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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.

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2004-2024

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2003-2024

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

September: Geoff Hampson

October: Steven De Donder

November: Steven De Donder

December: Steven De Donder

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, January 2025

Minimum games to qualify: 6.

Last updated: Fri 10 Jan 2025 18:43 (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	Steven De Donder	1094.4	113.1	16	44%	107.4	327	-80	81%	19.8	127.1
2	Fabrizio Farnesi	1082.7	32.3	21	33%	56.8	275	-314	86%	39.1	95.9
3	Jaron Marcus	1082.4	63.5	29	34%	46.6	371	-354	66%	39.2	85.9
4	Federico Bianchi	1082.1	54.0	22	36%	51.2	267	-160	59%	42.1	93.3
5	Mark Tynkov	1072.5	84.6	27	26%	45.2	263	-218	63%	31.6	76.8
6	Jill Levin	1065.4	34.0	20	20%	25.6	194	-147	60%	52.0	77.6
7	John Diamond	1052.9	75.0	7	43%	104.7	297	-12	71%	34.7	139.4
8	Fabio Quai	1052.7	68.9	42	31%	18.9	339	-296	60%	34.0	52.9
9	Geoff Hampson	1048.9	98.0	6	50%	119.7	197	-67	83%	29.3	148.9
10	Rosalind Lin	1040.6	49.4	17	41%	16.4	195	-244	65%	36.3	52.7
-	Dan Hoffenberg	1034.5	45.1	4	25%	104.3	300	-10	50%	50.7	155.0
-	Patric Sierzega	1033.4	54.9	5	60%	77.2	208	-74	80%	43.5	120.7
11	Gianluca Lodato	1031.1	17.7	17	18%	-0.1	221	-130	41%	40.5	40.3
12	Gaetano Damiata	1030.5	44.3	22	27%	-5.8	191	-345	55%	40.4	34.7
13	John Parsons	1028.9	54.1	10	20%	17.2	143	-249	70%	38.4	55.6
14	Sami Casanova	1026.2	49.5	24	13%	-12.0	342	-245	54%	40.8	28.8
15	Giorgio Caccia	1025.0	21.0	11	18%	-5.8	175	-155	45%	50.2	44.4
-	Hilto 37	1022.1	20.7	3	33%	89.7	150	32	100%	41.9	131.5
-	Giles Woodruff	1021.3	74.4	5	40%	31.4	175	-177	60%	45.5	76.9
-	Tsahi Maimon	1021.0	22.0	3	67%	64.7	154	-79	67%	60.2	124.9
-	Nicole Gilmore	1014.4	68.2	2	50%	101.0	344	-142	50%	26.7	127.7
-	Ben Kristensen	1009.0	101.9	1	100%	172.0	172	172	100%	-11.6	160.4
-	Migry Zur Campanile	1008.4	61.3	5	0%	-25.2	74	-166	60%	55.7	30.5
-	Marco Prestini	1006.1	46.0	4	50%	-10.0	139	-228	50%	37.4	27.4
16	Maree Crawford	1003.6	-23.8	12	17%	-29.5	200	-157	42%	35.5	6.0
-	Benoit Guiot	1001.1	26.9	1	0%	-8.0	-8	-8	0%	27.9	19.9
17	Tracey B	1001.0	58.3	8	13%	-47.1	76	-539	63%	49.3	2.2
-	Clovis Dehaye	998.8	50.6	1	0%	-27.0	-27	-27	0%	6.1	-20.9
18	Mira	998.3	17.6	29	21%	-37.3	263	-376	34%	35.6	-1.7
-	Joan Clark	996.7	19.3	5	40%	-39.2	72	-253	60%	27.1	-12.1
19	Alessandro Colombo	994.5	24.0	14	14%	-46.1	325	-232	29%	38.1	-8.1
20	Jennifer Mourgues	993.2	6.2	9	11%	-52.3	231	-257	33%	38.0	-14.3
-	Stephen Frechette	991.6	11.5	1	0%	-194.0	-194	-194	0%	44.2	-149.8
-	Beryel Dorscht	990.6	-116.2	1	0%	-205.0	-205	-205	0%	37.7	-167.3
-	Michael Wilkinson	989.6	45.7	5	20%	-72.2	181	-403	40%	34.4	-37.8
21	Filippo Lagostena	986.9	-5.6	12	8%	-70.8	138	-490	33%	49.1	-21.7
22	Stan Schenker	984.7	12.3	18	22%	-55.9	203	-269	22%	36.7	-19.3
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	979.6	-6.4	2	0%	-233.0	-61	-405	0%	51.7	-181.3
-	Umberto Prestini	976.6	-17.5	4	25%	-135.3	53	-467	25%	30.0	-105.3
23	Giorgio Peterlongo	963.0	-65.6	11	9%	-113.1	98	-265	9%	47.5	-65.6
24	Jackie Smith	962.3	-37.2	14	7%	-102.0	487	-348	7%	46.4	-55.6
25	Beppe Mistretta	961.9	39.2	14	7%	-108.0	89	-441	29%	51.7	-56.3