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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

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: Sat 12 Sep 2026 23:52 (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	1101.5	102.0	397	42%	71.6	460	-445	69%	29.9	101.5
-	Ben Kristensen	1100.5	117.3	38	29%	68.6	364	-142	71%	32.7	101.3
2	Mark Tynkov	1092.9	89.4	285	36%	63.6	450	-424	69%	29.3	92.9
3	Geoff Hampson	1086.4	93.4	154	34%	46.4	458	-423	66%	40.0	86.4
-	Zachary Grossack	1082.2	85.1	61	39%	42.7	391	-505	62%	39.5	82.2
4	Fabio Quai	1075.7	93.9	655	33%	39.8	445	-476	62%	36.0	75.7
5	John Diamond	1075.7	80.8	276	27%	37.0	400	-486	62%	38.7	75.7
-	Dan Hoffenberg	1074.6	68.8	66	33%	34.9	362	-374	52%	39.7	74.6
6	Jaron Marcus	1066.6	57.4	431	33%	26.3	465	-421	56%	40.3	66.6
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	Matt Dobbs	1062.3	61.7	418	31%	28.2	450	-420	61%	34.1	62.3
9	Tracey B	1062.0	60.3	309	29%	23.2	420	-511	61%	38.8	62.0
-	Patric Sierzega	1061.8	70.8	80	34%	24.7	353	-309	55%	37.1	61.8
-	Alessio Isaia	1061.7	73.0	34	26%	35.8	320	-446	62%	26.9	62.7
10	Federico Bianchi	1061.2	60.9	306	26%	19.4	320	-415	58%	41.7	61.2
-	JoAnna Stansby	1057.7	57.5	43	30%	9.7	281	-307	56%	48.1	57.9
11	Marco Novara	1057.3	55.5	235	26%	18.2	360	-456	55%	39.0	57.3
12	Migry Zur Campanile	1056.5	66.9	105	23%	17.0	324	-416	63%	39.6	56.5
13	Beppe Mistretta	1055.7	53.5	526	25%	16.7	438	-463	60%	39.0	55.7
14	Michael Wilkinson	1055.7	54.1	195	31%	22.7	406	-426	55%	33.0	55.7
-	Mike Rice	1054.8	100.9	24	46%	27.6	309	-403	58%	32.5	60.2
-	David Halasi	1054.3	109.1	7	29%	106.7	173	45	100%	36.4	143.1
15	Gaetano Damiata	1052.2	59.2	447	26%	16.2	380	-472	54%	36.0	52.2
16	Mira	1049.1	60.7	846	26%	13.6	419	-479	55%	35.5	49.1
17	Fabrizio Farnesi	1048.3	56.1	644	29%	14.5	337	-711	59%	33.8	48.3
-	Nicole Gilmore	1048.2	64.9	32	34%	15.0	347	-306	59%	34.3	49.4
-	Hilto 37	1043.5	45.7	21	33%	5.8	386	-248	48%	44.7	50.5
18	Rosalind Lin	1033.9	48.1	336	21%	-8.9	381	-447	49%	42.8	33.9
-	Benoit Guiot	1032.2	36.8	80	15%	-7.3	278	-416	54%	39.5	32.2
19	Jill Levin	1028.7	19.0	599	20%	-16.7	350	-473	48%	45.5	28.7
20	John Parsons	1028.7	30.5	257	20%	-10.2	361	-410	52%	38.9	28.7
21	Sami Casanova	1028.1	43.4	168	20%	-8.3	282	-388	49%	36.4	28.1
22	Ralph Spader	1028.1	30.5	103	19%	-9.3	337	-398	52%	37.4	28.1
-	Aaron Jones	1025.4	25.2	12	33%	-2.4	179	-372	67%	44.4	42.0
23	Stan Schenker	1024.0	29.5	241	22%	-19.3	306	-445	47%	43.2	24.0
24	Gianluca Lodato	1023.1	33.1	133	19%	-14.8	395	-433	47%	37.9	23.1
25	Giorgio Caccia	1020.3	18.3	109	21%	-19.8	255	-488	42%	40.1	20.3
26	Joan Clark	1018.2	30.9	236	19%	-16.6	319	-485	45%	34.9	18.2
-	Clovis Dehaye	1017.3	55.0	9	22%	-1.9	242	-223	56%	38.3	36.4
27	Alessandro Colombo	1015.3	23.3	265	20%	-32.0	452	-510	43%	47.3	15.3
-	Sarina Chaiken	1014.4	-28.1	5	40%	31.4	246	-264	60%	20.7	52.1
28	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
29	Paolo Catoni	1008.3	12.9	113	18%	-35.0	384	-309	39%	43.3	8.3
-	Corey Robinson	1006.8	-43.4	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
-	Dan Korbel	1001.4	72.0	2	0%	-13.5	-12	-15	0%	25.7	12.2
30	Umberto Prestini	1001.2	3.4	332	20%	-39.3	421	-619	44%	40.5	1.2
-	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
-	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
31	Maree Crawford	992.1	-14.5	400	15%	-41.6	412	-437	39%	33.7	-7.9
-	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
32	Polina Binder	966.8	-42.4	345	16%	-77.0	628	-568	37%	43.9	-33.2
33	Raz Betzalel	962.7	-39.2	220	14%	-79.7	375	-752	34%	42.4	-37.3
-	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
34	Jackie Smith	951.6	-47.3	159	11%	-79.4	284	-728	36%	31.0	-48.4
-	Gabriel Feldstein	944.1	-74.2	7	0%	-169.9	86	-496	14%	22.4	-147.5
35	Giorgio Peterlongo	927.7	-70.7	231	6%	-115.5	364	-585	23%	43.2	-72.3
-	D O	919.9	-355.7	4	0%	-374.8	-266	-494	0%	15.3	-359.5
36	Beryel Dorscht	911.0	-96.7	117	11%	-131.2	270	-605	22%	42.2	-89.0
-	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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