Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: April 1969 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Bobby Fischer  2796    26y1m   (#7 all-time among players aged 26y1m) 
 #2  Viktor Korchnoi  2778    38y1m   (#8 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #3  Boris Spassky  2770    32y3m   (#10 all-time among players aged 32y3m) 
 #4  Tigran Petrosian  2750    39y10m   (#13 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 
 #5  Vassily Smyslov  2746    48y1m   (#8 all-time among players aged 48y1m) 
 #6  Lev Polugaevsky  2744    34y5m   (#21 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #7  Bent Larsen  2743    34y1m   (#18 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #8  Mikhail Botvinnik  2739    57y8m   (#2 all-time among players aged 57y8m) 
 #9  Leonid Stein  2738    34y5m   (#23 all-time among players aged 34y5m) 
 #10  Lajos Portisch  2725    32y0m   (#37 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #11  Efim Geller  2725    44y1m   (#18 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #12  Paul Keres  2717    53y3m   (#8 all-time among players aged 53y3m) 
 #13  Mikhail Tal  2709    32y5m   (#50 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #14  Vlastimil Hort  2700    25y3m   (#44 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #15  Ratmir Kholmov  2699    43y11m   (#28 all-time among players aged 43y11m) 
 #16  Mark Taimanov  2692    43y2m   (#31 all-time among players aged 43y2m) 
 #17  Svetozar Gligoric  2682    46y2m   (#34 all-time among players aged 46y2m) 
 #18  David Bronstein  2681    45y2m   (#31 all-time among players aged 45y2m) 
 #19  Alexey Suetin  2677    42y5m   (#50 all-time among players aged 42y5m) 
 #20  Nikolay Krogius  2670    38y9m   (#65 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #21  Alexander Zaitsev  2669    33y10m   (#96 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #22  Semen Furman  2667    48y4m   (#27 all-time among players aged 48y4m) 
 #23  Aivars Gipslis  2663    32y2m   (#117 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #24  Milan Matulovic  2659    33y10m   (#107 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #25  Samuel Reshevsky  2659    57y5m   (#12 all-time among players aged 57y5m) 
 #26  Miguel Najdorf  2654    59y0m   (#11 all-time among players aged 59y0m) 
 #27  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2650    34y1m   (#128 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #28  Evgeny Vasiukov  2649    36y1m   (#121 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #29  Fridrik Olafsson  2647    34y3m   (#138 all-time among players aged 34y3m) 
 #30  Klaus Darga  2646    35y2m   (#128 all-time among players aged 35y2m) 
 #31  Vladimir Liberzon  2645    32y1m   (#150 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #32  Viacheslav Osnos  2645    33y9m   (#144 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #33  Florin Gheorghiu  2643    25y0m   (#130 all-time among players aged 25y0m) 
 #34  Anatoly Lutikov  2643    36y2m   (#129 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #35  Borislav Ivkov  2640    35y5m   (#145 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #36  Pal Benko  2639    40y9m   (#107 all-time among players aged 40y9m) 
 #37  Eduard Gufeld  2639    33y1m   (#153 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #38  Dragoljub Ciric  2637    33y5m   (#161 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #39  Vladimir Savon  2632    28y7m   (#186 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #40  Anatoly Lein  2631    38y1m   (#128 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #41  Larry Evans  2629    37y1m   (#148 all-time among players aged 37y1m) 
 #42  Lubomir Kavalek  2627    25y8m   (#173 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #43  Lothar Schmid  2624    40y11m   (#136 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #44  Janis Klovans  2624    34y0m   (#197 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #45  Abram Khasin  2622    46y2m   (#76 all-time among players aged 46y2m) 
 #46  Wolfgang Unzicker  2622    43y10m   (#109 all-time among players aged 43y10m) 
 #47  Aleksandar Matanovic  2621    38y11m   (#142 all-time among players aged 38y11m) 
 #48  Oscar Panno  2620    34y1m   (#205 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #49  Yury Sakharov  2619    46y7m   (#80 all-time among players aged 46y7m) 
 #50  Bruno Parma  2618    27y4m   (#220 all-time among players aged 27y4m) 
 #51  Bojan Kurajica  2616    21y5m   (#105 all-time among players aged 21y5m) 
 #52  Georgy Tringov  2615    32y1m   (#245 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #53  Vladimir Tukmakov  2614    23y1m   (#159 all-time among players aged 23y1m) 
 #54  Vladimir Antoshin  2613    39y11m   (#158 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #55  Yury Averbakh  2613    47y2m   (#79 all-time among players aged 47y2m) 
 #56  Robert Hübner  2610    20y5m   (#86 all-time among players aged 20y5m) 
 #57  Vitaly Tseshkovsky  2609    24y7m   (#204 all-time among players aged 24y7m) 
 #58  Isaak Boleslavsky  2607    49y10m   (#71 all-time among players aged 49y10m) 
 #59  Leonid Shamkovich  2607    45y10m   (#107 all-time among players aged 45y10m) 
 #60  Henrique Mecking  2606    17y3m   (#27 all-time among players aged 17y3m) 
 #61  Raúl Sanguinetti  2605    36y2m   (#224 all-time among players aged 36y2m) 
 #62  Jonathan Penrose  2604    35y6m   (#233 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #63  Mikhail Podgaets  2603    21y9m   (#149 all-time among players aged 21y9m) 
 #64  Robert Byrne  2597    41y0m   (#190 all-time among players aged 41y0m) 
 #65  Igor Zaitsev  2596    30y11m   (#324 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #66  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2596    35y5m   (#264 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #67  Helmut Pfleger  2595    25y8m   (#278 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #68  Milko Bobotsov  2593    37y7m   (#236 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #69  Ludek Pachmann  2591    44y11m   (#143 all-time among players aged 44y11m) 
 #70  Jan Smejkal  2591    23y1m   (#216 all-time among players aged 23y1m) 
 #71  Victor Zheliandinov  2591    34y1m   (#300 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #72  Gedeon Barcza  2590    57y8m   (#26 all-time among players aged 57y8m) 
 #73  Miroslav Filip  2589    40y6m   (#209 all-time among players aged 40y6m) 
 #74  Gyözö Forintos  2588    33y9m   (#323 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #75  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2581    37y7m   (#282 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #76  Nikola Padevsky  2580    35y11m   (#317 all-time among players aged 35y11m) 
 #77  Rudolf Teschner  2579    47y2m   (#131 all-time among players aged 47y2m) 
 #78  Enver Bukic  2578    31y4m   (#407 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #79  Laszlo Barczay  2578    33y2m   (#389 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #80  Boris Vladimirov  2578    39y11m   (#239 all-time among players aged 39y11m) 
 #81  Duncan Suttles  2577    23y4m   (#271 all-time among players aged 23y4m) 
 #82  Gennady Ageichenko  2576    27y10m   (#405 all-time among players aged 27y10m) 
 #83  László Szabó  2573    52y1m   (#78 all-time among players aged 52y1m) 
 #84  Alexander Kotov  2572    55y8m   (#47 all-time among players aged 55y8m) 
 #85  William Lombardy  2570    31y4m   (#448 all-time among players aged 31y4m) 
 #86  Johannes Donner  2570    41y9m   (#257 all-time among players aged 41y9m) 
 #87  Anatoly Bikhovsky  2568    35y0m   (#386 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #88  James Sherwin  2567    35y6m   (#376 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #89  Levente Lengyel  2567    35y10m   (#378 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #90  István Bilek  2567    36y8m   (#356 all-time among players aged 36y8m) 
 #91  Ivan Radulov  2567    30y3m   (#456 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #92  Donald Byrne  2563    38y10m   (#326 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #93  Hrvoje Messing  2563    28y9m   (#466 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #94  Vladimir Bagirov  2563    32y8m   (#463 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #95  Rein Etruk  2563    31y1m   (#476 all-time among players aged 31y1m) 
 #96  Yury Nikolaevsky  2562    32y2m   (#495 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #97  Iivo Nei  2560    37y6m   (#382 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #98  Ervin Haag  2559    36y3m   (#403 all-time among players aged 36y3m) 
 #99  Vladimir Sergievsky  2558    32y6m   (#508 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #100  Peter Dely  2558    34y9m   (#452 all-time among players aged 34y9m)