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Credits

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, 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

October: Mark Tynkov

November: John Diamond

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 26 Dec 2025 13:12 (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	1126.7	116.2	103	45%	92.5	424	-300	73%	34.2	126.7
2	Steven De Donder	1097.5	95.8	586	38%	68.9	500	-412	69%	28.6	97.5
-	Mike Rice	1095.9	102.0	95	36%	61.5	444	-345	71%	34.4	95.9
3	Geoff Hampson	1094.5	95.9	405	33%	57.6	468	-429	65%	36.9	94.5
4	John Diamond	1087.8	87.0	249	36%	53.9	432	-305	66%	33.9	87.8
5	Migry Zur Campanile	1075.6	73.4	145	30%	34.2	372	-399	67%	41.4	75.6
-	Zachary Grossack	1073.5	80.0	81	40%	34.8	503	-597	60%	38.7	73.5
6	Mark Tynkov	1073.3	77.2	368	36%	45.7	392	-408	63%	27.6	73.3
7	Fabio Quai	1072.3	63.5	1229	31%	37.2	584	-632	62%	35.1	72.3
8	Patric Sierzega	1062.5	69.9	567	32%	25.2	370	-546	61%	37.3	62.5
-	Goran Cekol	1060.9	72.5	60	28%	23.0	397	-297	53%	38.0	60.9
9	Marco Prestini	1058.8	58.5	258	31%	17.5	458	-441	55%	41.4	58.8
10	Matt Dobbs	1058.4	62.9	468	28%	24.1	472	-496	58%	34.3	58.4
11	Dan Hoffenberg	1058.0	60.7	381	30%	20.5	571	-575	56%	37.5	58.0
12	Marco Novara	1057.8	53.7	216	31%	25.4	396	-448	58%	32.4	57.8
13	Hilto 37	1057.5	43.6	122	26%	21.8	408	-392	56%	35.8	57.5
14	Gaetano Damiata	1057.1	60.1	586	27%	17.1	400	-413	58%	40.0	57.1
15	Sami Casanova	1055.7	61.7	267	26%	15.0	410	-371	54%	40.7	55.7
16	John Parsons	1055.3	55.4	250	30%	20.6	390	-438	57%	34.7	55.3
17	Tracey B	1054.4	61.4	475	30%	12.6	368	-539	54%	41.7	54.4
-	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1054.2	82.9	12	17%	52.4	374	-153	50%	37.3	89.7
-	Nicole Gilmore	1052.9	63.3	66	23%	13.1	344	-252	52%	39.8	52.9
18	Jaron Marcus	1052.0	56.7	673	27%	12.6	381	-572	55%	39.4	52.0
19	Michael Wilkinson	1051.7	56.3	379	29%	18.7	464	-615	58%	33.0	51.7
20	Federico Bianchi	1048.7	42.9	532	27%	10.2	477	-466	55%	38.4	48.7
21	Fabrizio Farnesi	1047.5	38.4	817	31%	14.9	450	-639	56%	32.6	47.5
-	Giles Woodruff	1044.4	71.0	25	16%	6.1	190	-250	56%	42.0	48.1
-	David Halasi	1043.0	105.2	18	33%	33.0	243	-220	61%	20.9	53.9
-	Benoit Guiot	1042.2	32.9	24	25%	4.7	333	-282	50%	41.7	46.3
22	Brad Moss	1041.8	47.4	735	25%	13.5	453	-495	54%	28.3	41.8
23	Rosalind Lin	1041.5	38.3	538	23%	3.5	388	-528	54%	38.0	41.5
-	Silvia Saccomanno	1040.4	26.0	75	24%	3.1	352	-251	49%	37.3	40.4
24	Beppe Mistretta	1039.2	42.9	463	27%	5.1	359	-493	56%	34.1	39.2
25	Gianluca Lodato	1038.4	34.9	462	21%	-1.4	493	-518	51%	39.7	38.4
-	Alessio Isaia	1038.2	70.2	43	23%	11.3	405	-332	53%	26.9	38.2
26	Mira	1034.1	47.2	998	24%	-1.5	396	-535	50%	35.7	34.1
27	Jill Levin	1027.5	29.4	820	20%	-18.3	385	-535	47%	45.8	27.5
28	Stan Schenker	1021.2	18.9	405	18%	-15.8	290	-441	44%	37.0	21.2
-	JoAnna Stansby	1020.9	55.2	9	22%	9.7	412	-335	56%	34.3	43.9
29	Alessandro Colombo	1019.8	24.9	399	18%	-24.6	346	-491	45%	44.3	19.8
-	John McAllister	1017.5	16.2	2	50%	122.5	207	38	100%	33.0	155.5
-	Thomas Jones	1016.6	147.4	2	50%	91.0	99	83	100%	56.5	147.5
-	Sarina Chaiken	1012.9	-36.4	12	17%	-21.5	137	-188	25%	42.9	21.4
30	Giorgio Caccia	1012.9	11.5	297	20%	-26.3	358	-519	45%	39.2	12.9
31	Joan Clark	1012.4	22.6	345	18%	-23.7	354	-474	47%	36.2	12.4
32	Jennifer Mourgues	1008.9	12.9	343	19%	-27.8	357	-482	48%	36.7	8.9
-	Clovis Dehaye	1003.6	52.5	4	0%	-21.8	83	-114	25%	38.0	16.2
-	Thomas Bessis	1001.5	-157.2	1	0%	24.0	24	24	100%	3.5	27.5
33	Umberto Prestini	1001.4	-2.7	364	20%	-40.0	340	-662	46%	41.4	1.4
-	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
-	Aaron Jones	997.2	16.5	12	17%	-54.5	216	-333	33%	49.9	-4.6
-	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
-	Adam Grossack	993.4	50.4	10	0%	-57.4	147	-223	40%	44.7	-12.7
-	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
-	Mauro Camerota	986.5	-147.2	1	0%	-280.0	-280	-280	0%	41.0	-239.0
-	Chris Dixon	986.2	48.5	18	17%	-48.3	175	-619	50%	30.9	-17.4
-	Arm Pontecom	983.7	-34.4	1	0%	-338.0	-338	-338	0%	49.1	-288.9
-	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
34	Filippo Lagostena	979.8	-18.4	185	12%	-60.1	268	-506	35%	39.9	-20.2
-	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
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	970.0	-6.3	10	0%	-94.5	88	-405	20%	36.8	-57.7
-	Matt Mauro	968.9	-184.5	3	0%	-34.3	61	-212	67%	-151.1	-185.4
35	Maree Crawford	966.3	-34.8	376	10%	-67.6	311	-646	36%	33.9	-33.7
-	Gabriel Feldstein	965.4	-68.3	4	0%	-200.0	-61	-452	0%	44.8	-155.2
-	Borjan Zic	961.0	-346.0	2	0%	-203.5	-152	-255	0%	-143.4	-346.9
-	Raz Betzalel	947.5	-50.3	94	9%	-88.4	180	-736	35%	35.9	-52.5
-	Steven Dupree	935.6	-83.6	17	12%	-86.7	306	-495	29%	3.2	-83.5
-	Katie Sullivan	931.9	-404.8	3	0%	-426.0	-340	-471	0%	20.8	-405.2
36	Polina Binder	931.8	-66.3	304	13%	-108.7	499	-779	28%	40.5	-68.2
37	Jackie Smith	931.1	-61.3	170	12%	-100.7	487	-575	32%	31.9	-68.9
-	Barbie W	926.6	-83.8	43	9%	-106.3	209	-379	26%	32.8	-73.5
38	Giorgio Peterlongo	925.3	-74.6	398	10%	-117.3	291	-688	25%	42.6	-74.7
39	Cian Moss	924.9	-71.7	164	9%	-108.6	319	-748	27%	33.4	-75.1
40	Beryel Dorscht	887.9	-108.7	220	10%	-150.6	361	-664	23%	38.5	-112.1

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