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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

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		Jaron Marcus	345.9	465	405	385	347	335	331	320	295	291	285
2		Brad Moss	337.5	438	424	399	365	312	303	295	294	275	270
3		Steven De Donder	334.6	424	419	389	357	322	311	296	286	273	269
4		Mark Tynkov	316.1	450	393	348	341	305	293	267	260	253	251
5		Matt Dobbs	310.9	450	383	369	348	307	287	273	242	228	222
6		Fabio Quai	299.5	390	385	342	303	284	275	268	253	248	247
7		Tracey B	281.0	420	400	317	279	250	244	235	230	220	215
8		Michael Wilkinson	279.3	406	330	282	277	276	271	257	255	228	211
9		Gaetano Damiata	265.6	337	308	282	281	253	252	247	245	229	222
10		Mira	263.6	355	334	270	269	246	242	239	229	229	223
11		Beppe Mistretta	263.6	361	347	289	282	258	243	218	218	211	209
12		Rosalind Lin	262.6	335	321	308	303	279	234	220	212	210	204
13		Fabrizio Farnesi	260.2	334	323	266	249	243	242	241	240	235	229
14		Dan Hoffenberg	256.2	362	311	310	268	243	241	237	218	188	184
15		Jill Levin	250.9	301	295	263	257	252	236	234	225	223	223
16		Tsahi Maimon	249.6	309	305	290	266	246	232	231	210	205	202
17		John Diamond	236.8	370	293	293	215	213	210	205	198	189	182
18		Polina Binder	233.4	628	268	267	217	204	199	148	141	132	130
19		Federico Bianchi	222.2	320	279	277	239	227	192	183	174	168	163
20		Alessandro Colombo	220.3	362	252	220	219	207	206	205	188	175	169
21		Umberto Prestini	216.5	281	277	265	253	204	202	200	163	161	159
22		Marco Prestini	213.7	379	357	321	304	247	135	128	126	80	60
23		John Parsons	210.7	275	257	227	222	212	207	182	181	174	170
24		Zachary Grossack	206.5	302	262	241	212	211	204	189	179	135	130
25		Alessio Isaia	197.6	320	295	280	215	196	184	178	108	105	95
26		Maree Crawford	197.0	281	214	211	209	207	187	168	166	165	162
27		Ben Kristensen	194.7	325	257	218	212	210	190	165	125	125	120
28		Raz Betzalel	188.4	375	224	206	179	165	163	150	149	137	136
29		Stan Schenker	182.0	306	224	214	183	180	161	143	138	137	134
30		Joan Clark	175.6	282	202	201	183	181	164	151	136	130	126
31		Jackie Smith	155.9	227	203	194	173	171	143	139	117	113	79
32		Sami Casanova	150.6	248	246	191	176	136	133	113	97	93	73
33		Marco Novara	145.1	267	221	179	168	159	142	117	82	74	42
34		Migry Zur Campanile	141.9	260	216	203	177	174	136	125	49	48	31
35		Geoff Hampson	141.5	291	224	203	187	180	129	83	49	37	32
36		Mike Rice	137.3	309	285	239	222	221	72	56	55	-16	-70
37		Giorgio Caccia	126.7	178	169	150	131	124	117	112	107	99	80
38		Patric Sierzega	122.1	276	204	186	133	124	75	72	67	50	34
39		Giorgio Peterlongo	90.8	203	196	164	105	83	67	45	27	24	-6
40		Gianluca Lodato	65.5	270	243	153	83	53	46	33	-4	-106	-116
41		Beryel Dorscht	43.5	117	93	75	54	23	22	20	19	16	-4
42		Benoit Guiot	36.9	202	166	116	67	42	32	1	-46	-87	-124
43		Filippo Lagostena	-12.3	231	149	-2	-15	-24	-48	-56	-74	-104	-180
44		Cian Moss	-73.7	12	11	-11	-38	-57	-79	-80	-98	-168	-229

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
-		Marco Prestini	-17.9	-233	-75	-68	-52	-50	-17	50	60	80	126
1		Ben Kristensen	-63.6	-142	-135	-131	-94	-64	-52	-42	-19	13	30
-		Zachary Grossack	-69.8	-311	-187	-156	-90	-90	0	21	23	29	63
-		Geoff Hampson	-82.3	-228	-143	-125	-108	-95	-88	-25	-11	-6	6
-		Gianluca Lodato	-87.3	-307	-207	-148	-117	-116	-106	-4	33	46	53
-		Alessio Isaia	-88.7	-446	-187	-103	-94	-41	-39	-36	-26	1	84
-		Filippo Lagostena	-96.1	-276	-182	-180	-104	-74	-56	-48	-24	-15	-2
-		Marco Novara	-104.1	-281	-221	-146	-144	-85	-66	-55	-20	-19	-4
-		Benoit Guiot	-107.8	-224	-179	-175	-150	-126	-124	-87	-46	1	32
-		Mike Rice	-110.3	-398	-169	-160	-143	-136	-122	-70	-16	55	56
-		Patric Sierzega	-134.2	-293	-245	-223	-201	-137	-126	-82	-77	8	34
2		Migry Zur Campanile	-142.4	-376	-240	-183	-168	-132	-106	-75	-72	-47	-25
-		Cian Moss	-151.2	-280	-246	-237	-229	-168	-98	-80	-79	-57	-38
3		Mark Tynkov	-160.9	-249	-222	-167	-156	-150	-142	-138	-135	-129	-121
4		Giorgio Caccia	-165.9	-310	-271	-267	-212	-155	-135	-106	-74	-68	-61
5		John Diamond	-166.6	-260	-208	-206	-177	-177	-170	-126	-122	-111	-109
6		Dan Hoffenberg	-179.2	-313	-303	-244	-213	-142	-133	-125	-124	-104	-91
7		Sami Casanova	-187.4	-388	-250	-247	-161	-153	-141	-136	-135	-132	-131
8		Michael Wilkinson	-187.4	-267	-253	-249	-228	-181	-162	-158	-131	-124	-121
9		Federico Bianchi	-210.2	-299	-244	-241	-225	-219	-204	-174	-168	-168	-160
10		John Parsons	-232.9	-399	-325	-310	-213	-206	-197	-193	-172	-163	-151
11		Gaetano Damiata	-249.1	-426	-276	-260	-255	-255	-239	-229	-185	-184	-182
12		Tracey B	-255.0	-360	-334	-315	-307	-243	-219	-208	-196	-189	-179
13		Joan Clark	-257.0	-380	-323	-321	-270	-239	-221	-215	-207	-206	-188
14		Maree Crawford	-261.0	-349	-345	-319	-277	-264	-253	-244	-203	-185	-171
15		Steven De Donder	-274.9	-445	-339	-332	-313	-312	-254	-223	-204	-165	-162
16		Fabio Quai	-278.4	-476	-359	-332	-269	-249	-243	-225	-220	-212	-199
17		Mira	-281.9	-339	-334	-322	-293	-290	-272	-254	-241	-239	-235
18		Jaron Marcus	-286.9	-395	-384	-320	-312	-295	-262	-252	-249	-203	-197
19		Beppe Mistretta	-290.4	-343	-334	-308	-307	-295	-284	-280	-275	-244	-234
20		Alessandro Colombo	-293.3	-362	-340	-329	-307	-292	-282	-279	-254	-248	-240
21		Jill Levin	-294.7	-415	-378	-325	-287	-262	-259	-258	-256	-254	-253
22		Brad Moss	-298.4	-411	-392	-329	-322	-299	-265	-252	-250	-246	-218
23		Matt Dobbs	-306.3	-420	-414	-336	-320	-290	-288	-255	-253	-244	-243
24		Stan Schenker	-315.7	-445	-359	-356	-339	-318	-311	-265	-260	-256	-248
25		Beryel Dorscht	-320.1	-605	-507	-427	-302	-247	-237	-237	-226	-225	-188
26		Giorgio Peterlongo	-332.9	-517	-484	-417	-382	-344	-300	-240	-231	-219	-195
27		Rosalind Lin	-340.3	-407	-368	-362	-357	-350	-333	-330	-304	-298	-294
28		Polina Binder	-371.2	-501	-435	-397	-391	-368	-346	-327	-325	-322	-300
29		Fabrizio Farnesi	-374.5	-711	-388	-375	-362	-340	-338	-316	-309	-309	-297
30		Jackie Smith	-400.1	-717	-544	-405	-400	-361	-359	-310	-304	-303	-298
31		Umberto Prestini	-403.6	-597	-477	-473	-473	-420	-378	-340	-330	-275	-273
32		Tsahi Maimon	-436.3	-591	-570	-508	-466	-450	-431	-382	-330	-323	-312
33		Raz Betzalel	-457.3	-752	-673	-635	-538	-401	-394	-314	-301	-285	-280