Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: December 1883 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Wilhelm Steinitz  2788    47y7m   (#3 all-time among players aged 47y7m) 
 #2  Johannes Zukertort  2784    41y3m   (#6 all-time among players aged 41y3m) 
 #3  Joseph Blackburne  2716    42y0m   (#26 all-time among players aged 42y0m) 
 #4  Szymon Winawer  2699    45y9m   (#29 all-time among players aged 45y9m) 
 #5  James Mason  2692    34y1m   (#64 all-time among players aged 34y1m) 
 #6  George Mackenzie  2682    46y9m   (#31 all-time among players aged 46y9m) 
 #7  Berthold Englisch  2663    32y5m   (#115 all-time among players aged 32y5m) 
 #8  Samuel Rosenthal  2652    46y3m   (#48 all-time among players aged 46y3m) 
 #9  Mikhail Chigorin  2633    33y1m   (#168 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #10  Curt von Bardeleben  2612    22y9m   (#147 all-time among players aged 22y9m) 
 #11  Johann Berger  2603    38y8m   (#195 all-time among players aged 38y8m) 
 #12  Alexander Wittek  2601    31y2m   (#305 all-time among players aged 31y2m) 
 #13  Vincenz Hrubý  2594    27y3m   (#304 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #14  Louis Paulsen  2580    50y11m   (#84 all-time among players aged 50y11m) 
 #15  Henry Bird  2573    53y5m   (#63 all-time among players aged 53y5m) 
 #16  Fritz Riemann  2570    24y11m   (#364 all-time among players aged 24y11m) 
 #17  Celso Golmayo Zupide  2570    63y8m   (#14 all-time among players aged 63y8m) 
 #18  Miksa Weiss  2569    26y5m   (#418 all-time among players aged 26y5m) 
 #19  Jacques Schwarz  2562    27y11m   (#479 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #20  Adolf Schwarz  2562    47y2m   (#158 all-time among players aged 47y2m) 
 #21  Josef Noa  2560    27y2m   (#488 all-time among players aged 27y2m) 
 #22  Hans von Minckwitz  2556    40y8m   (#318 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #23  Emil Schallopp  2555    40y4m   (#323 all-time among players aged 40y4m) 
 #24  Jules de Rivičre  2540    53y7m   (#99 all-time among players aged 53y7m) 
 #25  Dion Martinez  2536    46y6m   (#246 all-time among players aged 46y6m) 
 #26  Philipp Meitner  2525    45y11m   (#290 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #27  Bernhard Fleissig  2523    38y1m   (#547 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #28  Arnold Schottländer  2521    29y8m   (#782 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #29  Alexander Sellman  2511    27y11m   (#837 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #30  Charles Ranken  2509    55y11m   (#102 all-time among players aged 55y11m) 
 #31  Fisher  2508   
 #32  Moritz Porges  2493    25y9m   (#930 all-time among players aged 25y9m) 
 #33  Max Bier  2493    29y8m   (#1007 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #34  Goudjou  2488   
 #35  Wilfried Paulsen  2484    55y5m   (#144 all-time among players aged 55y5m) 
 #36  Albert Clerc  2477    53y11m   (#198 all-time among players aged 53y11m) 
 #37  Preston Ware Jr  2474    62y4m   (#55 all-time among players aged 62y4m) 
 #38  Adolf Csánk  2448   
 #39  Levi Benima  2445    46y11m   (#493 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #40  Isidor Gunsberg  2440    29y1m   (#1498 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #41  John Lord  2432   
 #42  Daniel Mills  2420    34y4m   (#1452 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #43  Alexander Fritz  2417    26y11m   (#1740 all-time among players aged 26y11m) 
 #44  Max Lange  2407    51y4m   (#419 all-time among players aged 51y4m) 
 #45  James Mortimer  2402    50y8m   (#463 all-time among players aged 50y8m) 
 #46  John Owen  2392    56y8m   (#263 all-time among players aged 56y8m) 
 #47  Carl Schmid  2385    43y8m   (#924 all-time among players aged 43y8m) 
 #48  Karl Leffmann  2374    47y11m   (#639 all-time among players aged 47y11m) 
 #49  Charles Lambert  2367   
 #50  Joseph Blake  2363    24y10m   (#1992 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #51  Arthur Skipworth  2362    53y6m   (#404 all-time among players aged 53y6m) 
 #52  H von Schuetz  2360   
 #53  Charles-Emile Chasery  2333    54y11m   (#370 all-time among players aged 54y11m) 
 #54  de Boistertre  2298   
 #55  Finaly  2287   
 #56  de Pernes  2287   
 #57  John Coker  2278    62y5m   (#176 all-time among players aged 62y5m) 
 #58  Walter Spens  2263    41y10m   (#1336 all-time among players aged 41y10m) 
 #59  Istel  2236