Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: March 1954 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Vassily Smyslov  2790    33y0m   (#7 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #2  Samuel Reshevsky  2780    42y4m   (#5 all-time among players aged 42y4m) 
 #3  Mikhail Botvinnik  2779    42y7m   (#6 all-time among players aged 42y7m) 
 #4  Miguel Najdorf  2749    43y11m   (#10 all-time among players aged 43y11m) 
 #5  David Bronstein  2743    30y1m   (#24 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #6  Tigran Petrosian  2742    24y9m   (#16 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #7  Paul Keres  2742    38y2m   (#21 all-time among players aged 38y2m) 
 #8  Efim Geller  2736    29y0m   (#28 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #9  Alexander Kotov  2730    40y7m   (#23 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #10  Mark Taimanov  2728    28y1m   (#36 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #11  Isaak Boleslavsky  2723    34y9m   (#33 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #12  László Szabó  2716    37y0m   (#38 all-time among players aged 37y0m) 
 #13  Svetozar Gligoric  2707    31y1m   (#52 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #14  Yury Averbakh  2683    32y1m   (#88 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #15  Alexander Tolush  2679    43y10m   (#38 all-time among players aged 43y10m) 
 #16  Julio Bolbochán  2673    34y0m   (#86 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #17  Max Euwe  2672    52y10m   (#23 all-time among players aged 52y10m) 
 #18  Viktor Korchnoi  2670    23y0m   (#67 all-time among players aged 23y0m) 
 #19  Andrija Fuderer  2666    22y10m   (#67 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #20  Oleg Moiseev  2663    28y10m   (#109 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #21  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2660    46y2m   (#45 all-time among players aged 46y2m) 
 #22  Wolfgang Unzicker  2657    28y9m   (#119 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #23  Boris Spassky  2656    17y2m   (#10 all-time among players aged 17y2m) 
 #24  Lev Aronin  2651    33y8m   (#127 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #25  Petar Trifunovic  2650    43y7m   (#61 all-time among players aged 43y7m) 
 #26  Erich Eliskases  2649    41y1m   (#84 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #27  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2641    42y10m   (#81 all-time among players aged 42y10m) 
 #28  Ratmir Kholmov  2640    28y10m   (#163 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #29  Nicolas Rossolimo  2639    44y1m   (#75 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #30  Vladimir Simagin  2638    34y9m   (#156 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #31  Herman Pilnik  2637    40y2m   (#109 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #32  Oscar Panno  2637    19y0m   (#32 all-time among players aged 19y0m) 
 #33  Braslav Rabar  2633    34y6m   (#175 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #34  Gedeon Barcza  2629    42y7m   (#108 all-time among players aged 42y7m) 
 #35  Larry Evans  2626    22y0m   (#104 all-time among players aged 22y0m) 
 #36  Vasja Pirc  2626    46y3m   (#70 all-time among players aged 46y3m) 
 #37  Miroslav Filip  2624    25y5m   (#174 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #38  Ludek Pachmann  2624    29y10m   (#221 all-time among players aged 29y10m) 
 #39  Miguel Cuéllar Gacharná  2623    37y4m   (#158 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #40  Borislav Milic  2623    28y5m   (#209 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #41  Salo Flohr  2623    45y4m   (#86 all-time among players aged 45y4m) 
 #42  Robert Byrne  2622    25y11m   (#185 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #43  Aleksandar Matanovic  2621    23y10m   (#153 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #44  Héctor Rossetto  2620    31y6m   (#228 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #45  Alexander Chistiakov  2617    40y2m   (#146 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #46  Alexey Suetin  2616    27y4m   (#228 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #47  Isaak Lipnitsky  2612    31y2m   (#254 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #48  Lothar Schmid  2605    25y10m   (#239 all-time among players aged 25y10m) 
 #49  Semen Furman  2603    33y3m   (#271 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #50  Vladimir Zagorovsky  2602    28y9m   (#286 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #51  Cenek Kottnauer  2598    44y1m   (#145 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #52  Aleksandar Nedeljkovic  2598   
 #53  Erik Lundin  2598    49y8m   (#80 all-time among players aged 49y8m) 
 #54  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2597    41y3m   (#192 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #55  Conel Alexander  2591    44y11m   (#146 all-time among players aged 44y11m) 
 #56  Nikolay Kopilov  2591    34y5m   (#308 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #57  Moshe Czerniak  2591    44y1m   (#162 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #58  Dragoljub Janoševic  2589    30y8m   (#358 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #59  József Szily  2587    40y5m   (#219 all-time among players aged 40y5m) 
 #60  Mijo Udovcic  2587    33y6m   (#344 all-time among players aged 33y6m) 
 #61  Srecko Nedeljkovic  2586    30y3m   (#373 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #62  Georgy Ilivitsky  2585    32y11m   (#357 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #63  Pal Benko  2584    25y8m   (#333 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #64  Ilia Kan  2580    44y10m   (#172 all-time among players aged 44y10m) 
 #65  Borislav Ivkov  2579    20y4m   (#134 all-time among players aged 20y4m) 
 #66  Bela Sandor  2577    34y3m   (#361 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #67  Eero Böök  2576    44y1m   (#197 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #68  Ladislav Alster  2575    26y11m   (#404 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #69  Yacov Estrin  2574    30y11m   (#421 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #70  Bogdan Sliwa  2572    32y1m   (#442 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #71  Johannes Donner  2571    26y8m   (#410 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #72  Vladimir Antoshin  2570    24y10m   (#362 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #73  Božidar Djuraševic  2567    20y11m   (#191 all-time among players aged 20y11m) 
 #74  Zdravko Milev  2564    24y5m   (#376 all-time among players aged 24y5m) 
 #75  Andor Lilienthal  2564    42y10m   (#239 all-time among players aged 42y10m) 
 #76  Stefan Szabo  2563    42y3m   (#253 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #77  Nikola Karaklajic  2562    28y1m   (#472 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #78  Carlos Guimard  2562    40y11m   (#296 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #79  Guyla Kluger  2562    40y2m   (#294 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #80  Juan Carlos Gonzalez  2561    36y11m   (#379 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #81  Daniel Yanofsky  2559    29y0m   (#505 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #82  Boris Baranov  2558    30y9m   (#507 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #83  René Letelier Martner  2555    38y6m   (#370 all-time among players aged 38y6m) 
 #84  Rudolf Teschner  2554    32y1m   (#534 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #85  Victor Ciocaltea  2550    22y2m   (#328 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #86  Mikhail Yudovich  2550    42y9m   (#284 all-time among players aged 42y9m) 
 #87  Vincenzo Castaldi  2548    37y10m   (#424 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #88  Lajos Tipary  2547    42y4m   (#317 all-time among players aged 42y4m) 
 #89  Klaus Darga  2546    20y1m   (#192 all-time among players aged 20y1m) 
 #90  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2545    44y1m   (#269 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #91  Vasily Panov  2544    47y4m   (#203 all-time among players aged 47y4m) 
 #92  Juraj Nikolac  2544    21y11m   (#336 all-time among players aged 21y11m) 
 #93  Arthur Bisguier  2544    24y5m   (#486 all-time among players aged 24y5m) 
 #94  Igor Bondarevsky  2543    40y10m   (#368 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #95  Jaroslav Šajtar  2542    32y3m   (#603 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #96  Walter Niephaus  2542    31y0m   (#613 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #97  Kaarle Ojanen  2541    35y3m   (#517 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #98  Ernö Gereben  2539    46y9m   (#232 all-time among players aged 46y9m) 
 #99  Ludwig Schmitt  2538   
 #100  Vladimir Alatortsev  2538    44y10m   (#280 all-time among players aged 44y10m)