Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: March 1969 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Bobby Fischer  2796    26y0m   (#7 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #2  Viktor Korchnoi  2778    38y0m   (#8 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #3  Boris Spassky  2770    32y2m   (#10 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #4  Tigran Petrosian  2748    39y9m   (#13 all-time among players aged 39y9m) 
 #5  Vassily Smyslov  2745    48y0m   (#8 all-time among players aged 48y0m) 
 #6  Lev Polugaevsky  2744    34y4m   (#20 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #7  Mikhail Botvinnik  2739    57y7m   (#2 all-time among players aged 57y7m) 
 #8  Leonid Stein  2737    34y4m   (#23 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #9  Bent Larsen  2734    34y0m   (#23 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #10  Efim Geller  2724    44y0m   (#19 all-time among players aged 44y0m) 
 #11  Lajos Portisch  2724    31y11m   (#37 all-time among players aged 31y11m) 
 #12  Mikhail Tal  2719    32y4m   (#38 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #13  Paul Keres  2718    53y2m   (#8 all-time among players aged 53y2m) 
 #14  Ratmir Kholmov  2702    43y10m   (#27 all-time among players aged 43y10m) 
 #15  Vlastimil Hort  2698    25y2m   (#44 all-time among players aged 25y2m) 
 #16  Mark Taimanov  2694    43y1m   (#31 all-time among players aged 43y1m) 
 #17  David Bronstein  2682    45y1m   (#32 all-time among players aged 45y1m) 
 #18  Svetozar Gligoric  2681    46y1m   (#34 all-time among players aged 46y1m) 
 #19  Alexey Suetin  2678    42y4m   (#52 all-time among players aged 42y4m) 
 #20  Semen Furman  2673    48y3m   (#28 all-time among players aged 48y3m) 
 #21  Nikolay Krogius  2670    38y8m   (#68 all-time among players aged 38y8m) 
 #22  Alexander Zaitsev  2668    33y9m   (#97 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #23  Aivars Gipslis  2665    32y1m   (#117 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #24  Milan Matulovic  2660    33y9m   (#110 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #25  Samuel Reshevsky  2656    57y4m   (#11 all-time among players aged 57y4m) 
 #26  Miguel Najdorf  2653    58y11m   (#11 all-time among players aged 58y11m) 
 #27  Evgeny Vasiukov  2651    36y0m   (#119 all-time among players aged 36y0m) 
 #28  Fridrik Olafsson  2650    34y2m   (#125 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #29  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2648    34y0m   (#132 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #30  Anatoly Lutikov  2644    36y1m   (#129 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #31  Florin Gheorghiu  2644    24y11m   (#135 all-time among players aged 24y11m) 
 #32  Vladimir Liberzon  2643    32y0m   (#158 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #33  Viacheslav Osnos  2643    33y8m   (#146 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #34  Borislav Ivkov  2640    35y4m   (#143 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #35  Eduard Gufeld  2640    33y0m   (#153 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #36  Dragoljub Ciric  2638    33y4m   (#155 all-time among players aged 33y4m) 
 #37  Pal Benko  2637    40y8m   (#112 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #38  Anatoly Lein  2634    38y0m   (#121 all-time among players aged 38y0m) 
 #39  Vladimir Savon  2634    28y6m   (#178 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #40  Larry Evans  2630    37y0m   (#149 all-time among players aged 37y0m) 
 #41  Klaus Darga  2628    35y1m   (#178 all-time among players aged 35y1m) 
 #42  Lubomir Kavalek  2625    25y7m   (#170 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #43  Lothar Schmid  2622    40y10m   (#134 all-time among players aged 40y10m) 
 #44  Wolfgang Unzicker  2622    43y9m   (#109 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #45  Aleksandar Matanovic  2622    38y10m   (#141 all-time among players aged 38y10m) 
 #46  Bruno Parma  2620    27y3m   (#216 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #47  Oscar Panno  2619    34y0m   (#207 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #48  Bojan Kurajica  2619    21y4m   (#95 all-time among players aged 21y4m) 
 #49  Yury Sakharov  2618    46y6m   (#81 all-time among players aged 46y6m) 
 #50  Janis Klovans  2618    33y11m   (#206 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #51  Georgy Tringov  2615    32y0m   (#243 all-time among players aged 32y0m) 
 #52  Vladimir Antoshin  2613    39y10m   (#160 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 
 #53  Yury Averbakh  2613    47y1m   (#80 all-time among players aged 47y1m) 
 #54  Vladimir Tukmakov  2612    23y0m   (#158 all-time among players aged 23y0m) 
 #55  Vitaly Tseshkovsky  2611    24y6m   (#195 all-time among players aged 24y6m) 
 #56  Isaak Boleslavsky  2610    49y9m   (#69 all-time among players aged 49y9m) 
 #57  Robert Hübner  2608    20y4m   (#88 all-time among players aged 20y4m) 
 #58  Leonid Shamkovich  2608    45y9m   (#109 all-time among players aged 45y9m) 
 #59  Abram Khasin  2608    46y1m   (#100 all-time among players aged 46y1m) 
 #60  Jonathan Penrose  2607    35y5m   (#230 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #61  Mikhail Podgaets  2604    21y8m   (#143 all-time among players aged 21y8m) 
 #62  Raúl Sanguinetti  2603    36y1m   (#228 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #63  Henrique Mecking  2600    17y2m   (#30 all-time among players aged 17y2m) 
 #64  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2598    35y4m   (#257 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #65  Igor Zaitsev  2596    30y10m   (#326 all-time among players aged 30y10m) 
 #66  Robert Byrne  2594    40y11m   (#201 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #67  Milko Bobotsov  2592    37y6m   (#248 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #68  Ludek Pachmann  2592    44y10m   (#143 all-time among players aged 44y10m) 
 #69  Helmut Pfleger  2592    25y7m   (#292 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #70  Gyözö Forintos  2592    33y8m   (#305 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #71  Gedeon Barcza  2589    57y7m   (#27 all-time among players aged 57y7m) 
 #72  Miroslav Filip  2588    40y5m   (#215 all-time among players aged 40y5m) 
 #73  Jan Smejkal  2588    23y0m   (#224 all-time among players aged 23y0m) 
 #74  Victor Zheliandinov  2587    34y0m   (#322 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #75  Arturo Pomar Salamanca  2581    37y6m   (#291 all-time among players aged 37y6m) 
 #76  Nikola Padevsky  2581    35y10m   (#322 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #77  Enver Bukic  2580    31y3m   (#393 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #78  Rudolf Teschner  2580    47y1m   (#135 all-time among players aged 47y1m) 
 #79  Hrvoje Messing  2579    28y8m   (#388 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #80  Gennady Ageichenko  2579    27y9m   (#390 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #81  Laszlo Barczay  2578    33y1m   (#392 all-time among players aged 33y1m) 
 #82  Duncan Suttles  2576    23y3m   (#268 all-time among players aged 23y3m) 
 #83  Rein Etruk  2576    31y0m   (#413 all-time among players aged 31y0m) 
 #84  Boris Vladimirov  2575    39y10m   (#258 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 
 #85  Johannes Donner  2574    41y8m   (#245 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 
 #86  Alexander Kotov  2573    55y7m   (#50 all-time among players aged 55y7m) 
 #87  László Szabó  2571    52y0m   (#88 all-time among players aged 52y0m) 
 #88  Anatoly Bikhovsky  2570    34y11m   (#381 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #89  James Sherwin  2569    35y5m   (#376 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #90  István Bilek  2569    36y7m   (#359 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #91  William Lombardy  2565    31y3m   (#465 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #92  Dusan Ivkovic  2565    38y5m   (#331 all-time among players aged 38y5m) 
 #93  Ivan Radulov  2564    30y2m   (#477 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #94  Dragoljub Velimirovic  2563    26y10m   (#459 all-time among players aged 26y10m) 
 #95  Levente Lengyel  2563    35y9m   (#400 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #96  Aleksander Nikitin  2563    34y2m   (#437 all-time among players aged 34y2m) 
 #97  Yury Nikolaevsky  2562    32y1m   (#484 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #98  Vladimir Bagirov  2562    32y7m   (#478 all-time among players aged 32y7m) 
 #99  Donald Byrne  2562    38y9m   (#340 all-time among players aged 38y9m) 
 #100  Vladimir Sergievsky  2560    32y5m   (#501 all-time among players aged 32y5m)