Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: July 1978 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Anatoly Karpov  2822    27y2m   (#4 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #2  Viktor Korchnoi  2806    47y4m   (#2 all-time among players aged 47y4m) 
 #3  Boris Spassky  2755    41y6m   (#11 all-time among players aged 41y6m) 
 #4  Lev Polugaevsky  2746    43y8m   (#13 all-time among players aged 43y8m) 
 #5  Mikhail Tal  2739    41y8m   (#19 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #6  Tigran Petrosian  2737    49y1m   (#6 all-time among players aged 49y1m) 
 #7  Lajos Portisch  2730    41y3m   (#23 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #8  Bent Larsen  2730    43y4m   (#21 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #9  Boris Gulko  2719    31y5m   (#45 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #10  Vlastimil Hort  2717    34y6m   (#40 all-time among players aged 34y6m) 
 #11  Oleg Romanishin  2715    26y6m   (#46 all-time among players aged 26y6m) 
 #12  Yury Balashov  2709    29y4m   (#47 all-time among players aged 29y4m) 
 #13  Rafael Vaganian  2707    26y9m   (#52 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #14  Jan Timman  2704    26y7m   (#52 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #15  Iosif Dorfman  2702    26y2m   (#49 all-time among players aged 26y2m) 
 #16  Vitaly Tseshkovsky  2699    33y10m   (#56 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #17  Ljubomir Ljubojevic  2694    27y8m   (#70 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #18  Vladimir Tukmakov  2692    32y4m   (#74 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #19  Henrique Mecking  2691    26y6m   (#63 all-time among players aged 26y6m) 
 #20  Zoltán Ribli  2690    26y10m   (#68 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #21  Vassily Smyslov  2689    57y4m   (#7 all-time among players aged 57y4m) 
 #22  Gennady Kuzmin  2687    32y6m   (#81 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #23  Efim Geller  2686    53y4m   (#18 all-time among players aged 53y4m) 
 #24  Alexander Beliavsky  2681    24y7m   (#63 all-time among players aged 24y7m) 
 #25  Robert Hübner  2676    29y8m   (#95 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #26  Garry Kasparov  2676    15y3m   (#1 all-time among players aged 15y3m) 
 #27  Vladimir Bagirov  2675    41y11m   (#53 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #28  Anthony Miles  2674    23y3m   (#69 all-time among players aged 23y3m) 
 #29  Vladimir Savon  2671    37y10m   (#68 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #30  Roman Dzindzichashvili  2670    34y2m   (#90 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #31  Gyula Sax  2669    27y1m   (#101 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #32  David Bronstein  2667    54y5m   (#15 all-time among players aged 54y5m) 
 #33  Ratmir Kholmov  2666    53y2m   (#25 all-time among players aged 53y2m) 
 #34  Evgeny Vasiukov  2666    45y4m   (#42 all-time among players aged 45y4m) 
 #35  Bojan Kurajica  2665    30y8m   (#114 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #36  Walter Browne  2664    29y6m   (#117 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 
 #37  Jan Smejkal  2663    32y4m   (#115 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #38  Evgeny Sveshnikov  2660    28y5m   (#121 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #39  Svetozar Gligoric  2659    55y5m   (#15 all-time among players aged 55y5m) 
 #40  Ulf Andersson  2656    27y1m   (#122 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #41  Lubomir Kavalek  2655    34y11m   (#115 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #42  Alexander Kochiev  2653    22y4m   (#72 all-time among players aged 22y4m) 
 #43  Adrian Mikhalchishin  2647    23y8m   (#101 all-time among players aged 23y8m) 
 #44  Yury Razuvaev  2647    32y9m   (#144 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #45  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2644    43y4m   (#75 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #46  Aivars Gipslis  2643    41y5m   (#99 all-time among players aged 41y5m) 
 #47  Gennadi Sosonko  2643    35y2m   (#138 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #48  Mark Taimanov  2640    52y5m   (#33 all-time among players aged 52y5m) 
 #49  Fridrik Olafsson  2636    43y6m   (#83 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #50  Tamaz Georgadze  2635   
 #51  Lev Alburt  2635    32y11m   (#167 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #52  Bruno Parma  2633    36y7m   (#145 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #53  Sergey Makarichev  2632    24y8m   (#155 all-time among players aged 24y8m) 
 #54  Borislav Ivkov  2628    44y8m   (#90 all-time among players aged 44y8m) 
 #55  Robert Byrne  2628    50y3m   (#50 all-time among players aged 50y3m) 
 #56  Vladimir Liberzon  2627    41y4m   (#130 all-time among players aged 41y4m) 
 #57  Viktor Kupreichik  2627    29y0m   (#198 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #58  Gennady Timoshchenko  2625    29y3m   (#207 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #59  Oscar Panno  2624    43y4m   (#106 all-time among players aged 43y4m) 
 #60  Michael Stean  2624    24y10m   (#176 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #61  Burkhard Malich  2623    41y8m   (#135 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #62  Florin Gheorghiu  2623    34y3m   (#193 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #63  Mark Dvoretsky  2621    30y7m   (#219 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #64  Lothar Vogt  2621    26y6m   (#198 all-time among players aged 26y6m) 
 #65  Nikolay Krogius  2620    48y0m   (#59 all-time among players aged 48y0m) 
 #66  Alexey Suetin  2620    51y8m   (#46 all-time among players aged 51y8m) 
 #67  Semen Palatnik  2619    28y4m   (#225 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #68  Georgy Tringov  2618    41y4m   (#145 all-time among players aged 41y4m) 
 #69  Konstantin Lerner  2617    28y5m   (#230 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #70  Eugenio Torre  2616    26y8m   (#224 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #71  András Adorján  2616    28y4m   (#233 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #72  William Lombardy  2616    40y7m   (#150 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #73  Karen Grigorian  2616    30y10m   (#240 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #74  Srdjan Marangunic  2615    34y9m   (#219 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #75  A Sakharov  2615   
 #76  Nukhim Rashkovsky  2614    32y3m   (#251 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #77  Rainer Knaak  2613    25y4m   (#221 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #78  Lev Gutman  2612    32y10m   (#249 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #79  Eduard Gufeld  2612    42y4m   (#139 all-time among players aged 42y4m) 
 #80  Igor Zaitsev  2611    40y2m   (#158 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #81  Alexander Zakharov  2611    34y9m   (#233 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #82  Enver Bukic  2610    40y7m   (#160 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #83  Ventzislav Inkiov  2608    22y2m   (#150 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #84  Aleksandar Matanovic  2608    48y2m   (#81 all-time among players aged 48y2m) 
 #85  Alexander Panchenko  2607    24y9m   (#213 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #86  Raúl Sanguinetti  2606    45y5m   (#116 all-time among players aged 45y5m) 
 #87  Gudmundur Sigurjónsson  2604    30y10m   (#298 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #88  Hans Ree  2603    33y10m   (#258 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #89  Boris Katalimov  2601   
 #90  Kenneth Rogoff  2599    25y4m   (#257 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #91  Wolfgang Unzicker  2599    53y1m   (#52 all-time among players aged 53y1m) 
 #92  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2598    36y2m   (#247 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #93  István Csom  2597    38y1m   (#217 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #94  Milorad Knezevic  2595    41y9m   (#185 all-time among players aged 41y9m) 
 #95  Ferenc Portisch  2595    39y3m   (#209 all-time among players aged 39y3m) 
 #96  Krunoslav Hulak  2594    27y2m   (#302 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #97  Miguel Quinteros  2594    30y7m   (#333 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #98  Ludek Pachmann  2593    54y2m   (#45 all-time among players aged 54y2m) 
 #99  Milan Vukic  2593    34y11m   (#288 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #100  Anatoly Lein  2593    47y4m   (#113 all-time among players aged 47y4m)