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)