Sorted by number of games played
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
1 Fischer, Robert James g USA 2720
2 Spassky, Boris V. g URS 2690
3 Korchnoi, Viktor g URS 2680
4 Botvinnik, Mikhail g URS 2660
5 Petrosian, Tigran g URS 2650
6 Larsen, Bent g DEN 2630
7 Geller, Efim P. g URS 2620
8 Portisch, Lajos g HUN 2620
9 Smyslov, Vassily g URS 2620
10 Keres, Paul g URS 2610
11 Polugaevsky, Lev g URS 2610
12 Stein, Leonid g URS 2610
13 Tal, Mikhail N. g URS 2610
14 Kholmov, Ratmir D. g URS 2600
15 Olafsson, Fridrik g ISL 2600
16 Bronstein, David I. g URS 2590
17 Furman, Semyen A. g URS 2590
18 Gligoric, Svetozar g YUG 2590
19 Hort, Vlastimil g CSR 2590
20 Najdorf, Miguel g ARG 2590
21 Taimanov, Mark E. g URS 2590
22 Gipslis, Aivars g URS 2580
23 Krogius, Nikolai V. g URS 2580
24 Evans, Larry M. g USA 2570
25 Lein, Anatoly g URS 2570
26 Reshevsky, Samuel H. g USA 2570
27 Vasiukov, Evgeni g URS 2570
28 Antoshin, Vladimir S. g URS 2560
29 Lutikov, Anatoly S. m URS 2560
30 Matulovic, Milan g YUG 2560
31 Savon, Vladimir A. m URS 2560
32 Suetin, Alexey S. g URS 2560
33 Unzicker, Wolfgang g GER 2560
34 Zaitsev, Alexander g URS 2560
35 Osnos, Viatcheslav m URS 2550
36 Averbakh, Yuri L. g URS 2540
37 Benko, Pal C. g USA 2540
38 Darga, Klaus g GER 2540
39 Gheorghiu, Florin g ROM 2540
40 Gufeld, Eduard g URS 2540
41 Ivkov, Borislav g YUG 2540
42 Liberzon, Vladimir M. g URS 2540
43 Schmid, Lothar g GER 2540
44 Uhlmann, Wolfgang g GDR 2540
45 Ciric, Dragoljub M. g YUG 2530
46 Matanovic, Aleksandar g YUG 2530
47 Mecking, Henrique m BRA 2530
48 Panno, Oscar g ARG 2530
49 Parma, Bruno g YUG 2530
50 Tringov, Georgi P. g BUL 2530
51 Byrne, Robert E. g USA 2520
52 Kavalek, Lubomir g CSR 2520
53 Khasin, Abram m URS 2520
54 Nei, Iivo m URS 2520
55 Nikolaevsky, Yuri V. URS 2520
56 Sakharov, Yuri N. URS 2520
57 Sanguinetti, Raul m ARG 2520
58 Shamkovich, Leonid g URS 2520
59 Zaitsev, Igor A. URS 2520
60 Bolbochan, Julio m ARG 2510
61 Filip, Miroslav g CSR 2510
62 Kotov, Alexander g URS 2510
63 Pachman, Ludek g CSR 2510
64 Sergievsky, Vladimir D. m URS 2510
65 Simagin, Vladimir g URS 2510
66 Barcza, Gedeon g HUN 2500
67 Bilek, Istvan g HUN 2500
68 Bobotsov, Milko G. g BUL 2500
69 Donner, Jan-Hein g NED 2500
70 Gurgenidze, Bukhuti m URS 2500
71 Hamann, Svend m DEN 2500
72 Lombardy, William J. g USA 2500
73 Penrose, Jonathan m ENG 2500
74 Pfleger, Helmut m GER 2500
75 Bukic, Enver m YUG 2490
76 Dely, Peter m HUN 2490
77 Forintos, Gyozo V. m HUN 2490
78 Huebner, Robert GER 2490
79 Karaklajic, Nikola m YUG 2490
80 Klovan, Janis URS 2490
81 Minic, Dragoljub m YUG 2490
82 Pomar Salamanca, Arturo g ESP 2490
83 Razuvaev, Yuri S. URS 2490
84 Szabo, Laszlo g HUN 2490
85 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly URS 2490
86 Tukmakov, Vladimir B. URS 2490
87 Yudovich, Mikhail M. m URS 2490
88 Zheliandinov, Viktor URS 2490
89 Bagirov, Vladimir m URS 2480
90 Balashov, Yuri S. URS 2480
91 Flohr, Salomon g URS 2480
92 Kurajica, Bojan m YUG 2480
93 Lengyel, Levente g HUN 2480
94 Padevsky, Nikola g BUL 2480
95 Podgaets, Mikhail URS 2480
96 Teschner, Rudolf m GER 2480
97 Trifunovic, Petar g YUG 2480
98 Velimirovic, Dragoljub YUG 2480
99 Zhukhovitsky, Samuel m URS 2480
100 Zuckerman, Bernard USA 2480
pos Player_ID Name Title Fed Rtng +/- gms Birthday Sex Flag
101 Addison, Wiliam G. m USA 2470
102 Barczay, Laszlo g HUN 2470
103 Cvetkovic, Srdjan YUG 2470
104 Ignatiev, Felix N. URS 2470
105 Keene, Raymond D. ENG 2470
106 Todorcevic, Miodrag FRA 2470
107 Besser, Hans GDR 2460
108 Bisguier, Arthur B. g USA 2460
109 Byrne, Donald m USA 2460
110 Drimer, Dolfi m ROM 2460
111 Flesch, Janos m HUN 2460
112 Fuchs, Reinhard m GDR 2460
113 Ghitescu, Theodor m ROM 2460
114 Hecht, Hans-Joachim GER 2460
115 Johansson, Martin SWE 2460
116 Lilienthal, Andor g URS 2460
117 Maric, Rudolf YUG 2460
118 Minev, Nikolay N. m BUL 2460
119 Pribyl, Josef CSR 2460
120 Udovcic, Mijo g YUG 2460
121 Adamski, Jan POL 2450
122 Baumbach, Friedrich GDR 2450
123 Ciocaltea, Victor m ROM 2450
124 Janosevic, Dragoljub g YUG 2450
125 Jansa, Vlastimil m CSR 2450
126 Johannessen, Svein m NOR 2450
127 Kolarov, Atanas S. m BUL 2450
128 Malich, Burkhard m GDR 2450
129 Masic, Ljubomir YUG 2450
130 Nezhmetdinov, Rashid m URS 2450
131 O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic g BEL 2450
132 Robatsch, Karl g AUT 2450
133 Rossetto, Hector g ARG 2450
134 Rossolimo, Nicolas g FRA 2450
135 Saidy, Anthony F. USA 2450
136 Smejkal, Jan CSR 2450
137 Sokolov, Vladimir YUG 2450
138 Soos, Bela m ROM 2450
139 Tompa, Janos HUN 2450
140 Yanofsky, Daniel A. g CAN 2450
141 Zwaig, Arne NOR 2450
142 Ageichenko, Genadi A. URS 2440
143 Bykhovsky, Anatoly A. URS 2440
144 Damjanovic, Mato g YUG 2440
145 Langeweg, Kick m NED 2440
146 Mista, Ladislav CSR 2440
147 Moiseev, Oleg L. URS 2440
148 Popov, Luben m BUL 2440
149 Radulov, Ivan m BUL 2440
150 Ree, Hans m NED 2440
151 Spiridonov, Nikola BUL 2440
152 Szilagyi, Peter HUN 2440
153 Westerinen, Heikki M. J. m FIN 2440
154 Bertok, Mario m YUG 2430
155 Bogdanovic, Rajko m YUG 2430
156 Eliskases, Erich m ARG 2430
157 Haag, Ervin m HUN 2430
158 Hindle, Owen M. ENG 2430
159 Kaplan, Julio P. m PUR 2430
160 Kostro, Jerzy POL 2430
161 Lehmann, Heinz m GER 2430
162 Liebert, Heinz m GDR 2430
163 Nicevski, Risto YUG 2430
164 Nikitin, Aleksander S. URS 2430
165 Platonov, Igor V. URS 2430
166 Rakic, Tomislav YUG 2430
167 Smederevac, Petar m YUG 2430
168 Suttles, Duncan m CAN 2430
169 Vukic, Milan m YUG 2430
170 Adorjan, Andras HUN 2420
171 Bednarski, Jacek B. m POL 2420
172 Bouwmeester, Hans m NED 2420
173 Csom, Istvan m HUN 2420
174 Diez Del Corral, Jesus m ESP 2420
175 Gaprindashvili, Nona wm URS 2420 w
176 Garcia, Raimundo m ARG 2420
177 Kestler, Hans-Guenther GDR 2420
178 Knezevic, Milorad YUG 2420
179 Kraidman, Yair m ISR 2420
180 Marovic, Drazen m YUG 2420
181 Musil, Vojko m YUG 2420
182 Partos, Carol ROM 2420
183 Rubinetti, Jorge ARG 2420
184 Schmidt, Wlodzimierz POL 2420
185 Zinn, Lothar m GDR 2420
186 Basman, Michael J. ENG 2410
187 Bokor, Istvan HUN 2410
188 Cherepkov, Alexander V. URS 2410
189 Holaszek, Hans AUT 2410
190 Kovacs, Laszlo M. m HUN 2410
191 Ostojic, Predrag m YUG 2410
192 Palermo, Vicente ARG 2410
193 Pietzsch, Wolfgang g GDR 2410
194 Pogats, Jozsef HUN 2410
195 Prameshuber, Aleksander AUT 2410
196 Radovici, Corvin m ROM 2410
197 Rajkovic, Dusan YUG 2410
198 Schweber, Samuel m ARG 2410
199 Thorbergsson, Freysteinn ISL 2410
200 Bradvarevic, Aleksander YUG 2400
pos Player_ID Name Title Fed Rtng +/- gms Birthday Sex Flag
201 Cobo Arteaga, Eldis m CUB 2400
202 Doda, Zbigniew m POL 2400
203 Dueckstein, Andreas m AUT 2400
204 Emma, Jaime ARG 2400
205 Gliksman, Darko YUG 2400
206 Golz, Werner GDR 2400
207 Honfi, Karoly m HUN 2400
208 Janata, Michael CSR 2400
209 Jimenez, Eleazar m CUB 2400
210 Johannsson, Ingi R. m ISL 2400
211 Keller, Dieter m SUI 2400
212 Konstantinopolsky, Alexander m URS 2400
213 Kuijpers, Frans A. m NED 2400
214 Liptay, Laszlo HUN 2400
215 Mititelu, Gheorghe ROM 2400
216 Mohrlok, Dieter GER 2400
217 Navarovszky, Laszlo m HUN 2400
218 Scholl, Eddie C. NED 2400
219 Sherwin, James T. m USA 2400
220 Tatai, Stefano m ITA 2400
221 Ujtumen, Tudev m MGL 2400
222 Van Geet, Dirk Daniel m NED 2400
223 Van Seters, Frits BEL 2400
224 Buljovcic, Ivan YUG 2390
225 Camara, Helder BRA 2390
226 Czerniak, Moshe m ISR 2390
227 Gerusel, Mathias m GER 2390
228 Grabczewski, Romuald POL 2390
229 Guimard, Carlos E. g ARG 2390
230 Hennings, Artur m GDR 2390
231 Kinnmark, Ove SWE 2390
232 Kluger, Gyula m HUN 2390
233 Neikirch, Oleg m BUL 2390
234 Nikolic, Stanimir m YUG 2390
235 Peev, Peicho BUL 2390
236 Toran Albero, Roman m ESP 2390
237 Vadasz, Laszlo HUN 2390
238 Varnusz, Egon HUN 2390
239 Visier Segovia, Fernando ESP 2390
240 Volovich, Anatoly A. URS 2390
241 Zuidema, Coen m NED 2390
242 Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn DEN 2380
243 Farago, Ivan HUN 2380
244 Filep, Tibor HUN 2380
245 Kinzel, Anton AUT 2380
246 Lee, Peter N. ENG 2380
247 Medina Garcia, Antonio m ESP 2380
248 Myagmarsuren, Lhamsuren m MGL 2380
249 Ozsvath, Andras HUN 2380
250 Pelikan, Jorge m ARG 2380
251 Pilnik, Herman g ARG 2380
252 Rodriguez Cordoba, Jesus R. CUB 2380
253 Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur ISL 2380
254 Sofrevski, Jovan YUG 2380
255 Ungureanu, Emil ROM 2380
256 Van Scheltinga, Theo D. m NED 2380
257 Clarke, Peter H. ENG 2370
258 Gereben, Erno m SUI 2370
259 Hartston, William R. ENG 2370
260 Kottnauer, Cenek m ENG 2370
261 Kozomara, Vladimir m YUG 2370
262 Messing, Hrvoje YUG 2370
263 Moehring, Guenther GDR 2370
264 Orev, Petar BUL 2370
265 Quinteros, Miguel A. ARG 2370
266 Rabar, Braslav m YUG 2370
267 Sliwa, Bogdan m POL 2370
268 Toth, Bela HUN 2370
269 Ader, Walter CHI 2360
270 Book, Eero Elinar m FIN 2360
271 Espig, Lutz GDR 2360
272 Garcia Martinez, Silvino CUB 2360
273 Hartoch, Robert G. NED 2360
274 Kagan, Shimon ISR 2360
275 Kozma, Julius m CSR 2360
276 Kupka, Slavoj CSR 2360
277 Schoeneberg, Manfred GDR 2360
278 Siaperas, Triantafyllos GRE 2360
279 Augustin, Josef CSR 2350
280 Blau, Max m SUI 2350
281 Domnitz, Zadok ISR 2350
282 Enevoldsen, Jens m DEN 2350
283 Fichtl, Jiri m CSR 2350
284 Golombek, Harry m ENG 2350
285 Kovacs, Zoltan HUN 2350
286 Kramer, Haije J. m NED 2350
287 Limbos, Paul BEL 2350
288 Macskasy, Elod CAN 2350
289 Mestrovic, Zvonimir m YUG 2350
290 Mikenas, Vladas m URS 2350
291 Petersen, Finn DEN 2350
292 Poliak, Abram URS 2350
293 Porat, Yosef m ISR 2350
294 Simonovic, Borko FRA 2350
295 Szilagyi, Gyorgy m HUN 2350
296 Wexler, Bernardo m ARG 2350
297 Balcerowski, Witold POL 2340
298 Estrin, Yakov B. URS 2340
299 Foguelman, Alberto m ARG 2340
300 Kupper, Josef m SUI 2340
pos Player_ID Name Title Fed Rtng +/- gms Birthday Sex Flag
301 Martinovic, Slobodan YUG 2340
302 Mihaljcisin, Mihajlo m YUG 2340
303 Neukirch, Detlef GDR 2340
304 Roose, Jan BEL 2340
305 Sandor, Bela m HUN 2340
306 Skold, Kristian SWE 2340
307 Teufel, Juergen GER 2340
308 Troianescu, Octavio m ROM 2340
309 Witkowski, Stefan POL 2340
310 Wright, Daniel ENG 2340
311 Cuellar Gacharna, Miguel m COL 2330
312 Jongsma, Alexander NED 2330
313 Kristjansson, Bragi ISL 2330
314 Persitz, Raaphi ISR 2330
315 Prelovszky, Laszlo HUN 2330
316 Sydor, Andrzej POL 2330
317 Trapl, Jindrich CSR 2330
318 Ujtelky, Maximilian m CSR 2330
319 Aloni, Itzhak ISR 2320
320 Blatny, Frantisek CSR 2320
321 Boey, Josef BEL 2320
322 Filipowicz, Andrzej POL 2320
323 Ilijevski, Borce YUG 2320
324 Kokkoris, Hristos GRE 2320
325 Rellstab, Ludwig sr m GER 2320
326 Wade, Robert G. m ENG 2320
327 Calvo Minguez, Ricardo ESP 2310
328 Gasztonyi, Endre HUN 2310
329 Letelier, Rene m CHI 2310
330 Ortega, Rogelio CUB 2310
331 Portisch, Ferenc HUN 2310
332 Whiteley, Andrew J. ENG 2310
333 Bhend, Edwin m SUI 2300
334 Cornelis, Frans B. BEL 2300
335 Kerkhoff, Leo J. NED 2300
336 Littlewood, John E. ENG 2300
337 Nilsson, Zandor SWE 2300
338 Ocampo, Raul ARG 2300
339 Pavlov, Mircea ROM 2300
340 Peretz, Malkiel ISR 2300
341 Thiellement, Andre FRA 2300
342 Vizantiadis, Lazaros GRE 2300
343 Boutteville, Cesar FRA 2290
344 Canal, Esteban m PER 2290
345 Pelitov, Dimitar BUL 2290
346 Pirc, Vasja g YUG 2290
347 Rocha, Antonio BRA 2290
348 Davie, Alexander M. SCO 2280
349 Diaz, Joaquin C. CUB 2280
350 Ducic, Bogdan FRA 2280
351 Ulvestad, Olaf AND 2280
352 Bouaziz, Slim TUN 2270
353 Caminade, Andrija MNC 2270
354 Fuller, Maxwell L. AUS 2270
355 Huguet, Bernard FRA 2270
356 Durao, Joaquim POR 2260
357 Havansi, Erkki E. T. FIN 2260
358 Mazzoni, Guy FRA 2260
359 Nowak, Ervin CSR 2260
360 Paoli, Enrico m ITA 2260
361 Pietrusiak, Bogdan POL 2260
362 Dunkelblum, Arthur m BEL 2250
363 Letzelter, Jean-Claude FRA 2240
364 Jean, Claude FRA 2230
365 Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn ISL 2230
366 Trincardi, Tullio ITA 2230
367 Bredewout, Henk NED 2220
368 Rizopoulos, Georgios GRE 2220
369 Zinser, Sylvain FRA 2220
370 Bakker, Piet NED 2210
371 Casa, Alex MNC 2210
372 Beni, Alfred m AUT 2200
373 Littleton, Michael F. IRL 2200
374 Saemisch, Friedrich g GER 2200
375 Bakali, Mustafa Ahmed MAR 2170
376 Orbaan, Constant NED 2170