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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.

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2026

January: Mark Tynkov

February: Steven De Donder

March: Matt Dobbs

April: Federico Bianchi

May: Mark Tynkov

June: Alessandro Colombo

July: John Diamond

Annual winners, 2003-25

2025 ladder: Ben Kristensen

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: Jérome Rombaut

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby

Ladder, 2026

Minimum games to qualify: 100.

Last updated: Mon 31 Aug 2026 22:56 (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	1099.1	95.4	388	41%	69.2	460	-445	69%	30.0	99.1
-	Ben Kristensen	1098.9	118.5	30	30%	72.1	325	-142	73%	30.3	102.4
2	Mark Tynkov	1094.4	92.2	276	36%	65.2	450	-424	70%	29.2	94.4
-	Zachary Grossack	1087.0	87.1	57	42%	46.7	391	-505	63%	40.3	87.0
3	Geoff Hampson	1083.7	92.2	134	34%	44.8	458	-423	67%	38.9	83.7
-	Dan Hoffenberg	1078.6	70.3	62	32%	38.8	362	-313	52%	39.7	78.6
4	John Diamond	1077.3	84.3	267	27%	38.7	400	-366	62%	38.6	77.3
5	Fabio Quai	1072.7	85.5	605	32%	36.3	445	-476	60%	36.4	72.7
-	JoAnna Stansby	1069.5	60.6	36	33%	23.1	281	-240	58%	47.2	70.3
6	Jaron Marcus	1069.3	63.1	405	34%	29.4	465	-421	57%	39.9	69.3
-	Marco Prestini	1067.7	63.5	54	35%	28.0	379	-438	59%	39.7	67.7
7	Brad Moss	1065.3	66.6	209	36%	42.9	438	-411	60%	22.4	65.3
8	Matt Dobbs	1063.2	64.4	407	31%	29.3	450	-420	61%	33.9	63.2
-	Alessio Isaia	1063.2	74.1	29	28%	40.4	320	-446	62%	25.5	65.9
9	Tracey B	1062.0	60.3	309	29%	23.2	420	-511	61%	38.8	62.0
10	Federico Bianchi	1061.1	60.9	304	26%	19.6	320	-415	58%	41.5	61.1
11	Michael Wilkinson	1059.7	59.4	184	31%	27.1	406	-379	57%	32.6	59.7
12	Marco Novara	1057.8	56.2	222	27%	19.0	360	-456	55%	38.9	57.8
13	Beppe Mistretta	1057.5	59.9	509	26%	18.5	438	-463	61%	39.0	57.5
-	Migry Zur Campanile	1057.2	68.2	93	24%	18.2	324	-416	61%	39.0	57.2
-	Mike Rice	1054.8	100.9	24	46%	27.6	309	-403	58%	32.5	60.2
-	Patric Sierzega	1054.7	67.8	71	31%	16.1	353	-309	54%	38.5	54.7
-	David Halasi	1054.3	109.1	7	29%	106.7	173	45	100%	36.4	143.1
14	Gaetano Damiata	1050.5	54.4	438	26%	14.6	380	-472	54%	35.9	50.5
15	Mira	1048.4	58.8	815	26%	13.1	408	-479	55%	35.3	48.4
-	Nicole Gilmore	1048.2	64.9	32	34%	15.0	347	-306	59%	34.3	49.4
16	Fabrizio Farnesi	1047.6	54.1	625	29%	14.0	337	-711	59%	33.5	47.6
-	Hilto 37	1034.7	45.8	13	38%	12.8	386	-248	54%	41.2	54.0
17	Rosalind Lin	1031.8	43.8	328	21%	-11.1	381	-447	48%	42.8	31.8
18	Jill Levin	1030.6	25.2	570	21%	-14.6	350	-473	49%	45.2	30.6
19	Sami Casanova	1029.0	44.6	166	20%	-7.6	282	-388	49%	36.6	29.0
20	John Parsons	1026.0	25.9	243	20%	-13.4	361	-410	51%	39.4	26.0
-	Benoit Guiot	1025.9	33.8	74	16%	-15.2	278	-416	51%	41.1	25.9
-	Aaron Jones	1025.4	25.2	12	33%	-2.4	179	-372	67%	44.4	42.0
21	Stan Schenker	1023.4	28.7	236	22%	-20.0	306	-445	47%	43.4	23.4
-	Ralph Spader	1022.9	23.9	92	20%	-13.8	337	-388	51%	36.7	22.9
22	Giorgio Caccia	1020.8	18.5	101	22%	-17.7	255	-488	44%	38.5	20.8
-	Clovis Dehaye	1017.3	55.0	9	22%	-1.9	242	-223	56%	38.3	36.4
23	Joan Clark	1017.0	29.9	226	19%	-18.0	319	-485	44%	35.0	17.0
24	Gianluca Lodato	1016.7	28.0	125	17%	-20.3	395	-433	45%	37.0	16.7
25	Alessandro Colombo	1014.9	23.3	249	19%	-32.9	452	-510	43%	47.8	14.9
-	Sarina Chaiken	1014.4	-28.1	5	40%	31.4	246	-264	60%	20.7	52.1
26	Tsahi Maimon	1012.0	28.4	305	22%	-25.6	328	-591	48%	37.6	12.0
-	Silvia Saccomanno	1010.3	30.4	4	25%	-1.8	236	-109	25%	48.1	46.3
-	Corey Robinson	1006.8	-43.3	5	20%	-22.0	89	-192	40%	46.6	24.6
-	Luc Bellicaud	1003.9	59.4	6	17%	-29.2	204	-275	33%	41.2	12.0
-	Paolo Catoni	1002.7	11.0	79	18%	-41.3	384	-309	35%	44.0	2.7
-	Dan Korbel	1001.4	72.0	2	0%	-13.5	-12	-15	0%	25.7	12.2
-	Arm Pontecom	1000.8	-29.9	2	0%	-32.0	17	-81	50%	38.9	6.9
27	Umberto Prestini	999.5	-0.2	313	21%	-40.9	421	-619	44%	40.4	-0.5
-	Josh Richards	997.3	14.8	2	0%	-1.5	71	-74	50%	-22.1	-23.6
28	Maree Crawford	993.3	-12.5	377	15%	-40.4	412	-437	40%	33.7	-6.7
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	992.5	-4.6	4	0%	-75.8	75	-257	50%	42.1	-33.7
-	Sarit Betzalel	992.4	-89.6	1	0%	-171.0	-171	-171	0%	36.1	-134.9
-	Adam Grossack	989.2	53.4	1	0%	-255.0	-255	-255	0%	63.3	-191.7
-	Nicholas Cheung	988.4	27.3	6	0%	-91.0	73	-368	33%	55.7	-35.3
-	Filippo Lagostena	969.0	-17.2	37	16%	-62.7	231	-615	27%	31.5	-31.2
-	John McAllister	967.4	17.1	3	0%	-244.0	-122	-373	0%	50.1	-193.9
29	Polina Binder	967.1	-42.4	335	16%	-77.0	628	-568	37%	44.0	-32.9
30	Raz Betzalel	964.1	-37.3	209	14%	-78.4	375	-752	33%	42.5	-35.9
-	Barbie W	962.4	-86.0	2	0%	-335.0	-70	-600	0%	1.0	-334.0
-	Stav Dan	953.4	4.0	13	8%	-92.8	103	-418	8%	20.2	-72.5
31	Jackie Smith	951.8	-47.0	152	12%	-79.3	284	-728	36%	31.1	-48.2
-	Gabriel Feldstein	944.1	-74.2	7	0%	-169.9	86	-496	14%	22.4	-147.5
32	Giorgio Peterlongo	927.9	-70.2	221	6%	-115.5	364	-585	23%	43.4	-72.1
-	D O	919.9	-355.7	4	0%	-374.8	-266	-494	0%	15.3	-359.5
33	Beryel Dorscht	917.4	-92.5	106	12%	-125.4	270	-605	25%	42.8	-82.6
-	Cian Moss	899.9	-75.2	29	3%	-137.7	72	-401	17%	33.4	-104.3
-	Sagi Gabay	838.9	-233.3	14	0%	-264.8	113	-622	14%	27.0	-237.7

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