Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: January 2000 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Garry Kasparov  2868    36y9m   (#1 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #2  Viswanathan Anand  2810    30y1m   (#6 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #3  Vladimir Kramnik  2796    24y7m   (#5 all-time among players aged 24y7m) 
 #4  Alexei Shirov  2761    27y6m   (#14 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #5  Alexander Morozevich  2748    22y6m   (#13 all-time among players aged 22y6m) 
 #6  Vassily Ivanchuk  2746    30y10m   (#24 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #7  Peter Leko  2739    20y4m   (#8 all-time among players aged 20y4m) 
 #8  Evgeny Bareev  2738    33y2m   (#22 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #9  Michael Adams  2736    28y2m   (#29 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #10  Veselin Topalov  2731    24y10m   (#25 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #11  Peter Svidler  2729    23y7m   (#25 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #12  Nigel Short  2724    34y7m   (#35 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #13  Boris Gelfand  2720    31y7m   (#43 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #14  Vladimir Akopian  2708    28y1m   (#52 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #15  Kiril Georgiev  2699    34y2m   (#55 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #16  Predrag Nikolic  2699    39y4m   (#40 all-time among players aged 39y4m) 
 #17  Michal Krasenkow  2699    36y2m   (#50 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #18  Alexey Dreev  2699    31y0m   (#61 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #19  Alexander Beliavsky  2697    46y1m   (#30 all-time among players aged 46y1m) 
 #20  Anatoly Karpov  2697    48y8m   (#18 all-time among players aged 48y8m) 
 #21  Mikhail Gurevich  2694    40y11m   (#42 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #22  Sergei Rublevsky  2690    25y3m   (#55 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #23  Konstantin Sakaev  2687    25y9m   (#65 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #24  Alexei Fedorov  2686    27y4m   (#79 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #25  Alexander Khalifman  2686    34y0m   (#71 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #26  Zoltan Almasi  2683    23y5m   (#50 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #27  Vladislav Tkachiev  2681    26y2m   (#75 all-time among players aged 26y2m) 
 #28  Viktor Korchnoi  2681    68y10m   (#1 all-time among players aged 68y10m) 
 #29  Judit Polgar  2680    23y6m   (#59 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #30  Jan Timman  2679    48y1m   (#23 all-time among players aged 48y1m) 
 #31  Zurab Azmaiparashvili  2678    39y10m   (#53 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 
 #32  Alexander Onischuk  2676    24y4m   (#63 all-time among players aged 24y4m) 
 #33  Vadim Zvjaginsev  2676    23y5m   (#61 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #34  Sergei Movsesian  2675    21y2m   (#37 all-time among players aged 21y2m) 
 #35  Matthew Sadler  2673    25y8m   (#78 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #36  Ivan Sokolov  2672    31y7m   (#107 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #37  Loek van Wely  2668    27y3m   (#99 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #38  Yasser Seirawan  2662    39y10m   (#70 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 
 #39  Zurab Sturua  2660    40y7m   (#71 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #40  Rustam Kasimdzhanov  2659    20y1m   (#32 all-time among players aged 20y1m) 
 #41  Joel Lautier  2659    26y9m   (#111 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #42  Artur Jussupow  2659    39y11m   (#77 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #43  Vadim Milov  2658    27y5m   (#120 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #44  Igor Khenkin  2658    31y10m   (#129 all-time among players aged 31y10m) 
 #45  Ruslan Ponomariov  2652    16y3m   (#5 all-time among players aged 16y3m) 
 #46  Sergei Shipov  2652    33y9m   (#128 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #47  Ilia Smirin  2651    32y0m   (#139 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #48  Curt Hansen  2650    35y4m   (#119 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #49  Viktor Bologan  2649    28y1m   (#140 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #50  Jeroen Piket  2649    31y0m   (#144 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #51  Jóhann Hjartarson  2646    36y11m   (#111 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #52  Rustem Dautov  2643    34y2m   (#154 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #53  Boris Gulko  2642    52y11m   (#32 all-time among players aged 52y11m) 
 #54  Julian Hodgson  2642    36y6m   (#125 all-time among players aged 36y6m) 
 #55  Sergey Dolmatov  2641    40y11m   (#103 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #56  Rafael Vaganian  2640    48y3m   (#42 all-time among players aged 48y3m) 
 #57  Oleg Korneev  2639    30y6m   (#168 all-time among players aged 30y6m) 
 #58  Giorgi Giorgadze  2638    35y3m   (#150 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #59  Ulf Andersson  2638    48y7m   (#45 all-time among players aged 48y7m) 
 #60  Smbat Lputian  2638    41y11m   (#108 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #61  Valery Salov  2638    35y8m   (#146 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #62  Vladimir Malakhov  2637    19y2m   (#35 all-time among players aged 19y2m) 
 #63  Alexey Kuzmin  2637    36y10m   (#136 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #64  Jonathan Speelman  2636    43y3m   (#85 all-time among players aged 43y3m) 
 #65  Sergey Volkov  2635    25y11m   (#150 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #66  Ildar Ibragimov  2634    32y5m   (#182 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #67  Vladimir Epishin  2633    34y6m   (#176 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #68  Alexander Goldin  2633    34y11m   (#162 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #69  Anthony Miles  2633    44y9m   (#79 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #70  Lev Psakhis  2633    41y2m   (#122 all-time among players aged 41y2m) 
 #71  Zdenko Kožul  2632    33y8m   (#169 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #72  Rafael Leitao  2632    20y1m   (#51 all-time among players aged 20y1m) 
 #73  Zbynek Hracek  2632    29y4m   (#191 all-time among players aged 29y4m) 
 #74  Andrei Kharlov  2632    31y2m   (#186 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #75  Alexander Chernin  2631    39y10m   (#120 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 
 #76  Aleksej Aleksandrov  2631    26y8m   (#179 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #77  Sergei Tiviakov  2630    26y11m   (#186 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #78  Alex Yermolinsky  2629    41y9m   (#124 all-time among players aged 41y9m) 
 #79  Zhang Zhong  2628    21y4m   (#79 all-time among players aged 21y4m) 
 #80  Artashes Minasian  2628    33y0m   (#189 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #81  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu  2626    23y5m   (#130 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #82  Alexander Graf  2626    37y5m   (#144 all-time among players aged 37y5m) 
 #83  Boris Avrukh  2625    22y0m   (#105 all-time among players aged 22y0m) 
 #84  Pavel Kotsur  2625    26y0m   (#180 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #85  Peng Xiaomin  2624    26y9m   (#196 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #86  Nick deFirmian  2624    42y6m   (#115 all-time among players aged 42y6m) 
 #87  Gilberto Milos  2623    36y3m   (#173 all-time among players aged 36y3m) 
 #88  Joel Benjamin  2623    35y10m   (#180 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #89  Jaan Ehlvest  2621    37y3m   (#165 all-time among players aged 37y3m) 
 #90  Christopher Lutz  2620    28y11m   (#230 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #91  Alexander Grischuk  2619    16y3m   (#9 all-time among players aged 16y3m) 
 #92  Etienne Bacrot  2617    17y0m   (#16 all-time among players aged 17y0m) 
 #93  Emil Sutovsky  2617    22y4m   (#135 all-time among players aged 22y4m) 
 #94  Sergej Djachkov  2616    34y8m   (#218 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #95  Ye Jiangchuan  2615    39y2m   (#152 all-time among players aged 39y2m) 
 #96  Vladimir Malaniuk  2615    42y6m   (#129 all-time among players aged 42y6m) 
 #97  Eduardas Rozentalis  2614    36y8m   (#195 all-time among players aged 36y8m) 
 #98  Semen Dvoiris  2613    41y2m   (#157 all-time among players aged 41y2m) 
 #99  Mladen Palac  2613    28y11m   (#256 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #100  Alexander Fominyh  2613    40y7m   (#155 all-time among players aged 40y7m)