Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: March 1963 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Tigran Petrosian  2790    33y9m   (#7 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #2  Viktor Korchnoi  2761    32y0m   (#15 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #3  Efim Geller  2760    38y0m   (#12 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #4  Bobby Fischer  2758    20y0m   (#3 all-time among players aged 20y0m) 
 #5  Boris Spassky  2757    26y2m   (#13 all-time among players aged 26y2m) 

 #6  Paul Keres  2757    47y2m   (#5 all-time among players aged 47y2m) 
 #7  Mikhail Botvinnik  2756    51y7m   (#3 all-time among players aged 51y7m) 
 #8  Mikhail Tal  2730    26y4m   (#30 all-time among players aged 26y4m) 
 #9  Lev Polugaevsky  2727    28y4m   (#36 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #10  Vassily Smyslov  2726    42y0m   (#24 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 

 #11  Svetozar Gligoric  2709    40y1m   (#34 all-time among players aged 40y1m) 
 #12  Evgeny Vasiukov  2702    30y0m   (#54 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #13  Yury Averbakh  2696    41y1m   (#41 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #14  Miguel Najdorf  2693    52y11m   (#15 all-time among players aged 52y11m) 
 #15  Mark Taimanov  2692    37y1m   (#51 all-time among players aged 37y1m) 

 #16  Leonid Stein  2684    28y4m   (#79 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #17  David Bronstein  2683    39y1m   (#51 all-time among players aged 39y1m) 
 #18  Ratmir Kholmov  2676    37y10m   (#61 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #19  Samuel Reshevsky  2674    51y4m   (#25 all-time among players aged 51y4m) 
 #20  Fridrik Olafsson  2660    28y2m   (#119 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 

 #21  Borislav Ivkov  2659    29y4m   (#122 all-time among players aged 29y4m) 
 #22  Raúl Sanguinetti  2659    30y1m   (#123 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #23  Lajos Portisch  2658    25y11m   (#114 all-time among players aged 25y11m) 
 #24  Isaak Boleslavsky  2648    43y9m   (#66 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #25  Aivars Gipslis  2648    26y1m   (#130 all-time among players aged 26y1m) 

 #26  Lothar Schmid  2646    34y10m   (#133 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #27  Pal Benko  2644    34y8m   (#138 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #28  William Lombardy  2639    25y3m   (#141 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #29  Larry Evans  2637    31y0m   (#173 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #30  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2635    28y0m   (#173 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 

 #31  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2633    31y6m   (#183 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #32  Aleksandar Matanovic  2631    32y10m   (#182 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #33  Miroslav Filip  2630    34y5m   (#185 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #34  Alexander Kotov  2623    49y7m   (#50 all-time among players aged 49y7m) 
 #35  Klaus Darga  2623    29y1m   (#215 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 

 #36  Robert Byrne  2623    34y11m   (#198 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #37  Petar Trifunovic  2622    52y7m   (#41 all-time among players aged 52y7m) 
 #38  Wolfgang Unzicker  2620    37y9m   (#165 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #39  László Szabó  2619    46y0m   (#89 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #40  Georgy Tringov  2617    26y0m   (#203 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 

 #41  Donald Byrne  2615    32y9m   (#243 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #42  Janis Klovans  2614    27y11m   (#236 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #43  Bruno Parma  2612    21y3m   (#104 all-time among players aged 21y3m) 
 #44  Leonid Shamkovich  2608    39y9m   (#169 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #45  Milan Matulovic  2607    27y9m   (#262 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 

 #46  Anatoly Bannik  2607    41y3m   (#162 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #47  Vladimir Antoshin  2606    33y10m   (#246 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #48  Semen Furman  2605    42y3m   (#155 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #49  István Bilek  2605    30y7m   (#293 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #50  Ludek Pachmann  2603    38y10m   (#192 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 

 #51  Yury Kots  2603    29y3m   (#290 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #52  Vladimir Simagin  2603    43y9m   (#137 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #53  Julio Bolbochán  2600    43y0m   (#153 all-time among players aged 43y0m) 
 #54  Arthur Bisguier  2596    33y5m   (#306 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #55  William Addison  2594    29y4m   (#321 all-time among players aged 29y4m) 

 #56  Bent Larsen  2593    28y0m   (#331 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #57  Lev Aronin  2591    42y8m   (#179 all-time among players aged 42y8m) 
 #58  Theodor Ghitescu  2591    29y2m   (#334 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #59  Eduard Gufeld  2591    27y0m   (#308 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #60  Nikola Padevsky  2591    29y10m   (#354 all-time among players aged 29y10m) 

 #61  Oscar Panno  2590    28y0m   (#336 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #62  Johannes Donner  2588    35y8m   (#282 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #63  Vladimir Bagirov  2588    26y7m   (#330 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #64  Victor Ciocaltea  2586    31y2m   (#376 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #65  Héctor Rossetto  2585    40y6m   (#219 all-time among players aged 40y6m) 

 #66  Levente Lengyel  2582    29y9m   (#386 all-time among players aged 29y9m) 
 #67  Gedeon Barcza  2581    51y7m   (#81 all-time among players aged 51y7m) 
 #68  Herman Pilnik  2581    49y2m   (#102 all-time among players aged 49y2m) 
 #69  Milko Bobotsov  2581    31y6m   (#393 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #70  Alexey Suetin  2579    36y4m   (#312 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 

 #71  Dragoljub Minic  2579    26y0m   (#363 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #72  Felix Ignatiev  2579    31y2m   (#405 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #73  Anatoly Lutikov  2576    30y1m   (#422 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #74  Dragoljub Ciric  2575    27y4m   (#397 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #75  Boris Vladimirov  2574    33y10m   (#393 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 

 #76  Laszlo Barczay  2573    27y1m   (#407 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #77  Andor Lilienthal  2573    51y10m   (#86 all-time among players aged 51y10m) 
 #78  Tan Hong Ghee  2572   
 #79  Nikolay Krogius  2571    32y8m   (#418 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #80  Abram Khasin  2570    40y1m   (#262 all-time among players aged 40y1m) 

 #81  Gavriil Veresov  2570    50y8m   (#107 all-time among players aged 50y8m) 
 #82  Vitaly Tarasov  2570    40y2m   (#265 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #83  Jonathan Penrose  2570    29y5m   (#445 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #84  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2569    51y10m   (#92 all-time among players aged 51y10m) 
 #85  Charles Kalme  2569    23y4m   (#306 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 

 #86  Vlastimil Hort  2568    19y2m   (#103 all-time among players aged 19y2m) 
 #87  Mijo Udovcic  2567    42y6m   (#233 all-time among players aged 42y6m) 
 #88  Alexander Cherepkov  2566    42y5m   (#245 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #89  Božidar Djuraševic  2565    29y11m   (#477 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #90  Iivo Nei  2564    31y5m   (#479 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 

 #91  Igor Bondarevsky  2564    49y10m   (#127 all-time among players aged 49y10m) 
 #92  Florin Gheorghiu  2561    18y11m   (#103 all-time among players aged 18y11m) 
 #93  Burkhard Malich  2561    26y4m   (#458 all-time among players aged 26y4m) 
 #94  Alexander Zaitsev  2559    27y9m   (#500 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #95  Wolfgang Pietzsch  2557    32y3m   (#515 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 

 #96  Alexander Tolush  2556    52y10m   (#91 all-time among players aged 52y10m) 
 #97  Vladislav Shianovsky  2556    33y3m   (#495 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #98  Enver Bukic  2555    25y3m   (#455 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #99  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2553    50y3m   (#135 all-time among players aged 50y3m) 
 #100  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2553    20y10m   (#223 all-time among players aged 20y10m)