Monthly top-five lists
Monthly List:
January 1998 rating list
Player Name
Rating
Age
#1
Garry Kasparov
2861
34y9m
(#2 all-time among players aged 34y9m)
#2
Viswanathan Anand
2830
28y1m
(#4 all-time among players aged 28y1m)
#3
Vladimir Kramnik
2815
22y7m
(#2 all-time among players aged 22y7m)
#4
Vassily Ivanchuk
2775
28y10m
(#8 all-time among players aged 28y10m)
#5
Anatoly Karpov
2767
46y8m
(#6 all-time among players aged 46y8m)
#6
Veselin Topalov
2765
22y10m
(#8 all-time among players aged 22y10m)
#7
Gata Kamsky
2732
23y7m
(#22 all-time among players aged 23y7m)
#8
Alexei Shirov
2729
25y6m
(#26 all-time among players aged 25y6m)
#9
Evgeny Bareev
2722
31y2m
(#38 all-time among players aged 31y2m)
#10
Peter Svidler
2722
21y7m
(#17 all-time among players aged 21y7m)
#11
Boris Gelfand
2722
29y7m
(#36 all-time among players aged 29y7m)
#12
Michael Adams
2716
26y2m
(#40 all-time among players aged 26y2m)
#13
Sergei Rublevsky
2714
23y3m
(#31 all-time among players aged 23y3m)
#14
Nigel Short
2712
32y7m
(#44 all-time among players aged 32y7m)
#15
Valery Salov
2702
33y8m
(#53 all-time among players aged 33y8m)
#16
Alexey Dreev
2700
29y0m
(#56 all-time among players aged 29y0m)
#17
Alexander Beliavsky
2700
44y1m
(#28 all-time among players aged 44y1m)
#18
Alexander Khalifman
2698
32y0m
(#66 all-time among players aged 32y0m)
#19
Judit Polgar
2693
21y6m
(#28 all-time among players aged 21y6m)
#20
Michal Krasenkow
2690
34y2m
(#66 all-time among players aged 34y2m)
#21
Vladimir Akopian
2685
26y1m
(#66 all-time among players aged 26y1m)
#22
Kiril Georgiev
2685
32y2m
(#90 all-time among players aged 32y2m)
#23
Ivan Sokolov
2681
29y7m
(#87 all-time among players aged 29y7m)
#24
Sergei Tiviakov
2680
24y11m
(#70 all-time among players aged 24y11m)
#25
Joel Lautier
2678
24y9m
(#68 all-time among players aged 24y9m)
#26
Matthew Sadler
2677
23y8m
(#62 all-time among players aged 23y8m)
#27
Peter Leko
2676
18y4m
(#11 all-time among players aged 18y4m)
#28
Zoltan Almasi
2675
21y5m
(#42 all-time among players aged 21y5m)
#29
Predrag Nikolic
2673
37y4m
(#74 all-time among players aged 37y4m)
#30
Vadim Zvjaginsev
2673
21y5m
(#44 all-time among players aged 21y5m)
#31
Lembit Oll
2672
31y9m
(#112 all-time among players aged 31y9m)
#32
Ulf Andersson
2671
46y7m
(#37 all-time among players aged 46y7m)
#33
Artur Jussupow
2670
37y11m
(#71 all-time among players aged 37y11m)
#34
Jaan Ehlvest
2667
35y3m
(#89 all-time among players aged 35y3m)
#35
Alex Yermolinsky
2665
39y9m
(#67 all-time among players aged 39y9m)
#36
Viktor Korchnoi
2662
66y10m
(#2 all-time among players aged 66y10m)
#37
Alexander Chernin
2662
37y10m
(#89 all-time among players aged 37y10m)
#38
Jan Timman
2657
46y1m
(#47 all-time among players aged 46y1m)
#39
Alexander Onischuk
2656
22y4m
(#67 all-time among players aged 22y4m)
#40
Konstantin Sakaev
2656
23y9m
(#91 all-time among players aged 23y9m)
#41
Vladislav Tkachiev
2655
24y2m
(#94 all-time among players aged 24y2m)
#42
Zurab Azmaiparashvili
2655
37y10m
(#97 all-time among players aged 37y10m)
#43
Loek van Wely
2652
25y3m
(#116 all-time among players aged 25y3m)
#44
Ferdinand Hellers
2652
29y0m
(#133 all-time among players aged 29y0m)
#45
Vladimir Malaniuk
2650
40y6m
(#90 all-time among players aged 40y6m)
#46
Mikhail Gurevich
2649
38y11m
(#93 all-time among players aged 38y11m)
#47
Julio Granda Zuñiga
2649
30y11m
(#144 all-time among players aged 30y11m)
#48
Yasser Seirawan
2648
37y10m
(#103 all-time among players aged 37y10m)
#49
Jonathan Speelman
2648
41y3m
(#86 all-time among players aged 41y3m)
#50
Semen Dvoiris
2647
39y2m
(#98 all-time among players aged 39y2m)
#51
Aleksej Aleksandrov
2647
24y8m
(#122 all-time among players aged 24y8m)
#52
Utut Adianto
2645
32y10m
(#147 all-time among players aged 32y10m)
#53
Eduardas Rozentalis
2645
34y8m
(#137 all-time among players aged 34y8m)
#54
Boris Alterman
2645
27y8m
(#146 all-time among players aged 27y8m)
#55
Alexander Baburin
2645
30y11m
(#152 all-time among players aged 30y11m)
#56
Viacheslav Eingorn
2644
41y2m
(#99 all-time among players aged 41y2m)
#57
Rustem Dautov
2643
32y2m
(#163 all-time among players aged 32y2m)
#58
Giorgi Giorgadze
2638
33y3m
(#153 all-time among players aged 33y3m)
#59
Miguel Illescas Cordoba
2638
32y1m
(#175 all-time among players aged 32y1m)
#60
Jóhann Hjartarson
2637
34y11m
(#154 all-time among players aged 34y11m)
#61
Zbynek Hracek
2637
27y4m
(#160 all-time among players aged 27y4m)
#62
Joel Benjamin
2635
33y10m
(#165 all-time among players aged 33y10m)
#63
Alexander Morozevich
2634
20y6m
(#58 all-time among players aged 20y6m)
#64
Gregory Kaidanov
2633
38y3m
(#121 all-time among players aged 38y3m)
#65
Stanislav Savchenko
2633
31y0m
(#183 all-time among players aged 31y0m)
#66
Jeroen Piket
2633
29y0m
(#180 all-time among players aged 29y0m)
#67
Rafael Vaganian
2631
46y3m
(#64 all-time among players aged 46y3m)
#68
Vladimir Tukmakov
2630
51y10m
(#39 all-time among players aged 51y10m)
#69
Boris Gulko
2628
50y11m
(#45 all-time among players aged 50y11m)
#70
Curt Hansen
2627
33y4m
(#179 all-time among players aged 33y4m)
#71
Sergei Shipov
2626
31y9m
(#206 all-time among players aged 31y9m)
#72
Sergei Movsesian
2624
19y2m
(#45 all-time among players aged 19y2m)
#73
Smbat Lputian
2623
39y11m
(#135 all-time among players aged 39y11m)
#74
Ian Rogers
2623
37y7m
(#154 all-time among players aged 37y7m)
#75
Christopher Lutz
2622
26y11m
(#208 all-time among players aged 26y11m)
#76
Vladimir Epishin
2621
32y6m
(#217 all-time among players aged 32y6m)
#77
Vadim Milov
2620
25y5m
(#193 all-time among players aged 25y5m)
#78
Alexander Huzman
2619
35y9m
(#188 all-time among players aged 35y9m)
#79
Alexander Graf
2619
35y5m
(#203 all-time among players aged 35y5m)
#80
Anthony Miles
2619
42y9m
(#122 all-time among players aged 42y9m)
#81
Lev Psakhis
2618
39y2m
(#142 all-time among players aged 39y2m)
#82
Yuri Yakovich
2618
35y2m
(#200 all-time among players aged 35y2m)
#83
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz
2618
35y0m
(#206 all-time among players aged 35y0m)
#84
Larry Christiansen
2618
41y7m
(#147 all-time among players aged 41y7m)
#85
Lajos Portisch
2618
60y9m
(#12 all-time among players aged 60y9m)
#86
Alexei Fedorov
2616
25y4m
(#206 all-time among players aged 25y4m)
#87
Ilia Smirin
2615
30y0m
(#245 all-time among players aged 30y0m)
#88
Emil Sutovsky
2615
20y4m
(#74 all-time among players aged 20y4m)
#89
Pavel Kotsur
2614
24y0m
(#176 all-time among players aged 24y0m)
#90
Julian Hodgson
2613
34y6m
(#221 all-time among players aged 34y6m)
#91
Anatoli Vaisser
2612
48y10m
(#70 all-time among players aged 48y10m)
#92
Evgeny Sveshnikov
2610
47y11m
(#76 all-time among players aged 47y11m)
#93
Matthias Wahls
2609
30y0m
(#274 all-time among players aged 30y0m)
#94
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
2609
21y5m
(#120 all-time among players aged 21y5m)
#95
Lubomír Ftácnik
2608
40y3m
(#164 all-time among players aged 40y3m)
#96
Ildar Ibragimov
2608
30y5m
(#283 all-time among players aged 30y5m)
#97
Zdenko Kožul
2608
31y8m
(#272 all-time among players aged 31y8m)
#98
Andrey Kharitonov
2608
38y9m
(#178 all-time among players aged 38y9m)
#99
Eugenio Torre
2607
46y2m
(#100 all-time among players aged 46y2m)
#100
Dimitri Komarov
2606
29y1m
(#284 all-time among players aged 29y1m)