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Many people have been contributed to the creation of the ranking system. However, special thanks are due to:

Gerben Dirksen, for having the idea, devising the original formula, writing the first program to calculate ratings, administering it for most of the first year, and providing useful advice and mathematical assistance ever since.

Graham Hazel, without whose software none of it would have been possible.

Chris Dixon, for sorting out the problem with serving that had been causing anguish for five years.

Stephen Frechette and Aashish Welling, for giving us a brand-new web-based version of the software in 2020.

Steve Altus, David Beer, Lew Stansby, Neil Trentham and Giles Woodruff, for providing advice and comments on the ranking system.

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Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2023

January: Zach Grossack

February: Zach Grossack

March: Geoff Hampson

April: Steven De Donder

May: Fabio Quai

June: Nicole Gilmore

July: Mark Tynkov

August: Steven De Donder

September: Migry Zur Campanile

October: Geoff Hampson

Annual winners, 2003-22

2022 ladder: Mike Rice

2021 ladder: Steven De Donder

2020 ladder: Steven De Donder

2019 ladder: Steven De Donder

2018 ladder: Mark Tynkov

2017 ladder: Doron Limor

2016 ladder: Neil Trentham

2016 “Zester”: Dan Hoffenberg

2015 ladder: Alessio Isaia

2015 “Zester”: Dan Hoffenberg

2014 ladder: Doron Limor

2014 “Zester”: Dean Pokorny

2013 ladder: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2013 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2012 ladder: Ben Handley   -Pritchard

2012 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2011 ladder: Fabio Lo Presti

2011 “Zester”: Willie Whitaker

2011 “Apple core”: Steve Altus

2010 ladder: Steve Altus

2010 “Zester”: Andrew Garnett

2010 “Apple core”: Steve Altus

2009 ladder: Mike Rice

2009 “Zester”: Doron Limor

2009 “Apple core”: Michael Wilkinson

2008 ladder: John Therkelsen

2008 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2008 “Apple core”: Fabio Lo Presti

2007 ladder: Mike Rice

2007 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2007 “Apple core”: Tony Nunn

2006 ladder: Francesco Mazzadi

2006 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2006 “Apple core”: David Grainger

2005 ladder: Jérome Rombaut

2005 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2005 “Apple core”: Jérome Rombaut

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2004 “Zester”: Neil Trentham

2004 “Apple core”: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby

Ladder, 2023

Minimum games to qualify: 100.

Last updated: Fri 01 Dec 2023 00:54 (UK time)

Pos	Name	Ladder score	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	High score	Low score	Positive scores	Avg. playing strengh of oppo	Avg. score adj. for oppo's strength
1	Ben Kristensen	1090.2	95.8	137	42%	103.2	504	-372	80%	-13.1	90.2
2	Steven De Donder	1086.9	91.2	358	44%	83.2	431	-453	72%	3.7	86.9
-	David Halasi	1086.5	110.7	22	45%	125.1	347	-283	86%	-26.8	98.3
-	Mike Rice	1085.4	98.8	94	44%	84.2	399	-216	70%	1.2	85.4
3	Mark Tynkov	1084.8	85.8	252	40%	80.0	507	-403	71%	4.8	84.8
4	Zachary Grossack	1083.9	79.3	188	37%	65.4	762	-397	66%	18.5	83.9
5	Geoff Hampson	1079.3	83.4	568	38%	68.2	585	-542	70%	11.1	79.3
6	Goran Cekol	1071.5	70.3	194	30%	49.8	355	-311	64%	21.7	71.5
7	Fabio Quai	1069.8	71.4	978	34%	50.7	455	-427	66%	19.1	69.8
8	Tracey B	1062.8	52.4	154	36%	53.9	417	-495	65%	8.9	62.8
9	John Diamond	1060.2	65.3	155	29%	46.1	457	-251	61%	14.1	60.2
10	Migry Zur Campanile	1058.8	64.3	185	31%	31.0	410	-396	58%	27.8	58.8
-	Adam Grossack	1053.2	49.3	10	40%	71.8	203	-52	80%	30.5	102.3
11	Gaetano Damiata	1052.6	48.7	465	27%	36.0	401	-411	62%	16.5	52.6
12	Kit Woolsey	1050.7	67.1	122	33%	62.7	451	-467	66%	-12.0	50.7
13	Nicole Gilmore	1048.7	50.6	149	30%	36.3	455	-512	60%	12.4	48.7
14	Chris Dixon	1048.2	49.4	201	34%	36.6	370	-489	63%	11.7	48.2
15	Fabrizio Guttadauro	1046.7	46.5	291	33%	29.8	436	-373	60%	16.9	46.7
-	Alessio Isaia	1046.1	70.3	58	28%	42.7	328	-389	66%	3.4	46.1
16	Sami Casanova	1042.5	47.1	189	28%	28.3	352	-623	59%	14.2	42.5
17	Federico Bianchi	1038.8	42.0	479	26%	15.3	416	-453	57%	23.5	38.8
18	Fabrizio Farnesi	1037.6	22.5	738	31%	33.9	555	-519	62%	3.7	37.6
19	Dana Berkowitz	1036.8	42.1	101	26%	6.4	403	-401	54%	30.4	36.8
20	Marco Prestini	1034.2	36.1	430	28%	18.2	503	-562	58%	16.0	34.2
21	Rosalind Lin	1033.2	40.1	327	30%	25.1	443	-433	57%	8.1	33.2
-	Aaron Jones	1032.5	20.3	14	43%	29.1	250	-595	64%	18.9	47.9
22	Beppe Mistretta	1030.7	39.8	541	27%	12.6	377	-561	55%	18.1	30.7
-	Michael Wilkinson	1030.6	74.9	27	33%	40.8	277	-266	67%	-8.4	32.4
-	Dan Hoffenberg	1028.5	42.9	91	34%	60.9	385	-288	66%	-32.4	28.5
-	Clovis Dehaye	1028.2	55.6	21	24%	12.0	237	-307	62%	20.8	32.7
23	Benoit Guiot	1027.4	29.1	210	27%	23.9	481	-498	59%	3.6	27.4
-	David Adler	1026.9	48.2	4	25%	87.5	187	28	100%	33.4	120.9
24	Jill Levin	1022.2	29.9	497	22%	-6.2	324	-562	53%	28.4	22.2
25	John Parsons	1021.3	32.4	168	33%	13.0	331	-496	55%	8.3	21.3
-	Stephen Frechette	1018.5	13.5	2	50%	179.5	297	62	100%	-15.0	164.5
-	JoAnna Stansby	1017.9	51.0	45	24%	-4.2	295	-480	51%	22.1	17.9
26	Josh Richards	1016.9	12.4	167	29%	30.1	453	-482	55%	-13.3	16.9
-	Luc Bellicaud	1015.7	53.1	1	0%	240.0	240	240	100%	37.9	277.9
27	Patric Sierzega	1009.8	26.3	1047	24%	3.8	384	-487	52%	6.0	9.8
28	Matt Dobbs	1009.2	22.5	501	26%	8.9	422	-551	55%	0.3	9.2
29	Gianluca Lodato	1009.0	15.5	547	22%	-10.6	343	-631	51%	19.6	9.0
-	Krisztina Ormay	1008.5	70.6	3	0%	24.7	52	-9	67%	25.7	50.4
-	Paolo Catoni	1006.5	17.1	7	14%	5.9	203	-150	43%	11.2	17.0
-	Arm Pontecom	1004.6	80.8	1	0%	92.0	92	92	100%	-10.6	81.4
30	Hilto 37	1002.5	10.5	149	21%	-5.1	466	-427	49%	7.6	2.5
-	Pete Whipple	1000.9	67.5	1	0%	16.0	16	16	100%	-0.8	15.2
-	Pietro Campanile	1000.7	-76.9	2	0%	-34.5	51	-120	50%	40.5	6.0
31	Jaron Marcus	1000.6	14.9	466	26%	-4.1	472	-494	50%	4.7	0.6
-	Amit Zahar	999.8	-70.3	3	33%	34.7	262	-97	33%	-35.6	-0.9
-	Anne Jackson	998.4	53.4	1	0%	-58.0	-58	-58	0%	30.3	-27.7
32	Joan Clark	998.2	4.4	489	21%	-11.6	314	-544	52%	9.8	-1.8
-	Nicholas Cheung	997.9	30.1	2	50%	-12.5	143	-168	50%	-6.4	-18.9
-	S McKord	997.1	20.9	2	0%	33.5	69	-2	50%	-58.9	-25.4
33	Giorgio Caccia	996.0	-0.3	219	17%	-23.6	442	-527	45%	19.6	-4.0
34	Alessandro Colombo	993.7	-0.8	572	20%	-21.9	324	-490	45%	15.6	-6.3
-	Enrico Bongiorno	993.3	24.3	4	25%	-49.3	185	-207	50%	19.0	-30.3
-	Bud Stuart	993.0	-42.0	8	13%	3.8	176	-216	50%	-20.0	-16.2
35	Filippo Lagostena	992.9	-10.6	234	15%	-23.0	347	-473	46%	16.0	-7.1
-	Colin Deheeger	992.2	-138.5	1	0%	-186.0	-186	-186	0%	46.9	-139.1
-	Jennifer Mourgues	990.9	15.8	1	0%	-105.0	-105	-105	0%	-56.9	-161.9
-	Gabriel Feldstein	990.1	-72.6	11	9%	0.0	280	-198	55%	-17.6	-17.6
36	Stan Schenker	987.9	-14.2	411	19%	-21.2	303	-453	45%	9.1	-12.1
37	Umberto Prestini	986.7	-1.6	432	21%	-35.7	405	-706	45%	22.4	-13.3
-	John McAllister	986.0	7.6	34	12%	-35.3	287	-476	44%	21.1	-14.2
-	Francesco Mazzadi	984.0	25.1	35	23%	-35.5	274	-349	37%	19.2	-16.2
38	Tsahi Maimon	983.7	3.3	367	22%	-26.1	382	-528	48%	9.8	-16.3
-	Michael Empeigne	983.4	-372.1	1	0%	-319.0	-319	-319	0%	23.7	-295.3
-	Silvia Saccomanno	982.3	-25.4	2	0%	-187.0	11	-385	50%	29.9	-157.1
39	Andrea Abbagnara	981.7	-22.3	101	23%	-34.4	266	-488	50%	16.1	-18.3
-	Markus Dramisino	981.1	-60.2	1	0%	-365.0	-365	-365	0%	29.6	-335.4
40	Sarina Chaiken	961.3	-56.1	144	19%	-40.8	292	-653	44%	2.1	-38.7
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	959.7	-18.4	84	15%	-55.0	213	-328	32%	14.7	-40.3
-	John Rebardo	949.6	19.7	12	0%	-133.8	38	-289	8%	50.3	-83.5
-	Sally Woolsey	939.2	-57.4	71	23%	-47.4	259	-363	46%	-13.4	-60.8
-	Corey Robinson	927.2	-47.4	71	14%	-45.3	363	-408	37%	-27.6	-72.8
41	Maree Crawford	924.5	-61.4	529	12%	-65.8	293	-620	35%	-9.7	-75.5
-	Keiran Crowe-Mai	921.8	-48.4	8	0%	-191.3	47	-577	13%	8.7	-182.6
-	Nancy Stuart	918.6	-194.8	8	0%	-220.8	35	-558	13%	30.7	-190.1
-	Christine Rebardo	917.5	-111.7	14	14%	-106.6	134	-439	29%	-15.1	-121.7
42	Giorgio Peterlongo	915.1	-84.5	592	11%	-100.3	342	-550	29%	15.4	-84.9
43	Jackie Smith	911.8	-90.4	722	13%	-76.7	333	-787	38%	-11.5	-88.2
44	Beryel Dorscht	908.3	-91.6	413	14%	-102.9	342	-893	31%	11.2	-91.7
45	Barbie W	883.8	-103.1	185	10%	-102.6	265	-558	28%	-13.6	-116.2
46	Lori M	855.9	-145.2	223	8%	-131.7	270	-754	24%	-12.4	-144.1