Monthly top-five lists
Monthly List:
May 1958 rating list
Player Name
Rating
Age
#1
Mikhail Botvinnik
2774
46y9m
(#5 all-time among players aged 46y9m)
#2
Vassily Smyslov
2770
37y2m
(#9 all-time among players aged 37y2m)
#3
David Bronstein
2764
34y3m
(#12 all-time among players aged 34y3m)
#4
Paul Keres
2764
42y4m
(#9 all-time among players aged 42y4m)
#5
Mikhail Tal
2749
21y6m
(#11 all-time among players aged 21y6m)
#6
Tigran Petrosian
2743
28y11m
(#23 all-time among players aged 28y11m)
#7
Svetozar Gligoric
2724
35y3m
(#33 all-time among players aged 35y3m)
#8
Viktor Korchnoi
2723
27y2m
(#41 all-time among players aged 27y2m)
#9
Mark Taimanov
2722
32y3m
(#35 all-time among players aged 32y3m)
#10
Boris Spassky
2715
21y4m
(#14 all-time among players aged 21y4m)
#11
Efim Geller
2711
33y2m
(#44 all-time among players aged 33y2m)
#12
Bent Larsen
2708
23y2m
(#32 all-time among players aged 23y2m)
#13
Yury Averbakh
2706
36y3m
(#41 all-time among players aged 36y3m)
#14
Samuel Reshevsky
2702
46y6m
(#26 all-time among players aged 46y6m)
#15
Miguel Najdorf
2693
48y1m
(#20 all-time among players aged 48y1m)
#16
László Szabó
2686
41y2m
(#45 all-time among players aged 41y2m)
#17
Aleksandar Matanovic
2681
28y0m
(#83 all-time among players aged 28y0m)
#18
Fridrik Olafsson
2680
23y4m
(#56 all-time among players aged 23y4m)
#19
Oscar Panno
2677
23y2m
(#65 all-time among players aged 23y2m)
#20
Lev Polugaevsky
2677
23y6m
(#60 all-time among players aged 23y6m)
#21
Ratmir Kholmov
2674
33y0m
(#92 all-time among players aged 33y0m)
#22
Ludek Pachmann
2673
34y0m
(#88 all-time among players aged 34y0m)
#23
Pal Benko
2666
29y10m
(#114 all-time among players aged 29y10m)
#24
Max Euwe
2664
57y0m
(#12 all-time among players aged 57y0m)
#25
Alexander Kotov
2663
44y9m
(#48 all-time among players aged 44y9m)
#26
Miroslav Filip
2663
29y7m
(#122 all-time among players aged 29y7m)
#27
Borislav Ivkov
2663
24y6m
(#84 all-time among players aged 24y6m)
#28
Nikolay Krogius
2647
27y10m
(#141 all-time among players aged 27y10m)
#29
Isaak Boleslavsky
2647
38y11m
(#101 all-time among players aged 38y11m)
#30
Gedeon Barcza
2646
46y9m
(#51 all-time among players aged 46y9m)
#31
Semen Furman
2644
37y5m
(#108 all-time among players aged 37y5m)
#32
Bukhuti Gurgenidze
2640
24y6m
(#129 all-time among players aged 24y6m)
#33
Wolfgang Unzicker
2640
32y11m
(#158 all-time among players aged 32y11m)
#34
Evgeny Vasiukov
2640
25y2m
(#140 all-time among players aged 25y2m)
#35
Lev Aronin
2632
37y10m
(#129 all-time among players aged 37y10m)
#36
Gideon Stĺhlberg
2630
50y4m
(#45 all-time among players aged 50y4m)
#37
Vladimir Antoshin
2629
29y0m
(#192 all-time among players aged 29y0m)
#38
Raúl Sanguinetti
2628
25y3m
(#168 all-time among players aged 25y3m)
#39
Alexander Tolush
2627
48y0m
(#55 all-time among players aged 48y0m)
#40
Oleg Neikirkh
2618
44y2m
(#111 all-time among players aged 44y2m)
#41
Julio Bolbochán
2616
38y2m
(#166 all-time among players aged 38y2m)
#42
Salo Flohr
2616
49y6m
(#58 all-time among players aged 49y6m)
#43
Aivars Gipslis
2616
21y3m
(#95 all-time among players aged 21y3m)
#44
Georgy Ilivitsky
2614
37y1m
(#189 all-time among players aged 37y1m)
#45
Bobby Fischer
2613
15y2m
(#4 all-time among players aged 15y2m)
#46
Lothar Schmid
2613
30y0m
(#257 all-time among players aged 30y0m)
#47
Petar Trifunovic
2613
47y9m
(#74 all-time among players aged 47y9m)
#48
Klaus Darga
2612
24y3m
(#188 all-time among players aged 24y3m)
#49
Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
2610
47y0m
(#89 all-time among players aged 47y0m)
#50
Daniel Yanofsky
2610
33y2m
(#246 all-time among players aged 33y2m)
#51
Larry Evans
2608
26y2m
(#240 all-time among players aged 26y2m)
#52
Anatoly Bannik
2607
36y5m
(#214 all-time among players aged 36y5m)
#53
Rashid Nezhmetdinov
2607
45y5m
(#115 all-time among players aged 45y5m)
#54
Alexey Suetin
2606
31y6m
(#280 all-time among players aged 31y6m)
#55
Johannes Donner
2606
30y10m
(#290 all-time among players aged 30y10m)
#56
Aleksander Nikitin
2605
23y4m
(#183 all-time among players aged 23y4m)
#57
Vladlen Zurakhov
2602
28y0m
(#288 all-time among players aged 28y0m)
#58
William Lombardy
2602
20y5m
(#97 all-time among players aged 20y5m)
#59
Alexander Cherepkov
2600
37y7m
(#225 all-time among players aged 37y7m)
#60
István Bilek
2596
25y9m
(#275 all-time among players aged 25y9m)
#61
Erich Eliskases
2592
45y3m
(#142 all-time among players aged 45y3m)
#62
Nikola Karaklajic
2591
32y3m
(#331 all-time among players aged 32y3m)
#63
Andrija Fuderer
2589
27y0m
(#317 all-time among players aged 27y0m)
#64
Vladas Mikenas
2589
48y1m
(#98 all-time among players aged 48y1m)
#65
Herman Pilnik
2587
44y4m
(#164 all-time among players aged 44y4m)
#66
Paul Tröger
2586
44y11m
(#153 all-time among players aged 44y11m)
#67
Wolfgang Uhlmann
2586
23y2m
(#239 all-time among players aged 23y2m)
#68
Lajos Portisch
2583
21y1m
(#160 all-time among players aged 21y1m)
#69
Borislav Milic
2583
32y7m
(#369 all-time among players aged 32y7m)
#70
Vladimir Simagin
2582
38y11m
(#259 all-time among players aged 38y11m)
#71
Arthur Bisguier
2581
28y7m
(#371 all-time among players aged 28y7m)
#72
Vladislav Shianovsky
2581
28y5m
(#377 all-time among players aged 28y5m)
#73
Grigory Goldberg
2581
49y10m
(#100 all-time among players aged 49y10m)
#74
Srecko Nedeljkovic
2580
34y5m
(#349 all-time among players aged 34y5m)
#75
Vasily Bivshev
2578
36y3m
(#321 all-time among players aged 36y3m)
#76
Mikhail Bonch-Osmolovsky
2575
39y4m
(#268 all-time among players aged 39y4m)
#77
Jacob Yukhtman
2574
23y4m
(#276 all-time among players aged 23y4m)
#78
Samuil Zhukhovitsky
2572
41y5m
(#256 all-time among players aged 41y5m)
#79
Braslav Rabar
2569
38y8m
(#306 all-time among players aged 38y8m)
#80
James Sherwin
2566
24y7m
(#375 all-time among players aged 24y7m)
#81
Miguel Farré Mallofré
2566
22y3m
(#273 all-time among players aged 22y3m)
#82
Yuri Kotkov
2565
28y0m
(#464 all-time among players aged 28y0m)
#83
Boidar Djuraevic
2562
25y1m
(#403 all-time among players aged 25y1m)
#84
György Szilágyi
2562
36y10m
(#379 all-time among players aged 36y10m)
#85
Georgy Tringov
2562
21y2m
(#227 all-time among players aged 21y2m)
#86
Aron Reshko
2561
30y6m
(#500 all-time among players aged 30y6m)
#87
Mario Bertok
2561
28y8m
(#475 all-time among players aged 28y8m)
#88
Milan Matulovic
2560
22y11m
(#317 all-time among players aged 22y11m)
#89
Iivo Nei
2559
26y7m
(#475 all-time among players aged 26y7m)
#90
Shlomo Giterman
2559
#91
Yury Sakharov
2557
35y8m
(#421 all-time among players aged 35y8m)
#92
Yury Nikolaevsky
2557
21y3m
(#251 all-time among players aged 21y3m)
#93
Grigory Ravinsky
2556
48y7m
(#144 all-time among players aged 48y7m)
#94
Konstantin Klaman
2555
40y5m
(#324 all-time among players aged 40y5m)
#95
Anatoly Lutikov
2554
25y3m
(#458 all-time among players aged 25y3m)
#96
Zdravko Milev
2553
28y7m
(#535 all-time among players aged 28y7m)
#97
Victor Ciocaltea
2551
26y4m
(#520 all-time among players aged 26y4m)
#98
Nikola Padevsky
2550
25y0m
(#453 all-time among players aged 25y0m)
#99
Georgy Borisenko
2550
36y0m
(#460 all-time among players aged 36y0m)
#100
Miklos Bely
2550
44y9m
(#253 all-time among players aged 44y9m)