Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: January 1957 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Vassily Smyslov  2788    35y10m   (#7 all-time among players aged 35y10m) 
 #2  Mikhail Botvinnik  2776    45y5m   (#2 all-time among players aged 45y5m) 
 #3  Paul Keres  2774    41y0m   (#8 all-time among players aged 41y0m) 
 #4  David Bronstein  2764    32y11m   (#13 all-time among players aged 32y11m) 
 #5  Mark Taimanov  2742    30y11m   (#27 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #6  Tigran Petrosian  2741    27y7m   (#26 all-time among players aged 27y7m) 
 #7  Svetozar Gligoric  2721    33y11m   (#34 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #8  Efim Geller  2718    31y10m   (#45 all-time among players aged 31y10m) 
 #9  Viktor Korchnoi  2715    25y10m   (#38 all-time among players aged 25y10m) 
 #10  Borislav Ivkov  2713    23y2m   (#30 all-time among players aged 23y2m) 
 #11  Yury Averbakh  2710    34y11m   (#45 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #12  Samuel Reshevsky  2709    45y2m   (#20 all-time among players aged 45y2m) 
 #13  Miguel Najdorf  2709    46y9m   (#17 all-time among players aged 46y9m) 
 #14  Bent Larsen  2708    21y10m   (#25 all-time among players aged 21y10m) 
 #15  Boris Spassky  2704    20y0m   (#12 all-time among players aged 20y0m) 
 #16  Aleksandar Matanovic  2696    26y8m   (#58 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #17  László Szabó  2684    39y10m   (#45 all-time among players aged 39y10m) 
 #18  Fridrik Olafsson  2673    22y0m   (#51 all-time among players aged 22y0m) 
 #19  Ratmir Kholmov  2673    31y8m   (#107 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #20  Mikhail Tal  2669    20y2m   (#28 all-time among players aged 20y2m) 
 #21  Ludek Pachmann  2667    32y8m   (#104 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #22  Julio Bolbochán  2664    36y10m   (#83 all-time among players aged 36y10m) 
 #23  Miroslav Filip  2663    28y3m   (#114 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #24  Gedeon Barcza  2662    45y5m   (#47 all-time among players aged 45y5m) 
 #25  Larry Evans  2652    24y10m   (#115 all-time among players aged 24y10m) 
 #26  Pal Benko  2650    28y6m   (#139 all-time among players aged 28y6m) 
 #27  Wolfgang Unzicker  2648    31y7m   (#148 all-time among players aged 31y7m) 
 #28  Oscar Panno  2648    21y10m   (#70 all-time among players aged 21y10m) 
 #29  Alexander Kotov  2647    43y5m   (#71 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #30  Semen Furman  2644    36y1m   (#128 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #31  Albéric O'Kelly de Galway  2644    45y8m   (#56 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #32  Georgy Ilivitsky  2639    35y9m   (#141 all-time among players aged 35y9m) 
 #33  Erich Eliskases  2633    43y11m   (#91 all-time among players aged 43y11m) 
 #34  Rashid Nezhmetdinov  2633    44y1m   (#88 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #35  Arthur Bisguier  2632    27y3m   (#179 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #36  Nikola Karaklajic  2625    30y11m   (#206 all-time among players aged 30y11m) 
 #37  Vladas Mikenas  2622    46y9m   (#71 all-time among players aged 46y9m) 
 #38  Lev Aronin  2622    36y6m   (#174 all-time among players aged 36y6m) 
 #39  Evgeny Vasiukov  2621    23y10m   (#151 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #40  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2621    49y0m   (#56 all-time among players aged 49y0m) 
 #41  Max Euwe  2621    55y8m   (#25 all-time among players aged 55y8m) 
 #42  Vladimir Antoshin  2620    27y8m   (#208 all-time among players aged 27y8m) 
 #43  Andrija Fuderer  2620    25y8m   (#196 all-time among players aged 25y8m) 
 #44  Salo Flohr  2618    48y2m   (#64 all-time among players aged 48y2m) 
 #45  Borislav Milic  2617    31y3m   (#234 all-time among players aged 31y3m) 
 #46  Herman Pilnik  2615    43y0m   (#124 all-time among players aged 43y0m) 
 #47  Klaus Darga  2614    22y11m   (#151 all-time among players aged 22y11m) 
 #48  Braslav Rabar  2613    37y4m   (#187 all-time among players aged 37y4m) 
 #49  Petar Trifunovic  2607    46y5m   (#101 all-time among players aged 46y5m) 
 #50  Isaak Boleslavsky  2604    37y7m   (#210 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #51  William Lombardy  2603    19y1m   (#63 all-time among players aged 19y1m) 
 #52  Božidar Djuraševic  2598    23y9m   (#227 all-time among players aged 23y9m) 
 #53  Raúl Sanguinetti  2598    23y11m   (#221 all-time among players aged 23y11m) 
 #54  Vasily Bivshev  2594    34y11m   (#279 all-time among players aged 34y11m) 
 #55  Lev Polugaevsky  2594    22y2m   (#177 all-time among players aged 22y2m) 
 #56  Andreas Dueckstein  2591    29y5m   (#345 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #57  Carlos Guimard  2591    43y9m   (#161 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #58  Georgy Borisenko  2590    34y8m   (#302 all-time among players aged 34y8m) 
 #59  Miklos Bely  2588    43y5m   (#169 all-time among players aged 43y5m) 
 #60  Alexey Suetin  2587    30y2m   (#365 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #61  Oleg Moiseev  2587    31y8m   (#369 all-time among players aged 31y8m) 
 #62  Lothar Schmid  2584    28y8m   (#366 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #63  Vasja Pirc  2584    49y1m   (#103 all-time among players aged 49y1m) 
 #64  Vladimir Simagin  2582    37y7m   (#281 all-time among players aged 37y7m) 
 #65  Vladlen Zurakhov  2582    26y8m   (#362 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #66  Alexander Tolush  2582    46y8m   (#140 all-time among players aged 46y8m) 
 #67  Vitaly Tarasov  2579    34y0m   (#365 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #68  Efim Samoilovich Stoliar  2577    33y10m   (#375 all-time among players aged 33y10m) 
 #69  Konstantin Klaman  2574    39y1m   (#284 all-time among players aged 39y1m) 
 #70  Itzchak Aloni  2574    51y8m   (#89 all-time among players aged 51y8m) 
 #71  Max Blau  2572    38y1m   (#301 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #72  Georgy Tringov  2572    19y10m   (#116 all-time among players aged 19y10m) 
 #73  Anatoly Bannik  2571    35y1m   (#371 all-time among players aged 35y1m) 
 #74  István Bilek  2569    24y5m   (#345 all-time among players aged 24y5m) 
 #75  Lajos Portisch  2566    19y9m   (#128 all-time among players aged 19y9m) 
 #76  Lev Aronson  2566    33y0m   (#449 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #77  Román Torán Albero  2564    25y3m   (#405 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 
 #78  Nikola Padevsky  2563    23y8m   (#335 all-time among players aged 23y8m) 
 #79  Bukhuti Gurgenidze  2563    23y2m   (#317 all-time among players aged 23y2m) 
 #80  Abram Khasin  2562    33y11m   (#447 all-time among players aged 33y11m) 
 #81  Ilia Kan  2562    47y8m   (#153 all-time among players aged 47y8m) 
 #82  Edmar Mednis  2562    19y10m   (#141 all-time among players aged 19y10m) 
 #83  Theodor Ghitescu  2561    23y0m   (#317 all-time among players aged 23y0m) 
 #84  Francesco Scafarelli  2561    23y3m   (#328 all-time among players aged 23y3m) 
 #85  Moshe Czerniak  2558    46y11m   (#179 all-time among players aged 46y11m) 
 #86  Wolfgang Uhlmann  2557    21y10m   (#281 all-time among players aged 21y10m) 
 #87  Guyla Kluger  2556    43y0m   (#255 all-time among players aged 43y0m) 
 #88  Viacheslav Osnos  2555    21y6m   (#270 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 
 #89  Nikolay Krogius  2554    26y6m   (#512 all-time among players aged 26y6m) 
 #90  Gunnar Uusi  2554    25y7m   (#477 all-time among players aged 25y7m) 
 #91  Zdravko Milev  2553    27y3m   (#531 all-time among players aged 27y3m) 
 #92  Georgy Lisitsin  2553    47y3m   (#174 all-time among players aged 47y3m) 
 #93  Johannes Donner  2552    29y6m   (#549 all-time among players aged 29y6m) 
 #94  Alexandar Tsvetkov  2552    42y3m   (#296 all-time among players aged 42y3m) 
 #95  Jácobo Bolbochán  2552    50y1m   (#146 all-time among players aged 50y1m) 
 #96  Donald Byrne  2552    26y7m   (#519 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #97  Nikolay Minev  2551    26y0m   (#506 all-time among players aged 26y0m) 
 #98  Dragoljub Janoševic  2550    33y6m   (#506 all-time among players aged 33y6m) 
 #99  Mihajlo Trajkovic  2550   
 #100  Jacob Yukhtman  2549    22y0m   (#328 all-time among players aged 22y0m)