Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: October 1955 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Vassily Smyslov  2795    34y7m   (#5 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #2  Paul Keres  2780    39y9m   (#6 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #3  David Bronstein  2772    31y8m   (#9 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #4  Samuel Reshevsky  2760    43y11m   (#8 all-time among players aged 43y11m) 
 #5  Mikhail Botvinnik  2758    44y2m   (#6 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #6  Tigran Petrosian  2757    26y4m   (#15 all-time among players aged 26y4m) 
 #7  Mark Taimanov  2725    29y8m   (#32 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #8  Efim Geller  2721    30y7m   (#37 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #9  Boris Spassky  2714    18y9m   (#5 all-time among players aged 18y9m) 
 #10  Miguel Najdorf  2713    45y6m   (#22 all-time among players aged 45y6m) 
 #11  Alexander Kotov  2707    42y2m   (#30 all-time among players aged 42y2m) 
 #12  László Szabó  2702    38y7m   (#42 all-time among players aged 38y7m) 
 #13  Svetozar Gligoric  2696    32y8m   (#71 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #14  Isaak Boleslavsky  2694    36y4m   (#58 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #15  Julio Bolbochán  2687    35y7m   (#66 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #16  Borislav Ivkov  2686    21y11m   (#38 all-time among players aged 21y11m) 
 #17  Aleksandar Matanovic  2685    25y5m   (#62 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #18  Yury Averbakh  2680    33y8m   (#73 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #19  Oscar Panno  2680    20y7m   (#27 all-time among players aged 20y7m) 
 #20  Ludek Pachmann  2678    31y5m   (#94 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #21  Viktor Korchnoi  2671    24y7m   (#73 all-time among players aged 24y7m) 
 #22  Wolfgang Unzicker  2660    30y4m   (#122 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #23  Pal Benko  2654    27y3m   (#124 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #24  Miroslav Filip  2654    27y0m   (#120 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #25  Semen Furman  2651    34y10m   (#121 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #26  Lev Aronin  2650    35y3m   (#119 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #27  Ratmir Kholmov  2648    30y5m   (#140 all-time among players aged 30y5m) 
 #28  Herman Pilnik  2646    41y9m   (#98 all-time among players aged 41y9m) 
 #29  Andrija Fuderer  2645    24y5m   (#117 all-time among players aged 24y5m) 
 #30  Klaus Darga  2645    21y8m   (#69 all-time among players aged 21y8m) 
 #31  Larry Evans  2644    23y7m   (#106 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #32  Miklos Bely  2638    42y2m   (#107 all-time among players aged 42y2m) 
 #33  Alexander Tolush  2637    45y5m   (#63 all-time among players aged 45y5m) 
 #34  Erich Eliskases  2636    42y8m   (#93 all-time among players aged 42y8m) 
 #35  Gedeon Barcza  2636    44y2m   (#80 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #36  Georgy Ilivitsky  2634    34y6m   (#169 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #37  Lothar Schmid  2634    27y5m   (#168 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #38  Vladas Mikenas  2633    45y6m   (#71 all-time among players aged 45y6m) 
 #39  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2629    42y10m   (#102 all-time among players aged 42y10m) 
 #40  Anatoly Lutikov  2628    22y8m   (#120 all-time among players aged 22y8m) 
 #41  Petar Trifunovic  2627    45y2m   (#80 all-time among players aged 45y2m) 
 #42  Evgeny Vasiukov  2626    22y7m   (#124 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #43  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2626    44y5m   (#94 all-time among players aged 44y5m) 
 #44  István Bilek  2625    23y2m   (#132 all-time among players aged 23y2m) 
 #45  Max Euwe  2623    54y5m   (#29 all-time among players aged 54y5m) 
 #46  Braslav Rabar  2623    36y1m   (#174 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #47  Georgy Lisitsin  2622    46y0m   (#82 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #48  Vladimir Antoshin  2615    26y5m   (#227 all-time among players aged 26y5m) 
 #49  Arthur Bisguier  2614    26y0m   (#213 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #50  Alexey Suetin  2612    28y11m   (#260 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #51  Salo Flohr  2609    46y11m   (#91 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #52  Georgy Borisenko  2606    33y5m   (#259 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #53  Oleg Moiseev  2606    30y5m   (#291 all-time among players aged 30y5m) 
 #54  Borislav Milic  2606    30y0m   (#287 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #55  Vasily Bivshev  2604    33y8m   (#252 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #56  Héctor Rossetto  2603    33y1m   (#277 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #57  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2602    47y9m   (#87 all-time among players aged 47y9m) 
 #58  Conel Alexander  2598    46y6m   (#111 all-time among players aged 46y6m) 
 #59  Božidar Djuraševic  2598    22y6m   (#183 all-time among players aged 22y6m) 
 #60  Vasja Pirc  2598    47y10m   (#95 all-time among players aged 47y10m) 
 #61  Nicolas Rossolimo  2596    45y8m   (#125 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #62  Donald Byrne  2596    25y4m   (#267 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #63  Carlos Guimard  2594    42y6m   (#167 all-time among players aged 42y6m) 
 #64  Moshe Czerniak  2594    45y8m   (#127 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #65  Vladimir Simagin  2593    36y4m   (#255 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #66  Nikola Karaklajic  2591    29y8m   (#351 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #67  Raúl Sanguinetti  2589    22y8m   (#205 all-time among players aged 22y8m) 
 #68  Andrey Batuev  2584    47y3m   (#121 all-time among players aged 47y3m) 
 #69  Fridrik Olafsson  2583    20y9m   (#143 all-time among players aged 20y9m) 
 #70  Srecko Nedeljkovic  2582    31y10m   (#377 all-time among players aged 31y10m) 
 #71  Guyla Kluger  2581    41y9m   (#222 all-time among players aged 41y9m) 
 #72  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2580    45y8m   (#155 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #73  Mikhail Tal  2576    18y11m   (#82 all-time among players aged 18y11m) 
 #74  Erik Lundin  2573    51y3m   (#89 all-time among players aged 51y3m) 
 #75  Johannes Donner  2572    28y3m   (#424 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #76  Román Torán Albero  2572    24y0m   (#320 all-time among players aged 24y0m) 
 #77  Itzchak Aloni  2571    50y5m   (#111 all-time among players aged 50y5m) 
 #78  Ilia Kan  2570    46y5m   (#167 all-time among players aged 46y5m) 
 #79  Miguel Cuéllar Gacharná  2568    38y11m   (#314 all-time among players aged 38y11m) 
 #80  Mijo Udovcic  2566    35y1m   (#384 all-time among players aged 35y1m) 
 #81  Robert Byrne  2566    27y6m   (#444 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #82  Abram Khasin  2562    32y8m   (#469 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #83  Frank Anderson  2561    27y9m   (#489 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #84  Menachem Oren  2558    52y9m   (#89 all-time among players aged 52y9m) 
 #85  Bogdan Sliwa  2557    33y8m   (#474 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #86  Dragoljub Janoševic  2556    32y3m   (#519 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #87  Gunnar Uusi  2556    24y4m   (#411 all-time among players aged 24y4m) 
 #88  Lev Aronson  2553    31y9m   (#554 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #89  Milan Matulovic  2552    20y4m   (#194 all-time among players aged 20y4m) 
 #90  Pedro Martín  2551    24y9m   (#444 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #91  Nikolay Nikolaevich Gusev  2551   
 #92  René Letelier Martner  2549    40y1m   (#364 all-time among players aged 40y1m) 
 #93  Nikola Padevsky  2548    22y5m   (#362 all-time among players aged 22y5m) 
 #94  Cayetano Rebizzo  2545    47y2m   (#202 all-time among players aged 47y2m) 
 #95  Mikhail Shishov  2544    44y10m   (#266 all-time among players aged 44y10m) 
 #96  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2542    20y7m   (#252 all-time among players aged 20y7m) 
 #97  Rudolf Teschner  2542    33y8m   (#560 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #98  Mihajlo Trajkovic  2541   
 #99  Nikolay Minev  2541    24y9m   (#508 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #100  Isaac Kashdan  2541    49y11m   (#166 all-time among players aged 49y11m)