Monthly top-five lists
Monthly List:
March 1960 rating list
Player Name
Rating
Age
#1
Mikhail Tal
2789
23y4m
(#5 all-time among players aged 23y4m)
#2
Paul Keres
2772
44y2m
(#4 all-time among players aged 44y2m)
#3
Tigran Petrosian
2763
30y9m
(#16 all-time among players aged 30y9m)
#4
Vassily Smyslov
2756
39y0m
(#10 all-time among players aged 39y0m)
#5
Boris Spassky
2755
23y2m
(#11 all-time among players aged 23y2m)
#6
Mikhail Botvinnik
2736
48y7m
(#8 all-time among players aged 48y7m)
#7
Svetozar Gligoric
2733
37y1m
(#28 all-time among players aged 37y1m)
#8
Efim Geller
2728
35y0m
(#29 all-time among players aged 35y0m)
#9
Viktor Korchnoi
2728
29y0m
(#37 all-time among players aged 29y0m)
#10
Mark Taimanov
2718
34y1m
(#34 all-time among players aged 34y1m)
#11
Ratmir Kholmov
2713
34y10m
(#41 all-time among players aged 34y10m)
#12
David Bronstein
2708
36y1m
(#42 all-time among players aged 36y1m)
#13
Bobby Fischer
2702
17y0m
(#2 all-time among players aged 17y0m)
#14
Yury Averbakh
2700
38y1m
(#42 all-time among players aged 38y1m)
#15
Lev Polugaevsky
2692
25y4m
(#54 all-time among players aged 25y4m)
#16
Ludek Pachmann
2689
35y10m
(#63 all-time among players aged 35y10m)
#17
László Szabó
2688
43y0m
(#37 all-time among players aged 43y0m)
#18
Miguel Najdorf
2678
49y11m
(#21 all-time among players aged 49y11m)
#19
Wolfgang Unzicker
2674
34y9m
(#88 all-time among players aged 34y9m)
#20
Samuel Reshevsky
2671
48y4m
(#25 all-time among players aged 48y4m)
#21
Lajos Portisch
2671
22y11m
(#67 all-time among players aged 22y11m)
#22
Wolfgang Uhlmann
2670
25y0m
(#84 all-time among players aged 25y0m)
#23
Borislav Ivkov
2664
26y4m
(#99 all-time among players aged 26y4m)
#24
Oscar Panno
2663
25y0m
(#96 all-time among players aged 25y0m)
#25
Fridrik Olafsson
2660
25y2m
(#98 all-time among players aged 25y2m)
#26
Aleksandar Matanovic
2659
29y10m
(#128 all-time among players aged 29y10m)
#27
Andrija Fuderer
2653
28y10m
(#131 all-time among players aged 28y10m)
#28
Vladas Mikenas
2651
49y11m
(#33 all-time among players aged 49y11m)
#29
Gedeon Barcza
2650
48y7m
(#37 all-time among players aged 48y7m)
#30
Miroslav Filip
2649
31y5m
(#146 all-time among players aged 31y5m)
#31
Alexander Tolush
2648
49y10m
(#36 all-time among players aged 49y10m)
#32
Isaak Boleslavsky
2648
40y9m
(#88 all-time among players aged 40y9m)
#33
Alexander Kotov
2645
46y7m
(#53 all-time among players aged 46y7m)
#34
Bent Larsen
2643
25y0m
(#129 all-time among players aged 25y0m)
#35
Bukhuti Gurgenidze
2638
26y4m
(#150 all-time among players aged 26y4m)
#36
William Lombardy
2631
22y3m
(#102 all-time among players aged 22y3m)
#37
Evgeny Vasiukov
2631
27y0m
(#183 all-time among players aged 27y0m)
#38
Yury Nikolaevsky
2631
23y1m
(#123 all-time among players aged 23y1m)
#39
Lothar Schmid
2629
31y10m
(#195 all-time among players aged 31y10m)
#40
Aivars Gipslis
2628
23y1m
(#127 all-time among players aged 23y1m)
#41
Lev Aronin
2623
39y8m
(#138 all-time among players aged 39y8m)
#42
Max Euwe
2623
58y10m
(#17 all-time among players aged 58y10m)
#43
Pal Benko
2623
31y8m
(#214 all-time among players aged 31y8m)
#44
Jacob Yukhtman
2622
25y2m
(#180 all-time among players aged 25y2m)
#45
Nikolay Krogius
2618
29y8m
(#236 all-time among players aged 29y8m)
#46
Vladimir Antoshin
2615
30y10m
(#246 all-time among players aged 30y10m)
#47
Arturo Pomar Salamanca
2611
28y6m
(#253 all-time among players aged 28y6m)
#48
Johannes Donner
2611
32y8m
(#258 all-time among players aged 32y8m)
#49
Larry Evans
2609
28y0m
(#256 all-time among players aged 28y0m)
#50
Gideon Stĺhlberg
2607
52y2m
(#51 all-time among players aged 52y2m)
#51
Petar Trifunovic
2607
49y7m
(#71 all-time among players aged 49y7m)
#52
Alexey Suetin
2606
33y4m
(#261 all-time among players aged 33y4m)
#53
Raúl Sanguinetti
2604
27y1m
(#256 all-time among players aged 27y1m)
#54
Anatoly Lutikov
2602
27y1m
(#263 all-time among players aged 27y1m)
#55
István Bilek
2602
27y7m
(#281 all-time among players aged 27y7m)
#56
Semen Furman
2601
39y3m
(#198 all-time among players aged 39y3m)
#57
Vladimir Bagirov
2599
23y7m
(#217 all-time among players aged 23y7m)
#58
Zdravko Milev
2597
30y5m
(#328 all-time among players aged 30y5m)
#59
Leonid Stein
2595
25y4m
(#273 all-time among players aged 25y4m)
#60
Eduard Gufeld
2594
24y0m
(#245 all-time among players aged 24y0m)
#61
Jonathan Penrose
2591
26y5m
(#308 all-time among players aged 26y5m)
#62
Alexander Cherepkov
2591
39y5m
(#215 all-time among players aged 39y5m)
#63
Vladimir Simagin
2587
40y9m
(#217 all-time among players aged 40y9m)
#64
Vladislav Shianovsky
2587
30y3m
(#370 all-time among players aged 30y3m)
#65
Rashid Nezhmetdinov
2587
47y3m
(#119 all-time among players aged 47y3m)
#66
Klaus Darga
2587
26y1m
(#326 all-time among players aged 26y1m)
#67
Mario Bertok
2586
30y6m
(#367 all-time among players aged 30y6m)
#68
Yury Sakharov
2585
37y6m
(#274 all-time among players aged 37y6m)
#69
Milan Matulovic
2585
24y9m
(#292 all-time among players aged 24y9m)
#70
Erich Eliskases
2583
47y1m
(#130 all-time among players aged 47y1m)
#71
Milko Bobotsov
2581
28y6m
(#382 all-time among players aged 28y6m)
#72
Maximilián Ujtelky
2580
44y11m
(#169 all-time among players aged 44y11m)
#73
Daniel Yanofsky
2579
35y0m
(#336 all-time among players aged 35y0m)
#74
Borislav Milic
2578
34y5m
(#355 all-time among players aged 34y5m)
#75
Herman Pilnik
2578
46y2m
(#150 all-time among players aged 46y2m)
#76
Robert Byrne
2577
31y11m
(#424 all-time among players aged 31y11m)
#77
Petar Smederevac
2574
37y7m
(#307 all-time among players aged 37y7m)
#78
Nikola Padevsky
2571
26y10m
(#409 all-time among players aged 26y10m)
#79
Anatoly Bannik
2571
38y3m
(#312 all-time among players aged 38y3m)
#80
Boidar Djuraevic
2570
26y11m
(#427 all-time among players aged 26y11m)
#81
Josef Kupper
2570
28y0m
(#441 all-time among players aged 28y0m)
#82
Cenek Kottnauer
2566
50y1m
(#113 all-time among players aged 50y1m)
#83
Salo Flohr
2564
51y4m
(#109 all-time among players aged 51y4m)
#84
Frank Anderson
2561
32y2m
(#501 all-time among players aged 32y2m)
#85
Georgy Tringov
2560
23y0m
(#320 all-time among players aged 23y0m)
#86
James Sherwin
2558
26y5m
(#476 all-time among players aged 26y5m)
#87
Arthur Bisguier
2558
30y5m
(#519 all-time among players aged 30y5m)
#88
Donald Byrne
2558
29y9m
(#515 all-time among players aged 29y9m)
#89
Vladilen Popov
2557
#90
Vlastimil Hort
2556
16y2m
(#27 all-time among players aged 16y2m)
#91
Rajko Bogdanovic
2556
28y4m
(#504 all-time among players aged 28y4m)
#92
Yury Kots
2555
26y3m
(#494 all-time among players aged 26y3m)
#93
Eero Böök
2555
50y1m
(#139 all-time among players aged 50y1m)
#94
Aleksander Nikitin
2554
25y2m
(#447 all-time among players aged 25y2m)
#95
Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
2554
48y10m
(#148 all-time among players aged 48y10m)
#96
Héctor Rossetto
2553
37y6m
(#419 all-time among players aged 37y6m)
#97
Iivo Nei
2552
28y5m
(#522 all-time among players aged 28y5m)
#98
R. Bobekov
2550
#99
Rudolf Teschner
2550
38y1m
(#406 all-time among players aged 38y1m)
#100
Miguel Cuéllar Gacharná
2548
43y4m
(#277 all-time among players aged 43y4m)