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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

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 11 Jul 2025 10:53 (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	1130.1	113.1	51	43%	97.4	400	-183	71%	32.8	130.2
-	Mike Rice	1099.0	104.4	80	38%	65.4	444	-345	70%	33.6	99.0
1	Steven De Donder	1097.8	105.4	272	40%	70.5	420	-392	68%	27.3	97.8
2	Geoff Hampson	1095.1	95.4	209	34%	57.1	468	-429	65%	38.0	95.1
3	John Diamond	1086.7	82.3	116	35%	49.0	410	-237	66%	37.7	86.7
-	Zachary Grossack	1078.8	83.5	50	40%	40.2	494	-597	64%	38.7	78.9
4	Fabio Quai	1076.2	65.0	701	32%	41.3	463	-500	64%	34.9	76.2
5	Marco Novara	1068.8	59.1	109	34%	36.0	396	-379	58%	32.8	68.8
6	Mark Tynkov	1068.5	74.2	205	33%	38.9	343	-408	61%	29.6	68.5
-	Goran Cekol	1062.8	73.3	59	29%	24.5	397	-297	54%	38.3	62.8
-	Migry Zur Campanile	1062.2	66.3	61	28%	20.0	272	-300	61%	42.2	62.2
-	Nicole Gilmore	1061.5	67.9	45	29%	25.0	344	-252	53%	36.7	61.6
7	Patric Sierzega	1060.9	60.1	367	32%	22.1	355	-546	60%	38.8	60.9
8	Hilto 37	1059.1	43.5	108	28%	22.4	408	-392	55%	36.7	59.1
9	Sami Casanova	1056.2	62.9	208	27%	14.6	410	-371	54%	41.6	56.2
10	Marco Prestini	1055.4	51.4	132	32%	15.7	458	-348	54%	39.7	55.4
11	Federico Bianchi	1055.1	59.4	261	28%	15.4	332	-441	57%	39.7	55.1
12	John Parsons	1054.9	54.5	216	30%	20.9	390	-438	56%	34.0	54.9
13	Gaetano Damiata	1054.1	58.4	312	27%	14.3	380	-406	59%	39.8	54.1
14	Dan Hoffenberg	1053.4	59.5	248	29%	16.6	486	-575	53%	36.8	53.4
15	Matt Dobbs	1053.2	56.5	267	27%	16.6	472	-496	56%	36.6	53.2
16	Jaron Marcus	1050.9	48.4	318	26%	11.4	381	-426	53%	39.5	50.9
17	Fabrizio Farnesi	1050.7	48.2	478	31%	17.9	450	-560	57%	32.8	50.7
18	Tracey B	1049.9	53.3	275	31%	6.8	368	-539	53%	43.0	49.9
19	Michael Wilkinson	1046.2	48.6	233	28%	14.0	464	-535	58%	32.2	46.2
20	Rosalind Lin	1044.8	56.2	341	24%	5.2	388	-528	55%	39.6	44.8
-	Giles Woodruff	1044.4	71.0	25	16%	6.1	190	-250	56%	42.0	48.1
21	Brad Moss	1040.8	44.6	369	24%	9.7	453	-495	50%	31.1	40.8
-	Benoit Guiot	1037.3	32.5	17	24%	9.5	333	-225	41%	38.9	48.4
22	Gianluca Lodato	1034.9	26.8	326	19%	-5.6	382	-518	49%	40.4	34.9
-	David Halasi	1027.2	106.7	12	33%	26.4	243	-220	58%	18.6	45.0
23	Mira	1026.3	37.1	539	23%	-11.6	396	-411	48%	37.9	26.3
24	Jill Levin	1025.2	26.4	429	19%	-21.6	385	-535	48%	46.7	25.2
25	Stan Schenker	1023.0	27.4	249	18%	-16.8	290	-441	43%	39.8	23.0
26	Alessandro Colombo	1019.9	24.5	271	20%	-21.6	346	-491	48%	41.6	19.9
-	Aaron Jones	1019.6	21.3	2	50%	131.5	216	47	100%	42.5	174.0
-	John McAllister	1017.5	16.2	2	50%	122.5	207	38	100%	33.0	155.5
27	Giorgio Caccia	1013.6	16.5	190	20%	-29.1	357	-519	44%	42.7	13.6
28	Jennifer Mourgues	1008.9	12.9	343	19%	-27.8	357	-482	48%	36.7	8.9
29	Umberto Prestini	1007.5	8.3	247	21%	-36.9	340	-530	46%	44.4	7.5
-	Clovis Dehaye	1003.6	52.5	4	0%	-21.8	83	-114	25%	38.0	16.2
-	Sarina Chaiken	1003.6	-41.0	2	0%	-24.0	-20	-28	0%	56.1	32.1
-	Chris Dixon	1002.7	56.6	3	0%	-31.0	117	-141	33%	47.1	16.1
-	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
30	Joan Clark	1000.9	9.3	190	17%	-35.7	354	-474	44%	36.6	0.9
-	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
-	Pete Whipple	999.4	62.4	6	17%	-40.7	157	-242	50%	38.8	-1.9
-	Tsahi Maimon	998.9	14.8	70	17%	-41.7	386	-617	46%	40.5	-1.1
-	Adam Grossack	998.1	51.8	8	0%	-47.9	147	-223	50%	43.5	-4.4
-	Vedran Zoric	996.8	31.3	2	0%	-55.0	-33	-77	0%	26.9	-28.1
-	Olivia Schireson	996.5	-252.8	1	0%	-113.0	-113	-113	0%	50.3	-62.7
-	Topher Robinson	992.7	-217.2	1	0%	-114.0	-114	-114	0%	-16.3	-130.3
-	Alessio Isaia	992.6	69.7	18	17%	-41.7	232	-332	44%	32.4	-9.3
-	Corey Robinson	990.6	-43.2	4	0%	-73.8	58	-229	25%	31.6	-42.1
-	Filippo Lagostena	988.6	-5.9	98	12%	-51.3	268	-490	37%	39.9	-11.4
-	Mauro Camerota	986.5	-147.2	1	0%	-280.0	-280	-280	0%	41.0	-239.0
-	Rory Hatfield	982.0	-159.0	2	50%	79.5	90	69	100%	-239.2	-159.7
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	979.7	-5.0	7	0%	-99.6	88	-405	29%	46.1	-53.5
-	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
-	Polina Binder	966.7	-55.2	12	25%	-88.2	360	-473	42%	33.0	-55.2
-	Gabriel Feldstein	965.4	-68.3	4	0%	-200.0	-61	-452	0%	44.8	-155.2
31	Maree Crawford	965.0	-40.9	211	10%	-65.8	286	-560	37%	30.8	-35.0
-	Beppe Mistretta	961.9	39.8	14	7%	-108.0	89	-441	29%	51.7	-56.3
-	Borjan Zic	961.0	-346.0	2	0%	-203.5	-152	-255	0%	-143.4	-346.9
-	Raz Betzalel	951.4	-52.2	10	10%	-129.4	144	-314	30%	36.1	-93.3
32	Jackie Smith	943.6	-46.5	147	14%	-88.8	487	-575	35%	32.4	-56.4
-	Steven Dupree	935.6	-83.6	17	12%	-86.7	306	-495	29%	3.2	-83.5
33	Giorgio Peterlongo	931.5	-69.0	213	10%	-111.6	291	-670	24%	43.1	-68.5
-	Barbie W	930.6	-85.9	23	9%	-111.6	209	-379	22%	34.1	-77.4
-	Cian Moss	920.6	-72.6	97	9%	-113.8	255	-748	30%	34.5	-79.4
-	Beryel Dorscht	875.6	-115.1	76	4%	-169.8	182	-624	22%	45.4	-124.4