Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: May 1965 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Mikhail Tal  2766    28y6m   (#13 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #2  Bobby Fischer  2764    22y2m   (#10 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #3  Viktor Korchnoi  2753    34y2m   (#14 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #4  Tigran Petrosian  2752    35y11m   (#14 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #5  Boris Spassky  2751    28y4m   (#17 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #6  Vassily Smyslov  2740    44y2m   (#12 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #7  Mikhail Botvinnik  2738    53y9m   (#1 all-time among players aged 53y9m) 
 #8  Leonid Stein  2735    30y6m   (#27 all-time among players aged 30y6m) 
 #9  Paul Keres  2734    49y4m   (#8 all-time among players aged 49y4m) 
 #10  Efim Geller  2733    40y2m   (#22 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #11  Lev Polugaevsky  2731    30y6m   (#29 all-time among players aged 30y6m) 
 #12  David Bronstein  2715    41y3m   (#27 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #13  Lajos Portisch  2707    28y1m   (#53 all-time among players aged 28y1m) 
 #14  Miguel Najdorf  2700    55y1m   (#7 all-time among players aged 55y1m) 
 #15  Borislav Ivkov  2700    31y6m   (#68 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #16  Bent Larsen  2691    30y2m   (#73 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #17  Mark Taimanov  2680    39y3m   (#52 all-time among players aged 39y3m) 
 #18  Svetozar Gligoric  2680    42y3m   (#48 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #19  Isaak Boleslavsky  2674    45y11m   (#36 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #20  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2671    30y2m   (#104 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #21  Ratmir Kholmov  2665    40y0m   (#64 all-time among players aged 40y0m) 
 #22  Raúl Sanguinetti  2665    32y3m   (#114 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #23  Anatoly Lutikov  2663    32y3m   (#118 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #24  Samuel Reshevsky  2661    53y6m   (#23 all-time among players aged 53y6m) 
 #25  Iivo Nei  2655    33y7m   (#120 all-time among players aged 33y7m) 
 #26  Wolfgang Unzicker  2654    39y11m   (#86 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #27  Pal Benko  2643    36y10m   (#117 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #28  Alexey Suetin  2642    38y6m   (#112 all-time among players aged 38y6m) 
 #29  Nikolay Krogius  2640    34y10m   (#149 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #30  Fridrik Olafsson  2640    30y4m   (#168 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #31  Leonid Shamkovich  2638    41y11m   (#110 all-time among players aged 41y11m) 
 #32  Ludek Pachmann  2637    41y0m   (#111 all-time among players aged 41y0m) 
 #33  Anatoly Lein  2633    34y2m   (#170 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #34  Evgeny Vasiukov  2633    32y2m   (#187 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #35  László Szabó  2633    48y2m   (#49 all-time among players aged 48y2m) 
 #36  Vladimir Antoshin  2631    36y0m   (#153 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #37  Aivars Gipslis  2631    28y3m   (#183 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #38  Yury Averbakh  2630    43y3m   (#98 all-time among players aged 43y3m) 
 #39  Klaus Darga  2625    31y3m   (#213 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #40  Bruno Parma  2625    23y5m   (#133 all-time among players aged 23y5m) 
 #41  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2624    52y5m   (#40 all-time among players aged 52y5m) 
 #42  Boris Vladimirov  2621    36y0m   (#181 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #43  Eduard Gufeld  2620    29y2m   (#232 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #44  Milan Matulovic  2615    29y11m   (#246 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #45  Larry Evans  2614    33y2m   (#230 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #46  Lothar Schmid  2614    37y0m   (#183 all-time among players aged 37y0m) 
 #47  Vlastimil Hort  2611    21y4m   (#113 all-time among players aged 21y4m) 
 #48  Johannes Donner  2610    37y10m   (#191 all-time among players aged 37y10m) 
 #49  Levente Lengyel  2610    31y11m   (#268 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #50  Helmut Pfleger  2607    21y9m   (#141 all-time among players aged 21y9m) 
 #51  Robert Byrne  2606    37y1m   (#211 all-time among players aged 37y1m) 
 #52  Aleksandar Matanovic  2605    35y0m   (#243 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #53  Florin Gheorghiu  2602    21y1m   (#130 all-time among players aged 21y1m) 
 #54  Miroslav Filip  2601    36y7m   (#230 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #55  Julio Bolbochán  2601    45y2m   (#126 all-time among players aged 45y2m) 
 #56  Vladimir Bagirov  2601    28y9m   (#296 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #57  Alexander Zaitsev  2599    29y11m   (#313 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #58  Alexander Kotov  2598    51y9m   (#63 all-time among players aged 51y9m) 
 #59  Oscar Panno  2596    30y2m   (#323 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #60  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2595    33y8m   (#291 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #61  Victor Ciocaltea  2595    33y4m   (#302 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #62  Bernard Zuckerman  2593    22y2m   (#179 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #63  Georgy Tringov  2592    28y2m   (#336 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #64  Abram Khasin  2592    42y3m   (#181 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #65  István Bilek  2590    32y9m   (#333 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #66  Petar Trifunovic  2590    54y9m   (#41 all-time among players aged 54y9m) 
 #67  Milko Bobotsov  2589    33y8m   (#312 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #68  Vladimir Simagin  2589    45y11m   (#135 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #69  Vladimir Liberzon  2588    28y2m   (#351 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #70  Nikola Padevsky  2588    32y0m   (#359 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #71  Andor Lilienthal  2588    54y0m   (#51 all-time among players aged 54y0m) 
 #72  Gedeon Barcza  2587    53y9m   (#52 all-time among players aged 53y9m) 
 #73  Yury Kots  2584    31y5m   (#379 all-time among players aged 31y5m) 
 #74  Dragoljub Ciric  2583    29y6m   (#379 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 
 #75  Anatoly Bannik  2583    43y5m   (#181 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #76  Salo Flohr  2583    56y6m   (#41 all-time among players aged 56y6m) 
 #77  Daniel Yanofsky  2583    40y2m   (#228 all-time among players aged 40y2m) 
 #78  Igor Platonov  2579    31y4m   (#401 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #79  Dragoljub Janoševic  2579    41y10m   (#222 all-time among players aged 41y10m) 
 #80  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2578    57y4m   (#33 all-time among players aged 57y4m) 
 #81  Dragoljub Minic  2575    28y2m   (#410 all-time among players aged 28y2m) 
 #82  Naum Levin  2574    32y3m   (#409 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #83  Lubomir Kavalek  2573    21y9m   (#227 all-time among players aged 21y9m) 
 #84  Lev Aronin  2573    44y10m   (#181 all-time among players aged 44y10m) 
 #85  Erich Eliskases  2572    52y3m   (#79 all-time among players aged 52y3m) 
 #86  Aleksandar Bradvarevic  2572    31y10m   (#448 all-time among players aged 31y10m) 
 #87  Dražen Marovic  2570    27y4m   (#425 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #88  Georgy Ilivitsky  2569    44y1m   (#216 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #89  Vladislav Shianovsky  2568    35y5m   (#379 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #90  Jonathan Penrose  2567    31y7m   (#470 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #91  Herman Pilnik  2566    51y4m   (#104 all-time among players aged 51y4m) 
 #92  Wolfgang Pietzsch  2564    34y5m   (#423 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #93  Gyözö Forintos  2563    29y10m   (#490 all-time among players aged 29y10m) 
 #94  Heinz Lehmann  2560    43y7m   (#250 all-time among players aged 43y7m) 
 #95  Mato Damjanovic  2559    38y2m   (#364 all-time among players aged 38y2m) 
 #96  Igor Bondarevsky  2557    52y0m   (#105 all-time among players aged 52y0m) 
 #97  Janis Klovans  2556    30y1m   (#525 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #98  Jesús Díez del Corral  2556    32y1m   (#521 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #99  Theodor Ghitescu  2555    31y4m   (#531 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #100  German Khodos  2554    24y1m   (#403 all-time among players aged 24y1m)