The top 50 players from every FIDE rating period from 1967 to the present.

# Name Rating Date Age  
1 Fischer, Robert James United States of America 2785 1972 Jul 29
2 Spassky, Boris Soviet Union 2660 1972 Jul 35
3 Petrosian, Tigran Soviet Union 2645 1972 Jul 43
4 Polugaevsky, Lev Soviet Union 2645 1972 Jul 37
5 Portisch, Lajos Hungary 2640 1972 Jul 35
6 Korchnoi, Viktor Soviet Union 2640 1972 Jul 41
7 Botvinnik, Mikhail Soviet Union 2630 1972 Jul 60
8 Karpov, Anatoly Soviet Union 2630 1972 Jul 21
9 Larsen, Bent Denmark 2625 1972 Jul 37
10 Tal, Mikhail Soviet Union 2625 1972 Jul 35
11 Smyslov, Vassily Soviet Union 2620 1972 Jul 51
12 Stein, Leonid Soviet Union 2620 1972 Jul 37
13 Hort, Vlastimil Czech Republic 2600 1972 Jul 28
14 Keres, Paul Soviet Union 2600 1972 Jul 56
15 Savon, Vladimir A Soviet Union 2595 1972 Jul 31
16 Huebner, Robert Germany 2590 1972 Jul 23
17 Geller, Efim P Soviet Union 2590 1972 Jul 47
18 Taimanov, Mark Soviet Union 2590 1972 Jul 46
19 Bronstein, David I Soviet Union 2585 1972 Jul 48
20 Vasiukov, Evgeni Soviet Union 2575 1972 Jul 39
21 Gligoric, Svetozar Yugoslavia 2575 1972 Jul 49
22 Panno, Oscar Argentina 2570 1972 Jul 37
23 Mecking, Henrique Brazil 2570 1972 Jul 20
24 Olafsson Fridrik Iceland 2570 1972 Jul 37
25 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman United States of America 2565 1972 Jul 60
26 Balashov, Yuri Soviet Union 2560 1972 Jul 23
27 Gipslis, Aivars Soviet Union 2560 1972 Jul 35
28 Krogius, Nikolai Soviet Union 2560 1972 Jul 41
29 Tukmakov, Vladimir Soviet Union 2560 1972 Jul 26
30 Byrne Robert Eugene United States of America 2560 1972 Jul 44
31 Szabo, Laszlo Hungary 2555 1972 Jul 55
32 Kavalek, Lubomir United States of America 2555 1972 Jul 28
33 Schmid, Lothar Germany 2550 1972 Jul 44
34 Averbakh, Yuri Soviet Union 2550 1972 Jul 50
35 Kholmov, Ratmir D Soviet Union 2550 1972 Jul 47
36 Suetin, Alexey S Soviet Union 2550 1972 Jul 45
37 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir Yugoslavia 2550 1972 Jul 21
38 Smejkal, Jan Czech Republic 2545 1972 Jul 26
39 Pfleger, Helmut Germany 2545 1972 Jul 28
40 Lutikov, Anatoly S Soviet Union 2545 1972 Jul 39
41 Evans, Larry Melvyn United States of America 2545 1972 Jul 40
42 Najdorf, Miguel Argentina 2540 1972 Jul 62
43 Darga, Klaus Germany 2540 1972 Jul 38
44 Liberzon, Vladimir M Soviet Union 2540 1972 Jul 35
45 Andersson, Ulf Sweden 2535 1972 Jul 21
46 Shamkovich, Leonid Soviet Union 2535 1972 Jul 49
47 Sanguineti, Raul Argentina 2530 1972 Jul 39
48 Browne, Walter S Australia 2530 1972 Jul 23
49 Uhlmann, Wolfgang Germany 2530 1972 Jul 37
50 Unzicker, Wolfgang Germany 2530 1972 Jul 47



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