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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, November 2025

This competition finished on the last day of November 2025. Congratulations to John Diamond.

Minimum games to qualify: 6.

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	John Diamond	1119.4	86.7	33	45%	82.6	422	-265	79%	39.2	121.8
2	Steven De Donder	1106.2	100.7	74	36%	72.3	295	-220	70%	33.9	106.2
3	Mark Tynkov	1079.3	82.2	22	36%	60.4	366	-196	68%	29.7	90.1
4	Ben Kristensen	1075.8	113.0	27	37%	43.1	319	-300	63%	37.2	80.3
5	Geoff Hampson	1071.8	88.8	50	24%	35.6	326	-248	64%	36.3	71.9
6	Patric Sierzega	1070.8	70.1	28	43%	39.8	273	-176	68%	34.5	74.3
7	Tracey B	1068.2	55.7	33	24%	26.3	285	-357	61%	43.3	69.6
8	Migry Zur Campanile	1067.5	75.8	16	38%	54.8	270	-193	75%	36.2	91.0
9	Jaron Marcus	1061.0	50.9	62	32%	18.8	360	-363	56%	42.2	61.0
10	Fabio Quai	1058.8	61.5	113	35%	18.6	584	-632	54%	40.2	58.8
11	Federico Bianchi	1056.9	47.3	45	36%	19.6	370	-311	60%	37.4	57.0
12	Brad Moss	1053.7	41.7	73	23%	25.7	347	-376	60%	27.9	53.7
13	Matt Dobbs	1049.1	60.2	65	23%	12.4	308	-335	54%	36.7	49.1
14	Gaetano Damiata	1048.5	57.9	70	24%	10.2	400	-312	50%	38.3	48.5
15	Mira	1048.3	47.2	74	27%	16.6	309	-535	64%	31.8	48.3
16	Rosalind Lin	1042.1	47.3	54	17%	5.0	341	-383	56%	37.1	42.1
17	Zachary Grossack	1040.0	79.6	8	50%	67.1	315	-428	75%	26.2	93.3
-	JoAnna Stansby	1039.2	58.7	3	67%	198.3	412	39	100%	35.3	233.6
18	Beppe Mistretta	1038.5	40.2	122	25%	3.3	359	-425	56%	35.2	38.5
19	Fabrizio Farnesi	1037.6	40.1	73	26%	3.5	282	-639	55%	34.1	37.6
20	Michael Wilkinson	1035.8	52.8	22	14%	7.4	318	-281	55%	33.3	40.7
-	John Parsons	1034.8	54.8	4	100%	129.0	160	64	100%	27.4	156.4
21	Dan Hoffenberg	1033.0	60.7	17	29%	4.9	320	-266	47%	37.9	42.8
22	Joan Clark	1032.5	19.8	28	32%	-3.9	277	-387	54%	38.0	34.1
23	Alessandro Colombo	1031.9	23.2	58	19%	-16.3	335	-481	47%	48.2	31.9
24	Silvia Saccomanno	1031.5	26.7	26	15%	-6.0	209	-249	50%	39.7	33.8
25	Sarina Chaiken	1023.1	-36.4	6	33%	31.0	137	-63	50%	39.4	70.4
26	Chris Dixon	1021.8	55.7	10	20%	22.8	136	-192	70%	19.1	41.9
27	Stan Schenker	1021.3	20.2	29	17%	-19.6	236	-366	45%	41.7	22.2
28	Marco Prestini	1020.8	50.6	8	13%	-9.0	253	-138	38%	57.5	48.5
-	Sami Casanova	1020.2	58.4	4	25%	62.0	127	12	100%	28.8	90.8
29	Gianluca Lodato	1017.5	34.0	18	11%	-20.3	202	-271	50%	42.2	22.0
-	Mike Rice	1013.8	102.5	3	67%	59.7	205	-120	67%	22.3	82.0
30	Jill Levin	1012.1	22.1	85	22%	-31.9	280	-473	44%	44.0	12.1
-	Alessio Isaia	1008.2	69.4	1	0%	124.0	124	124	100%	20.7	144.7
-	Thomas Jones	1008.2	147.4	1	100%	99.0	99	99	100%	45.6	144.6
-	Marco Novara	997.3	55.0	4	0%	-39.5	119	-188	50%	27.2	-12.3
31	Umberto Prestini	995.5	-1.9	16	25%	-47.0	290	-422	50%	41.0	-6.0
-	Hilto 37	995.3	42.7	1	0%	-155.0	-155	-155	0%	71.6	-83.4
-	David Halasi	992.5	105.2	1	0%	-145.0	-145	-145	0%	11.8	-133.2
32	Giorgio Caccia	986.5	12.3	19	16%	-52.1	305	-457	42%	35.6	-16.5
33	Filippo Lagostena	985.7	-11.4	30	10%	-62.0	234	-291	30%	47.2	-14.8
-	Barbie W	979.3	-83.8	3	0%	-185.7	-85	-276	0%	62.4	-123.3
-	Aaron Jones	977.3	16.5	3	0%	-176.0	-43	-333	0%	40.7	-135.3
-	Jackie Smith	976.0	-59.3	4	0%	-149.0	-48	-254	0%	41.2	-107.8
34	Maree Crawford	972.1	-30.3	51	6%	-72.7	297	-461	37%	44.8	-27.9
35	Giorgio Peterlongo	957.7	-74.1	24	13%	-91.0	189	-549	33%	44.5	-46.5
36	Beryel Dorscht	948.5	-107.3	15	13%	-109.3	361	-424	27%	36.9	-72.4
37	Polina Binder	946.0	-58.7	55	9%	-96.4	403	-547	25%	42.4	-54.0
38	Raz Betzalel	940.1	-52.5	23	13%	-109.3	180	-736	22%	42.5	-66.8
39	Cian Moss	938.4	-68.4	14	21%	-132.4	319	-515	21%	41.5	-90.8

Hall of Fame, November 2025

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Fabio Quai	584
	John Diamond	422
	JoAnna Stansby	412
	Polina Binder	403
	Gaetano Damiata	400

Hall of Shame, November 2025

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Raz Betzalel	-736
	Fabrizio Farnesi	-639
	Fabio Quai	-632
	Giorgio Peterlongo	-549
	Polina Binder	-547

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