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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		Brad Moss	353.3	438	424	399	382	365	319	312	303	296	295
2		Jaron Marcus	348.0	465	405	385	347	335	331	320	306	295	291
3		Steven De Donder	339.2	424	419	389	357	322	311	302	296	286	286
4		Fabio Quai	322.1	390	385	363	342	314	303	297	284	275	268
5		Mark Tynkov	316.1	450	393	348	341	305	293	267	260	253	251
6		Matt Dobbs	315.4	450	383	369	348	307	287	273	267	242	228
7		Tracey B	293.8	420	400	317	301	279	262	250	244	235	230
8		Michael Wilkinson	291.0	406	330	293	282	277	276	271	263	257	255
9		Mira	287.4	355	334	334	331	270	269	254	246	242	239
10		Gaetano Damiata	276.7	337	333	308	282	281	253	252	247	245	229
11		Rosalind Lin	266.5	335	321	308	303	279	234	234	220	219	212
12		Beppe Mistretta	264.7	361	347	289	282	258	243	220	218	218	211
13		Fabrizio Farnesi	262.0	334	323	266	249	247	243	242	241	240	235
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		John Diamond	250.5	370	293	293	285	223	215	213	210	205	198
17		Tsahi Maimon	249.6	309	305	290	266	246	232	231	210	205	202
18		Marco Prestini	233.9	379	357	321	304	247	233	135	128	126	109
19		Federico Bianchi	233.4	320	279	277	243	239	227	200	192	183	174
20		Polina Binder	233.4	628	268	267	217	204	199	148	141	132	130
21		Alessandro Colombo	230.0	362	266	252	220	219	207	206	205	188	175
22		Umberto Prestini	216.5	281	277	265	253	204	202	200	163	161	159
23		Geoff Hampson	215.3	458	291	224	203	187	184	180	157	140	129
24		John Parsons	210.7	275	257	227	222	212	207	182	181	174	170
25		Stan Schenker	206.6	306	281	224	214	189	183	180	175	161	153
26		Zachary Grossack	206.5	302	262	241	212	211	204	189	179	135	130
27		Maree Crawford	202.9	281	221	214	211	209	207	187	168	166	165
28		Alessio Isaia	197.6	320	295	280	215	196	184	178	108	105	95
29		Ben Kristensen	194.7	325	257	218	212	210	190	165	125	125	120
30		Raz Betzalel	188.4	375	224	206	179	165	163	150	149	137	136
31		Joan Clark	182.5	282	202	201	195	183	181	164	151	136	130
32		Marco Novara	175.6	267	221	211	210	179	168	159	142	117	82
33		Migry Zur Campanile	164.3	260	216	203	177	174	158	145	136	125	49
34		Mike Rice	157.3	309	285	239	222	221	130	72	56	55	-16
35		Jackie Smith	155.9	227	203	194	173	171	143	139	117	113	79
36		Sami Casanova	150.6	248	246	191	176	136	133	113	97	93	73
37		Giorgio Caccia	150.1	246	178	169	163	150	131	124	117	112	111
38		Patric Sierzega	131.9	276	204	186	133	132	124	75	72	67	50
39		Giorgio Peterlongo	102.1	203	196	164	107	105	83	67	45	27	24
40		Benoit Guiot	94.6	202	189	166	116	69	67	62	42	32	1
41		Gianluca Lodato	92.5	270	243	153	85	83	53	46	33	-4	-37
42		Beryel Dorscht	43.5	117	93	75	54	23	22	20	19	16	-4
43		Filippo Lagostena	31.8	231	186	149	-2	-15	-24	-29	-48	-56	-74
44		Cian Moss	-17.6	72	21	12	11	-11	-38	-43	-57	-64	-79

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
1		Ben Kristensen	-63.6	-142	-135	-131	-94	-64	-52	-42	-19	13	30
-		Zachary Grossack	-81.9	-311	-187	-156	-90	-90	-58	0	21	23	29
-		Alessio Isaia	-88.7	-446	-187	-103	-94	-41	-39	-36	-26	1	84
-		Marco Prestini	-89.3	-283	-233	-221	-75	-68	-52	-50	-17	50	56
-		Mike Rice	-110.3	-398	-169	-160	-143	-136	-122	-70	-16	55	56
-		Benoit Guiot	-119.6	-224	-179	-175	-150	-126	-124	-87	-86	-46	1
2		Geoff Hampson	-134.8	-228	-202	-165	-143	-125	-108	-98	-96	-95	-88
-		Filippo Lagostena	-141.0	-276	-206	-193	-182	-180	-104	-91	-74	-56	-48
3		Migry Zur Campanile	-142.4	-376	-240	-183	-168	-132	-106	-75	-72	-47	-25
-		Gianluca Lodato	-144.2	-433	-307	-207	-148	-117	-116	-106	-37	-4	33
4		Marco Novara	-146.6	-304	-281	-221	-146	-144	-94	-85	-70	-66	-55
-		Patric Sierzega	-148.2	-293	-245	-223	-201	-137	-126	-82	-77	-57	-41
5		Giorgio Caccia	-173.6	-310	-271	-267	-212	-155	-135	-133	-106	-74	-73
6		Mark Tynkov	-174.1	-249	-222	-205	-177	-167	-156	-150	-142	-138	-135
7		Dan Hoffenberg	-179.2	-313	-303	-244	-213	-142	-133	-125	-124	-104	-91
8		Sami Casanova	-196.9	-388	-250	-247	-226	-161	-153	-141	-136	-135	-132
9		Michael Wilkinson	-205.2	-267	-253	-249	-248	-228	-181	-167	-162	-158	-139
10		John Diamond	-212.5	-325	-260	-224	-208	-206	-202	-177	-177	-176	-170
11		Federico Bianchi	-213.7	-299	-244	-241	-225	-219	-204	-195	-174	-168	-168
12		John Parsons	-236.7	-399	-325	-310	-213	-206	-197	-193	-189	-172	-163
13		Gaetano Damiata	-249.1	-426	-276	-260	-255	-255	-239	-229	-185	-184	-182
14		Joan Clark	-276.0	-380	-378	-323	-321	-270	-239	-221	-215	-207	-206
-		Cian Moss	-281.8	-401	-376	-355	-333	-280	-246	-237	-229	-193	-168
15		Mira	-281.9	-339	-334	-322	-293	-290	-272	-254	-241	-239	-235
16		Steven De Donder	-288.4	-445	-339	-332	-313	-312	-263	-254	-223	-204	-199
17		Fabio Quai	-293.3	-476	-359	-332	-303	-269	-257	-249	-243	-225	-220
18		Beppe Mistretta	-296.9	-343	-334	-308	-307	-299	-295	-284	-280	-275	-244
19		Brad Moss	-298.4	-411	-392	-329	-322	-299	-265	-252	-250	-246	-218
20		Tracey B	-299.1	-444	-360	-334	-315	-307	-286	-254	-243	-229	-219
21		Alessandro Colombo	-301.5	-362	-340	-329	-307	-294	-292	-282	-279	-276	-254
22		Matt Dobbs	-306.3	-420	-414	-336	-320	-290	-288	-255	-253	-244	-243
23		Jill Levin	-313.4	-417	-415	-378	-325	-287	-274	-262	-259	-259	-258
24		Jaron Marcus	-317.4	-395	-384	-357	-348	-320	-312	-295	-262	-252	-249
25		Maree Crawford	-320.0	-428	-349	-345	-319	-313	-312	-310	-283	-277	-264
26		Stan Schenker	-328.0	-445	-371	-359	-356	-339	-318	-311	-265	-260	-256
27		Rosalind Lin	-347.4	-407	-368	-365	-362	-357	-350	-333	-330	-304	-298
28		Giorgio Peterlongo	-364.8	-517	-484	-417	-382	-344	-336	-307	-300	-296	-265
29		Polina Binder	-371.2	-501	-435	-397	-391	-368	-346	-327	-325	-322	-300
30		Fabrizio Farnesi	-374.5	-711	-388	-375	-362	-340	-338	-316	-309	-309	-297
31		Beryel Dorscht	-390.1	-605	-507	-458	-427	-411	-377	-302	-298	-269	-247
32		Jackie Smith	-406.3	-717	-544	-405	-400	-361	-360	-359	-310	-304	-303
33		Umberto Prestini	-409.2	-597	-477	-473	-473	-420	-378	-340	-330	-329	-275
34		Tsahi Maimon	-453.1	-591	-570	-508	-466	-450	-431	-417	-386	-382	-330
35		Raz Betzalel	-461.3	-752	-673	-635	-538	-401	-394	-320	-314	-301	-285