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