Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: March 1999 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Garry Kasparov  2861    35y11m   (#1 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #2  Viswanathan Anand  2833    29y3m   (#4 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #3  Vladimir Kramnik  2802    23y9m   (#4 all-time among players aged 23y9m) 
 #4  Alexei Shirov  2752    26y8m   (#14 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #5  Vassily Ivanchuk  2745    30y0m   (#20 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #6  Peter Svidler  2744    22y9m   (#16 all-time among players aged 22y9m) 
 #7  Veselin Topalov  2740    24y0m   (#16 all-time among players aged 24y0m) 
 #8  Michael Adams  2738    27y4m   (#30 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #9  Alexander Morozevich  2730    21y8m   (#14 all-time among players aged 21y8m) 
 #10  Boris Gelfand  2727    30y9m   (#34 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #11  Evgeny Bareev  2726    32y4m   (#33 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #12  Anatoly Karpov  2721    47y10m   (#13 all-time among players aged 47y10m) 
 #13  Nigel Short  2720    33y9m   (#35 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #14  Sergei Rublevsky  2718    24y5m   (#30 all-time among players aged 24y5m) 
 #15  Peter Leko  2705    19y6m   (#11 all-time among players aged 19y6m) 
 #16  Judit Polgar  2705    22y8m   (#29 all-time among players aged 22y8m) 
 #17  Alexey Dreev  2704    30y2m   (#54 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #18  Zurab Azmaiparashvili  2703    39y0m   (#37 all-time among players aged 39y0m) 
 #19  Michal Krasenkow  2700    35y4m   (#53 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #20  Vadim Zvjaginsev  2698    22y7m   (#35 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #21  Kiril Georgiev  2697    33y4m   (#58 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #22  Ivan Sokolov  2697    30y9m   (#63 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #23  Mikhail Gurevich  2696    40y1m   (#43 all-time among players aged 40y1m) 
 #24  Jan Timman  2696    47y3m   (#20 all-time among players aged 47y3m) 
 #25  Matthew Sadler  2696    24y10m   (#47 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #26  Vladimir Akopian  2695    27y3m   (#69 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #27  Alexander Beliavsky  2694    45y3m   (#27 all-time among players aged 45y3m) 
 #28  Alexander Khalifman  2693    33y2m   (#64 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #29  Alexander Onischuk  2691    23y6m   (#47 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #30  Predrag Nikolic  2690    38y6m   (#48 all-time among players aged 38y6m) 
 #31  Valery Salov  2687    34y10m   (#72 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #32  Zoltan Almasi  2686    22y7m   (#41 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #33  Yasser Seirawan  2683    39y0m   (#53 all-time among players aged 39y0m) 
 #34  Konstantin Sakaev  2678    24y11m   (#72 all-time among players aged 24y11m) 
 #35  Alexei Fedorov  2673    26y6m   (#87 all-time among players aged 26y6m) 
 #36  Viktor Korchnoi  2672    68y0m   (#2 all-time among players aged 68y0m) 
 #37  Loek van Wely  2671    26y5m   (#89 all-time among players aged 26y5m) 
 #38  Lembit Oll  2670    32y11m   (#101 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #39  Alexander Chernin  2668    39y0m   (#67 all-time among players aged 39y0m) 
 #40  Sergei Tiviakov  2667    26y1m   (#99 all-time among players aged 26y1m) 
 #41  Joel Lautier  2666    25y11m   (#95 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #42  Vadim Milov  2666    26y7m   (#102 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #43  Vladislav Tkachiev  2666    25y4m   (#95 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #44  Sergei Movsesian  2665    20y4m   (#32 all-time among players aged 20y4m) 
 #45  Artur Jussupow  2665    39y1m   (#74 all-time among players aged 39y1m) 
 #46  Sergei Shipov  2661    32y11m   (#118 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #47  Ruslan Ponomariov  2659    15y5m   (#2 all-time among players aged 15y5m) 
 #48  Igor Khenkin  2657    31y0m   (#129 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #49  Ulf Andersson  2651    47y9m   (#41 all-time among players aged 47y9m) 
 #50  Rustam Kasimdzhanov  2651    19y3m   (#26 all-time among players aged 19y3m) 
 #51  Jeroen Piket  2651    30y2m   (#140 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #52  Giorgi Giorgadze  2648    34y5m   (#136 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #53  Curt Hansen  2647    34y6m   (#137 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #54  Smbat Lputian  2646    41y1m   (#92 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #55  Zbynek Hracek  2645    28y6m   (#153 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #56  Jaan Ehlvest  2645    36y5m   (#121 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #57  Rustem Dautov  2645    33y4m   (#139 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #58  Aleksej Aleksandrov  2641    25y10m   (#140 all-time among players aged 25y10m) 
 #59  Jonathan Speelman  2641    42y5m   (#94 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #60  Alex Yermolinsky  2640    40y11m   (#104 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #61  Ilia Smirin  2640    31y2m   (#166 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #62  Andrei Kharlov  2639    30y4m   (#171 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #63  Boris Alterman  2639    28y10m   (#165 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #64  Eduardas Rozentalis  2639    35y10m   (#145 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #65  Oleg Korneev  2638    29y8m   (#180 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #66  Rafael Vaganian  2637    47y5m   (#57 all-time among players aged 47y5m) 
 #67  Anthony Miles  2636    43y11m   (#83 all-time among players aged 43y11m) 
 #68  Alexander Graf  2635    36y7m   (#143 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #69  Sergey Dolmatov  2635    40y1m   (#112 all-time among players aged 40y1m) 
 #70  Emil Sutovsky  2634    21y6m   (#78 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 
 #71  Zurab Sturua  2634    39y9m   (#117 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #72  Jóhann Hjartarson  2633    36y1m   (#151 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #73  Boris Gulko  2632    52y1m   (#38 all-time among players aged 52y1m) 
 #74  Zhang Zhong  2631    20y6m   (#61 all-time among players aged 20y6m) 
 #75  Boris Avrukh  2631    21y2m   (#75 all-time among players aged 21y2m) 
 #76  Ian Rogers  2630    38y9m   (#126 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #77  Alexander Goldin  2630    34y1m   (#179 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #78  Christopher Lutz  2630    28y1m   (#189 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #79  Vladimir Malaniuk  2630    41y8m   (#126 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #80  Viktor Bologan  2629    27y3m   (#184 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #81  Nick deFirmian  2629    41y8m   (#129 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #82  Sergey Volkov  2628    25y1m   (#168 all-time among players aged 25y1m) 
 #83  Iván Morovic Fernández  2628    36y0m   (#162 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #84  Larry Christiansen  2628    42y9m   (#103 all-time among players aged 42y9m) 
 #85  Semen Dvoiris  2628    40y4m   (#122 all-time among players aged 40y4m) 
 #86  Vladimir Epishin  2627    33y8m   (#181 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #87  Alexander Baburin  2627    32y1m   (#201 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #88  Julian Hodgson  2626    35y8m   (#172 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #89  Rafael Leitao  2625    19y3m   (#43 all-time among players aged 19y3m) 
 #90  Julio Granda Zuńiga  2623    32y1m   (#216 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #91  Joel Benjamin  2623    35y0m   (#191 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #92  Miguel Illescas Cordoba  2622    33y3m   (#202 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #93  Ildar Ibragimov  2621    31y7m   (#215 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #94  Gregory Kaidanov  2621    39y5m   (#144 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #95  Zdenko Kožul  2620    32y10m   (#217 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #96  Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu  2618    22y7m   (#138 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #97  Vladimir Malakhov  2618    18y4m   (#36 all-time among players aged 18y4m) 
 #98  Lev Psakhis  2617    40y4m   (#143 all-time among players aged 40y4m) 
 #99  Yuri Yakovich  2617    36y4m   (#188 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #100  Artashes Minasian  2616    32y2m   (#242 all-time among players aged 32y2m)