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How the rating system works

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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Zester and Apple Core Ladder

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Previous ladders

December 2024

2004-2024

Previous game data

December 2024

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

Zester ladder, 2025

Best 10 scores. Minimum games to qualify: 10.

Pos		Name	Average of best 10	Score 1	Score 2	Score 3	Score 4	Score 5	Score 6	Score 7	Score 8	Score 9	Score 10
1		Fabio Quai	210.6	339	267	256	240	226	200	178	141	130	129
2		Jaron Marcus	199.4	371	279	255	204	167	161	152	144	143	118
3		Federico Bianchi	183.8	267	266	259	238	213	164	149	142	81	59
4		Mark Tynkov	176.5	263	228	209	202	191	177	157	131	115	92
5		Steven De Donder	172.0	327	316	267	154	137	133	105	102	96	83
6		Fabrizio Farnesi	139.5	275	220	173	127	123	122	108	88	80	79
7		Mira	134.5	263	258	212	130	101	97	89	88	55	52
8		Sami Casanova	115.9	342	139	124	116	93	80	80	78	57	50
9		Jill Levin	108.5	194	190	190	126	85	79	77	50	49	45
10		Rosalind Lin	99.5	195	193	167	125	93	65	59	58	24	16
11		Gaetano Damiata	97.6	191	161	152	135	118	101	56	26	23	13
12		Gianluca Lodato	60.4	221	162	103	87	40	35	23	-2	-32	-33
13		Stan Schenker	35.4	203	175	121	85	-3	-4	-12	-29	-78	-104
14		John Parsons	17.2	143	120	116	110	109	58	45	-125	-155	-249
15		Giorgio Caccia	9.1	175	147	81	60	6	-36	-52	-68	-98	-124
16		Alessandro Colombo	8.1	325	215	26	1	-8	-39	-92	-107	-109	-131
17		Maree Crawford	-5.3	200	92	68	7	1	-7	-12	-123	-139	-140
18		Filippo Lagostena	-15.2	138	83	63	13	-5	-16	-27	-56	-157	-188
19		Beppe Mistretta	-20.7	89	82	14	4	-7	-45	-46	-69	-75	-154
20		Jackie Smith	-40.2	487	-8	-72	-83	-92	-94	-103	-128	-153	-156
21		Giorgio Peterlongo	-97.9	98	0	-93	-96	-114	-119	-128	-171	-171	-185

Apple core ladder, 2025

Worst 10 scores. Minimum games to qualify: 25.

Pos		Name	Average of worst 10	Score 1	Score 2	Score 3	Score 4	Score 5	Score 6	Score 7	Score 8	Score 9	Score 10
-		Steven De Donder	38.4	-80	-66	-10	31	41	82	83	96	102	105
-		John Parsons	17.2	-249	-155	-125	45	58	109	110	116	120	143
-		Giorgio Caccia	-23.9	-155	-124	-98	-68	-52	-36	6	60	81	147
-		Fabrizio Farnesi	-27.9	-314	-194	-97	15	34	48	48	53	55	73
-		Jill Levin	-57.4	-147	-113	-92	-84	-62	-62	-36	-34	18	38
-		Rosalind Lin	-61.8	-244	-221	-118	-102	-25	-11	5	16	24	58
-		Maree Crawford	-64.6	-157	-144	-140	-139	-123	-12	-7	1	7	68
-		Gianluca Lodato	-67.3	-130	-110	-98	-80	-74	-71	-43	-33	-32	-2
-		Federico Bianchi	-75.6	-160	-140	-131	-129	-60	-55	-51	-24	-18	12
1		Mark Tynkov	-90.8	-218	-148	-129	-95	-88	-61	-56	-53	-39	-21
-		Filippo Lagostena	-107.0	-490	-207	-188	-157	-56	-27	-16	-5	13	63
-		Gaetano Damiata	-110.9	-345	-196	-188	-105	-92	-87	-57	-22	-14	-3
2		Jaron Marcus	-119.1	-354	-237	-193	-129	-116	-75	-60	-18	-5	-4
-		Alessandro Colombo	-121.3	-232	-200	-162	-133	-131	-109	-107	-92	-39	-8
-		Giorgio Peterlongo	-134.2	-265	-185	-171	-171	-128	-119	-114	-96	-93	0
-		Sami Casanova	-146.8	-245	-241	-207	-160	-152	-140	-118	-100	-54	-51
-		Stan Schenker	-154.3	-269	-242	-194	-143	-138	-130	-126	-119	-104	-78
-		Beppe Mistretta	-170.1	-441	-348	-273	-243	-154	-75	-69	-46	-45	-7
-		Jackie Smith	-175.2	-348	-255	-229	-194	-156	-153	-128	-103	-94	-92
3		Fabio Quai	-181.9	-296	-267	-256	-175	-166	-151	-140	-136	-119	-113
4		Mira	-206.4	-376	-351	-337	-273	-166	-131	-117	-115	-106	-92