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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

August: Fabio Quai

September: Steven De Donder

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: J�rome Rombaut

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby

Ladder, 2026

Minimum games to qualify: 100.

Last updated: Sat 31 Oct 2026 14:34 (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	1105.4	112.2	439	43%	75.4	460	-445	70%	30.0	105.4
-	Ben Kristensen	1101.5	117.4	39	28%	68.9	364	-142	72%	33.1	102.1
-	Zachary Grossack	1092.5	89.8	69	41%	53.0	391	-505	65%	39.5	92.5
2	Mark Tynkov	1090.1	84.9	330	35%	60.6	450	-424	69%	29.5	90.1
3	Geoff Hampson	1086.2	91.7	179	35%	46.3	458	-435	66%	39.9	86.2
4	Fabio Quai	1075.3	83.6	776	32%	39.2	445	-476	61%	36.1	75.3
5	John Diamond	1073.7	76.8	280	27%	35.2	400	-486	61%	38.6	73.7
-	Dan Hoffenberg	1071.0	67.3	77	34%	34.3	362	-374	52%	36.7	71.0
6	Jaron Marcus	1065.6	58.3	501	32%	25.6	465	-421	57%	39.9	65.6
7	Brad Moss	1065.3	66.6	209	36%	42.9	438	-411	60%	22.4	65.3
-	Marco Prestini	1062.6	61.5	55	35%	22.0	379	-438	58%	40.6	62.6
8	Marco Novara	1062.1	63.6	253	29%	23.7	360	-456	58%	38.4	62.1
9	Tracey B	1062.0	60.3	309	29%	23.2	420	-511	61%	38.8	62.0
10	Federico Bianchi	1061.9	62.2	353	25%	20.2	339	-415	57%	41.7	61.9
11	Migry Zur Campanile	1060.8	69.4	115	24%	20.1	324	-416	63%	40.6	60.8
12	Matt Dobbs	1060.2	55.5	485	30%	25.7	450	-420	59%	34.5	60.2
-	David Halasi	1056.3	107.3	10	30%	76.0	189	-165	80%	32.1	108.1
13	Beppe Mistretta	1055.8	54.1	618	25%	16.4	438	-463	60%	39.4	55.8
14	Patric Sierzega	1054.8	64.7	103	31%	18.6	353	-368	52%	36.2	54.8
-	Mike Rice	1054.8	100.9	24	46%	27.6	309	-403	58%	32.5	60.2
15	Michael Wilkinson	1054.1	52.3	229	29%	20.6	406	-426	55%	33.4	54.1
16	Mira	1051.7	63.9	989	27%	16.3	419	-479	56%	35.5	51.7
17	Gaetano Damiata	1050.7	54.0	514	25%	14.5	380	-472	54%	36.2	50.7
-	Nicole Gilmore	1048.2	64.9	32	34%	15.0	347	-306	59%	34.3	49.4
18	Fabrizio Farnesi	1046.6	46.9	699	29%	12.7	337	-711	59%	33.9	46.6
-	Alessio Isaia	1046.4	67.6	44	20%	19.8	320	-446	55%	26.7	46.5
-	JoAnna Stansby	1041.9	50.9	67	27%	-5.6	281	-324	52%	47.5	41.9
19	Ralph Spader	1037.9	43.1	134	25%	1.5	356	-398	53%	36.4	37.9
-	Benoit Guiot	1036.7	39.2	90	18%	-3.1	278	-416	53%	39.8	36.7
20	Rosalind Lin	1034.5	47.2	364	21%	-8.1	381	-447	49%	42.6	34.5
21	Sami Casanova	1033.8	48.9	180	21%	-2.8	370	-388	50%	36.7	33.8
-	Hilto 37	1033.5	43.7	22	32%	-6.1	386	-256	45%	44.1	38.0
22	John Parsons	1030.0	31.8	299	21%	-9.1	374	-410	53%	39.1	30.0
23	Jill Levin	1029.3	26.2	738	22%	-16.5	350	-534	49%	45.8	29.3
-	Aaron Jones	1025.4	25.1	12	33%	-2.4	179	-372	67%	44.4	42.0
24	Stan Schenker	1024.2	29.4	261	22%	-18.8	332	-445	46%	43.1	24.2
25	Joan Clark	1021.5	34.3	258	21%	-13.4	319	-485	46%	35.0	21.5
26	Gianluca Lodato	1021.2	28.8	169	20%	-18.3	395	-433	46%	39.6	21.2
27	Alessandro Colombo	1018.2	26.8	310	19%	-29.6	452	-510	44%	47.9	18.2
-	Clovis Dehaye	1017.3	55.0	9	22%	-1.9	242	-223	56%	38.3	36.4
28	Paolo Catoni	1015.9	19.1	205	18%	-26.2	384	-511	42%	42.1	15.9
29	Tsahi Maimon	1012.0	28.4	305	22%	-25.6	328	-591	48%	37.6	12.0
-	Sarina Chaiken	1011.1	-28.4	6	33%	10.3	246	-264	50%	23.5	33.9
-	Silvia Saccomanno	1010.3	30.4	4	25%	-1.8	236	-109	25%	48.1	46.3
-	Goran Cekol	1008.5	73.4	3	67%	8.3	98	-156	67%	42.3	50.6
-	Corey Robinson	1006.8	-43.4	5	20%	-22.0	89	-192	40%	46.6	24.6
30	Umberto Prestini	1005.0	11.5	378	22%	-35.6	421	-619	45%	40.5	5.0
-	Luc Bellicaud	1003.9	59.4	6	17%	-29.2	204	-275	33%	41.2	12.0
31	Giorgio Caccia	1003.9	4.8	136	18%	-37.8	255	-488	39%	41.7	3.9
-	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
-	Josh Richards	997.3	14.8	2	0%	-1.5	71	-74	50%	-22.1	-23.6
-	Sarit Betzalel	992.4	-89.6	1	0%	-171.0	-171	-171	0%	36.1	-134.9
32	Maree Crawford	992.1	-13.2	470	15%	-42.6	412	-504	39%	34.6	-7.9
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	989.5	-4.9	6	0%	-72.8	75	-257	33%	40.9	-31.9
-	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
-	John McAllister	980.3	18.6	5	20%	-119.6	89	-373	40%	48.2	-71.4
33	Polina Binder	970.4	-33.1	363	17%	-73.4	628	-568	38%	43.8	-29.6
-	Filippo Lagostena	969.0	-17.2	37	16%	-62.7	231	-615	27%	31.5	-31.2
-	Barbie W	962.4	-86.0	2	0%	-335.0	-70	-600	0%	1.0	-334.0
34	Raz Betzalel	960.9	-41.8	244	14%	-81.4	375	-752	32%	42.3	-39.1
35	Jackie Smith	958.7	-39.5	182	12%	-73.2	284	-728	37%	31.9	-41.3
-	Stav Dan	953.4	4.0	13	8%	-92.8	103	-418	8%	20.2	-72.5
-	Gabriel Feldstein	944.1	-74.2	7	0%	-169.9	86	-496	14%	22.4	-147.5
36	Giorgio Peterlongo	927.5	-72.2	278	6%	-116.0	364	-585	23%	43.5	-72.5
-	D O	919.9	-355.7	4	0%	-374.8	-266	-494	0%	15.3	-359.5
37	Beryel Dorscht	901.8	-103.6	144	9%	-141.0	270	-605	20%	42.8	-98.2
-	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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