Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: December 1936 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Mikhail Botvinnik  2759    25y4m   (#12 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #2  José Capablanca  2755    48y1m   (#4 all-time among players aged 48y1m) 
 #3  Samuel Reshevsky  2751    25y1m   (#14 all-time among players aged 25y1m) 
 #4  Max Euwe  2750    35y7m   (#12 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #5  Alexander Alekhine  2740    44y2m   (#13 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #6  Salo Flohr  2739    28y1m   (#27 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #7  Reuben Fine  2704    22y2m   (#29 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #8  Emanuel Lasker  2675    68y0m   (#1 all-time among players aged 68y0m) 
 #9  Paul Keres  2673    20y11m   (#37 all-time among players aged 20y11m) 
 #10  Andor Lilienthal  2668    25y7m   (#91 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #11  Isaac Kashdan  2656    31y1m   (#135 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #12  Arthur Dake  2647    26y8m   (#138 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #13  Lajos Steiner  2644    33y6m   (#145 all-time among players aged 33y6m) 
 #14  Efim Bogoljubow  2642    47y8m   (#46 all-time among players aged 47y8m) 
 #15  Erich Eliskases  2634    23y10m   (#128 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #16  George Treysman  2633   
 #17  Jan Foltys  2632    28y2m   (#183 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #18  Saviely Tartakower  2631    49y10m   (#45 all-time among players aged 49y10m) 
 #19  Miguel Najdorf  2631    26y8m   (#174 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #20  Vasja Pirc  2630    29y0m   (#190 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #21  Paul Schmidt  2626    20y4m   (#63 all-time among players aged 20y4m) 
 #22  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2624    28y11m   (#212 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #23  Viacheslav Ragozin  2619    28y2m   (#217 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #24  Peter Romanovsky  2617    44y5m   (#111 all-time among players aged 44y5m) 
 #25  Ilia Kan  2612    27y7m   (#233 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #26  László Szabó  2612    19y9m   (#71 all-time among players aged 19y9m) 
 #27  Géza Maróczy  2611    66y9m   (#5 all-time among players aged 66y9m) 
 #28  Karel Opocenský  2609    44y10m   (#114 all-time among players aged 44y10m) 
 #29  Grigory Levenfish  2608    47y9m   (#79 all-time among players aged 47y9m) 
 #30  Rudolf Spielmann  2605    53y7m   (#42 all-time among players aged 53y7m) 
 #31  Pablo Michel  2605    31y0m   (#291 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #32  Carl Ahues  2604    53y0m   (#49 all-time among players aged 53y0m) 
 #33  Vsevolod Rauzer  2604    28y2m   (#283 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #34  Abraham Kupchik  2601    44y9m   (#133 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #35  Kurt Richter  2599    36y1m   (#243 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #36  Paulin Frydman  2599    31y7m   (#307 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #37  Henryk Friedmann  2598    33y11m   (#271 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #38  George Koltanowski  2593    33y3m   (#311 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #39  Nikolay Riumin  2588    28y3m   (#348 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #40  Herbert Heinicke  2588    31y9m   (#359 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #41  Georgy Lisitsin  2585    27y2m   (#347 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #42  Ludwig Engels  2583    31y0m   (#379 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #43  Ernst Grünfeld  2580    43y1m   (#195 all-time among players aged 43y1m) 
 #44  Josek Kolski  2579    36y11m   (#300 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #45  Albert Simonson  2576    22y0m   (#222 all-time among players aged 22y0m) 
 #46  Jorge Pelikán  2572    30y8m   (#429 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #47  Vladimir Alatortsev  2570    27y7m   (#427 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #48  Milan Vidmar Sr  2568    51y6m   (#99 all-time among players aged 51y6m) 
 #49  Kurt1 Richter  2565   
 #50  Isaías Pleci  2559    29y2m   (#490 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #51  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2558    26y10m   (#492 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #52  Aaron Schwartzman  2557   
 #53  Fedor Bohatirchuk  2557    44y1m   (#244 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #54  Gösta Stoltz  2556    32y7m   (#513 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #55  Ossip Bernstein  2554    54y2m   (#73 all-time among players aged 54y2m) 
 #56  Ilya Rabinovich  2552    45y11m   (#215 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #57  Albert Becker  2552    40y3m   (#341 all-time among players aged 40y3m) 
 #58  Ludwig Rellstab Sr  2549    32y1m   (#572 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #59  Vitaly Chekhover  2548    28y0m   (#547 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #60  Petar Trifunovic  2547    26y4m   (#547 all-time among players aged 26y4m) 
 #61  Roberto Grau  2547    36y9m   (#458 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #62  Mikhail Yudovich  2545    25y6m   (#523 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #63  Erik Lundin  2543    32y5m   (#594 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #64  Friedrich Sämisch  2542    40y3m   (#383 all-time among players aged 40y3m) 
 #65  Samuel Factor  2541    44y3m   (#282 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #66  Al Horowitz  2539    29y1m   (#620 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #67  Vladimirs Petrovs  2538    29y3m   (#635 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #68  Wilhelm Ernst  2537    32y11m   (#612 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #69  Simon Rubinstein  2537   
 #70  Ludwig Rödl  2536    29y8m   (#665 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #71  Ernö Gereben  2536    29y6m   (#667 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 
 #72  Kornél Havasi  2535    44y11m   (#285 all-time among players aged 44y11m) 
 #73  Karl Gilg  2535    35y11m   (#542 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #74  Movsa Feigin  2534    28y10m   (#671 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #75  Erik Sr Andersen  2530    32y8m   (#665 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #76  Emil Zinner  2530    27y4m   (#681 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #77  Fricis Apšenieks  2529    42y8m   (#361 all-time among players aged 42y8m) 
 #78  Alexander Kevitz  2528    34y3m   (#644 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #79  Hans Kmoch  2526    42y5m   (#390 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #80  Boris Kostic  2522    49y10m   (#194 all-time among players aged 49y10m) 
 #81  Bjřrn Nielsen  2522    29y2m   (#747 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #82  Arnold Denker  2521    22y10m   (#519 all-time among players aged 22y10m) 
 #83  Salo Landau  2520    33y8m   (#705 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #84  Johannes van den Bosch  2519    30y8m   (#789 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #85  Sergey Belavenets  2515    26y11m   (#818 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #86  Josef Rejfír  2514    27y3m   (#817 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #87  Carlos Guimard  2511    23y8m   (#651 all-time among players aged 23y8m) 
 #88  Jácobo Bolbochán  2508    30y0m   (#868 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #89  Karel Treybal  2506    51y10m   (#193 all-time among players aged 51y10m) 
 #90  Karl Helling  2505    32y4m   (#852 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #91  Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky  2504    42y1m   (#488 all-time among players aged 42y1m) 
 #92  Vladimir Makogonov  2504    32y4m   (#864 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #93  Eero Böök  2503    26y10m   (#897 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #94  Hans Johner  2502    47y11m   (#296 all-time among players aged 47y11m) 
 #95  Luis Argentino Palau  2500   
 #96  Isakas Vistaneckis  2500   
 #97  Teodor Regedzinski  2499    42y8m   (#498 all-time among players aged 42y8m) 
 #98  Frank Marshall  2499    59y4m   (#69 all-time among players aged 59y4m) 
 #99  Hans Müller  2494    40y0m   (#629 all-time among players aged 40y0m) 
 #100  Endre Steiner  2493    35y6m   (#810 all-time among players aged 35y6m)