Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: October 1990 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Garry Kasparov  2877    27y6m   (#1 all-time among players aged 27y6m) 
 #2  Anatoly Karpov  2827    39y5m   (#3 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #3  Vassily Ivanchuk  2777    21y7m   (#4 all-time among players aged 21y7m) 
 #4  Boris Gelfand  2758    22y4m   (#12 all-time among players aged 22y4m) 
 #5  Valery Salov  2739    26y5m   (#25 all-time among players aged 26y5m) 
 #6  Jan Timman  2738    38y10m   (#18 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #7  Mikhail Gurevich  2731    31y8m   (#33 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #8  Alexander Beliavsky  2727    36y10m   (#31 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #9  Viktor Korchnoi  2726    59y7m   (#2 all-time among players aged 59y7m) 
 #10  Nigel Short  2725    25y4m   (#31 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #11  Leonid Yudasin  2725    31y2m   (#37 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #12  Jaan Ehlvest  2724    28y0m   (#38 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #13  Alexander Khalifman  2718    24y9m   (#32 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #14  Ulf Andersson  2713    39y4m   (#32 all-time among players aged 39y4m) 
 #15  Evgeny Bareev  2712    23y11m   (#31 all-time among players aged 23y11m) 
 #16  Alexey Dreev  2710    21y9m   (#23 all-time among players aged 21y9m) 
 #17  Sergey Dolmatov  2709    31y8m   (#58 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #18  Jonathan Speelman  2701    34y0m   (#54 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #19  Lev Polugaevsky  2700    55y11m   (#7 all-time among players aged 55y11m) 
 #20  John Nunn  2697    35y6m   (#52 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #21  Artur Jussupow  2694    30y8m   (#68 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #22  Rustem Dautov  2694    24y11m   (#50 all-time among players aged 24y11m) 
 #23  Smbat Lputian  2693    32y8m   (#73 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #24  Predrag Nikolic  2692    30y1m   (#76 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #25  Alexander Chernin  2690    30y7m   (#78 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #26  Zoltán Ribli  2689    39y1m   (#45 all-time among players aged 39y1m) 
 #27  Alexei Shirov  2689    18y3m   (#7 all-time among players aged 18y3m) 
 #28  Yasser Seirawan  2689    30y7m   (#81 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #29  Ljubomir Ljubojevic  2688    39y11m   (#46 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #30  Alexey Vyzmanavin  2686    30y9m   (#88 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #31  Rafael Vaganian  2686    39y0m   (#48 all-time among players aged 39y0m) 
 #32  Lajos Portisch  2685    53y6m   (#17 all-time among players aged 53y6m) 
 #33  Konstantin Aseev  2683    30y0m   (#86 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #34  Kiril Georgiev  2682    24y11m   (#67 all-time among players aged 24y11m) 
 #35  Zurab Azmaiparashvili  2681    30y7m   (#94 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #36  Simen Agdestein  2681    23y5m   (#54 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #37  Gyula Sax  2679    39y4m   (#53 all-time among players aged 39y4m) 
 #38  Viswanathan Anand  2677    20y10m   (#30 all-time among players aged 20y10m) 
 #39  Victor Gavrikov  2677    33y3m   (#84 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #40  Robert Hübner  2677    41y11m   (#50 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #41  Leonid Yurtaev  2675    31y5m   (#97 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #42  Anthony Miles  2675    35y6m   (#80 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #43  Evgeny Vladimirov  2675    33y9m   (#81 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #44  Zurab Sturua  2673    31y4m   (#106 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #45  Yury Balashov  2673    41y7m   (#61 all-time among players aged 41y7m) 
 #46  Mikhail Tal  2672    53y11m   (#18 all-time among players aged 53y11m) 
 #47  Vladimir Epishin  2671    25y3m   (#84 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #48  Boris Gulko  2670    43y8m   (#44 all-time among players aged 43y8m) 
 #49  Eduardas Rozentalis  2669    27y5m   (#98 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #50  Viacheslav Eingorn  2669    33y11m   (#90 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #51  Oleg Romanishin  2665    38y9m   (#72 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #52  Andrey Sokolov  2665    27y7m   (#109 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #53  Lev Psakhis  2664    31y11m   (#115 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #54  Yury Razuvaev  2662    45y0m   (#46 all-time among players aged 45y0m) 
 #55  Iosif Dorfman  2662    38y5m   (#79 all-time among players aged 38y5m) 
 #56  Vladimir Akopian  2660    18y10m   (#15 all-time among players aged 18y10m) 
 #57  Nick deFirmian  2659    33y3m   (#110 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #58  Alexander Goldin  2659    25y8m   (#111 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #59  Semen Dvoiris  2657    31y11m   (#129 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #60  Michael Adams  2657    18y11m   (#16 all-time among players aged 18y11m) 
 #61  Ilia Smirin  2653    22y9m   (#83 all-time among players aged 22y9m) 
 #62  Sergei Tiviakov  2652    17y8m   (#14 all-time among players aged 17y8m) 
 #63  Curt Hansen  2651    26y1m   (#124 all-time among players aged 26y1m) 
 #64  Gata Kamsky  2651    16y4m   (#5 all-time among players aged 16y4m) 
 #65  Dimitar Donchev  2650    32y3m   (#143 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #66  Vladimir Malaniuk  2650    33y3m   (#128 all-time among players aged 33y3m) 
 #67  Evgeny Sveshnikov  2649    40y8m   (#91 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #68  Vladimir Tukmakov  2648    44y7m   (#62 all-time among players aged 44y7m) 
 #69  Bent Larsen  2648    55y7m   (#19 all-time among players aged 55y7m) 
 #70  Lembit Oll  2647    24y6m   (#118 all-time among players aged 24y6m) 
 #71  Roman Dzindzichashvili  2647    46y5m   (#51 all-time among players aged 46y5m) 
 #72  Yury Dokhoian  2646    26y0m   (#135 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #73  Evgeny Pigusov  2646    29y7m   (#155 all-time among players aged 29y7m) 
 #74  Jóhann Hjartarson  2645    27y8m   (#145 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #75  Helgi Olafsson  2644    34y2m   (#150 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #76  Sergey Makarichev  2643    36y11m   (#116 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #77  Konstantin Lerner  2642    40y8m   (#101 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #78  József Pintér  2642    36y11m   (#121 all-time among players aged 36y11m) 
 #79  Vlastimil Hort  2641    46y9m   (#59 all-time among players aged 46y9m) 
 #80  Vladimir Kramnik  2640    15y4m   (#4 all-time among players aged 15y4m) 
 #81  Igor Novikov  2640    28y5m   (#168 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #82  Michal Krasenkow  2640    26y11m   (#156 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #83  Gennady Kuzmin  2639    44y9m   (#65 all-time among players aged 44y9m) 
 #84  John van der Wiel  2639    31y2m   (#167 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #85  Sergey Smagin  2639    32y1m   (#170 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #86  Bojan Kurajica  2639    42y11m   (#87 all-time among players aged 42y11m) 
 #87  Valery Neverov  2638    26y4m   (#148 all-time among players aged 26y4m) 
 #88  Igor Glek  2637    28y11m   (#171 all-time among players aged 28y11m) 
 #89  Mikhail Ulibin  2637    19y5m   (#39 all-time among players aged 19y5m) 
 #90  John Fedorowicz  2637    32y1m   (#179 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #91  Lev Alburt  2636    45y2m   (#65 all-time among players aged 45y2m) 
 #92  Eugenio Torre  2636    38y11m   (#119 all-time among players aged 38y11m) 
 #93  Lubomír Ftácnik  2635    33y0m   (#167 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #94  Maxim Dlugy  2634    24y9m   (#151 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #95  Andrey Kharitonov  2634    31y6m   (#178 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #96  Yuri Yakovich  2632    27y11m   (#180 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #97  Margeir Pétursson  2631    30y8m   (#185 all-time among players aged 30y8m) 
 #98  Boris Spassky  2631    53y9m   (#29 all-time among players aged 53y9m) 
 #99  Joel Benjamin  2630    26y7m   (#183 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #100  Kevin Spraggett  2629    35y11m   (#158 all-time among players aged 35y11m)