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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.

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2020

January: Dean Pokorny

February: Steven De Donder

March: Zach Grossack

April: Ben Handley-Pritchard

May: Mike Rice

June: Steven De Donder

July: Fabio Quai

August: Ben Kristensen

September: Mark Tynkov

October: David Halasi

November: Ben Handley-Pritchard

December: Sami Casanova

Annual winners, 2003-20

2020 ladder: Steven De Donder

2019 ladder: Steven De Donder

2018 ladder: Mark Tynkov

2017 ladder: Doron Limor

2016 ladder: Neil Trentham

2016 “Zester”: Dan Hoffenberg

2015 ladder: Alessio Isaia

2015 “Zester”: Dan Hoffenberg

2014 ladder: Doron Limor

2014 “Zester”: Dean Pokorny

2013 ladder: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2013 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2012 ladder: Ben Handley   -Pritchard

2012 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2011 ladder: Fabio Lo Presti

2011 “Zester”: Willie Whitaker

2011 “Apple core”: Steve Altus

2010 ladder: Steve Altus

2010 “Zester”: Andrew Garnett

2010 “Apple core”: Steve Altus

2009 ladder: Mike Rice

2009 “Zester”: Doron Limor

2009 “Apple core”: Michael Wilkinson

2008 ladder: John Therkelsen

2008 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2008 “Apple core”: Fabio Lo Presti

2007 ladder: Mike Rice

2007 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2007 “Apple core”: Tony Nunn

2006 ladder: Francesco Mazzadi

2006 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2006 “Apple core”: David Grainger

2005 ladder: Jérome Rombaut

2005 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2005 “Apple core”: Jérome Rombaut

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2004 “Zester”: Neil Trentham

2004 “Apple core”: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby


Ladder, 2020

This competition finished on the last day of 2020. Congratulations to Steven De Donder.

Minimum games to qualify: 100.

Pos Name Ladder
score
Current playing strength Games Wins Avg.
score
High
score
Low
score
Positive
scores
Avg. playing strengh of oppo Avg. score adj. for oppo's strength
-Doron Limor1093.294.36529%52.0387-15260%41.393.2
1Steven De Donder1092.6111.320545%85.0452-43572%7.792.6
2David Halasi1085.199.522039%72.7449-47072%12.485.1
3Ben Handley-Pritchard1084.187.719237%54.0409-38767%30.184.1
4Ben Kristensen1083.3103.223639%68.0377-32367%15.283.3
-Alessio Isaia1075.894.75939%61.9354-35563%14.075.8
5Mike Rice1073.291.024544%102.1409-33175%-28.873.2
6Zachary Grossack1071.285.530737%65.0512-43762%6.271.2
7Fabio Quai1070.683.294336%56.3486-46666%14.370.6
8Mark Tynkov1065.182.033736%64.1432-38968%1.065.1
-Peter Coughlin1061.074.09129%38.4356-32467%22.561.0
9Kit Woolsey1058.366.835331%38.8400-44060%19.558.3
10Chris Dixon1055.173.536435%52.6424-46564%2.655.1
11Armando Pontecorvo1050.484.610235%55.0438-43564%-4.650.4
12Jon Rice1046.877.211236%49.9434-41262%-3.146.8
13Tracey B1045.865.272929%29.2522-53059%16.545.8
14Migry Zur Campanile1043.660.114129%14.4329-35854%29.243.6
15Luc Bellicaud1042.558.211829%35.8487-39158%6.742.5
16Dana Berkowitz1041.143.454330%32.1518-56259%9.041.1
17Geoff Hampson1039.477.074729%29.2507-63059%10.239.4
18Dan Hoffenberg1039.460.717031%27.9491-50359%11.539.4
19John Diamond1039.059.517128%44.4424-42759%-5.439.0
20Federico Iavicoli1038.254.624929%34.8388-53061%3.438.2
21Sami Casanova1037.360.725128%25.1374-36860%12.137.3
-Michael Wilkinson1036.983.33040%48.5302-28963%-10.338.2
22Fabrizio Farnesi1036.145.316130%23.0388-51256%13.136.1
23Goran Cekol1035.950.221225%23.4458-54559%12.535.9
-Leonardo Cima1035.08.41050%68.2303-39570%-0.967.3
24Nicole Gilmore1034.652.430225%26.2417-56459%8.334.6
-Franco Garbosi1034.564.26330%29.2450-31656%5.334.5
-Richard Probst1033.566.04038%37.7376-41360%-4.033.7
25Krisztina Ormay1033.147.520529%28.5415-32258%4.633.1
26JoAnna Stansby1030.973.013733%20.8342-52161%10.130.9
-Giles Woodruff1030.963.36821%21.0268-38462%9.830.9
27John Parsons1028.436.549928%20.6479-46458%7.828.4
28Anne Jackson1028.455.427822%3.8346-42053%24.528.4
-Pete Whipple1022.256.42438%34.1286-35063%-9.724.4
-Chris Willenken1021.579.31225%6.3208-20850%29.235.5
29Laura de Laurentiis1019.537.527024%12.1365-43957%7.419.5
-Vedran Zoric1019.325.97524%8.7460-49553%10.719.3
-Jacopo Peterlongo1015.1134.2250%202.0417-1350%-68.1133.9
30Branko Spiljak1014.928.212430%-10.1424-59150%25.014.9
-Dave Beer1013.937.81315%-3.2146-19454%24.921.6
-Tom Townsend1013.566.020%49.5138-3950%70.6120.1
31Federico Bianchi1012.820.374923%5.2478-55452%7.512.8
-Thomas Joannès1012.533.52938%39.8389-54662%-26.813.0
-Mike Gill1012.0-30.12100%86.511459100%20.2106.7
-Theodore Hwa1010.3-48.61100%131.0131131100%52.0183.0
-Thomas Monticelli1010.3188.21100%182.0182182100%0.0182.0
-Lucy Zhang1009.763.7333%187.7235104100%-129.857.8
-Emanuela Pramotton1009.2165.410%130.0130130100%33.0163.0
-Ethan Choo1007.9146.910%246.0246246100%-105.3140.7
-Ilan Jaffé1007.971.5250%76.510647100%-6.570.0
-David Adler1007.635.11233%12.2209-44458%0.412.6
-Gaetano Damiata1007.213.55122%21.3289-26053%-14.17.2
-Leon Zacharia1006.661.420%51.0147-4550%7.258.2
-Swapnil Garg1006.2115.71100%209.0209209100%-99.5109.5
-S McKord1005.9108.410%113.0113113100%-7.6105.4
-Cristoforo Caffi1005.192.01100%137.0137137100%-47.489.6
-Wouter Van den hove1003.9-13.830%14.384-6667%8.823.2
-Paul Grünke1003.971.410%63.06363100%5.768.7
-Philip Wood1003.8119.020%-18.597-13450%52.233.7
-Samuel OB1003.769.010%118.0118118100%-51.766.3
-Ico Inanc1002.826.420%10.0100-8050%14.724.7
32Joan Clark1002.632.117522%4.7372-41249%-2.12.6
-James Krot1002.1-226.210%72.07272100%-35.336.7
33Beppe Mistretta1001.927.136227%-3.5351-48551%5.41.9
-Clovis Dehaye1001.939.210%33.03333100%0.033.0
-David Berkowitz1001.813.030%-53.7-10-1220%64.110.5
-Elena Galli1001.734.010%-28.0-28-280%59.031.0
34Stephen Frechette1001.720.132123%-4.9446-48250%6.61.7
-Steve Altus1001.699.71323%2.2235-26054%0.32.5
35Gianluca Lodato1001.57.316526%-0.4421-44152%1.91.5
-Kenny Colloran1001.5-13.3333%5.3255-18933%3.79.0
-Dan Korbel1001.471.1617%-4.7167-16550%9.14.4
-Tamara Hoylaerts1001.48.49922%-13.2376-47345%14.61.4
-Jennifer Lin1001.3-5.35330%12.6354-42155%-11.31.3
-Catherine Guardiolle1000.87.0367%79.0236-9967%-74.24.8
-Marine Rinette1000.613.610%86.08686100%-75.410.6
-Giuseppe Failla1000.5-15.110%31.03131100%-21.59.5
-Marco Prestini1000.357.2617%1.3136-31467%-0.41.0
-James Lin1000.28.3333%89.7394-25067%-88.51.2
-Andy Bowles1000.259.610%-21.0-21-210%24.43.4
-Cornelia Hornstein999.67.510%38.03838100%-45.2-7.2
-Pierre-Antoine Guardiolle999.5-1.120%13.588-6150%-17.7-4.2
-Rob Brady999.1-12.710%14.01414100%-29.4-15.4
-Giorgio Caccia998.93.460%26.3136-9267%-29.8-3.5
-Julian Foster998.424.52339%20.5346-36670%-22.3-1.8
-Lorenzo Rubeo997.9-34.010%-52.0-52-520%15.6-36.4
-T.C. Altus997.955.010%-40.0-40-400%3.4-36.6
-Francesco Perinti997.0-51.310%-75.0-75-750%21.3-53.7
-Aymeric Lebatteaux996.6-12.0250%-6.0101-11350%-24.3-30.3
-Matt Whipple996.5-28.920%22.02222100%-53.6-31.6
-Giovanni Donati996.4-49.910%15.01515100%-79.6-64.6
36Enrico Bongiorno996.013.133723%0.2418-53451%-4.1-4.0
37Stan Schenker995.97.342820%-4.9413-55350%0.7-4.1
-Fabrizio Guttadauro995.81.32433%24.7234-29058%-29.3-4.6
-Carl Whipple995.2-82.910%-44.0-44-440%-41.7-85.7
-Romain Bernard995.0-81.810%-88.0-88-880%0.0-88.0
-Gncrl L'Artista994.7-78.810%3.033100%-96.5-93.5
-Charles Chuck Endicott994.6-81.110%-145.0-145-1450%49.2-95.8
-Israel Brill994.3-47.520%-19.53-4250%-30.8-50.3
38Aaron Jones994.18.420221%-10.1366-42751%4.3-5.9
-Thomas Whipple994.0-103.010%-103.0-103-1030%-2.7-105.7
-Neptune Olympus993.3-112.410%-35.0-35-350%-83.6-118.6
-Eddie Wold993.3-116.410%3.033100%-122.1-119.1
-Pat Civale993.19.750%-54.0104-29740%28.9-25.1
-Heather Turner993.0-62.120%131.0131131100%-193.0-62.0
-Benoit Guiot992.8-120.810%-127.0-127-1270%0.0-127.0
-Mark Gray992.40.32818%3.5311-33661%-11.4-8.0
-Andrea Elli992.0-142.910%-148.0-148-1480%5.2-142.8
-Ashley Lin991.7-67.720%99.512079100%-173.0-73.5
39Paolo Catoni991.77.051221%-19.0446-49949%10.7-8.3
-Sébastien Thobie991.3-149.01100%118.0118118100%-273.2-155.2
-Rayna Mall991.0-31.9425%3.8295-42875%-44.1-40.4
40Rosalind Lin990.616.630318%-18.1327-58050%8.6-9.4
-Francesco Mazzadi990.526.48226%-18.3290-40050%8.8-9.5
-Jennifer Mourgues990.117.71217%-35.2287-45050%18.8-16.4
-John Child988.6-86.720%-77.522-17750%-24.2-101.7
-Connie Rebardo Mall988.3-16.880%-12.1216-20838%-15.2-27.4
-Mike Develin988.2-90.720%-31.070-13250%-73.7-104.7
-Annalisa La Mantia987.7-211.110%-125.0-125-1250%-92.3-217.3
-Bill Pettis987.2-109.120%-102.084-28850%-11.4-113.4
-Amber Y Lin986.5-237.010%-178.0-178-1780%-61.8-239.8
-Irene Baroni986.5-12.3425%23.8214-7025%-84.5-60.7
-Victor Chubukov986.4-165.820%-79.545-20450%-41.6-121.1
-Pierre Bedouet986.1-241.010%-20.0-20-200%-227.2-247.2
41Adam Grossack985.99.315331%21.9606-41455%-36.0-14.1
-Shireen Mohandes985.751.040%-8.062-5650%-56.0-64.0
-Philip Wang985.7-251.710%-69.0-69-690%-185.4-254.4
-Andrea Frediani985.4-13.310%-289.0-289-2890%30.6-258.4
-Hilto 37984.8-129.320%-122.012-25650%-13.2-135.2
-Mary Gamerman984.4-262.610%-162.0-162-1620%-115.3-277.3
-Donatella Buzzatti983.8-145.620%-153.0-125-1810%8.8-144.2
42Harrison Luba983.616.934124%-12.7412-54049%-3.7-16.4
-Ron Smith983.6-174.120%-124.0-61-1870%-22.1-146.1
-Ryan Eaton983.5-283.710%-330.0-330-3300%37.9-292.1
-Brent Xiao983.5-278.710%-258.0-258-2580%-35.4-293.4
-Anam Tebha983.4-286.910%-284.0-284-2840%-11.3-295.3
43John Rebardo982.416.120116%-22.2273-49448%4.6-17.6
-Stella Wan982.3-142.920%-153.020-32650%-4.0-157.0
-Sylvia Shi981.3-30.730%-131.720-29633%20.1-111.6
-Todd MacMullin981.2-7.26118%-13.8293-40046%-5.0-18.8
-Michael Langman980.4-171.320%101.516241100%-275.5-174.0
-Marie Cambonie980.4-168.220%-72.089-23350%-102.5-174.5
-Thomas Guichet979.8-352.310%-187.0-187-1870%-171.5-358.5
-Hugo Craft979.2-365.510%-285.0-285-2850%-83.4-368.4
-Jean Jacques Tambour979.1-368.210%-424.0-424-4240%53.4-370.6
-Marcus Whipple979.1-183.620%-188.5-179-1980%2.3-186.2
-Sarah Youngquist978.9-371.010%-248.0-248-2480%-125.7-373.7
-Eric Mayefsky978.4-4.2250%-85.549-22050%-107.0-192.5
44John McAllister978.38.717422%-23.5443-56849%1.9-21.7
-Lewis Gamerman976.5-401.910%-371.0-371-3710%-45.6-416.6
45Filippo Lagostena976.4-3.445820%-16.4395-55446%-7.3-23.6
-Sandra Probst975.615.220%-285.5-284-2870%68.5-217.0
-Mihir Singhal975.5-138.930%-158.750-33133%12.8-145.8
46Jill Levin975.2-2.321717%-41.9336-46341%17.1-24.8
-Guido Marotta974.9-221.220%-288.5-193-3840%65.4-223.1
-Cynthia Huang974.1-149.0333%-68.0159-33233%-86.4-154.4
-Zack Chroman973.7-113.2425%8.0341-38450%-126.0-118.0
-Ian Spaulding972.1-97.5540%16.8213-37980%-117.6-100.8
47Sally Woolsey972.0-11.018214%-56.4357-55538%28.5-28.0
-Paula Leslie971.6-11.7239%-34.8187-37843%3.1-31.7
-Caroline Charpentier971.6-99.950%-105.638-28220%2.8-102.8
-Brieuc Pesnel971.3-506.410%-404.0-404-4040%-105.3-509.3
-Giancarlo Rosselli971.0-29.01921%-4.8269-25747%-30.5-35.4
-Ben Chosid970.913.15927%-19.0274-43947%-10.1-29.1
-Thomas Bessis970.7-257.220%-286.5-163-4100%26.1-260.4
-Nicholas Cheung969.323.550%-100.2-4-2260%-10.9-111.1
-Greer Johnson968.5-280.220%-171.0-171-1710%-109.1-280.1
48Niccolò Fossi968.3-35.611824%-11.9365-42647%-19.8-31.7
-James Holzhauer968.0-274.120%-143.585-37250%-141.3-284.8
-Liz Goulding-Gray967.8-58.83013%-42.5289-32037%9.2-33.3
-Karis Mall966.2-297.420%-344.5-328-3610%43.6-300.9
-Kent Goulding965.245.91233%-30.3265-26142%-27.3-57.6
-Eric Schwartz964.9-44.31520%-42.5184-27547%-6.9-49.4
-Mindren Lu964.7-620.210%-572.0-572-5720%-54.4-626.4
-Raphaël Basler962.1-134.7520%-89.6211-33640%-47.5-137.1
-Eugenio Mistretta960.6-39.02631%9.3361-32750%-51.4-42.2
-Finn Kolesnik957.6-36.86821%-28.6490-52550%-13.8-42.4
-Luca Cesati Cassin957.53.69613%-59.5240-47739%17.0-42.5
-Joshua Donn957.3-8.83020%-31.5420-56637%-12.6-44.2
-Federico Biella Morganti956.9-253.930%-213.3-86-2770%-43.0-256.4
49Josh Richards956.0-13.622126%13.8556-62354%-57.8-44.0
-Andrea Failla955.4-38.72627%-40.2253-50950%-7.6-47.8
-Christophe Grosset954.0-29.62619%-37.6306-37935%-11.6-49.3
-Luca Malosti951.9-57.61817%-72.9242-24728%12.5-60.4
-Christine Rebardo950.2-123.7714%-156.372-46629%25.0-131.3
50Umberto Prestini950.1-30.142919%-54.4416-76342%4.5-49.9
51Paolo Colombo949.5-20.761920%-52.3397-69242%1.8-50.5
52Keiran Crowe-Mai949.1-38.229616%-51.5330-60241%0.6-50.9
-Silvia Saccomanno947.7-50.13719%-34.1208-31843%-18.7-52.8
53Zion Amir946.3-37.710915%-50.4306-57340%-3.3-53.7
-Steve De Roos945.23.030%-330.3-226-5290%4.4-325.9
-Max Anderson944.4-486.720%-247.0-214-2800%-247.3-494.3
-Abbie Richards943.9-991.910%-688.0-688-6880%-306.7-994.7
-Francisco Castro939.7-169.560%-180.8-7-3340%-2.5-183.4
54Aditi Srinivasan937.8-54.911213%-66.4319-42438%4.3-62.2
-Emma Kolesnik937.0-130.790%-107.0-12-2500%-25.5-132.5
-Joe Elleson933.8-58.240%-343.3-167-6410%46.0-297.3
-Marco Novara933.8-91.9147%-74.9214-34121%-22.9-97.7
-Caterina Burgio932.9-39.3147%-76.3143-45329%-22.6-98.9
-Olivia Schireson930.0-308.140%-299.0-100-4990%-15.5-314.5
-Sahil Shah926.7-64.03714%-64.6313-42841%-9.3-73.9
-Aashish Welling922.4-70.63116%-72.7233-41235%-7.1-79.9
55Beryel Dorscht922.2-61.659314%-86.2443-57833%8.4-77.8
-Mauro Camerota918.7-151.1922%-154.1316-51333%-16.8-170.9
-Markus Dramisino918.7-60.49418%-69.1337-52343%-12.2-81.3
-Murat Molva918.6-477.430%-519.3-390-5930%34.6-484.7
56Giorgio Peterlongo914.6-62.257913%-87.7360-59431%2.3-85.4
-Lew Stansby913.137.62814%-73.5216-57332%-17.7-91.2
57Dan Jablonski912.6-73.812912%-82.0291-54730%-5.3-87.4
-Alessandro Colombo910.2-84.44212%-86.6271-61231%-3.5-90.1
-Bud Stuart909.4-81.29111%-54.7386-70440%-35.8-90.6
-Corey Robinson904.8-25.24715%-83.9227-49634%-11.5-95.3
-Matt Sperling904.1-246.7714%-217.7108-58529%-35.1-252.8
-Anastasia Di Lorenzo901.3-90.63412%-112.3188-49724%11.9-100.4
-Jacob Freeman896.2-110.2200%-97.859-38320%-25.4-123.2
-Melissa Holzhauer889.7-486.840%-422.3-330-5720%-73.2-495.5
-Alex Rubin-Rattet881.3-92.19919%-59.1337-55338%-59.6-118.7
58Gabriel Feldstein878.8-95.832115%-69.6378-61137%-51.6-121.2
-Chris Obenshain873.6-237.4100%-214.04-40310%-28.8-242.8
-Marco Di Ruggiero868.0-117.64813%-113.1309-56329%-19.0-132.1
-Sarina Chaiken861.1-109.97114%-65.9358-44135%-73.0-138.9
59Ben Weissman860.1-122.510121%-32.3322-51445%-107.5-139.9
-Josh Penzias851.2-175.12025%-68.1391-48240%-108.5-176.5
-Ugo Mirto850.2-161.1229%-178.6134-62223%8.5-170.1
-Paola Silvia Colombo849.8-152.32214%-173.7203-56727%3.0-170.7
-Greg Penzias832.7-344.490%-254.7175-82822%-97.1-351.8
-Joe Anderson827.9-270.6128%-96.6238-56233%-188.4-285.0
-Nancy Stuart798.9-185.9662%-187.5259-55214%-13.6-201.1
-Ben Shopper729.9-257.1353%-155.0198-63729%-118.8-273.8


Hall of Fame, 2020

Highest scores achieved over the period:

Name Result
 Adam Grossack606
 Dean Pokorny557
 Josh Richards556
 Tracey B522
 Dana Berkowitz518


Hall of Shame, 2020

Lowest scores over the period:

Name Result
 Greg Penzias-828
 Umberto Prestini-763
 Bud Stuart-704
 Paolo Colombo-692
 Paolo Colombo-692