Monthly top-five lists
Monthly List:
April 1966 rating list
Player Name
Rating
Age
#1
Boris Spassky
2767
29y3m
(#11 all-time among players aged 29y3m)
#2
Mikhail Tal
2761
29y5m
(#10 all-time among players aged 29y5m)
#3
Leonid Stein
2753
31y5m
(#17 all-time among players aged 31y5m)
#4
Viktor Korchnoi
2753
35y1m
(#13 all-time among players aged 35y1m)
#5
Bobby Fischer
2751
23y1m
(#15 all-time among players aged 23y1m)
#6
Lev Polugaevsky
2744
31y5m
(#24 all-time among players aged 31y5m)
#7
Vassily Smyslov
2738
45y1m
(#10 all-time among players aged 45y1m)
#8
Tigran Petrosian
2736
36y10m
(#26 all-time among players aged 36y10m)
#9
Efim Geller
2731
41y1m
(#22 all-time among players aged 41y1m)
#10
Mikhail Botvinnik
2722
54y8m
(#5 all-time among players aged 54y8m)
#11
Miguel Najdorf
2717
56y0m
(#6 all-time among players aged 56y0m)
#12
Paul Keres
2716
50y3m
(#14 all-time among players aged 50y3m)
#13
Mark Taimanov
2705
40y2m
(#38 all-time among players aged 40y2m)
#14
Lajos Portisch
2702
29y0m
(#54 all-time among players aged 29y0m)
#15
Borislav Ivkov
2701
32y5m
(#62 all-time among players aged 32y5m)
#16
Bent Larsen
2699
31y1m
(#62 all-time among players aged 31y1m)
#17
David Bronstein
2694
42y2m
(#37 all-time among players aged 42y2m)
#18
Wolfgang Uhlmann
2678
31y1m
(#96 all-time among players aged 31y1m)
#19
Svetozar Gligoric
2669
43y2m
(#50 all-time among players aged 43y2m)
#20
Isaak Boleslavsky
2668
46y10m
(#38 all-time among players aged 46y10m)
#21
Alexey Suetin
2667
39y5m
(#60 all-time among players aged 39y5m)
#22
Leonid Shamkovich
2667
42y10m
(#53 all-time among players aged 42y10m)
#23
Ratmir Kholmov
2666
40y11m
(#64 all-time among players aged 40y11m)
#24
Samuel Reshevsky
2664
54y5m
(#18 all-time among players aged 54y5m)
#25
Anatoly Lutikov
2654
33y2m
(#123 all-time among players aged 33y2m)
#26
Yury Averbakh
2649
44y2m
(#60 all-time among players aged 44y2m)
#27
Wolfgang Unzicker
2649
40y10m
(#85 all-time among players aged 40y10m)
#28
Ludek Pachmann
2647
41y11m
(#89 all-time among players aged 41y11m)
#29
László Szabó
2645
49y1m
(#39 all-time among players aged 49y1m)
#30
Nikolay Krogius
2645
35y9m
(#131 all-time among players aged 35y9m)
#31
Iivo Nei
2639
34y6m
(#154 all-time among players aged 34y6m)
#32
Anatoly Lein
2639
35y1m
(#151 all-time among players aged 35y1m)
#33
Raúl Sanguinetti
2635
33y2m
(#157 all-time among players aged 33y2m)
#34
Vlastimil Hort
2635
22y3m
(#93 all-time among players aged 22y3m)
#35
Bruno Parma
2634
24y4m
(#133 all-time among players aged 24y4m)
#36
Roman Dzindzichashvili
2633
21y11m
(#90 all-time among players aged 21y11m)
#37
Milan Matulovic
2629
30y10m
(#189 all-time among players aged 30y10m)
#38
Pal Benko
2628
37y9m
(#139 all-time among players aged 37y9m)
#39
Julio Bolbochán
2627
46y1m
(#67 all-time among players aged 46y1m)
#40
Oscar Panno
2625
31y1m
(#210 all-time among players aged 31y1m)
#41
Evgeny Vasiukov
2625
33y1m
(#197 all-time among players aged 33y1m)
#42
Florin Gheorghiu
2621
22y0m
(#112 all-time among players aged 22y0m)
#43
Dragoljub Ciric
2619
30y5m
(#228 all-time among players aged 30y5m)
#44
Vladimir Simagin
2619
46y10m
(#76 all-time among players aged 46y10m)
#45
Helmut Pfleger
2619
22y8m
(#137 all-time among players aged 22y8m)
#46
Bukhuti Gurgenidze
2618
32y5m
(#229 all-time among players aged 32y5m)
#47
Aivars Gipslis
2617
29y2m
(#243 all-time among players aged 29y2m)
#48
Robert Byrne
2616
38y0m
(#166 all-time among players aged 38y0m)
#49
Vladimir Liberzon
2616
29y1m
(#244 all-time among players aged 29y1m)
#50
Vladimir Antoshin
2615
36y11m
(#184 all-time among players aged 36y11m)
#51
Wolfgang Pietzsch
2611
35y4m
(#220 all-time among players aged 35y4m)
#52
Johannes Donner
2611
38y9m
(#168 all-time among players aged 38y9m)
#53
Klaus Darga
2609
32y2m
(#271 all-time among players aged 32y2m)
#54
István Bilek
2606
33y8m
(#248 all-time among players aged 33y8m)
#55
Lothar Schmid
2603
37y11m
(#206 all-time among players aged 37y11m)
#56
Levente Lengyel
2602
32y10m
(#286 all-time among players aged 32y10m)
#57
Eduard Gufeld
2602
30y1m
(#305 all-time among players aged 30y1m)
#58
Aleksandar Matanovic
2600
35y11m
(#245 all-time among players aged 35y11m)
#59
Larry Evans
2599
34y1m
(#268 all-time among players aged 34y1m)
#60
Alexander Zaitsev
2598
30y10m
(#317 all-time among players aged 30y10m)
#61
Semen Furman
2598
45y4m
(#126 all-time among players aged 45y4m)
#62
Rashid Nezhmetdinov
2597
53y4m
(#51 all-time among players aged 53y4m)
#63
Salo Flohr
2596
57y5m
(#25 all-time among players aged 57y5m)
#64
Vladimir Bagirov
2596
29y8m
(#326 all-time among players aged 29y8m)
#65
Boris Vladimirov
2595
36y11m
(#245 all-time among players aged 36y11m)
#66
Yury Sakharov
2593
43y7m
(#154 all-time among players aged 43y7m)
#67
Miroslav Filip
2590
37y6m
(#258 all-time among players aged 37y6m)
#68
Andor Lilienthal
2589
54y11m
(#44 all-time among players aged 54y11m)
#69
Igor Platonov
2589
32y3m
(#341 all-time among players aged 32y3m)
#70
Georgy Tringov
2589
29y1m
(#342 all-time among players aged 29y1m)
#71
Abram Khasin
2587
43y2m
(#177 all-time among players aged 43y2m)
#72
Gedeon Barcza
2586
54y8m
(#47 all-time among players aged 54y8m)
#73
Petar Trifunovic
2585
55y8m
(#40 all-time among players aged 55y8m)
#74
Lubomir Kavalek
2584
22y8m
(#220 all-time among players aged 22y8m)
#75
Daniel Yanofsky
2584
41y1m
(#228 all-time among players aged 41y1m)
#76
Nikola Padevsky
2583
32y11m
(#370 all-time among players aged 32y11m)
#77
Fridrik Olafsson
2582
31y3m
(#386 all-time among players aged 31y3m)
#78
Gideon Stĺhlberg
2581
58y3m
(#32 all-time among players aged 58y3m)
#79
Draen Marovic
2578
28y3m
(#394 all-time among players aged 28y3m)
#80
Vladimir Savon
2578
25y7m
(#354 all-time among players aged 25y7m)
#81
Viacheslav Osnos
2578
30y9m
(#408 all-time among players aged 30y9m)
#82
Héctor Rossetto
2578
43y7m
(#201 all-time among players aged 43y7m)
#83
Victor Ciocaltea
2577
34y3m
(#358 all-time among players aged 34y3m)
#84
Aleksandar Bradvarevic
2576
32y9m
(#390 all-time among players aged 32y9m)
#85
Reinhart Fuchs
2575
31y7m
(#432 all-time among players aged 31y7m)
#86
Alexander Kotov
2574
52y8m
(#71 all-time among players aged 52y8m)
#87
Alexander Zakharov
2573
22y6m
(#250 all-time among players aged 22y6m)
#88
Georgy Ilivitsky
2572
45y0m
(#181 all-time among players aged 45y0m)
#89
Raimundo Garcia
2570
29y11m
(#447 all-time among players aged 29y11m)
#90
Anatoly Bikhovsky
2570
32y0m
(#451 all-time among players aged 32y0m)
#91
Anatoly Bannik
2568
44y4m
(#214 all-time among players aged 44y4m)
#92
Dragoljub Minic
2565
29y1m
(#449 all-time among players aged 29y1m)
#93
Karoly Honfi
2565
35y6m
(#388 all-time among players aged 35y6m)
#94
Bernard Zuckerman
2564
23y1m
(#315 all-time among players aged 23y1m)
#95
Erich Eliskases
2564
53y2m
(#74 all-time among players aged 53y2m)
#96
Bela Soos
2564
36y1m
(#379 all-time among players aged 36y1m)
#97
Milko Bobotsov
2562
34y7m
(#432 all-time among players aged 34y7m)
#98
Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
2562
54y11m
(#62 all-time among players aged 54y11m)
#99
Samuel Schweber
2562
29y9m
(#491 all-time among players aged 29y9m)
#100
Yury Gusev
2560
44y7m
(#231 all-time among players aged 44y7m)