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 Prokeš  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)