Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: May 1948 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Mikhail Botvinnik  2851    36y9m   (#2 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #2  Miguel Najdorf  2794    38y1m   (#6 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #3  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2762    40y4m   (#10 all-time among players aged 40y4m) 
 #4  Samuel Reshevsky  2753    36y6m   (#16 all-time among players aged 36y6m) 
 #5  Paul Keres  2753    32y4m   (#18 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #6  Vassily Smyslov  2735    27y2m   (#29 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #7  Isaak Boleslavsky  2734    28y11m   (#32 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #8  Erich Eliskases  2731    35y3m   (#26 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #9  David Bronstein  2722    24y3m   (#26 all-time among players aged 24y3m) 
 #10  Alexander Kotov  2719    34y9m   (#38 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #11  Max Euwe  2702    47y0m   (#20 all-time among players aged 47y0m) 
 #12  Semen Furman  2699    27y5m   (#65 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #13  László Szabó  2681    31y2m   (#91 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #14  Petar Trifunovic  2681    37y9m   (#55 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #15  Viacheslav Ragozin  2680    39y7m   (#51 all-time among players aged 39y7m) 
 #16  Svetozar Gligoric  2672    25y3m   (#79 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #17  Salo Flohr  2667    39y6m   (#61 all-time among players aged 39y6m) 
 #18  Reuben Fine  2667    33y7m   (#94 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #19  Folke Ekström  2662    41y7m   (#69 all-time among players aged 41y7m) 
 #20  Andor Lilienthal  2661    37y0m   (#84 all-time among players aged 37y0m) 
 #21  Saviely Tartakower  2647    61y3m   (#5 all-time among players aged 61y3m) 
 #22  Herman Pilnik  2645    34y4m   (#138 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #23  Georgy Lisitsin  2645    38y7m   (#105 all-time among players aged 38y7m) 
 #24  Alexander Tolush  2643    38y0m   (#112 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #25  Julio Bolbochán  2642    28y2m   (#162 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #26  Gedeon Barcza  2639    36y9m   (#126 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #27  Vasily Panov  2636    41y6m   (#110 all-time among players aged 41y6m) 
 #28  Igor Bondarevsky  2633    35y0m   (#162 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #29  Vladimir Simagin  2631    28y11m   (#187 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #30  Jan Foltys  2630    39y7m   (#128 all-time among players aged 39y7m) 
 #31  Nikolay Novotelnov  2628    36y5m   (#164 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #32  Gösta Stoltz  2625    44y0m   (#104 all-time among players aged 44y0m) 
 #33  Pal Benko  2623    19y10m   (#56 all-time among players aged 19y10m) 
 #34  Eero Böök  2623    38y3m   (#143 all-time among players aged 38y3m) 
 #35  Genrikh Kasparian  2622    38y3m   (#146 all-time among players aged 38y3m) 
 #36  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2621    37y0m   (#168 all-time among players aged 37y0m) 
 #37  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2614    38y3m   (#166 all-time among players aged 38y3m) 
 #38  Ludek Pachmann  2610    24y0m   (#188 all-time among players aged 24y0m) 
 #39  Vasja Pirc  2610    40y5m   (#162 all-time among players aged 40y5m) 
 #40  Héctor Rossetto  2608    25y8m   (#225 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #41  Tigran Petrosian  2604    18y11m   (#57 all-time among players aged 18y11m) 
 #42  Grigory Ravinsky  2604    38y7m   (#191 all-time among players aged 38y7m) 
 #43  Erik Lundin  2603    43y10m   (#135 all-time among players aged 43y10m) 
 #44  Georgy Ilivitsky  2603    27y1m   (#261 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #45  Daniel Yanofsky  2602    23y2m   (#188 all-time among players aged 23y2m) 
 #46  Al Horowitz  2601    40y6m   (#177 all-time among players aged 40y6m) 
 #47  Carlos Guimard  2600    35y1m   (#260 all-time among players aged 35y1m) 
 #48  Ludwig Rödl  2595    41y1m   (#205 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #49  Vladimir Alatortsev  2593    39y0m   (#219 all-time among players aged 39y0m) 
 #50  Pablo Michel  2593    42y5m   (#173 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #51  Yury Averbakh  2592    26y3m   (#303 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #52  Jácobo Bolbochán  2592    41y5m   (#204 all-time among players aged 41y5m) 
 #53  Isaac Kashdan  2591    42y6m   (#175 all-time among players aged 42y6m) 
 #54  Georg Kieninger  2590    45y11m   (#131 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #55  Jorge Pelikán  2585    42y1m   (#201 all-time among players aged 42y1m) 
 #56  Grigory Levenfish  2584    59y2m   (#29 all-time among players aged 59y2m) 
 #57  Vladimir Makogonov  2582    43y9m   (#186 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #58  Arnold Denker  2582    34y3m   (#334 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #59  Lev Aronin  2579    27y10m   (#395 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #60  A Vasiljev  2576   
 #61  Jacob Levin  2576    44y3m   (#199 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #62  József Szily  2575    34y7m   (#363 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #63  Moshe Czerniak  2570    38y3m   (#317 all-time among players aged 38y3m) 
 #64  Milan Jr Vidmar  2570    38y5m   (#319 all-time among players aged 38y5m) 
 #65  Mariano Castillo Larenas  2569    42y5m   (#231 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #66  Carlos Maderna  2569    37y9m   (#324 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #67  Antonio Medina García  2569    28y7m   (#437 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #68  Mark Taimanov  2568    22y3m   (#256 all-time among players aged 22y3m) 
 #69  Nicolaas Cortlever  2568    32y11m   (#440 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #70  Ratmir Kholmov  2565    23y0m   (#296 all-time among players aged 23y0m) 
 #71  Ossip Bernstein  2565    65y7m   (#17 all-time among players aged 65y7m) 
 #72  Stojan Puc  2562    27y1m   (#473 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #73  Anatoly Ufimtsev  2557    34y0m   (#475 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #74  Milan Vidmar Sr  2557    62y11m   (#18 all-time among players aged 62y11m) 
 #75  Evgeny Zagoriansky  2555    37y9m   (#388 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #76  Vladimir Zagorovsky  2555    22y11m   (#338 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #77  Samuil Zhukhovitsky  2554    31y5m   (#542 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #78  Marcos Luckis  2553    43y4m   (#266 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #79  René Letelier Martner  2553    32y8m   (#521 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #80  Mikhail Yudovich  2553    36y11m   (#416 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #81  Vladimir Saigin  2552    30y10m   (#555 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #82  Miguel Crues Albareda  2550   
 #83  Esteban Canal  2550    52y1m   (#114 all-time among players aged 52y1m) 
 #84  George Thomas  2549    66y11m   (#13 all-time among players aged 66y11m) 
 #85  Vitaly Chekhover  2547    39y5m   (#386 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #86  Herman Steiner  2546    43y1m   (#286 all-time among players aged 43y1m) 
 #87  German Fridstein  2546    36y6m   (#458 all-time among players aged 36y6m) 
 #88  Vasilje Tomovic  2544    42y0m   (#334 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 
 #89  Ilia Kan  2542    39y0m   (#409 all-time among players aged 39y0m) 
 #90  Gottlieb Machate  2542    43y6m   (#301 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #91  Wolfgang Unzicker  2540    22y11m   (#419 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #92  Cenek Kottnauer  2540    38y3m   (#455 all-time among players aged 38y3m) 
 #93  Luis Marini  2539    35y8m   (#528 all-time among players aged 35y8m) 
 #94  Anthony Santasiere  2538    43y5m   (#325 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #95  Lajos Steiner  2537    44y11m   (#277 all-time among players aged 44y11m) 
 #96  Gosta Danielsson  2535   
 #97  Elek Bakonyi  2535    44y3m   (#294 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #98  Ernö Gereben  2534    40y11m   (#411 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #99  Jaroslav Šajtar  2534    26y5m   (#641 all-time among players aged 26y5m) 
 #100  Walter Niephaus  2530    25y2m   (#599 all-time among players aged 25y2m)