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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.

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Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2026

January: Mark Tynkov

February: Steven De Donder

March: Matt Dobbs

April: Federico Bianchi

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

Zester ladder, 2026

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		Mark Tynkov	362.4	450	393	383	382	371	348	341	330	317	309
2		Jaron Marcus	359.3	465	405	385	350	347	347	335	331	320	308
3		Brad Moss	353.3	438	424	399	382	365	319	312	303	296	295
4		Steven De Donder	349.4	424	419	389	357	331	329	322	311	310	302
5		Fabio Quai	343.3	390	385	381	363	347	342	314	311	303	297
6		Mira	336.0	402	366	355	334	334	331	325	315	301	297
7		Tracey B	332.0	420	400	383	362	317	301	294	291	279	273
8		Matt Dobbs	327.2	450	383	369	348	334	307	287	273	267	254
9		Gaetano Damiata	321.8	354	338	337	333	329	325	308	304	296	294
10		Michael Wilkinson	301.8	406	363	330	293	282	277	276	271	263	257
11		Beppe Mistretta	298.6	361	347	337	305	289	282	278	268	261	258
12		Rosalind Lin	286.2	361	335	321	308	303	279	250	237	234	234
13		Tsahi Maimon	282.5	309	309	305	302	301	290	266	249	247	247
14		Fabrizio Farnesi	275.4	334	323	299	296	266	255	249	247	243	242
15		Dan Hoffenberg	269.2	362	311	310	281	268	243	241	237	221	218
16		Polina Binder	269.2	628	319	277	268	267	217	204	199	163	150
17		Marco Prestini	262.5	379	357	321	304	247	234	233	205	186	159
18		John Diamond	261.3	370	293	293	285	255	246	223	220	215	213
19		Federico Bianchi	257.2	320	279	277	261	246	246	243	239	232	229
20		Jill Levin	257.1	301	295	263	257	257	252	238	238	236	234
21		Umberto Prestini	253.6	287	281	277	275	265	263	253	217	214	204
22		Zachary Grossack	247.2	352	311	302	262	241	212	211	204	189	188
23		Geoff Hampson	245.2	458	305	291	228	224	203	192	187	184	180
24		John Parsons	244.3	361	317	275	257	227	222	212	207	183	182
25		Stan Schenker	241.5	306	281	273	266	224	217	216	214	211	207
26		Alessandro Colombo	230.0	362	266	252	220	219	207	206	205	188	175
27		Raz Betzalel	222.3	375	316	230	224	206	180	179	174	174	165
28		Alessio Isaia	209.6	320	295	280	215	215	196	184	178	108	105
29		Maree Crawford	204.5	281	221	214	211	209	207	187	181	168	166
30		Ben Kristensen	202.2	325	257	218	212	210	195	190	165	125	125
31		Marco Novara	201.8	267	243	221	211	210	188	179	172	168	159
32		Migry Zur Campanile	197.9	267	260	243	216	203	177	174	158	145	136
33		Jackie Smith	194.9	284	227	211	203	194	173	172	171	170	144
34		Mike Rice	192.6	309	285	239	222	221	194	130	129	119	78
35		Joan Clark	192.1	282	226	202	201	195	183	181	164	151	136
36		Sami Casanova	189.4	254	248	246	191	176	176	170	150	147	136
37		Patric Sierzega	187.4	276	251	205	204	195	186	147	145	133	132
38		Giorgio Caccia	171.0	246	196	178	169	163	162	159	154	150	133
39		Benoit Guiot	163.5	278	202	189	166	148	145	139	128	124	116
40		Giorgio Peterlongo	146.8	216	203	196	164	130	122	115	110	107	105
41		Gianluca Lodato	129.7	270	243	204	153	127	85	83	53	46	33
42		Beryel Dorscht	121.8	270	150	147	125	117	100	93	76	75	65
43		Filippo Lagostena	92.8	231	186	149	138	107	57	22	21	18	-1
44		Nicole Gilmore	29.8	168	86	62	54	37	26	24	-34	-59	-66
45		Aaron Jones	29.2	179	149	117	75	57	35	18	-26	-101	-211
46		Cian Moss	-0.8	72	42	21	12	11	-11	-17	-38	-43	-57
47		Sagi Gabay	-153.7	113	9	-45	-78	-172	-230	-254	-271	-276	-333

Apple core ladder, 2026

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
-		Aaron Jones	-25.9	-372	-211	-101	-26	18	35	57	75	117	149
1		Ben Kristensen	-63.6	-142	-135	-131	-94	-64	-52	-42	-19	13	30
-		Nicole Gilmore	-110.6	-306	-221	-192	-182	-96	-66	-59	-34	24	26
-		Mike Rice	-122.6	-398	-169	-160	-143	-136	-122	-70	-67	-16	55
2		Zachary Grossack	-134.4	-311	-204	-187	-163	-156	-90	-90	-78	-58	-7
3		Alessio Isaia	-141.3	-446	-187	-177	-150	-140	-103	-94	-41	-39	-36
4		Marco Prestini	-152.8	-283	-233	-221	-209	-194	-103	-90	-75	-68	-52
5		Geoff Hampson	-152.9	-228	-202	-170	-165	-150	-143	-140	-125	-108	-98
6		Patric Sierzega	-182.9	-293	-245	-223	-212	-201	-137	-137	-130	-126	-125
7		Dan Hoffenberg	-200.8	-313	-303	-244	-213	-206	-205	-142	-133	-125	-124
8		Marco Novara	-200.9	-396	-304	-281	-221	-187	-151	-146	-144	-94	-85
9		Migry Zur Campanile	-211.8	-376	-300	-240	-210	-202	-183	-168	-168	-139	-132
10		Federico Bianchi	-217.8	-299	-244	-241	-225	-219	-204	-195	-193	-184	-174
11		Mark Tynkov	-218.2	-424	-277	-249	-222	-205	-177	-167	-156	-155	-150
12		Sami Casanova	-223.9	-388	-302	-250	-247	-226	-218	-161	-153	-153	-141
13		Benoit Guiot	-224.4	-345	-295	-294	-245	-224	-179	-175	-173	-164	-150
14		Michael Wilkinson	-234.2	-348	-267	-253	-249	-248	-228	-206	-195	-181	-167
15		Gianluca Lodato	-235.2	-433	-360	-307	-273	-207	-185	-162	-156	-148	-121
16		Giorgio Caccia	-235.5	-310	-308	-308	-271	-267	-213	-212	-165	-155	-146
17		John Diamond	-245.3	-366	-325	-308	-260	-224	-208	-206	-202	-177	-177
18		Filippo Lagostena	-258.4	-615	-367	-276	-233	-224	-206	-193	-182	-180	-108
19		Joan Clark	-281.8	-380	-378	-323	-321	-270	-264	-239	-221	-215	-207
20		Gaetano Damiata	-298.0	-426	-348	-333	-312	-276	-265	-260	-255	-255	-250
21		Steven De Donder	-298.4	-445	-339	-332	-313	-312	-263	-261	-254	-242	-223
22		Brad Moss	-298.4	-411	-392	-329	-322	-299	-265	-252	-250	-246	-218
23		Cian Moss	-299.2	-401	-376	-355	-342	-333	-280	-246	-237	-229	-193
24		Beppe Mistretta	-304.0	-343	-334	-315	-308	-307	-299	-295	-284	-280	-275
25		John Parsons	-311.5	-399	-329	-329	-325	-324	-310	-297	-289	-285	-228
26		Matt Dobbs	-313.0	-420	-414	-336	-320	-310	-290	-288	-255	-253	-244
27		Jaron Marcus	-317.8	-395	-384	-357	-348	-320	-312	-295	-262	-253	-252
28		Mira	-326.7	-433	-398	-339	-334	-322	-296	-293	-290	-287	-275
29		Stan Schenker	-336.3	-445	-371	-359	-356	-339	-339	-318	-311	-265	-260
30		Maree Crawford	-340.5	-437	-428	-349	-345	-319	-313	-312	-310	-309	-283
31		Fabio Quai	-341.7	-476	-403	-361	-359	-333	-332	-303	-299	-282	-269
32		Tracey B	-342.8	-511	-444	-360	-334	-333	-315	-307	-286	-284	-254
33		Jill Levin	-343.7	-417	-415	-378	-375	-349	-325	-319	-298	-287	-274
34		Rosalind Lin	-347.9	-407	-368	-365	-362	-357	-350	-333	-330	-304	-303
-		Sagi Gabay	-362.6	-622	-596	-535	-337	-333	-276	-271	-254	-230	-172
35		Alessandro Colombo	-374.1	-510	-487	-457	-362	-340	-331	-329	-324	-307	-294
36		Giorgio Peterlongo	-392.7	-517	-484	-417	-383	-382	-361	-360	-344	-340	-339
37		Polina Binder	-399.4	-501	-458	-435	-426	-397	-391	-368	-346	-345	-327
38		Beryel Dorscht	-400.8	-605	-507	-458	-427	-411	-377	-326	-302	-298	-297
39		Fabrizio Farnesi	-408.6	-711	-562	-388	-377	-375	-362	-340	-338	-317	-316
40		Jackie Smith	-411.6	-717	-544	-405	-400	-361	-360	-359	-356	-310	-304
41		Umberto Prestini	-442.2	-597	-492	-477	-473	-473	-423	-420	-378	-349	-340
42		Tsahi Maimon	-459.8	-591	-570	-508	-466	-450	-431	-417	-397	-386	-382
43		Raz Betzalel	-478.5	-752	-673	-635	-538	-435	-401	-394	-320	-319	-318