Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: October 1987 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Garry Kasparov  2847    24y6m   (#1 all-time among players aged 24y6m) 
 #2  Anatoly Karpov  2814    36y5m   (#4 all-time among players aged 36y5m) 
 #3  Jan Timman  2749    35y10m   (#14 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #4  Artur Jussupow  2746    27y8m   (#18 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #5  Alexander Beliavsky  2746    33y10m   (#17 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #6  Mikhail Tal  2736    50y11m   (#7 all-time among players aged 50y11m) 
 #7  Viktor Korchnoi  2736    56y7m   (#3 all-time among players aged 56y7m) 
 #8  Rafael Vaganian  2733    36y0m   (#31 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #9  Lajos Portisch  2731    50y6m   (#7 all-time among players aged 50y6m) 
 #10  Valery Salov  2725    23y5m   (#24 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #11  Predrag Nikolic  2723    27y1m   (#41 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #12  Nigel Short  2721    22y4m   (#21 all-time among players aged 22y4m) 
 #13  Evgeny Vladimirov  2719    30y9m   (#41 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #14  Yasser Seirawan  2709    27y7m   (#52 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #15  Ljubomir Ljubojevic  2708    36y11m   (#44 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #16  Vladimir Tukmakov  2706    41y7m   (#31 all-time among players aged 41y7m) 
 #17  Robert Hübner  2705    38y11m   (#36 all-time among players aged 38y11m) 
 #18  Simen Agdestein  2703    20y5m   (#17 all-time among players aged 20y5m) 
 #19  Jonathan Speelman  2703    31y0m   (#57 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #20  John Nunn  2702    32y6m   (#61 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #21  Lev Psakhis  2701    28y11m   (#58 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #22  Boris Spassky  2701    50y9m   (#16 all-time among players aged 50y9m) 
 #23  Andrey Sokolov  2700    24y7m   (#43 all-time among players aged 24y7m) 
 #24  Zoltán Ribli  2700    36y1m   (#49 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #25  Ulf Andersson  2698    36y4m   (#51 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #26  Viacheslav Eingorn  2693    30y11m   (#72 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #27  Oleg Romanishin  2688    35y9m   (#64 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #28  Boris Gulko  2688    40y8m   (#49 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #29  Sergey Dolmatov  2687    28y8m   (#73 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #30  Lev Polugaevsky  2687    52y11m   (#19 all-time among players aged 52y11m) 
 #31  Alexander Chernin  2687    27y7m   (#81 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #32  Yury Balashov  2686    38y7m   (#50 all-time among players aged 38y7m) 
 #33  Smbat Lputian  2686    29y8m   (#80 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #34  Mikhail Gurevich  2685    28y8m   (#77 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #35  Gyula Sax  2683    36y4m   (#67 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #36  Victor Gavrikov  2683    30y3m   (#92 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #37  József Pintér  2681    33y11m   (#72 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #38  Murray Chandler  2681    27y6m   (#88 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #39  Vassily Ivanchuk  2678    18y7m   (#12 all-time among players aged 18y7m) 
 #40  Bent Larsen  2676    52y7m   (#22 all-time among players aged 52y7m) 
 #41  John van der Wiel  2676    28y2m   (#91 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #42  Boris Gelfand  2674    19y4m   (#15 all-time among players aged 19y4m) 
 #43  Jaan Ehlvest  2672    25y0m   (#80 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #44  Alexey Vyzmanavin  2671    27y9m   (#98 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #45  Vlastimil Hort  2669    43y9m   (#42 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #46  Konstantin Lerner  2669    37y8m   (#75 all-time among players aged 37y8m) 
 #47  Larry Christiansen  2666    31y4m   (#119 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #48  Jóhann Hjartarson  2663    24y8m   (#84 all-time among players aged 24y8m) 
 #49  Anthony Miles  2663    32y6m   (#116 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #50  Iosif Dorfman  2661    35y5m   (#97 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #51  Vladimir Malaniuk  2660    30y3m   (#125 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #52  Zurab Azmaiparashvili  2657    27y7m   (#126 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #53  Jesus Nogueiras  2656    28y3m   (#125 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #54  Kiril Georgiev  2656    21y11m   (#66 all-time among players aged 21y11m) 
 #55  Curt Hansen  2654    23y1m   (#87 all-time among players aged 23y1m) 
 #56  Eduardas Rozentalis  2654    24y5m   (#102 all-time among players aged 24y5m) 
 #57  Eugenio Torre  2653    35y11m   (#110 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #58  Andrey Kharitonov  2653    28y6m   (#131 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #59  Viswanathan Anand  2653    17y10m   (#17 all-time among players aged 17y10m) 
 #60  Evgeny Bareev  2652    20y11m   (#52 all-time among players aged 20y11m) 
 #61  Vassily Smyslov  2652    66y7m   (#3 all-time among players aged 66y7m) 
 #62  Utut Adianto  2651    22y7m   (#80 all-time among players aged 22y7m) 
 #63  Yury Razuvaev  2650    42y0m   (#81 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 
 #64  Alexey Dreev  2650    18y9m   (#18 all-time among players aged 18y9m) 
 #65  Lubomir Kavalek  2649    44y2m   (#59 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #66  Evgeny Pigusov  2649    26y7m   (#133 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #67  Alex Yermolinsky  2649    29y6m   (#147 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 
 #68  Alexander Khalifman  2648    21y9m   (#68 all-time among players aged 21y9m) 
 #69  András Adorján  2645    37y7m   (#106 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #70  Sergey Smagin  2644    29y1m   (#158 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #71  Joel Benjamin  2644    23y7m   (#103 all-time among players aged 23y7m) 
 #72  Nukhim Rashkovsky  2642    41y6m   (#101 all-time among players aged 41y6m) 
 #73  Daniel Cámpora  2642    30y4m   (#162 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #74  Gregory Kaidanov  2641    28y0m   (#156 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #75  Yakov Murey  2640    46y2m   (#56 all-time among players aged 46y2m) 
 #76  Alexander Huzman  2638    25y6m   (#142 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #77  Adrian Mikhalchishin  2636    32y11m   (#164 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #78  Yehuda Gruenfeld  2636    31y8m   (#173 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #79  Valery Neverov  2635    23y4m   (#113 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 
 #80  Uwe Bönsch  2635    29y0m   (#176 all-time among players aged 29y0m) 
 #81  Petar Popovic  2635    28y8m   (#179 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #82  Helgi Olafsson  2635    31y2m   (#179 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #83  Lubomír Ftácnik  2634    30y0m   (#181 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #84  Igor Novikov  2634    25y5m   (#151 all-time among players aged 25y5m) 
 #85  Yury Dokhoian  2634    23y0m   (#115 all-time among players aged 23y0m) 
 #86  John Fedorowicz  2632    29y1m   (#185 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #87  Margeir Pétursson  2631    27y8m   (#173 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #88  Aivars Gipslis  2631    50y8m   (#45 all-time among players aged 50y8m) 
 #89  Mihai Suba  2631    40y4m   (#119 all-time among players aged 40y4m) 
 #90  Anatoli Vaisser  2631    38y7m   (#127 all-time among players aged 38y7m) 
 #91  Viktor Kupreichik  2631    38y3m   (#127 all-time among players aged 38y3m) 
 #92  Eduard Gufeld  2630    51y7m   (#41 all-time among players aged 51y7m) 
 #93  Maia Chiburdanidze  2630    26y9m   (#181 all-time among players aged 26y9m) 
 #94  Sergey Makarichev  2629    33y11m   (#177 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #95  Florin Gheorghiu  2628    43y6m   (#99 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #96  Maxim Dlugy  2627    21y9m   (#105 all-time among players aged 21y9m) 
 #97  Lev Alburt  2627    42y2m   (#125 all-time among players aged 42y2m) 
 #98  Gennady Zaichik  2626    30y8m   (#201 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #99  Alexander Goldin  2626    22y8m   (#124 all-time among players aged 22y8m) 
 #100  Carlos Garcia Palermo  2625    33y10m   (#189 all-time among players aged 33y10m)