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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, 2025

January: Geoff Hampson

February: Fabio Quai

March: Steven De Donder

April: Marco Novara

May: Sami Casanova

June: Matt Dobbs

July: Steven De Donder

August: Geoff Hampson

September: Matt Dobbs

Annual winners, 2003-24

2024 ladder: Steven De Donder

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

2015 ladder: Alessio Isaia

2014 ladder: Doron Limor

2013 ladder: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2012 ladder: Ben Handley�� -Pritchard

2011 ladder: Fabio Lo Presti

2010 ladder: Steve Altus

2009 ladder: Mike Rice

2008 ladder: John Therkelsen

2007 ladder: Mike Rice

2006 ladder: Francesco Mazzadi

2005 ladder: J�rome Rombaut

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby

Ladder, 2025

Minimum games to qualify: 100.

Last updated: Fri 17 Oct 2025 10:52 (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	1139.9	119.5	68	47%	108.1	400	-183	76%	31.8	139.9
1	Steven De Donder	1097.3	96.6	418	38%	71.1	500	-412	69%	26.2	97.3
-	Mike Rice	1096.9	102.9	87	36%	62.3	444	-345	71%	34.6	96.9
2	Geoff Hampson	1094.5	94.6	315	34%	58.2	468	-429	64%	36.4	94.5
3	John Diamond	1085.7	83.0	191	35%	51.4	432	-305	65%	34.3	85.7
4	Migry Zur Campanile	1076.5	74.2	105	30%	34.3	372	-329	65%	42.2	76.5
5	Fabio Quai	1074.1	76.1	1009	31%	39.9	486	-500	63%	34.2	74.1
6	Mark Tynkov	1073.5	80.3	319	36%	46.7	392	-408	63%	26.8	73.5
-	Zachary Grossack	1065.7	77.4	63	37%	27.3	503	-597	57%	38.4	65.7
-	Goran Cekol	1060.9	72.5	60	28%	23.0	397	-297	53%	38.0	60.9
7	Marco Novara	1060.5	57.4	206	32%	27.6	396	-448	59%	32.8	60.5
8	Patric Sierzega	1060.1	64.3	509	32%	23.0	370	-546	60%	37.2	60.1
9	Dan Hoffenberg	1059.7	65.3	354	30%	22.1	571	-575	56%	37.6	59.7
10	Matt Dobbs	1059.5	65.8	381	28%	25.4	472	-496	58%	34.1	59.5
11	Marco Prestini	1058.9	57.1	201	32%	19.4	458	-348	56%	39.6	58.9
-	Nicole Gilmore	1058.1	65.8	62	23%	18.3	344	-252	53%	39.8	58.1
12	Hilto 37	1057.8	43.6	120	26%	22.0	408	-392	56%	35.7	57.8
13	Gaetano Damiata	1056.3	59.5	463	29%	16.7	380	-413	58%	39.6	56.3
-	Silvia Saccomanno	1055.9	24.4	26	31%	32.2	352	-164	54%	27.7	59.9
-	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1054.2	82.9	12	17%	52.4	374	-153	50%	37.3	89.7
14	Sami Casanova	1053.4	57.8	255	26%	12.9	410	-371	53%	40.5	53.4
15	John Parsons	1052.7	51.0	237	30%	18.4	390	-438	56%	34.2	52.7
16	Tracey B	1051.5	54.4	375	30%	9.8	368	-539	54%	41.7	51.5
17	Jaron Marcus	1050.9	48.9	547	27%	11.6	381	-572	54%	39.3	50.9
18	Fabrizio Farnesi	1050.9	49.5	685	32%	18.7	450	-560	57%	32.1	50.9
19	Michael Wilkinson	1050.4	53.7	336	29%	16.9	464	-615	58%	33.5	50.4
-	David Halasi	1050.0	106.9	17	35%	43.5	243	-220	65%	21.4	64.9
20	Federico Bianchi	1049.9	43.2	420	26%	11.7	477	-466	54%	38.3	49.9
-	Giles Woodruff	1044.4	71.0	25	16%	6.1	190	-250	56%	42.0	48.1
21	Rosalind Lin	1042.8	45.4	427	24%	4.5	388	-528	54%	38.3	42.8
22	Brad Moss	1040.1	42.4	592	26%	12.3	453	-495	53%	27.9	40.1
23	Gianluca Lodato	1038.9	35.8	429	21%	-0.5	493	-518	51%	39.4	38.9
-	Alessio Isaia	1038.4	72.1	35	26%	13.0	405	-332	51%	25.9	38.9
-	Benoit Guiot	1036.4	31.9	23	22%	-0.9	333	-282	48%	41.5	40.6
24	Beppe Mistretta	1033.4	33.2	247	25%	2.0	302	-493	54%	31.4	33.4
25	Mira	1030.2	39.9	820	23%	-4.8	396	-462	49%	34.9	30.2
26	Jill Levin	1026.9	22.7	627	19%	-19.1	385	-535	48%	46.0	26.9
27	Stan Schenker	1022.5	22.0	352	18%	-14.0	290	-441	44%	36.5	22.5
-	John McAllister	1017.5	16.2	2	50%	122.5	207	38	100%	33.0	155.5
28	Alessandro Colombo	1015.9	15.9	309	18%	-26.9	346	-491	45%	42.8	15.9
29	Giorgio Caccia	1015.6	17.1	255	20%	-24.0	358	-519	44%	39.6	15.6
-	Aaron Jones	1010.7	19.1	8	25%	-27.1	216	-182	38%	52.1	25.0
30	Jennifer Mourgues	1008.9	12.9	343	19%	-27.8	357	-482	48%	36.7	8.9
-	Thomas Jones	1008.5	150.3	1	0%	83.0	83	83	100%	67.3	150.3
31	Joan Clark	1008.2	15.7	294	16%	-27.8	354	-474	46%	35.9	8.2
-	Clovis Dehaye	1003.6	52.5	4	0%	-21.8	83	-114	25%	38.0	16.2
-	Chris Dixon	1002.7	56.6	3	0%	-31.0	117	-141	33%	47.1	16.1
32	Umberto Prestini	1001.6	-2.8	323	20%	-39.9	340	-662	45%	41.5	1.6
-	Thomas Bessis	1001.5	-157.2	1	0%	24.0	24	24	100%	3.5	27.5
-	JoAnna Stansby	1001.3	55.0	3	0%	-26.7	117	-145	33%	34.6	8.0
-	Kit Woolsey	1000.3	68.3	1	0%	25.0	25	25	100%	-19.7	5.3
-	Finn Kolesnik	1000.2	-30.4	2	0%	-61.5	143	-266	50%	63.5	2.0
-	Stephen Frechette	999.9	13.0	4	25%	-17.5	193	-194	50%	17.0	-0.5
-	Ben Chosid	999.6	35.4	1	0%	-24.0	-24	-24	0%	17.1	-6.9
-	Francisco Castro	998.0	-145.7	5	20%	-35.6	271	-232	40%	28.4	-7.2
-	Dan Korbel	997.0	73.1	1	0%	-121.0	-121	-121	0%	67.4	-53.6
-	Olivia Schireson	996.5	-252.8	1	0%	-113.0	-113	-113	0%	50.3	-62.7
-	Tsahi Maimon	996.2	10.6	95	15%	-44.0	386	-617	43%	40.3	-3.8
-	Topher Robinson	992.7	-217.2	1	0%	-114.0	-114	-114	0%	-16.3	-130.3
-	Vedran Zoric	991.7	29.7	6	0%	-73.2	152	-206	17%	47.9	-25.3
-	Adam Grossack	991.1	50.5	9	0%	-62.2	147	-223	44%	43.5	-18.7
-	Sarina Chaiken	990.9	-41.5	6	0%	-74.0	-14	-188	0%	46.3	-27.7
33	Filippo Lagostena	987.8	-7.3	128	13%	-50.6	268	-490	39%	38.5	-12.2
-	Mauro Camerota	986.5	-147.2	1	0%	-280.0	-280	-280	0%	41.0	-239.0
-	Pete Whipple	982.4	56.8	7	14%	-90.7	157	-391	43%	44.3	-46.5
-	Rory Hatfield	982.0	-159.0	2	50%	79.5	90	69	100%	-239.2	-159.7
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	980.1	-4.9	9	0%	-85.8	88	-405	22%	43.9	-41.9
-	Corey Robinson	977.4	-44.7	5	0%	-116.0	58	-285	20%	34.2	-81.8
-	Adam Kaplan	975.3	-87.7	5	0%	-106.6	-30	-240	0%	17.2	-89.4
-	Joe Grue	974.3	-152.9	3	0%	-186.7	-58	-307	0%	33.5	-153.2
-	Matt Mauro	968.9	-184.5	3	0%	-34.3	61	-212	67%	-151.1	-185.4
-	Gabriel Feldstein	965.4	-68.3	4	0%	-200.0	-61	-452	0%	44.8	-155.2
34	Maree Crawford	965.1	-35.7	286	10%	-65.7	286	-646	36%	30.8	-34.9
-	Borjan Zic	961.0	-346.0	2	0%	-203.5	-152	-255	0%	-143.4	-346.9
-	Raz Betzalel	947.0	-50.3	54	6%	-86.9	159	-437	37%	33.9	-53.0
-	Steven Dupree	935.6	-83.6	17	12%	-86.7	306	-495	29%	3.2	-83.5
35	Jackie Smith	933.7	-58.0	163	12%	-98.0	487	-575	33%	31.7	-66.3
-	Katie Sullivan	931.9	-404.8	3	0%	-426.0	-340	-471	0%	20.8	-405.2
-	Barbie W	930.5	-82.9	40	10%	-100.4	209	-379	28%	30.6	-69.8
36	Polina Binder	928.3	-65.7	188	13%	-111.3	499	-779	27%	39.6	-71.7
37	Cian Moss	926.9	-66.5	140	9%	-105.9	255	-748	28%	32.8	-73.1
38	Giorgio Peterlongo	922.3	-83.0	354	10%	-119.8	291	-688	25%	42.1	-77.7
39	Beryel Dorscht	888.4	-107.3	190	9%	-150.3	282	-664	23%	38.7	-111.6