Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: November 1980 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Anatoly Karpov  2808    29y6m   (#5 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 
 #2  Viktor Korchnoi  2781    49y8m   (#2 all-time among players aged 49y8m) 
 #3  Garry Kasparov  2750    17y7m   (#1 all-time among players aged 17y7m) 
 #4  Lajos Portisch  2747    43y7m   (#13 all-time among players aged 43y7m) 
 #5  Jan Timman  2739    28y11m   (#27 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #6  Lev Polugaevsky  2738    46y0m   (#9 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #7  Alexander Beliavsky  2732    26y11m   (#33 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #8  Boris Spassky  2731    43y10m   (#18 all-time among players aged 43y10m) 
 #9  Mikhail Tal  2721    44y0m   (#20 all-time among players aged 44y0m) 
 #10  Robert Hübner  2719    32y0m   (#42 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #11  Bent Larsen  2710    45y8m   (#25 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #12  Tigran Petrosian  2708    51y5m   (#13 all-time among players aged 51y5m) 
 #13  Oleg Romanishin  2703    28y10m   (#56 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #14  Ulf Andersson  2702    29y5m   (#58 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #15  Efim Geller  2699    55y8m   (#9 all-time among players aged 55y8m) 
 #16  Yury Balashov  2698    31y8m   (#68 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #17  Artur Jussupow  2696    20y9m   (#20 all-time among players aged 20y9m) 
 #18  Sergey Dolmatov  2696    21y9m   (#30 all-time among players aged 21y9m) 
 #19  Vlastimil Hort  2692    36y10m   (#51 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #20  Ljubomir Ljubojevic  2692    30y0m   (#71 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #21  Alexander Chernin  2690    20y8m   (#23 all-time among players aged 20y8m) 
 #22  Zoltán Ribli  2685    29y2m   (#81 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #23  Rafael Vaganian  2683    29y1m   (#83 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #24  Anthony Miles  2681    25y7m   (#69 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #25  Florin Gheorghiu  2681    36y7m   (#70 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #26  Vitaly Tseshkovsky  2679    36y2m   (#74 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #27  Sergey Makarichev  2678    27y0m   (#84 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #28  Gyula Sax  2676    29y5m   (#95 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #29  Vereslav Didishko  2676    31y7m   (#98 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #30  Roman Dzindzichashvili  2671    36y6m   (#82 all-time among players aged 36y6m) 
 #31  Boris Gulko  2671    33y9m   (#90 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #32  Tamaz Georgadze  2671   
 #33  Gennadi Sosonko  2670    37y6m   (#75 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #34  Evgeny Sveshnikov  2669    30y9m   (#108 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #35  Nukhim Rashkovsky  2666    34y7m   (#101 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #36  Viktor Kupreichik  2666    31y4m   (#120 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #37  John Nunn  2665    25y7m   (#98 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #38  Gennady Kuzmin  2665    34y10m   (#104 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #39  Yury Razuvaev  2663    35y1m   (#98 all-time among players aged 35y1m) 
 #40  Evgeny Vasiukov  2663    47y8m   (#34 all-time among players aged 47y8m) 
 #41  Konstantin Lerner  2650    30y9m   (#145 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #42  Arshak Petrosian  2648    26y11m   (#130 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #43  Adrian Mikhalchishin  2647    26y0m   (#130 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #44  Jan Smejkal  2647    34y8m   (#131 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #45  Eduard Gufeld  2647    44y8m   (#62 all-time among players aged 44y8m) 
 #46  Vassily Smyslov  2646    59y8m   (#8 all-time among players aged 59y8m) 
 #47  Yasser Seirawan  2645    20y8m   (#55 all-time among players aged 20y8m) 
 #48  Iosif Dorfman  2644    28y6m   (#154 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #49  Borislav Ivkov  2644    47y0m   (#53 all-time among players aged 47y0m) 
 #50  Alexander Panchenko  2644    27y1m   (#143 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #51  Lubomir Kavalek  2642    37y3m   (#114 all-time among players aged 37y3m) 
 #52  Walter Browne  2641    31y10m   (#157 all-time among players aged 31y10m) 
 #53  Viacheslav Eingorn  2640    24y0m   (#123 all-time among players aged 24y0m) 
 #54  András Adorján  2639    30y8m   (#169 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #55  Yehuda Gruenfeld  2638    24y9m   (#144 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #56  Wolfgang Unzicker  2635    55y5m   (#23 all-time among players aged 55y5m) 
 #57  Vladimir Bagirov  2633    44y3m   (#81 all-time among players aged 44y3m) 
 #58  József Pintér  2633    27y0m   (#178 all-time among players aged 27y0m) 
 #59  Jonathan Speelman  2632    24y1m   (#141 all-time among players aged 24y1m) 
 #60  Aleksander Veingold  2629    27y1m   (#191 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #61  Michael Stean  2628    27y2m   (#195 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #62  Alexander Kochiev  2628    24y8m   (#166 all-time among players aged 24y8m) 
 #63  Svetozar Gligoric  2627    57y9m   (#18 all-time among players aged 57y9m) 
 #64  Bojan Kurajica  2627    33y0m   (#192 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #65  Lev Alburt  2626    35y3m   (#182 all-time among players aged 35y3m) 
 #66  James Tarjan  2625    28y9m   (#210 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #67  Vladimir Liberzon  2625    43y8m   (#102 all-time among players aged 43y8m) 
 #68  Vladimir Tukmakov  2622    34y8m   (#203 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #69  Lubomír Ftácnik  2619    23y1m   (#147 all-time among players aged 23y1m) 
 #70  Igor Ivanov  2618    33y10m   (#207 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #71  Miguel Quinteros  2614    32y11m   (#244 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #72  Miguel Najdorf  2613    70y7m   (#2 all-time among players aged 70y7m) 
 #73  Ivan Nemet  2613    37y7m   (#184 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #74  Elizbar Ubilava  2613    30y3m   (#250 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #75  Anatoly Lein  2612    49y8m   (#66 all-time among players aged 49y8m) 
 #76  Fridrik Olafsson  2611    45y10m   (#96 all-time among players aged 45y10m) 
 #77  Mikhail Tseitlin  2608    33y5m   (#255 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #78  Oscar Panno  2607    45y8m   (#112 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #79  Georgy Tringov  2607    43y8m   (#129 all-time among players aged 43y8m) 
 #80  Eugenio Torre  2606    29y0m   (#280 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #81  Valery Zhidkov  2606    41y2m   (#168 all-time among players aged 41y2m) 
 #82  Zurab Sturua  2605    21y5m   (#130 all-time among players aged 21y5m) 
 #83  Iván Faragó  2605    34y7m   (#242 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #84  David Bronstein  2604    56y9m   (#27 all-time among players aged 56y9m) 
 #85  Vladimir Savon  2603    40y2m   (#183 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #86  Gennady Timoshchenko  2603    31y7m   (#290 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #87  Alexander Ivanov  2602    24y6m   (#222 all-time among players aged 24y6m) 
 #88  Helmut Pfleger  2601    37y3m   (#220 all-time among players aged 37y3m) 
 #89  Andrey Kharitonov  2601    21y7m   (#148 all-time among players aged 21y7m) 
 #90  Robert Byrne  2601    52y7m   (#53 all-time among players aged 52y7m) 
 #91  Leonid Shamkovich  2600    57y5m   (#24 all-time among players aged 57y5m) 
 #92  Hans Ree  2599    36y2m   (#243 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #93  Henrique Mecking  2598    28y10m   (#309 all-time among players aged 28y10m) 
 #94  István Csom  2598    40y5m   (#183 all-time among players aged 40y5m) 
 #95  Alvis Vitolinš  2598    34y5m   (#275 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #96  Larry Evans  2596    48y8m   (#88 all-time among players aged 48y8m) 
 #97  Lev Psakhis  2596    22y0m   (#175 all-time among players aged 22y0m) 
 #98  Lars Karlsson  2595    25y4m   (#274 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #99  Georgios Makropoulos  2593    27y2m   (#305 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #100  Rainer Knaak  2592    27y8m   (#327 all-time among players aged 27y8m)