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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

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

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		Steven De Donder	402.3	460	442	424	419	410	389	378	378	363	360
2		Mark Tynkov	383.8	450	438	393	383	382	372	371	360	348	341
3		Fabio Quai	383.5	445	414	390	385	381	376	370	364	363	347
4		Jaron Marcus	376.1	465	415	405	385	352	350	348	347	347	347
5		Mira	363.8	419	408	402	366	355	355	334	334	334	331
6		Matt Dobbs	353.5	450	383	371	371	369	348	334	307	301	301
7		Brad Moss	353.3	438	424	399	382	365	319	312	303	296	295
8		Beppe Mistretta	345.4	438	420	361	352	347	337	323	305	289	282
9		John Diamond	343.7	400	377	370	360	356	353	318	317	293	293
10		Gaetano Damiata	342.3	380	376	354	338	337	333	332	329	325	319
11		Tracey B	332.0	420	400	383	362	317	301	294	291	279	273
12		Geoff Hampson	331.7	458	409	355	352	305	300	294	291	289	264
13		Polina Binder	331.0	628	447	319	296	291	277	268	268	267	249
14		Rosalind Lin	321.3	381	361	344	335	321	308	303	296	285	279
15		Alessandro Colombo	319.1	452	362	354	336	334	305	271	266	257	254
16		Michael Wilkinson	309.8	406	363	330	320	293	282	280	277	276	271
17		Fabrizio Farnesi	308.7	337	334	323	317	307	302	299	296	288	284
18		Tsahi Maimon	305.0	328	316	310	309	309	305	302	301	290	280
19		Zachary Grossack	303.1	391	352	314	311	302	296	283	279	262	241
20		Marco Novara	299.9	360	342	326	309	308	304	278	267	255	250
21		Maree Crawford	296.0	412	407	375	300	281	251	240	236	231	227
22		Federico Bianchi	295.8	339	320	316	311	285	280	279	278	277	273
23		Umberto Prestini	292.5	421	307	287	281	278	277	275	267	267	265
24		Dan Hoffenberg	291.5	362	311	310	305	292	287	281	268	256	243
25		Jill Levin	287.6	350	301	300	295	294	286	273	263	257	257
26		Paolo Catoni	287.2	384	346	339	288	281	278	256	254	230	216
27		John Parsons	279.9	374	361	317	275	275	269	257	227	222	222
28		Marco Prestini	274.9	379	357	321	304	283	247	234	233	205	186
29		Patric Sierzega	272.6	353	317	299	276	268	267	251	239	239	217
30		Raz Betzalel	270.9	375	331	316	292	278	240	230	224	217	206
31		Stan Schenker	266.7	332	306	284	281	273	266	246	238	224	217
32		Ralph Spader	263.6	356	337	306	279	243	239	228	224	214	210
33		Gianluca Lodato	261.9	395	308	270	260	243	235	234	233	223	218
34		Migry Zur Campanile	260.5	324	285	282	267	266	260	243	230	226	222
35		Joan Clark	250.6	319	294	282	240	234	232	228	226	226	225
36		Sami Casanova	242.8	370	282	254	248	246	229	218	199	191	191
37		Giorgio Peterlongo	229.9	364	275	258	236	216	206	203	196	177	168
38		Ben Kristensen	226.1	364	325	257	218	212	210	195	190	165	125
39		Jackie Smith	220.6	284	243	227	225	212	211	205	203	202	194
40		Alessio Isaia	214.0	320	295	280	215	215	196	184	178	149	108
41		Benoit Guiot	211.2	278	257	240	214	202	189	189	187	183	173
42		Giorgio Caccia	208.8	255	253	246	231	200	196	182	178	178	169
43		Mike Rice	208.6	309	285	239	238	222	221	194	130	129	119
44		JoAnna Stansby	199.8	281	239	231	224	198	197	188	168	143	129
45		Nicole Gilmore	169.5	347	225	196	188	168	165	140	96	86	84
46		Hilto 37	152.6	386	235	190	181	173	128	95	78	39	21
47		Beryel Dorscht	149.5	270	233	150	147	126	125	117	116	111	100
48		Filippo Lagostena	106.2	231	186	149	138	133	107	57	22	21	18
49		David Halasi	76.0	189	173	142	115	103	92	77	45	-11	-165
50		Aaron Jones	55.4	179	149	117	75	57	51	35	18	-26	-101
51		Cian Moss	-0.8	72	42	21	12	11	-11	-17	-38	-43	-57
52		Stav Dan	-50.2	103	0	-20	-34	-39	-59	-96	-98	-129	-130
53		Sagi Gabay	-154.1	113	9	-45	-78	-172	-230	-254	-271	-276	-337

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
-		David Halasi	76.0	-165	-11	45	77	92	103	115	142	173	189
-		Aaron Jones	-35.7	-372	-211	-101	-26	18	35	51	57	75	117
1		Ben Kristensen	-94.9	-142	-135	-131	-121	-107	-94	-64	-61	-52	-42
-		Stav Dan	-128.9	-418	-146	-140	-130	-129	-98	-96	-59	-39	-34
2		Nicole Gilmore	-146.4	-306	-221	-192	-182	-125	-115	-96	-84	-77	-66
-		Hilto 37	-162.0	-256	-248	-218	-210	-194	-171	-103	-92	-82	-46
-		Mike Rice	-168.4	-403	-398	-169	-160	-143	-136	-122	-70	-67	-16
3		Alessio Isaia	-172.2	-446	-187	-177	-162	-150	-140	-136	-127	-103	-94
4		JoAnna Stansby	-229.3	-324	-307	-249	-240	-236	-221	-215	-199	-152	-150
5		Dan Hoffenberg	-240.2	-374	-313	-303	-262	-244	-213	-206	-205	-142	-140
6		Marco Prestini	-257.4	-438	-301	-297	-283	-249	-233	-221	-209	-194	-149
7		Filippo Lagostena	-258.4	-615	-367	-276	-233	-224	-206	-193	-182	-180	-108
8		Mark Tynkov	-261.1	-424	-277	-273	-267	-251	-249	-224	-222	-219	-205
9		Benoit Guiot	-262.1	-416	-345	-295	-294	-245	-224	-223	-215	-185	-179
10		Patric Sierzega	-263.9	-368	-309	-306	-293	-269	-245	-223	-213	-212	-201
11		Zachary Grossack	-272.5	-505	-367	-334	-311	-265	-209	-204	-187	-180	-163
12		Migry Zur Campanile	-273.1	-416	-376	-327	-300	-260	-240	-217	-210	-202	-183
13		Geoff Hampson	-285.1	-435	-423	-332	-300	-281	-242	-228	-224	-202	-184
14		Sami Casanova	-288.1	-388	-336	-324	-302	-274	-257	-253	-250	-250	-247
15		Brad Moss	-298.4	-411	-392	-329	-322	-299	-265	-252	-250	-246	-218
16		Cian Moss	-299.2	-401	-376	-355	-342	-333	-280	-246	-237	-229	-193
17		Federico Bianchi	-300.8	-415	-363	-356	-339	-299	-279	-247	-244	-241	-225
18		John Diamond	-313.1	-486	-366	-364	-325	-308	-289	-278	-260	-231	-224
19		Ralph Spader	-318.1	-398	-388	-351	-338	-335	-286	-277	-277	-267	-264
20		Steven De Donder	-319.6	-445	-360	-339	-332	-313	-312	-284	-282	-266	-263
21		Giorgio Caccia	-321.1	-488	-350	-310	-308	-308	-307	-304	-298	-271	-267
22		Gianluca Lodato	-322.4	-433	-360	-335	-321	-317	-314	-307	-284	-277	-276
23		Michael Wilkinson	-325.2	-426	-379	-379	-348	-339	-337	-275	-267	-253	-249
24		Paolo Catoni	-329.1	-511	-368	-346	-326	-309	-300	-298	-280	-277	-276
25		Matt Dobbs	-335.9	-420	-414	-336	-336	-320	-316	-314	-310	-303	-290
26		Stan Schenker	-345.3	-445	-371	-359	-356	-339	-339	-321	-318	-311	-294
27		John Parsons	-346.1	-410	-399	-367	-351	-329	-329	-325	-324	-317	-310
28		Joan Clark	-346.9	-485	-380	-378	-365	-358	-323	-321	-304	-285	-270
29		Marco Novara	-351.9	-456	-415	-396	-392	-335	-328	-314	-304	-294	-285
30		Beppe Mistretta	-360.8	-463	-439	-420	-355	-343	-334	-316	-315	-315	-308
31		Jaron Marcus	-361.6	-421	-404	-395	-384	-358	-357	-348	-320	-317	-312
32		Tracey B	-361.6	-511	-444	-427	-360	-334	-333	-315	-307	-297	-288
33		Rosalind Lin	-368.8	-447	-407	-368	-365	-362	-357	-351	-350	-348	-333
-		Sagi Gabay	-370.6	-622	-596	-535	-413	-337	-276	-271	-254	-230	-172
34		Gaetano Damiata	-373.9	-472	-426	-402	-380	-376	-372	-348	-333	-318	-312
35		Mira	-374.3	-479	-433	-398	-384	-367	-363	-339	-334	-324	-322
36		Fabio Quai	-375.2	-476	-403	-399	-369	-363	-361	-359	-357	-333	-332
37		Alessandro Colombo	-402.1	-510	-487	-457	-430	-410	-362	-348	-346	-340	-331
38		Maree Crawford	-409.3	-504	-437	-434	-428	-427	-392	-392	-373	-357	-349
39		Fabrizio Farnesi	-426.0	-711	-562	-400	-388	-384	-377	-375	-362	-360	-341
40		Jill Levin	-432.9	-534	-473	-467	-452	-417	-415	-411	-407	-378	-375
41		Beryel Dorscht	-460.7	-605	-507	-504	-458	-437	-434	-428	-427	-411	-396
42		Tsahi Maimon	-469.8	-591	-570	-508	-466	-450	-450	-431	-418	-417	-397
43		Umberto Prestini	-489.2	-619	-597	-496	-492	-477	-473	-473	-423	-422	-420
44		Polina Binder	-492.3	-568	-549	-528	-504	-501	-469	-460	-458	-445	-441
45		Giorgio Peterlongo	-500.2	-585	-546	-518	-517	-509	-507	-484	-454	-451	-431
46		Jackie Smith	-515.4	-728	-717	-690	-544	-470	-425	-405	-400	-397	-378
47		Raz Betzalel	-557.5	-752	-673	-635	-633	-549	-538	-469	-455	-436	-435