Sorted by federation
Following is the third international rating list which now covers the period from January 1966 through the Spring of 1969. This list is by far the most extensive of the three and includes all masters, with or without FIDE titles, who participated in at least two events during the indicated period. Because of the expansion of the list a greater number of games were used in the evaluation of the ratings of the individual players, consequently a greater accuracy over previous lists is to be expected. This is also the first list which in a very large part is computerized. For some 200 players, whose ratings are marked with an asterisk (*) the ratings were computed by the method of successive approximations described in the brochure on the Rating System of the United States Chess Federation and previously distributed to the FIDE representatives. The ratings so obtained for the group constitute a self-consistent set. In most cases of the selected group, that is, the very active players, the game sample sizes approached or exceeded 100 games and in few cases even 300 games. Thus the inadvertent omission of results from minor tournaments should not have a significant effect.
The ratings must be regarded as evaluations of the average performances of the masters over the three year period and nothing more. Any association of the ratings with player strengths is left to the individual prejudices of the readers. The evaluations are expressed on the rating scale of the U.S.C.F., an arbitrary scale on which the 2000 level represents the lower limit of the expert or candidate master category and 2200 the lower limit of the master category. Thus 200 points represents the class interval which is also defined in terms of the statistical concept of standard deviation. Ratings are rounded to the nearest 10 points since greater accuracy cannot be claimed. The probabie error in the evaluation ranges from 10 to 30 points depending on the size of the game sample used in the calculations.
Grateful acknowledgement is made to Mr. James Warren of Western Springs, Illinois, who wrote the computer program for the method of successive approximations and performed the computation for the 200 selected players.
/ Arpad E. Elo, Member, FIDE Qualification Committee, USCF Ratings Chairman /
pos Player_ID Name Title Fed Rtng +/- gms Birthday Sex Flag
Andorra
1 Ulvestad, Olaf AND 2280
Argentina
1 Najdorf, Miguel g ARG 2590
2 Panno, Oscar g ARG 2530
3 Sanguinetti, Raul m ARG 2520
4 Bolbochan, Julio m ARG 2510
5 Rossetto, Hector g ARG 2450
6 Eliskases, Erich m ARG 2430
7 Garcia, Raimundo m ARG 2420
7= Rubinetti, Jorge ARG 2420
9 Palermo, Vicente ARG 2410
9= Schweber, Samuel m ARG 2410
11 Emma, Jaime ARG 2400
12 Guimard, Carlos E. g ARG 2390
13 Pelikan, Jorge m ARG 2380
13= Pilnik, Herman g ARG 2380
15 Quinteros, Miguel A. ARG 2370
16 Wexler, Bernardo m ARG 2350
17 Foguelman, Alberto m ARG 2340
18 Ocampo, Raul ARG 2300
Australia
1 Fuller, Maxwell L. AUS 2270
Austria
1 Robatsch, Karl g AUT 2450
2 Holaszek, Hans AUT 2410
2= Prameshuber, Aleksander AUT 2410
4 Dueckstein, Andreas m AUT 2400
5 Kinzel, Anton AUT 2380
6 Beni, Alfred m AUT 2200
Belgium
1 O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic g BEL 2450
2 Van Seters, Frits BEL 2400
3 Limbos, Paul BEL 2350
4 Roose, Jan BEL 2340
5 Boey, Josef BEL 2320
6 Cornelis, Frans B. BEL 2300
7 Dunkelblum, Arthur m BEL 2250
Brazil
1 Mecking, Henrique m BRA 2530
2 Camara, Helder BRA 2390
3 Rocha, Antonio BRA 2290
Bulgaria
1 Tringov, Georgi P. g BUL 2530
2 Bobotsov, Milko G. g BUL 2500
3 Padevsky, Nikola g BUL 2480
4 Minev, Nikolay N. m BUL 2460
5 Kolarov, Atanas S. m BUL 2450
6 Popov, Luben m BUL 2440
6= Radulov, Ivan m BUL 2440
6= Spiridonov, Nikola BUL 2440
9 Neikirch, Oleg m BUL 2390
9= Peev, Peicho BUL 2390
11 Orev, Petar BUL 2370
12 Pelitov, Dimitar BUL 2290
Canada
1 Yanofsky, Daniel A. g CAN 2450
2 Suttles, Duncan m CAN 2430
3 Macskasy, Elod CAN 2350
Chile
1 Ader, Walter CHI 2360
2 Letelier, Rene m CHI 2310
Colombia
1 Cuellar Gacharna, Miguel m COL 2330
Czechoslovakia
1 Hort, Vlastimil g CSR 2590
2 Kavalek, Lubomir g CSR 2520
3 Filip, Miroslav g CSR 2510
3= Pachman, Ludek g CSR 2510
5 Pribyl, Josef CSR 2460
6 Jansa, Vlastimil m CSR 2450
6= Smejkal, Jan CSR 2450
8 Mista, Ladislav CSR 2440
9 Janata, Michael CSR 2400
10 Kozma, Julius m CSR 2360
10= Kupka, Slavoj CSR 2360
12 Augustin, Josef CSR 2350
12= Fichtl, Jiri m CSR 2350
14 Trapl, Jindrich CSR 2330
14= Ujtelky, Maximilian m CSR 2330
16 Blatny, Frantisek CSR 2320
17 Nowak, Ervin CSR 2260
Cuba
1 Cobo Arteaga, Eldis m CUB 2400
1= Jimenez, Eleazar m CUB 2400
3 Rodriguez Cordoba, Jesus R. CUB 2380
4 Garcia Martinez, Silvino CUB 2360
5 Ortega, Rogelio CUB 2310
6 Diaz, Joaquin C. CUB 2280
Denmark
1 Larsen, Bent g DEN 2630
2 Hamann, Svend m DEN 2500
3 Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn DEN 2380
4 Enevoldsen, Jens m DEN 2350
4= Petersen, Finn DEN 2350
England
1 Penrose, Jonathan m ENG 2500
2 Keene, Raymond D. ENG 2470
3 Hindle, Owen M. ENG 2430
4 Basman, Michael J. ENG 2410
5 Lee, Peter N. ENG 2380
6 Clarke, Peter H. ENG 2370
6= Hartston, William R. ENG 2370
6= Kottnauer, Cenek m ENG 2370
9 Golombek, Harry m ENG 2350
10 Wright, Daniel ENG 2340
11 Wade, Robert G. m ENG 2320
12 Whiteley, Andrew J. ENG 2310
13 Littlewood, John E. ENG 2300
Spain
1 Pomar Salamanca, Arturo g ESP 2490
2 Diez Del Corral, Jesus m ESP 2420
3 Toran Albero, Roman m ESP 2390
3= Visier Segovia, Fernando ESP 2390
5 Medina Garcia, Antonio m ESP 2380
pos Player_ID Name Title Fed Rtng +/- gms Birthday Sex Flag
6 Calvo Minguez, Ricardo ESP 2310
Finland
1 Westerinen, Heikki M. J. m FIN 2440
2 Book, Eero Elinar m FIN 2360
3 Havansi, Erkki E. T. FIN 2260
France
1 Todorcevic, Miodrag FRA 2470
2 Rossolimo, Nicolas g FRA 2450
3 Simonovic, Borko FRA 2350
4 Thiellement, Andre FRA 2300
5 Boutteville, Cesar FRA 2290
6 Ducic, Bogdan FRA 2280
7 Huguet, Bernard FRA 2270
8 Mazzoni, Guy FRA 2260
9 Letzelter, Jean-Claude FRA 2240
10 Jean, Claude FRA 2230
11 Zinser, Sylvain FRA 2220
East Germany
1 Uhlmann, Wolfgang g GDR 2540
2 Besser, Hans GDR 2460
2= Fuchs, Reinhard m GDR 2460
4 Baumbach, Friedrich GDR 2450
4= Malich, Burkhard m GDR 2450
6 Liebert, Heinz m GDR 2430
7 Kestler, Hans-Guenther GDR 2420
7= Zinn, Lothar m GDR 2420
9 Pietzsch, Wolfgang g GDR 2410
10 Golz, Werner GDR 2400
11 Hennings, Artur m GDR 2390
12 Moehring, Guenther GDR 2370
13 Espig, Lutz GDR 2360
13= Schoeneberg, Manfred GDR 2360
15 Neukirch, Detlef GDR 2340
Germany
1 Unzicker, Wolfgang g GER 2560
2 Darga, Klaus g GER 2540
2= Schmid, Lothar g GER 2540
4 Pfleger, Helmut m GER 2500
5 Huebner, Robert GER 2490
6 Teschner, Rudolf m GER 2480
7 Hecht, Hans-Joachim GER 2460
8 Lehmann, Heinz m GER 2430
9 Mohrlok, Dieter GER 2400
10 Gerusel, Mathias m GER 2390
11 Teufel, Juergen GER 2340
12 Rellstab, Ludwig sr m GER 2320
13 Saemisch, Friedrich g GER 2200
Greece
1 Siaperas, Triantafyllos GRE 2360
2 Kokkoris, Hristos GRE 2320
3 Vizantiadis, Lazaros GRE 2300
4 Rizopoulos, Georgios GRE 2220
Hungary
1 Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2620
2 Barcza, Gedeon g HUN 2500
2= Bilek, Istvan g HUN 2500
4 Dely, Peter m HUN 2490
4= Forintos, Gyozo V. m HUN 2490
4= Szabo, Laszlo g HUN 2490
7 Lengyel, Levente g HUN 2480
8 Barczay, Laszlo g HUN 2470
9 Flesch, Janos m HUN 2460
10 Tompa, Janos HUN 2450
11 Szilagyi, Peter HUN 2440
12 Haag, Ervin m HUN 2430
13 Adorjan, Andras HUN 2420
13= Csom, Istvan m HUN 2420
15 Bokor, Istvan HUN 2410
15= Kovacs, Laszlo M. m HUN 2410
15= Pogats, Jozsef HUN 2410
18 Honfi, Karoly m HUN 2400
18= Liptay, Laszlo HUN 2400
18= Navarovszky, Laszlo m HUN 2400
21 Kluger, Gyula m HUN 2390
21= Vadasz, Laszlo HUN 2390
21= Varnusz, Egon HUN 2390
24 Farago, Ivan HUN 2380
24= Filep, Tibor HUN 2380
24= Ozsvath, Andras HUN 2380
27 Toth, Bela HUN 2370
28 Kovacs, Zoltan HUN 2350
28= Szilagyi, Gyorgy m HUN 2350
30 Sandor, Bela m HUN 2340
31 Prelovszky, Laszlo HUN 2330
32 Gasztonyi, Endre HUN 2310
32= Portisch, Ferenc HUN 2310
Ireland
1 Littleton, Michael F. IRL 2200
Iceland
1 Olafsson, Fridrik g ISL 2600
2 Thorbergsson, Freysteinn ISL 2410
3 Johannsson, Ingi R. m ISL 2400
4 Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur ISL 2380
5 Kristjansson, Bragi ISL 2330
6 Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn ISL 2230
Israel
1 Kraidman, Yair m ISR 2420
2 Czerniak, Moshe m ISR 2390
3 Kagan, Shimon ISR 2360
4 Domnitz, Zadok ISR 2350
4= Porat, Yosef m ISR 2350
6 Persitz, Raaphi ISR 2330
7 Aloni, Itzhak ISR 2320
8 Peretz, Malkiel ISR 2300
Italy
1 Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2400
2 Paoli, Enrico m ITA 2260
3 Trincardi, Tullio ITA 2230
Morocco
1 Bakali, Mustafa Ahmed MAR 2170
Mongolia
1 Ujtumen, Tudev m MGL 2400
pos Player_ID Name Title Fed Rtng +/- gms Birthday Sex Flag
2 Myagmarsuren, Lhamsuren m MGL 2380
Monaco
1 Caminade, Andrija MNC 2270
2 Casa, Alex MNC 2210
Netherlands
1 Donner, Jan-Hein g NED 2500
2 Langeweg, Kick m NED 2440
2= Ree, Hans m NED 2440
4 Bouwmeester, Hans m NED 2420
5 Kuijpers, Frans A. m NED 2400
5= Scholl, Eddie C. NED 2400
5= Van Geet, Dirk Daniel m NED 2400
8 Zuidema, Coen m NED 2390
9 Van Scheltinga, Theo D. m NED 2380
10 Hartoch, Robert G. NED 2360
11 Kramer, Haije J. m NED 2350
12 Jongsma, Alexander NED 2330
13 Kerkhoff, Leo J. NED 2300
14 Bredewout, Henk NED 2220
15 Bakker, Piet NED 2210
16 Orbaan, Constant NED 2170
Norway
1 Johannessen, Svein m NOR 2450
1= Zwaig, Arne NOR 2450
Peru
1 Canal, Esteban m PER 2290
Poland
1 Adamski, Jan POL 2450
2 Kostro, Jerzy POL 2430
3 Bednarski, Jacek B. m POL 2420
3= Schmidt, Wlodzimierz POL 2420
5 Doda, Zbigniew m POL 2400
6 Grabczewski, Romuald POL 2390
7 Sliwa, Bogdan m POL 2370
8 Balcerowski, Witold POL 2340
8= Witkowski, Stefan POL 2340
10 Sydor, Andrzej POL 2330
11 Filipowicz, Andrzej POL 2320
12 Pietrusiak, Bogdan POL 2260
Portugal
1 Durao, Joaquim POR 2260
Puerto Rico
1 Kaplan, Julio P. m PUR 2430
Romania
1 Gheorghiu, Florin g ROM 2540
2 Drimer, Dolfi m ROM 2460
2= Ghitescu, Theodor m ROM 2460
4 Ciocaltea, Victor m ROM 2450
4= Soos, Bela m ROM 2450
6 Partos, Carol ROM 2420
7 Radovici, Corvin m ROM 2410
8 Mititelu, Gheorghe ROM 2400
9 Ungureanu, Emil ROM 2380
10 Troianescu, Octavio m ROM 2340
11 Pavlov, Mircea ROM 2300
Scotland
1 Davie, Alexander M. SCO 2280
Switzerland
1 Keller, Dieter m SUI 2400
2 Gereben, Erno m SUI 2370
3 Blau, Max m SUI 2350
4 Kupper, Josef m SUI 2340
5 Bhend, Edwin m SUI 2300
Sweden
1 Johansson, Martin SWE 2460
2 Kinnmark, Ove SWE 2390
3 Skold, Kristian SWE 2340
4 Nilsson, Zandor SWE 2300
Tunisia
1 Bouaziz, Slim TUN 2270
Soviet Union
1 Spassky, Boris V. g URS 2690
2 Korchnoi, Viktor g URS 2680
3 Botvinnik, Mikhail g URS 2660
4 Petrosian, Tigran g URS 2650
5 Geller, Efim P. g URS 2620
5= Smyslov, Vassily g URS 2620
7 Keres, Paul g URS 2610
7= Polugaevsky, Lev g URS 2610
7= Stein, Leonid g URS 2610
7= Tal, Mikhail N. g URS 2610
11 Kholmov, Ratmir D. g URS 2600
12 Bronstein, David I. g URS 2590
12= Furman, Semyen A. g URS 2590
12= Taimanov, Mark E. g URS 2590
15 Gipslis, Aivars g URS 2580
15= Krogius, Nikolai V. g URS 2580
17 Lein, Anatoly g URS 2570
17= Vasiukov, Evgeni g URS 2570
19 Antoshin, Vladimir S. g URS 2560
19= Lutikov, Anatoly S. m URS 2560
19= Savon, Vladimir A. m URS 2560
19= Suetin, Alexey S. g URS 2560
19= Zaitsev, Alexander g URS 2560
24 Osnos, Viatcheslav m URS 2550
25 Averbakh, Yuri L. g URS 2540
25= Gufeld, Eduard g URS 2540
25= Liberzon, Vladimir M. g URS 2540
28 Khasin, Abram m URS 2520
28= Nei, Iivo m URS 2520
28= Nikolaevsky, Yuri V. URS 2520
28= Sakharov, Yuri N. URS 2520
28= Shamkovich, Leonid g URS 2520
28= Zaitsev, Igor A. URS 2520
34 Kotov, Alexander g URS 2510
34= Sergievsky, Vladimir D. m URS 2510
34= Simagin, Vladimir g URS 2510
37 Gurgenidze, Bukhuti m URS 2500
38 Klovan, Janis URS 2490
38= Razuvaev, Yuri S. URS 2490
38= Tseshkovsky, Vitaly URS 2490
38= Tukmakov, Vladimir B. URS 2490
38= Yudovich, Mikhail M. m URS 2490
pos Player_ID Name Title Fed Rtng +/- gms Birthday Sex Flag
38= Zheliandinov, Viktor URS 2490
44 Bagirov, Vladimir m URS 2480
44= Balashov, Yuri S. URS 2480
44= Flohr, Salomon g URS 2480
44= Podgaets, Mikhail URS 2480
44= Zhukhovitsky, Samuel m URS 2480
49 Ignatiev, Felix N. URS 2470
50 Lilienthal, Andor g URS 2460
51 Nezhmetdinov, Rashid m URS 2450
52 Ageichenko, Genadi A. URS 2440
52= Bykhovsky, Anatoly A. URS 2440
52= Moiseev, Oleg L. URS 2440
55 Nikitin, Aleksander S. URS 2430
55= Platonov, Igor V. URS 2430
57 Gaprindashvili, Nona wm URS 2420 w
58 Cherepkov, Alexander V. URS 2410
59 Konstantinopolsky, Alexander m URS 2400
60 Volovich, Anatoly A. URS 2390
61 Mikenas, Vladas m URS 2350
61= Poliak, Abram URS 2350
63 Estrin, Yakov B. URS 2340
United States
1 Fischer, Robert James g USA 2720
2 Evans, Larry M. g USA 2570
2= Reshevsky, Samuel H. g USA 2570
4 Benko, Pal C. g USA 2540
5 Byrne, Robert E. g USA 2520
6 Lombardy, William J. g USA 2500
7 Zuckerman, Bernard USA 2480
8 Addison, Wiliam G. m USA 2470
9 Bisguier, Arthur B. g USA 2460
9= Byrne, Donald m USA 2460
11 Saidy, Anthony F. USA 2450
12 Sherwin, James T. m USA 2400
Yugoslavia
1 Gligoric, Svetozar g YUG 2590
2 Matulovic, Milan g YUG 2560
3 Ivkov, Borislav g YUG 2540
4 Ciric, Dragoljub M. g YUG 2530
4= Matanovic, Aleksandar g YUG 2530
4= Parma, Bruno g YUG 2530
7 Bukic, Enver m YUG 2490
7= Karaklajic, Nikola m YUG 2490
7= Minic, Dragoljub m YUG 2490
10 Kurajica, Bojan m YUG 2480
10= Trifunovic, Petar g YUG 2480
10= Velimirovic, Dragoljub YUG 2480
13 Cvetkovic, Srdjan YUG 2470
14 Maric, Rudolf YUG 2460
14= Udovcic, Mijo g YUG 2460
16 Janosevic, Dragoljub g YUG 2450
16= Masic, Ljubomir YUG 2450
16= Sokolov, Vladimir YUG 2450
19 Damjanovic, Mato g YUG 2440
20 Bertok, Mario m YUG 2430
20= Bogdanovic, Rajko m YUG 2430
20= Nicevski, Risto YUG 2430
20= Rakic, Tomislav YUG 2430
20= Smederevac, Petar m YUG 2430
20= Vukic, Milan m YUG 2430
26 Knezevic, Milorad YUG 2420
26= Marovic, Drazen m YUG 2420
26= Musil, Vojko m YUG 2420
29 Ostojic, Predrag m YUG 2410
29= Rajkovic, Dusan YUG 2410
31 Bradvarevic, Aleksander YUG 2400
31= Gliksman, Darko YUG 2400
33 Buljovcic, Ivan YUG 2390
33= Nikolic, Stanimir m YUG 2390
35 Sofrevski, Jovan YUG 2380
36 Kozomara, Vladimir m YUG 2370
36= Messing, Hrvoje YUG 2370
36= Rabar, Braslav m YUG 2370
39 Mestrovic, Zvonimir m YUG 2350
40 Martinovic, Slobodan YUG 2340
40= Mihaljcisin, Mihajlo m YUG 2340
42 Ilijevski, Borce YUG 2320
43 Pirc, Vasja g YUG 2290