Monthly top-five lists
Monthly List:
January 1931 rating list
Player Name
Rating
Age
#1
Alexander Alekhine
2850
38y3m
(#2 all-time among players aged 38y3m)
#2
José Capablanca
2778
42y2m
(#7 all-time among players aged 42y2m)
#3
Aron Nimzowitsch
2762
44y2m
(#5 all-time among players aged 44y2m)
#4
Isaac Kashdan
2731
25y2m
(#25 all-time among players aged 25y2m)
#5
Efim Bogoljubow
2726
41y9m
(#24 all-time among players aged 41y9m)
#6
Akiba Rubinstein
2721
48y3m
(#13 all-time among players aged 48y3m)
#7
Max Euwe
2719
29y8m
(#37 all-time among players aged 29y8m)
#8
Saviely Tartakower
2693
43y11m
(#31 all-time among players aged 43y11m)
#9
Rudolf Spielmann
2661
47y8m
(#35 all-time among players aged 47y8m)
#10
Milan Vidmar Sr
2654
45y7m
(#52 all-time among players aged 45y7m)
#11
Carl Ahues
2651
47y1m
(#49 all-time among players aged 47y1m)
#12
Salo Flohr
2632
22y2m
(#96 all-time among players aged 22y2m)
#13
Géza Maróczy
2629
60y10m
(#11 all-time among players aged 60y10m)
#14
Ernst Grünfeld
2622
37y2m
(#164 all-time among players aged 37y2m)
#15
Mir Sultan Khan
2621
26y0m
(#192 all-time among players aged 26y0m)
#16
Hermanis Matisons
2608
36y1m
(#210 all-time among players aged 36y1m)
#17
Hans Kmoch
2608
36y6m
(#210 all-time among players aged 36y6m)
#18
Albert Becker
2606
34y4m
(#238 all-time among players aged 34y4m)
#19
Friedrich Sämisch
2604
34y4m
(#247 all-time among players aged 34y4m)
#20
Paul List
2601
44y0m
(#138 all-time among players aged 44y0m)
#21
Edgar Colle
2600
33y8m
(#266 all-time among players aged 33y8m)
#22
Dawid Przepiórka
2599
50y1m
(#79 all-time among players aged 50y1m)
#23
Frank Marshall
2599
53y5m
(#49 all-time among players aged 53y5m)
#24
Josef Lokvenc
2593
31y8m
(#340 all-time among players aged 31y8m)
#25
Carl Carls
2584
50y4m
(#91 all-time among players aged 50y4m)
#26
Paul Johner
2583
43y4m
(#182 all-time among players aged 43y4m)
#27
Karel Opocenský
2580
38y11m
(#268 all-time among players aged 38y11m)
#28
Arpád Vajda
2580
34y8m
(#345 all-time among players aged 34y8m)
#29
Endre Steiner
2580
29y7m
(#393 all-time among players aged 29y7m)
#30
Frederick Yates
2578
47y0m
(#142 all-time among players aged 47y0m)
#31
Kornél Havasi
2575
39y0m
(#286 all-time among players aged 39y0m)
#32
Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
2574
46y5m
(#158 all-time among players aged 46y5m)
#33
Boris Kostic
2572
43y11m
(#206 all-time among players aged 43y11m)
#34
Karl Helling
2571
26y5m
(#408 all-time among players aged 26y5m)
#35
Esteban Canal
2568
34y9m
(#402 all-time among players aged 34y9m)
#36
Lajos Steiner
2567
27y7m
(#441 all-time among players aged 27y7m)
#37
George Thomas
2566
49y7m
(#124 all-time among players aged 49y7m)
#38
Vasja Pirc
2564
23y1m
(#316 all-time among players aged 23y1m)
#39
Karel Treybal
2551
45y11m
(#217 all-time among players aged 45y11m)
#40
Karl Gilg
2549
30y0m
(#586 all-time among players aged 30y0m)
#41
Sándor Takács
2547
37y11m
(#426 all-time among players aged 37y11m)
#42
Henri Weenink
2543
38y3m
(#441 all-time among players aged 38y3m)
#43
Reginald Michell
2542
57y9m
(#49 all-time among players aged 57y9m)
#44
Kurt Richter
2540
30y2m
(#626 all-time among players aged 30y2m)
#45
Alfred Brinckmann
2536
40y0m
(#424 all-time among players aged 40y0m)
#46
Hans Müller
2536
34y1m
(#591 all-time among players aged 34y1m)
#47
Ludwig Rellstab Sr
2536
26y2m
(#609 all-time among players aged 26y2m)
#48
Abraham Baratz
2531
#49
Ramon Rey Ardid
2524
27y1m
(#731 all-time among players aged 27y1m)
#50
Carl Ruben
2524
#51
George Koltanowski
2521
27y4m
(#758 all-time among players aged 27y4m)
#52
Paul Leonhardt
2513
53y2m
(#152 all-time among players aged 53y2m)
#53
Heinrich Wagner
2511
42y5m
(#451 all-time among players aged 42y5m)
#54
Victor Soultanbéieff
2509
35y2m
(#714 all-time among players aged 35y2m)
#55
Kazimierz Makarczyk
2507
30y0m
(#871 all-time among players aged 30y0m)
#56
Erik Sr Andersen
2503
26y9m
(#901 all-time among players aged 26y9m)
#57
Baldur Hönlinger
2503
25y6m
(#845 all-time among players aged 25y6m)
#58
Gösta Stoltz
2501
26y8m
(#924 all-time among players aged 26y8m)
#59
William Winter
2500
32y4m
(#888 all-time among players aged 32y4m)
#60
Isaías Pleci
2500
23y3m
(#694 all-time among players aged 23y3m)
#61
Jakob Seitz
2498
32y11m
(#885 all-time among players aged 32y11m)
#62
Amos Pokorný
2497
40y10m
(#576 all-time among players aged 40y10m)
#63
Mario Monticelli
2497
28y10m
(#978 all-time among players aged 28y10m)
#64
Herman Steiner
2497
25y9m
(#907 all-time among players aged 25y9m)
#65
Gideon Stĺhlberg
2496
23y0m
(#688 all-time among players aged 23y0m)
#66
Jacques Mieses
2495
65y11m
(#33 all-time among players aged 65y11m)
#67
Carlos Skalicka
2494
34y2m
(#861 all-time among players aged 34y2m)
#68
Salo Landau
2483
27y9m
(#1095 all-time among players aged 27y9m)
#69
Teodor Regedzinski
2481
36y9m
(#854 all-time among players aged 36y9m)
#70
Josef Rejfír
2480
21y4m
(#608 all-time among players aged 21y4m)
#71
Oskar Hans Antze
2478
#72
Theodore Tylor
2472
30y9m
(#1185 all-time among players aged 30y9m)
#73
Karl Berndtsson-Kullberg
2471
38y10m
(#808 all-time among players aged 38y10m)
#74
Vera Menchik
2469
24y11m
(#1112 all-time among players aged 24y11m)
#75
Vladimirs Petrovs
2469
23y4m
(#932 all-time among players aged 23y4m)
#76
Siegfried Wolf
2466
63y1m
(#59 all-time among players aged 63y1m)
#77
José Araiza Munoz
2462
30y10m
(#1287 all-time among players aged 30y10m)
#78
Imre König
2459
29y11m
(#1327 all-time among players aged 29y11m)
#79
Johannes van den Bosch
2459
24y9m
(#1192 all-time among players aged 24y9m)
#80
R Max Blümich
2458
44y2m
(#595 all-time among players aged 44y2m)
#81
Edward Sergeant
2458
49y1m
(#381 all-time among players aged 49y1m)
#82
Willi Schlage
2451
42y1m
(#723 all-time among players aged 42y1m)
#83
Manuel Golmayo de la Torriente
2451
47y7m
(#454 all-time among players aged 47y7m)
#84
Roberto Grau
2450
30y10m
(#1399 all-time among players aged 30y10m)
#85
Stefano Rosselli del Turco
2450
53y6m
(#260 all-time among players aged 53y6m)
#86
Carlos Maderna
2435
20y5m
(#786 all-time among players aged 20y5m)
#87
Jindrich Engel
2432
33y10m
(#1402 all-time among players aged 33y10m)
#88
Ladislav Proke
2427
46y7m
(#577 all-time among players aged 46y7m)
#89
Leone Singer
2421
37y2m
(#1241 all-time among players aged 37y2m)
#90
Jose Vilardebo Picurena
2419
#91
Gerald Abrahams
2418
23y9m
(#1433 all-time among players aged 23y9m)
#92
Massimiliano Romi
2414
37y8m
(#1243 all-time among players aged 37y8m)
#93
Wilhelm Orbach
2413
#94
Walther von Holzhausen
2413
54y8m
(#275 all-time among players aged 54y8m)
#95
Marcel Duchamp
2412
43y6m
(#822 all-time among players aged 43y6m)
#96
Brian Reilly
2407
29y1m
(#1812 all-time among players aged 29y1m)
#97
Herbert Heinicke
2406
25y10m
(#1763 all-time among players aged 25y10m)
#98
Erik Lundin
2400
26y6m
(#1826 all-time among players aged 26y6m)
#99
Nathan Mannheimer
2397
#100
Berthold Koch
2395
31y11m
(#1843 all-time among players aged 31y11m)