Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: January 1971 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Bobby Fischer  2850    27y10m   (#2 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #2  Boris Spassky  2769    34y0m   (#10 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #3  Bent Larsen  2754    35y10m   (#10 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #4  Viktor Korchnoi  2750    39y10m   (#14 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 
 #5  Lajos Portisch  2736    33y9m   (#20 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #6  Lev Polugaevsky  2733    36y2m   (#29 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #7  Tigran Petrosian  2732    41y7m   (#21 all-time among players aged 41y7m) 
 #8  Mark Taimanov  2730    44y11m   (#14 all-time among players aged 44y11m) 
 #9  Paul Keres  2728    55y0m   (#4 all-time among players aged 55y0m) 
 #10  Efim Geller  2728    45y10m   (#15 all-time among players aged 45y10m) 
 #11  Leonid Stein  2722    36y2m   (#36 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #12  Vassily Smyslov  2721    49y10m   (#12 all-time among players aged 49y10m) 
 #13  Vlastimil Hort  2710    27y0m   (#49 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #14  David Bronstein  2698    46y11m   (#24 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #15  Alexey Suetin  2698    44y2m   (#29 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #16  Mikhail Tal  2697    34y2m   (#58 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #17  Gennady Kuzmin  2697    25y0m   (#46 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #18  Mikhail Botvinnik  2697    59y5m   (#3 all-time among players aged 59y5m) 
 #19  Svetozar Gligoric  2695    47y11m   (#19 all-time among players aged 47y11m) 
 #20  Robert Hübner  2695    22y2m   (#36 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #21  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2694    35y10m   (#54 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #22  Vladimir Savon  2694    30y4m   (#74 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #23  Miguel Najdorf  2671    60y9m   (#5 all-time among players aged 60y9m) 
 #24  Anatoly Karpov  2669    19y8m   (#23 all-time among players aged 19y8m) 
 #25  Jan Smejkal  2667    24y10m   (#82 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #26  Aivars Gipslis  2663    33y11m   (#102 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #27  Vladimir Tukmakov  2662    24y10m   (#96 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #28  Oscar Panno  2660    35y10m   (#101 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #29  Borislav Ivkov  2659    37y2m   (#88 all-time among players aged 37y2m) 
 #30  Evgeny Vasiukov  2658    37y10m   (#91 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #31  Klaus Darga  2654    36y11m   (#92 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #32  Yury Balashov  2652    21y10m   (#65 all-time among players aged 21y10m) 
 #33  Lothar Schmid  2651    42y8m   (#70 all-time among players aged 42y8m) 
 #34  Pal Benko  2650    42y6m   (#75 all-time among players aged 42y6m) 
 #35  Florin Gheorghiu  2650    26y9m   (#126 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #36  Samuel Reshevsky  2648    59y2m   (#11 all-time among players aged 59y2m) 
 #37  Ratmir Kholmov  2645    45y8m   (#54 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #38  Henrique Mecking  2644    19y0m   (#26 all-time among players aged 19y0m) 
 #39  Milan Matulovic  2642    35y7m   (#136 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #40  Nikolay Krogius  2641    40y6m   (#101 all-time among players aged 40y6m) 
 #41  Wolfgang Unzicker  2636    45y7m   (#66 all-time among players aged 45y7m) 
 #42  Mikhail Podgaets  2632    23y6m   (#119 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #43  Viacheslav Osnos  2632    35y6m   (#164 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #44  Fridrik Olafsson  2631    36y0m   (#157 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #45  Semen Furman  2630    50y1m   (#50 all-time among players aged 50y1m) 
 #46  Lubomir Kavalek  2629    27y5m   (#182 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #47  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2629    28y8m   (#194 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #48  Vladimir Liberzon  2628    33y10m   (#181 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #49  Bruno Parma  2627    29y1m   (#200 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #50  Alexander Zaitsev  2624    35y7m   (#182 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #51  Albin Planinc  2624    26y9m   (#197 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #52  Aleksandar Matanovic  2623    40y8m   (#137 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #53  Bojan Kurajica  2622    23y2m   (#141 all-time among players aged 23y2m) 
 #54  Georgy Tringov  2621    33y10m   (#197 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #55  Yury Averbakh  2617    48y11m   (#62 all-time among players aged 48y11m) 
 #56  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2617    37y2m   (#179 all-time among players aged 37y2m) 
 #57  Eduard Gufeld  2613    34y10m   (#221 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #58  Walter Browne  2612    22y0m   (#140 all-time among players aged 22y0m) 
 #59  William Lombardy  2610    33y1m   (#249 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #60  Vladimir Antoshin  2608    41y8m   (#157 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #61  Robert Byrne  2606    42y9m   (#142 all-time among players aged 42y9m) 
 #62  Helmut Pfleger  2603    27y5m   (#268 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #63  Arovah Bachtiar  2602    36y10m   (#228 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #64  Gudmundur Sigurjónsson  2602    23y4m   (#195 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 
 #65  Oleg Dementiev  2601    33y0m   (#292 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #66  Dragoljub Ciric  2601    35y2m   (#254 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #67  Anatoly Lutikov  2600    37y11m   (#214 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #68  Miroslav Filip  2598    42y3m   (#167 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #69  Viktor Kupreichik  2598    21y6m   (#152 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 
 #70  Raymond Keene  2597    23y0m   (#198 all-time among players aged 23y0m) 
 #71  Dragoljub Minic  2595    33y10m   (#285 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #72  Igor Zaitsev  2595    32y8m   (#311 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #73  Gyözö Forintos  2595    35y6m   (#267 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #74  Andrew Soltis  2594    23y8m   (#237 all-time among players aged 23y8m) 
 #75  Peter Markland  2594    19y9m   (#84 all-time among players aged 19y9m) 
 #76  Bruce Amos  2592    24y1m   (#247 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #77  István Bilek  2592    38y5m   (#243 all-time among players aged 38y5m) 
 #78  Levente Lengyel  2592    37y7m   (#239 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #79  László Szabó  2592    53y10m   (#47 all-time among players aged 53y10m) 
 #80  Ljubomir Ljubojevic  2592    20y2m   (#101 all-time among players aged 20y2m) 
 #81  István Csom  2591    30y7m   (#349 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #82  Duncan Suttles  2591    25y1m   (#277 all-time among players aged 25y1m) 
 #83  Orest Averkin  2590    26y11m   (#318 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #84  Vlastimil Jansa  2590    28y2m   (#344 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #85  Mato Damjanovic  2588    43y10m   (#168 all-time among players aged 43y10m) 
 #86  Janis Klovans  2588    35y9m   (#289 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #87  Zvonko Vranesic  2586    32y3m   (#349 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #88  Gedeon Barcza  2586    59y5m   (#26 all-time among players aged 59y5m) 
 #89  Enver Bukic  2586    33y1m   (#353 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #90  Milko Bobotsov  2585    39y4m   (#236 all-time among players aged 39y4m) 
 #91  Johannes Donner  2585    43y6m   (#172 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #92  Liuben Spassov  2584    27y10m   (#357 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #93  Peter Dely  2584    36y6m   (#292 all-time among players aged 36y6m) 
 #94  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2584    39y4m   (#243 all-time among players aged 39y4m) 
 #95  Ivan Radulov  2583    32y0m   (#377 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #96  Hans-Joachim Hecht  2583    32y0m   (#381 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #97  Burkhard Malich  2583    34y2m   (#336 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #98  Yury Gusev  2582    49y4m   (#98 all-time among players aged 49y4m) 
 #99  Nikola Padevsky  2580    37y8m   (#281 all-time among players aged 37y8m) 
 #100  Albert Kapengut  2579    26y6m   (#376 all-time among players aged 26y6m)