Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: November 1961 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Tigran Petrosian  2790    32y5m   (#5 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #2  Mikhail Tal  2784    25y0m   (#7 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #3  Viktor Korchnoi  2778    30y8m   (#9 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #4  Mikhail Botvinnik  2771    50y3m   (#4 all-time among players aged 50y3m) 
 #5  Paul Keres  2765    45y10m   (#3 all-time among players aged 45y10m) 
 #6  Vassily Smyslov  2756    40y8m   (#10 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #7  Boris Spassky  2744    24y10m   (#16 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #8  Bobby Fischer  2744    18y8m   (#4 all-time among players aged 18y8m) 
 #9  Efim Geller  2743    36y8m   (#24 all-time among players aged 36y8m) 
 #10  Svetozar Gligoric  2722    38y9m   (#23 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #11  Ratmir Kholmov  2713    36y6m   (#39 all-time among players aged 36y6m) 
 #12  Yury Averbakh  2706    39y9m   (#36 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #13  Mark Taimanov  2701    35y9m   (#47 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #14  Samuel Reshevsky  2686    50y0m   (#18 all-time among players aged 50y0m) 
 #15  Lev Polugaevsky  2686    27y0m   (#74 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #16  Evgeny Vasiukov  2674    28y8m   (#93 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #17  Miroslav Filip  2669    33y1m   (#97 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #18  Miguel Najdorf  2666    51y7m   (#28 all-time among players aged 51y7m) 
 #19  William Lombardy  2666    23y11m   (#80 all-time among players aged 23y11m) 
 #20  David Bronstein  2664    37y9m   (#83 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #21  Fridrik Olafsson  2663    26y10m   (#109 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #22  Aleksandar Matanovic  2661    31y6m   (#126 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #23  Wolfgang Unzicker  2656    36y5m   (#96 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #24  Vladimir Bagirov  2655    25y3m   (#113 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #25  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2654    26y8m   (#121 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #26  Leonid Stein  2651    27y0m   (#125 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #27  Lajos Portisch  2650    24y7m   (#116 all-time among players aged 24y7m) 
 #28  Robert Byrne  2649    33y7m   (#129 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #29  Borislav Ivkov  2647    28y0m   (#139 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #30  Lothar Schmid  2647    33y6m   (#136 all-time among players aged 33y6m) 
 #31  Lev Aronin  2645    41y4m   (#92 all-time among players aged 41y4m) 
 #32  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2642    30y2m   (#160 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #33  Larry Evans  2641    29y8m   (#169 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #34  László Szabó  2639    44y8m   (#70 all-time among players aged 44y8m) 
 #35  Isaak Boleslavsky  2636    42y5m   (#102 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #36  Aivars Gipslis  2632    24y9m   (#159 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #37  Ludek Pachmann  2629    37y6m   (#134 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #38  Karl Robatsch  2629    33y1m   (#183 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #39  Bruno Parma  2626    19y11m   (#58 all-time among players aged 19y11m) 
 #40  Vladimir Antoshin  2626    32y6m   (#204 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #41  Vladimir Simagin  2624    42y5m   (#123 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #42  Petar Trifunovic  2624    51y3m   (#46 all-time among players aged 51y3m) 
 #43  Milan Matulovic  2620    26y5m   (#206 all-time among players aged 26y5m) 
 #44  Klaus Darga  2616    27y9m   (#225 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #45  Nikolay Krogius  2616    31y4m   (#244 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #46  Alexander Cherepkov  2615    41y1m   (#150 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #47  Héctor Rossetto  2613    39y2m   (#160 all-time among players aged 39y2m) 
 #48  Alexander Kotov  2611    48y3m   (#76 all-time among players aged 48y3m) 
 #49  Bent Larsen  2609    26y8m   (#240 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #50  Jacob Yukhtman  2602    26y10m   (#261 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #51  Arthur Bisguier  2601    32y1m   (#291 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #52  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2600    48y11m   (#81 all-time among players aged 48y11m) 
 #53  Gedeon Barcza  2598    50y3m   (#75 all-time among players aged 50y3m) 
 #54  Yury Nikolaevsky  2598    24y9m   (#247 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #55  Andrija Fuderer  2597    30y6m   (#326 all-time among players aged 30y6m) 
 #56  Julio Bolbochán  2596    41y8m   (#192 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #57  Raúl Sanguinetti  2595    28y9m   (#313 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #58  Milko Bobotsov  2595    30y2m   (#332 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #59  István Bilek  2594    29y3m   (#327 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #60  Nikola Padevsky  2591    28y6m   (#325 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #61  Pal Benko  2591    33y4m   (#316 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #62  Eduard Gufeld  2591    25y8m   (#299 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #63  Cenek Kottnauer  2590    51y9m   (#71 all-time among players aged 51y9m) 
 #64  Anatoly Lutikov  2589    28y9m   (#348 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #65  Semen Furman  2589    40y11m   (#215 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #66  Iivo Nei  2587    30y1m   (#369 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #67  Johannes Donner  2583    34y4m   (#340 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #68  Vitaly Tarasov  2582    38y10m   (#263 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #69  Jonathan Penrose  2580    28y1m   (#383 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #70  Božidar Djuraševic  2579    28y7m   (#380 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #71  Theodor Ghitescu  2579    27y10m   (#397 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #72  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2578    28y0m   (#389 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #73  Francisco Ballbe Anglada  2576   
 #74  Carlos Guimard  2574    48y7m   (#115 all-time among players aged 48y7m) 
 #75  James Sherwin  2574    28y1m   (#409 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #76  Herman Pilnik  2571    47y10m   (#132 all-time among players aged 47y10m) 
 #77  Milan Vukcevich  2569    24y8m   (#356 all-time among players aged 24y8m) 
 #78  Alexander Tolush  2569    51y6m   (#97 all-time among players aged 51y6m) 
 #79  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2568    50y6m   (#117 all-time among players aged 50y6m) 
 #80  Samuel Schweber  2567    25y4m   (#392 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #81  Mario Bertok  2566    32y2m   (#472 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #82  Alfredo Espósito  2565    36y9m   (#368 all-time among players aged 36y9m) 
 #83  Dragoljub Ciric  2564    26y0m   (#430 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #84  Charles Kalme  2563    22y0m   (#266 all-time among players aged 22y0m) 
 #85  Janis Klovans  2563    26y7m   (#457 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #86  Gavriil Veresov  2560    49y4m   (#130 all-time among players aged 49y4m) 
 #87  Alexey Suetin  2559    35y0m   (#435 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #88  Mijo Udovcic  2559    41y2m   (#304 all-time among players aged 41y2m) 
 #89  Anatoly Bannik  2557    39y11m   (#324 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #90  Stojan Puc  2557    40y7m   (#310 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #91  Peter Dely  2557    27y4m   (#506 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #92  Petar Smederevac  2556    39y3m   (#341 all-time among players aged 39y3m) 
 #93  Yacov Estrin  2554    38y7m   (#377 all-time among players aged 38y7m) 
 #94  Atanas Kolarov  2552    27y8m   (#530 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #95  Andreas Dueckstein  2552    34y3m   (#497 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #96  Vasilje Tomovic  2549    55y6m   (#65 all-time among players aged 55y6m) 
 #97  Sergey Khavsky  2548    33y9m   (#527 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #98  Yury Sakharov  2546    39y2m   (#387 all-time among players aged 39y2m) 
 #99  Erich Eliskases  2546    48y9m   (#161 all-time among players aged 48y9m) 
 #100  Dieter Keller  2546    25y4m   (#510 all-time among players aged 25y4m)