Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: January 2001 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Garry Kasparov  2850    37y9m   (#1 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #2  Viswanathan Anand  2820    31y1m   (#4 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #3  Vladimir Kramnik  2815    25y7m   (#4 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #4  Peter Leko  2768    21y4m   (#6 all-time among players aged 21y4m) 
 #5  Alexander Morozevich  2757    23y6m   (#11 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #6  Alexei Shirov  2750    28y6m   (#17 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #7  Vassily Ivanchuk  2749    31y10m   (#20 all-time among players aged 31y10m) 
 #8  Michael Adams  2743    29y2m   (#20 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #9  Evgeny Bareev  2739    34y2m   (#21 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #10  Boris Gelfand  2738    32y7m   (#23 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #11  Peter Svidler  2734    24y7m   (#23 all-time among players aged 24y7m) 
 #12  Veselin Topalov  2723    25y10m   (#34 all-time among players aged 25y10m) 
 #13  Mikhail Gurevich  2709    41y11m   (#31 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #14  Vladimir Akopian  2700    29y1m   (#59 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #15  Ruslan Ponomariov  2699    17y3m   (#4 all-time among players aged 17y3m) 
 #16  Alexander Khalifman  2696    35y0m   (#63 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #17  Nigel Short  2695    35y7m   (#53 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #18  Alexey Dreev  2694    32y0m   (#78 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #19  Kiril Georgiev  2693    35y2m   (#64 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #20  Ilia Smirin  2693    33y0m   (#67 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #21  Rustam Kasimdzhanov  2690    21y1m   (#28 all-time among players aged 21y1m) 
 #22  Michal Krasenkow  2689    37y2m   (#53 all-time among players aged 37y2m) 
 #23  Predrag Nikolic  2688    40y4m   (#46 all-time among players aged 40y4m) 
 #24  Judit Polgar  2686    24y6m   (#54 all-time among players aged 24y6m) 
 #25  Vladislav Tkachiev  2682    27y2m   (#84 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #26  Loek van Wely  2681    28y3m   (#84 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #27  Anatoly Karpov  2680    49y8m   (#19 all-time among players aged 49y8m) 
 #28  Konstantin Sakaev  2674    26y9m   (#89 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #29  Zurab Azmaiparashvili  2673    40y10m   (#60 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #30  Alexander Grischuk  2671    17y3m   (#7 all-time among players aged 17y3m) 
 #31  Alexander Onischuk  2670    25y4m   (#85 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #32  Vadim Zvjaginsev  2669    24y5m   (#74 all-time among players aged 24y5m) 
 #33  Sergei Movsesian  2666    22y2m   (#54 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #34  Alexander Beliavsky  2665    47y1m   (#37 all-time among players aged 47y1m) 
 #35  Sergei Rublevsky  2665    26y3m   (#97 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #36  Zoltan Almasi  2664    24y5m   (#84 all-time among players aged 24y5m) 
 #37  Viktor Korchnoi  2663    69y10m   (#1 all-time among players aged 69y10m) 
 #38  Viktor Bologan  2662    29y1m   (#111 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #39  Matthew Sadler  2661    26y8m   (#109 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #40  Jeroen Piket  2659    32y0m   (#127 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #41  Joel Lautier  2658    27y9m   (#119 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #42  Ye Jiangchuan  2658    40y2m   (#75 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #43  Igor Khenkin  2657    32y10m   (#127 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #44  Ivan Sokolov  2656    32y7m   (#130 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #45  Jan Timman  2654    49y1m   (#34 all-time among players aged 49y1m) 
 #46  Artur Jussupow  2653    40y11m   (#79 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #47  Vadim Milov  2653    28y5m   (#139 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #48  Andrei Kharlov  2648    32y2m   (#149 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #49  Rafael Vaganian  2647    49y3m   (#36 all-time among players aged 49y3m) 
 #50  Sergey Dolmatov  2647    41y11m   (#87 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #51  Boris Avrukh  2647    23y0m   (#93 all-time among players aged 23y0m) 
 #52  Rustem Dautov  2646    35y2m   (#135 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #53  Vladimir Malakhov  2642    20y2m   (#47 all-time among players aged 20y2m) 
 #54  Curt Hansen  2642    36y4m   (#130 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #55  Zurab Sturua  2641    41y7m   (#102 all-time among players aged 41y7m) 
 #56  Ulf Andersson  2641    49y7m   (#38 all-time among players aged 49y7m) 
 #57  Peng Xiaomin  2640    27y9m   (#159 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #58  Rafael Leitao  2639    21y1m   (#63 all-time among players aged 21y1m) 
 #59  Zhang Zhong  2638    22y4m   (#91 all-time among players aged 22y4m) 
 #60  Evgeny Vladimirov  2637    44y0m   (#81 all-time among players aged 44y0m) 
 #61  Alexander Lastin  2636    24y3m   (#126 all-time among players aged 24y3m) 
 #62  Boris Gulko  2635    53y11m   (#28 all-time among players aged 53y11m) 
 #63  Yasser Seirawan  2634    40y10m   (#115 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #64  Sergei Tiviakov  2633    27y11m   (#176 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #65  Alexander Graf  2633    38y5m   (#121 all-time among players aged 38y5m) 
 #66  Vladimir Epishin  2632    35y6m   (#162 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #67  Jonathan Speelman  2632    44y3m   (#86 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #68  Sergei Shipov  2632    34y9m   (#175 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #69  Alexey Kuzmin  2632    37y10m   (#130 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #70  Aleksej Aleksandrov  2630    27y8m   (#176 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #71  Iosif Dorfman  2630    48y8m   (#50 all-time among players aged 48y8m) 
 #72  Christopher Lutz  2630    29y11m   (#199 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #73  Etienne Bacrot  2629    18y0m   (#24 all-time among players aged 18y0m) 
 #74  Lev Psakhis  2629    42y2m   (#122 all-time among players aged 42y2m) 
 #75  Smbat Lputian  2628    42y11m   (#102 all-time among players aged 42y11m) 
 #76  Alexander Chernin  2626    40y10m   (#127 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #77  Robert Hübner  2623    52y2m   (#43 all-time among players aged 52y2m) 
 #78  Igor Novikov  2623    38y8m   (#140 all-time among players aged 38y8m) 
 #79  Jaan Ehlvest  2623    38y3m   (#139 all-time among players aged 38y3m) 
 #80  Pavel Tregubov  2622    29y1m   (#216 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #81  Julian Hodgson  2622    37y6m   (#157 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #82  Zdenko Ko˛ul  2621    34y8m   (#210 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #83  Alexei Fedorov  2620    28y4m   (#222 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #84  Ioannis Papaioannou  2619    24y9m   (#188 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #85  Alexander Fominyh  2619    41y7m   (#143 all-time among players aged 41y7m) 
 #86  Giorgi Giorgadze  2618    36y3m   (#182 all-time among players aged 36y3m) 
 #87  Zbynek Hracek  2616    30y4m   (#237 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #88  Alex Yermolinsky  2616    42y9m   (#131 all-time among players aged 42y9m) 
 #89  Emil Sutovsky  2616    23y4m   (#156 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 
 #90  Andrey Shariyazdanov  2615    24y6m   (#183 all-time among players aged 24y6m) 
 #91  Alexander Shabalov  2614    33y4m   (#231 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #92  Xu Jun  2614    38y4m   (#171 all-time among players aged 38y4m) 
 #93  Anthony Miles  2613    45y9m   (#98 all-time among players aged 45y9m) 
 #94  Joel Benjamin  2613    36y10m   (#194 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #95  Vitali Golod  2612    29y7m   (#263 all-time among players aged 29y7m) 
 #96  Valerij Filippov  2611    25y2m   (#214 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #97  Yury Balashov  2610    51y10m   (#51 all-time among players aged 51y10m) 
 #98  Mladen Palac  2609    29y11m   (#276 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #99  Viacheslav Eingorn  2609    44y2m   (#128 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #100  Konstantin Landa  2609    28y8m   (#261 all-time among players aged 28y8m)