnauer  2538    38y1m   (#468 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #89  Wolfgang Unzicker  2537    22y9m   (#425 all-time among players aged 22y9m) 
 #90  Luis Marini  2536    35y6m   (#541 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #91  Mariano Castillo Larenas  2535    42y3m   (#355 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #92  Anthony Santasiere  2533    43y3m   (#338 all-time among players aged 43y3m) 
 #93  František Zíta  2533    38y4m   (#484 all-time among players aged 38y4m) 
 #94  Jaroslav Šajtar  2532    26y3m   (#647 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #95  Oleg Neikirkh  2532    34y0m   (#621 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #96  Lajos Steiner  2531    44y9m   (#306 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #97  Gavriil Veresov  2529    35y8m   (#577 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #98  Walter Niephaus  2529    25y0m   (#602 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #99  Conel Alexander  2529    38y11m   (#486 all-time among players aged 38y11m) 
 #100  Boris Goldenov  2527    35y2m   (#607 all-time among players aged 35y2m)