Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: March 1951 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  David Bronstein  2780    27y1m   (#10 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #2  Vassily Smyslov  2760    30y0m   (#12 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #3  Miguel Najdorf  2755    40y11m   (#11 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #4  Samuel Reshevsky  2753    39y4m   (#11 all-time among players aged 39y4m) 
 #5  Alexander Kotov  2743    37y7m   (#21 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 

 #6  Paul Keres  2743    35y2m   (#19 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #7  Mikhail Botvinnik  2743    39y7m   (#14 all-time among players aged 39y7m) 
 #8  Isaak Boleslavsky  2736    31y9m   (#28 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #9  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2720    43y2m   (#24 all-time among players aged 43y2m) 
 #10  Svetozar Gligoric  2708    28y1m   (#50 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 

 #11  László Szabó  2706    34y0m   (#48 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #12  Reuben Fine  2702    36y5m   (#48 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #13  Alexander Tolush  2700    40y10m   (#38 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #14  Isaak Lipnitsky  2682    28y2m   (#79 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #15  Efim Geller  2679    26y0m   (#73 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 

 #16  Wolfgang Unzicker  2678    25y9m   (#74 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #17  Erich Eliskases  2677    38y1m   (#55 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #18  Julio Bolbochán  2673    31y0m   (#107 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #19  Salo Flohr  2665    42y4m   (#62 all-time among players aged 42y4m) 
 #20  Yury Averbakh  2662    29y1m   (#107 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 

 #21  Max Euwe  2661    49y10m   (#27 all-time among players aged 49y10m) 
 #22  Vasja Pirc  2660    43y3m   (#56 all-time among players aged 43y3m) 
 #23  Gedeon Barcza  2660    39y7m   (#75 all-time among players aged 39y7m) 
 #24  Semen Furman  2660    30y3m   (#124 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #25  Efim Bogoljubow  2659    61y11m   (#4 all-time among players aged 61y11m) 

 #26  Nicolas Rossolimo  2658    41y1m   (#76 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #27  Herman Pilnik  2656    37y2m   (#95 all-time among players aged 37y2m) 
 #28  Lev Aronin  2654    30y8m   (#136 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #29  Mark Taimanov  2651    25y1m   (#117 all-time among players aged 25y1m) 
 #30  Andor Lilienthal  2650    39y10m   (#89 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 

 #31  Petar Trifunovic  2649    40y7m   (#94 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #32  Igor Bondarevsky  2645    37y10m   (#106 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #33  Ludek Pachmann  2644    26y10m   (#143 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #34  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2636    39y10m   (#109 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 
 #35  Héctor Rossetto  2633    28y6m   (#181 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 

 #36  Tigran Petrosian  2632    21y9m   (#89 all-time among players aged 21y9m) 
 #37  Carlos Guimard  2628    37y11m   (#135 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #38  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2625    41y1m   (#138 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #39  Pal Benko  2624    22y8m   (#129 all-time among players aged 22y8m) 
 #40  Jan Foltys  2623    42y5m   (#126 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 

 #41  Anatoly Bannik  2620    29y3m   (#229 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #42  Ratmir Kholmov  2618    25y10m   (#198 all-time among players aged 25y10m) 
 #43  Aleksandar Matanovic  2614    20y10m   (#89 all-time among players aged 20y10m) 
 #44  Vladimir Simagin  2613    31y9m   (#248 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #45  Eero Böök  2612    41y1m   (#158 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 

 #46  Vladimir Alatortsev  2605    41y10m   (#159 all-time among players aged 41y10m) 
 #47  Vladas Mikenas  2601    40y11m   (#182 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #48  Viacheslav Ragozin  2601    42y5m   (#157 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #49  Lothar Schmid  2601    22y10m   (#179 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #50  Elmars Zemgalis  2596    27y6m   (#306 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 

 #51  Borislav Ivkov  2589    17y4m   (#38 all-time among players aged 17y4m) 
 #52  Georgy Lisitsin  2588    41y5m   (#211 all-time among players aged 41y5m) 
 #53  Oleg Moiseev  2586    25y10m   (#320 all-time among players aged 25y10m) 
 #54  Braslav Rabar  2585    31y6m   (#367 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #55  Nicolaas Cortlever  2584    35y9m   (#310 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 

 #56  Georg Kieninger  2581    48y9m   (#106 all-time among players aged 48y9m) 
 #57  Georgy Ilivitsky  2580    29y11m   (#394 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #58  Andrija Fuderer  2579    19y10m   (#107 all-time among players aged 19y10m) 
 #59  Paul Tröger  2578    37y9m   (#294 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #60  Antonio Medina García  2578    31y5m   (#413 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 

 #61  Gerhard Pfeiffer  2578    27y9m   (#400 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #62  Milan Vidmar Sr  2578    65y9m   (#11 all-time among players aged 65y9m) 
 #63  Evgeny Zagoriansky  2574    40y7m   (#249 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #64  Alexander Chistiakov  2574    37y2m   (#327 all-time among players aged 37y2m) 
 #65  Hans-Hilmar Staudte  2571    40y2m   (#259 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 

 #66  Ortvin Sarapu  2569    27y2m   (#438 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #67  Georgy Borisenko  2567    28y10m   (#436 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #68  Cenek Kottnauer  2564    41y1m   (#285 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #69  Milan Jr Vidmar  2564    41y3m   (#279 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #70  Stojan Puc  2563    29y11m   (#484 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 

 #71  Moshe Czerniak  2561    41y1m   (#295 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #72  Grigory Levenfish  2561    62y0m   (#19 all-time among players aged 62y0m) 
 #73  Saviely Tartakower  2561    64y1m   (#19 all-time among players aged 64y1m) 
 #74  Daniel Yanofsky  2557    26y0m   (#480 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #75  Larry Evans  2556    19y0m   (#113 all-time among players aged 19y0m) 

 #76  Vitaly Tarasov  2556    28y2m   (#508 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #77  Nikolay Kopilov  2554    31y5m   (#538 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #78  Jonathan Penrose  2553    17y5m   (#60 all-time among players aged 17y5m) 
 #79  Ernö Gereben  2553    43y9m   (#266 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #80  Pablo Michel  2553    45y3m   (#227 all-time among players aged 45y3m) 

 #81  Lodewijk Prins  2552    38y2m   (#393 all-time among players aged 38y2m) 
 #82  Borislav Milic  2551    25y5m   (#478 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #83  Rodrigo Flores Alvarez  2550    37y7m   (#415 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #84  Tjeerd van Scheltinga  2549    37y0m   (#442 all-time among players aged 37y0m) 
 #85  József Szily  2548    37y5m   (#440 all-time among players aged 37y5m) 

 #86  Jácobo Bolbochán  2546    44y3m   (#268 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #87  Al Horowitz  2546    43y4m   (#287 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #88  Johannes Donner  2545    23y8m   (#420 all-time among players aged 23y8m) 
 #89  Erik Lundin  2545    46y8m   (#215 all-time among players aged 46y8m) 
 #90  Gösta Stoltz  2542    46y10m   (#216 all-time among players aged 46y10m) 

 #91  Emil Richter  2542    57y2m   (#59 all-time among players aged 57y2m) 
 #92  Arthur Bisguier  2542    21y5m   (#314 all-time among players aged 21y5m) 
 #93  Abram Poliak  2541    48y9m   (#173 all-time among players aged 48y9m) 
 #94  Herbert Heinicke  2540    46y0m   (#240 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #95  Alexey Sokolsky  2539    42y5m   (#346 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 

 #96  Rudolf Teschner  2538    29y1m   (#626 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #97  Vladimir Makogonov  2537    46y7m   (#245 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #98  Anatoly Ufimtsev  2537    36y10m   (#517 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #99  Herman Steiner  2536    45y11m   (#254 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #100  Jaroslav Šajtar  2536    29y3m   (#652 all-time among players aged 29y3m)