Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: October 1981 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Anatoly Karpov  2812    30y5m   (#5 all-time among players aged 30y5m) 
 #2  Viktor Korchnoi  2777    50y7m   (#3 all-time among players aged 50y7m) 
 #3  Garry Kasparov  2766    18y6m   (#1 all-time among players aged 18y6m) 
 #4  Jan Timman  2745    29y10m   (#19 all-time among players aged 29y10m) 
 #5  Lajos Portisch  2739    44y6m   (#11 all-time among players aged 44y6m) 
 #6  Alexander Beliavsky  2728    27y10m   (#35 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #7  Mikhail Tal  2722    44y11m   (#19 all-time among players aged 44y11m) 
 #8  Ulf Andersson  2721    30y4m   (#38 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #9  Robert Hübner  2720    32y11m   (#36 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #10  Lev Polugaevsky  2719    46y11m   (#14 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #11  Boris Spassky  2718    44y9m   (#20 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #12  Bent Larsen  2712    46y7m   (#18 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #13  Oleg Romanishin  2705    29y9m   (#52 all-time among players aged 29y9m) 
 #14  Sergey Dolmatov  2702    22y8m   (#32 all-time among players aged 22y8m) 
 #15  Yury Balashov  2701    32y7m   (#62 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #16  Tigran Petrosian  2698    52y4m   (#17 all-time among players aged 52y4m) 
 #17  Vlastimil Hort  2698    37y9m   (#47 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #18  Vitaly Tseshkovsky  2696    37y1m   (#47 all-time among players aged 37y1m) 
 #19  Zoltán Ribli  2696    30y1m   (#68 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #20  Boris Gulko  2690    34y8m   (#71 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #21  Ljubomir Ljubojevic  2689    30y11m   (#80 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #22  Vassily Smyslov  2684    60y7m   (#4 all-time among players aged 60y7m) 
 #23  Artur Jussupow  2683    21y8m   (#39 all-time among players aged 21y8m) 
 #24  Gennadi Sosonko  2681    38y5m   (#54 all-time among players aged 38y5m) 
 #25  Gyula Sax  2680    30y4m   (#95 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #26  Florin Gheorghiu  2678    37y6m   (#63 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #27  Anthony Miles  2677    26y6m   (#82 all-time among players aged 26y6m) 
 #28  Lubomir Kavalek  2675    38y2m   (#59 all-time among players aged 38y2m) 
 #29  Sergey Makarichev  2673    27y11m   (#96 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #30  Yasser Seirawan  2672    21y7m   (#44 all-time among players aged 21y7m) 
 #31  Evgeny Sveshnikov  2668    31y8m   (#114 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #32  Rafael Vaganian  2666    30y0m   (#110 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #33  Viktor Kupreichik  2665    32y3m   (#113 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #34  Gennady Kuzmin  2664    35y9m   (#92 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #35  Jan Smejkal  2664    35y7m   (#92 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #36  Larry Christiansen  2663    25y4m   (#100 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #37  Alexander Chernin  2662    21y7m   (#54 all-time among players aged 21y7m) 
 #38  Efim Geller  2660    56y7m   (#11 all-time among players aged 56y7m) 
 #39  Walter Browne  2660    32y9m   (#122 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #40  John Nunn  2655    26y6m   (#117 all-time among players aged 26y6m) 
 #41  Evgeny Vasiukov  2654    48y7m   (#32 all-time among players aged 48y7m) 
 #42  Lev Psakhis  2653    22y11m   (#83 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #43  Eduard Gufeld  2647    45y7m   (#56 all-time among players aged 45y7m) 
 #44  Nukhim Rashkovsky  2645    35y6m   (#134 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #45  Tamaz Georgadze  2642   
 #46  David Bronstein  2639    57y8m   (#17 all-time among players aged 57y8m) 
 #47  Konstantin Lerner  2639    31y8m   (#164 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #48  Lubomír Ftácnik  2636    24y0m   (#133 all-time among players aged 24y0m) 
 #49  Arshak Petrosian  2634    27y10m   (#170 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #50  Jonathan Speelman  2632    25y0m   (#161 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #51  Adrian Mikhalchishin  2631    26y11m   (#177 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #52  Viacheslav Eingorn  2631    24y11m   (#160 all-time among players aged 24y11m) 
 #53  Bojan Kurajica  2629    33y11m   (#178 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #54  Wolfgang Unzicker  2628    56y4m   (#22 all-time among players aged 56y4m) 
 #55  Miguel Quinteros  2627    33y10m   (#183 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #56  Vladimir Liberzon  2625    44y7m   (#95 all-time among players aged 44y7m) 
 #57  Svetozar Gligoric  2625    58y8m   (#17 all-time among players aged 58y8m) 
 #58  Yury Razuvaev  2624    36y0m   (#169 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #59  Michael Stean  2623    28y1m   (#200 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #60  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2620    46y7m   (#78 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #61  András Adorján  2619    31y7m   (#226 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #62  Vladimir Bagirov  2618    45y2m   (#97 all-time among players aged 45y2m) 
 #63  Iosif Dorfman  2618    29y5m   (#243 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #64  Alexey Vyzmanavin  2616    21y9m   (#125 all-time among players aged 21y9m) 
 #65  James Tarjan  2616    29y8m   (#242 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #66  Borislav Ivkov  2615    47y11m   (#69 all-time among players aged 47y11m) 
 #67  Alexander Panchenko  2615    28y0m   (#226 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #68  Nathan Birnboim  2613    30y11m   (#257 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #69  Iván Faragó  2613    35y6m   (#214 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #70  Roman Dzindzichashvili  2613    37y5m   (#189 all-time among players aged 37y5m) 
 #71  Eugenio Torre  2613    29y11m   (#260 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #72  Anatoly Kremenetsky  2613    42y9m   (#136 all-time among players aged 42y9m) 
 #73  Leonid Shamkovich  2612    58y4m   (#21 all-time among players aged 58y4m) 
 #74  Leonid Gofshtein  2611    28y6m   (#254 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #75  József Pintér  2609    27y11m   (#252 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #76  István Csom  2608    41y4m   (#159 all-time among players aged 41y4m) 
 #77  Miguel Najdorf  2608    71y6m   (#2 all-time among players aged 71y6m) 
 #78  Fridrik Olafsson  2608    46y9m   (#96 all-time among players aged 46y9m) 
 #79  Rainer Knaak  2607    28y7m   (#265 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #80  Anatoly Lein  2607    50y7m   (#63 all-time among players aged 50y7m) 
 #81  Samuel Reshevsky  2606    69y11m   (#4 all-time among players aged 69y11m) 
 #82  Milan Bjelajac  2606    33y7m   (#250 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #83  Lars Karlsson  2604    26y3m   (#259 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #84  Lev Alburt  2603    36y2m   (#231 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #85  Georgy Tringov  2603    44y7m   (#133 all-time among players aged 44y7m) 
 #86  Vladimir Tukmakov  2602    35y7m   (#236 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #87  Oscar Panno  2602    46y7m   (#102 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #88  Sergey Gorelov  2602    24y2m   (#218 all-time among players aged 24y2m) 
 #89  Mihai Suba  2602    34y4m   (#257 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #90  Božidar Ivanovic  2602    35y2m   (#248 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #91  Mark Taimanov  2601    55y8m   (#35 all-time among players aged 55y8m) 
 #92  Robert Byrne  2601    53y6m   (#44 all-time among players aged 53y6m) 
 #93  Alvis Vitolinš  2599    35y4m   (#252 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #94  Aivars Gipslis  2599    44y8m   (#139 all-time among players aged 44y8m) 
 #95  Mikhail Tseitlin  2599    34y4m   (#276 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #96  Eduard Mnatsakanian  2598    42y10m   (#158 all-time among players aged 42y10m) 
 #97  Yehuda Gruenfeld  2595    25y8m   (#281 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #98  Murray Chandler  2593    21y6m   (#164 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 
 #99  Alex Yermolinsky  2593    23y6m   (#235 all-time among players aged 23y6m) 
 #100  Evgeny Vladimirov  2593    24y9m   (#269 all-time among players aged 24y9m)