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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.

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2024

January: Geoff Hampson

February: Mark Tynkov

March: Dana Berkowitz

April: Geoff Hampson

May: Steven De Donder

June: Geoff Hampson

July: Steven De Donder

August: Steven De Donder

Annual winners, 2003-23

2023 ladder: Ben Kristensen

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, 2024

Minimum games to qualify: 100.

Last updated: Mon 30 Sep 2024 21:59 (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
-	Ben Kristensen	1099.6	103.7	94	39%	85.5	493	-281	71%	14.1	99.6
1	Mark Tynkov	1088.7	87.3	141	34%	65.9	449	-387	70%	22.8	88.7
2	Steven De Donder	1085.4	89.9	366	39%	69.9	478	-433	70%	15.4	85.4
3	Geoff Hampson	1083.9	85.9	378	37%	54.0	381	-487	70%	29.9	83.9
-	Nicole Gilmore	1077.4	65.1	75	33%	44.5	414	-445	64%	33.0	77.4
-	Zachary Grossack	1076.1	77.6	90	39%	46.7	418	-478	57%	29.4	76.1
4	Dana Berkowitz	1062.5	52.8	166	33%	31.8	435	-408	60%	30.7	62.5
5	Fabio Quai	1061.2	59.9	816	29%	33.4	450	-435	61%	27.8	61.2
-	Mike Rice	1060.2	94.8	33	30%	27.5	399	-351	48%	33.9	61.4
-	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1059.9	82.4	19	42%	37.9	300	-330	74%	35.1	73.0
-	Alessio Isaia	1059.0	67.6	62	32%	48.6	379	-312	63%	10.5	59.0
6	Matt Dobbs	1052.3	45.7	164	29%	25.0	436	-497	62%	27.3	52.3
7	Federico Bianchi	1049.4	49.0	374	30%	19.6	454	-496	61%	29.8	49.4
-	Migry Zur Campanile	1045.4	60.0	57	28%	16.5	296	-408	56%	28.9	45.4
8	Marco Novara	1045.1	41.1	266	29%	22.3	365	-605	60%	22.8	45.1
9	John Parsons	1045.1	41.1	108	28%	25.2	355	-360	58%	19.9	45.1
10	Beppe Mistretta	1044.8	36.9	517	27%	20.5	413	-534	59%	24.3	44.8
11	Patric Sierzega	1044.8	41.4	650	28%	18.4	417	-553	58%	26.3	44.8
12	Marco Prestini	1042.1	39.2	354	30%	23.7	539	-526	56%	18.5	42.1
13	Rosalind Lin	1041.3	43.9	308	23%	9.6	497	-633	55%	31.7	41.3
14	JoAnna Stansby	1040.2	46.3	193	27%	16.4	414	-519	56%	23.8	40.2
15	John Diamond	1039.6	51.0	130	25%	9.0	248	-386	55%	30.6	39.6
16	Chris Dixon	1036.9	50.0	111	31%	17.4	312	-413	58%	19.4	36.9
17	Stan Schenker	1035.2	32.1	439	30%	16.2	404	-407	56%	19.0	35.2
18	Fabrizio Guttadauro	1034.4	34.8	117	25%	11.5	450	-384	54%	23.0	34.4
-	Giles Woodruff	1034.1	68.5	4	50%	127.3	263	22	100%	25.9	153.2
19	Michael Wilkinson	1033.4	44.6	202	25%	8.3	419	-520	48%	25.0	33.4
20	Fabrizio Farnesi	1031.7	32.4	524	27%	10.1	389	-501	56%	21.6	31.7
21	Gaetano Damiata	1030.4	27.3	455	24%	5.5	415	-502	53%	24.8	30.4
22	Silvia Saccomanno	1030.2	13.0	125	20%	13.3	367	-320	55%	16.9	30.2
23	Jaron Marcus	1029.3	30.3	555	26%	-0.5	388	-498	52%	29.8	29.3
24	Gianluca Lodato	1027.3	26.7	554	25%	0.2	320	-524	52%	27.1	27.3
-	Tracey B	1026.5	56.6	7	29%	39.9	164	-235	86%	30.1	69.9
-	Sami Casanova	1023.9	43.8	53	28%	-13.9	261	-283	42%	37.8	23.9
-	Pete Whipple	1023.2	69.9	4	50%	74.3	143	-26	75%	30.1	104.4
-	John McAllister	1020.5	7.3	25	20%	2.1	267	-256	44%	20.2	22.2
25	Jill Levin	1019.9	18.0	469	21%	-15.9	368	-496	47%	35.8	19.9
-	Bradley Johnston	1016.0	41.6	11	27%	2.9	233	-324	45%	25.4	28.3
-	Luc Bellicaud	1015.7	59.3	1	0%	237.0	237	237	100%	40.8	277.8
-	Clovis Dehaye	1014.6	47.9	36	22%	-10.9	318	-329	53%	25.7	14.7
-	Stav Dan	1013.3	11.4	89	34%	53.2	498	-312	63%	-40.0	13.3
26	Joan Clark	1012.5	13.3	205	20%	-15.7	277	-412	46%	28.2	12.5
-	Federico Iavicoli	1012.3	59.9	2	50%	113.5	259	-32	50%	-4.1	109.4
-	Benoit Guiot	1011.1	25.2	56	34%	-6.7	361	-377	50%	17.8	11.1
-	Josh Richards	1007.0	13.7	1	100%	130.0	130	130	100%	-6.6	123.4
27	Giorgio Caccia	1006.8	0.2	194	19%	-23.9	404	-438	45%	30.7	6.8
-	Dan Hoffenberg	1005.7	39.6	36	17%	-11.1	279	-288	44%	16.8	5.8
28	Alessandro Colombo	1005.3	12.5	397	21%	-20.4	319	-525	45%	25.7	5.3
29	Tsahi Maimon	1002.2	3.9	330	25%	-9.9	467	-581	51%	12.2	2.2
-	Kevin Zhou	1002.0	14.5	7	0%	-17.1	231	-187	43%	22.5	5.4
-	Aaron Jones	1001.8	14.2	31	16%	-27.3	213	-405	42%	29.2	1.9
-	Goran Cekol	1001.2	71.2	3	0%	-19.7	131	-138	33%	26.8	7.2
-	Francesco Mazzadi	1000.4	28.4	3	0%	-11.0	49	-53	33%	13.2	2.2
-	Yvntn Hlmysh	1000.2	6.6	1	100%	124.0	124	124	100%	-121.1	2.9
30	Mira	996.2	1.7	493	18%	-20.5	444	-476	48%	16.7	-3.8
-	Giancarlo Rosselli	994.3	6.4	42	19%	-24.4	277	-502	52%	18.7	-5.7
-	Corey Robinson	993.7	-46.6	4	0%	-46.3	150	-179	25%	17.9	-28.3
-	Adam Grossack	993.1	49.9	6	33%	-39.7	232	-262	50%	18.8	-20.9
-	Hilto 37	990.0	8.8	16	13%	-40.3	129	-254	56%	26.8	-13.5
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	986.9	-12.1	33	24%	-35.8	176	-317	55%	22.4	-13.4
-	Sarit Betzalel	986.7	-78.6	3	33%	-87.0	157	-246	33%	7.6	-79.4
-	Finn Kolesnik	985.2	-32.2	2	0%	-180.5	-111	-250	0%	49.1	-131.4
-	Stephen Frechette	985.2	11.4	3	0%	-131.3	-39	-220	0%	43.0	-88.4
-	Myrh Tmr	982.3	-157.8	2	0%	-71.0	-9	-133	0%	-86.6	-157.6
-	Keiran Crowe-Mai	979.9	-50.1	2	0%	-157.0	-32	-282	0%	-21.9	-178.9
-	Anastasia Di Lorenzo	979.5	-80.8	2	0%	-223.5	-170	-277	0%	41.6	-181.9
31	Umberto Prestini	979.3	-9.4	260	23%	-51.9	440	-854	43%	31.2	-20.7
-	Arm Pontecom	976.7	-23.4	16	25%	-61.6	231	-315	25%	30.2	-31.5
-	Filippo Lagostena	972.8	-18.8	73	16%	-44.4	285	-335	29%	17.2	-27.2
32	Maree Crawford	968.2	-27.0	463	15%	-49.6	341	-502	38%	17.7	-31.8
-	Barbie W	964.2	-95.7	12	8%	-63.0	280	-285	33%	3.8	-59.2
-	Sarina Chaiken	958.1	-47.8	21	0%	-81.5	104	-247	29%	32.9	-48.6
-	Jennifer Mourgues	954.9	3.9	29	10%	-68.3	283	-471	38%	21.3	-47.0
-	Gabriel Feldstein	951.3	-70.6	9	0%	-120.2	54	-408	22%	17.9	-102.3
33	Jackie Smith	945.1	-54.2	279	15%	-71.9	288	-578	34%	17.0	-54.9
34	Giorgio Peterlongo	943.2	-60.0	278	13%	-77.6	291	-521	34%	20.7	-56.8
-	Yaron Yaron	942.4	-103.6	11	18%	-59.4	220	-327	36%	-42.9	-102.3
-	Jonathan Halamish	940.1	-356.4	3	0%	-296.7	-228	-355	0%	-59.7	-356.4
35	Raz Betzalel	933.6	-59.6	234	12%	-76.6	354	-553	38%	10.1	-66.4
-	Orly Weil	930.1	-314.4	4	0%	-285.0	13	-483	25%	-28.8	-313.8
-	Ofir Rosenfeld	875.8	-122.6	43	12%	-89.3	287	-637	33%	-35.1	-124.5
36	Beryel Dorscht	873.1	-117.7	170	6%	-145.5	252	-671	23%	18.6	-126.9
-	Michael Yo	857.5	-134.9	79	15%	-126.8	295	-696	29%	-15.7	-142.5
-	Aharon Shaked	845.0	-182.5	20	15%	-167.2	201	-502	25%	-16.8	-183.9

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