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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.

This month

Ladder

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This year

Ladder

Zester and Apple Core Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Previous ladders

January 2021

February 2021

March 2021

April 2021

May 2021

June 2021

July 2021

2004-2020

Previous game data

January 2021

February 2021

March 2021

April 2021

May 2021

June 2021

July 2021

2003-2020

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2021

January: Dave Halasi

February: Mike Rice

March: Ben Handley-Pritchard

April: Ben Handley-Pritchard

May: Ben Handley-Pritchard

June: Mark Tynkov

July: Nicole Gilmore

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, July 2021

This competition finished on the last day of July 2021. Congratulations to Nicole Gilmore.

Minimum games to qualify: 6.

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
1	Nicole Gilmore	1125.7	75.6	21	57%	96.5	195	-61	86%	49.2	145.8
2	Steven De Donder	1100.4	101.7	35	43%	75.2	389	-256	69%	26.6	101.8
3	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1096.5	94.8	55	35%	55.4	381	-389	64%	41.1	96.5
4	Geoff Hampson	1096.2	84.1	51	35%	61.0	335	-233	61%	35.2	96.2
5	Fabio Quai	1084.2	86.2	60	23%	53.1	353	-228	67%	31.1	84.2
6	Kit Woolsey	1079.3	75.8	63	41%	46.2	334	-615	65%	33.1	79.3
7	Migry Zur Campanile	1071.2	82.1	27	37%	34.5	323	-239	63%	40.9	75.4
8	Chris Dixon	1067.3	70.4	37	35%	46.7	265	-320	65%	21.3	67.9
9	David Halasi	1067.2	103.1	7	43%	152.0	263	62	100%	25.2	177.2
10	Federico Bianchi	1065.8	53.3	42	31%	27.0	291	-434	62%	39.0	66.0
11	Tracey B	1065.2	63.4	28	14%	29.7	207	-156	61%	38.8	68.5
12	Dana Berkowitz	1063.3	43.1	36	31%	18.1	317	-332	56%	45.9	64.0
13	Mark Tynkov	1059.8	92.0	14	36%	61.3	265	-147	71%	26.9	88.2
14	Rosalind Lin	1059.4	42.3	31	32%	38.2	291	-215	58%	23.0	61.2
15	Stan Schenker	1058.9	25.9	36	28%	25.6	363	-467	58%	33.9	59.5
16	Mike Rice	1058.8	86.9	20	35%	69.2	313	-139	70%	0.5	69.7
17	Simon Hunter	1058.0	39.6	29	34%	32.7	332	-460	72%	27.7	60.4
18	Fabrizio Farnesi	1055.0	41.0	47	30%	10.0	399	-370	55%	45.1	55.0
19	Zachary Grossack	1052.9	95.0	12	25%	46.0	460	-301	58%	41.6	87.6
20	Ben Kristensen	1052.6	106.3	18	33%	21.7	328	-399	61%	44.3	66.0
21	Anne Jackson	1046.0	58.6	29	21%	3.3	372	-284	45%	44.6	47.9
22	Tamara Hoylaerts	1043.2	5.2	25	24%	7.7	162	-217	56%	39.1	46.8
23	Fabrizio Guttadauro	1042.2	42.2	60	25%	24.1	290	-368	60%	18.2	42.2
24	Giorgio Caccia	1039.9	-1.6	17	18%	15.2	342	-358	59%	36.6	51.8
25	Gaetano Damiata	1027.7	35.5	37	30%	-4.1	282	-314	51%	32.1	28.0
26	Aditi Srinivasan	1027.3	52.2	12	25%	-9.2	249	-279	33%	54.3	45.1
-	John McAllister	1024.9	21.4	4	25%	75.3	252	-55	75%	36.4	111.6
27	JoAnna Stansby	1020.0	59.7	28	7%	-19.0	232	-302	39%	39.9	21.0
-	Aaron Jones	1016.5	13.8	2	0%	130.5	186	75	100%	16.1	146.6
-	Alessio Isaia	1016.5	95.5	5	20%	27.0	185	-130	60%	32.5	59.5
28	Alessandro Colombo	1015.6	-11.2	43	19%	-12.4	288	-340	44%	28.0	15.6
-	Dan Hoffenberg	1013.2	66.8	1	100%	200.0	200	200	100%	34.8	234.8
-	Richard Probst	1012.1	70.1	3	67%	49.0	202	-215	67%	22.7	71.7
-	Luc Bellicaud	1011.3	48.4	1	100%	132.0	132	132	100%	68.2	200.2
-	Joshua Donn	1010.8	-3.0	1	0%	168.0	168	168	100%	23.6	191.6
-	Enrico Bongiorno	1008.5	25.1	1	100%	110.0	110	110	100%	40.8	150.8
29	Benoit Guiot	1007.1	11.8	21	19%	-28.6	309	-399	52%	36.8	8.3
30	Gianluca Lodato	1006.3	0.8	57	18%	-31.7	257	-403	46%	38.0	6.3
31	Paolo Colombo	1006.2	-18.2	26	27%	-30.5	410	-406	50%	37.0	6.6
-	Ben Chosid	1003.7	39.3	1	100%	74.0	74	74	100%	-9.0	65.0
-	Joan Clark	1002.4	34.1	5	20%	-19.6	120	-108	40%	28.3	8.7
-	Vedran Zoric	1001.0	28.9	1	0%	3.0	3	3	100%	15.2	18.2
32	Jill Levin	1000.7	15.5	47	15%	-46.0	273	-424	45%	46.7	0.7
-	Liz Goulding-Gray	999.3	-49.5	2	0%	-38.0	-1	-75	0%	32.2	-5.8
-	Paula Leslie	999.3	-17.0	1	0%	-22.0	-22	-22	0%	9.7	-12.3
33	Goran Cekol	997.9	73.4	12	8%	-41.7	169	-277	42%	38.1	-3.5
34	Adam Grossack	997.4	20.7	13	8%	-12.2	242	-282	46%	8.1	-4.0
-	Kent Goulding	996.8	56.4	1	0%	-68.0	-68	-68	0%	10.8	-57.2
35	Filippo Lagostena	996.0	-9.7	11	9%	-24.3	194	-225	45%	17.2	-7.1
-	Julian Foster	995.7	16.7	1	0%	-74.0	-74	-74	0%	-2.4	-76.4
-	Ella Jacob	995.1	-54.0	1	0%	-128.0	-128	-128	0%	41.0	-87.0
-	Umberto Prestini	994.6	-9.5	4	25%	-88.0	354	-421	50%	63.9	-24.1
36	Bud Stuart	991.7	-52.1	7	14%	1.0	298	-140	29%	-22.9	-21.9
-	Mark Gray	988.9	4.9	2	0%	-111.5	-102	-121	0%	13.2	-98.3
-	Ron Smith	988.2	-172.3	1	0%	-206.0	-206	-206	0%	-3.0	-209.0
37	Sami Casanova	985.1	54.6	14	14%	-70.4	156	-383	36%	48.4	-22.0
38	Beppe Mistretta	979.0	28.7	21	10%	-53.0	248	-376	43%	28.6	-24.4
-	Liz Fitzgerald	977.6	-149.4	2	0%	-238.0	-93	-383	0%	38.4	-199.6
-	Peter Coughlin	976.6	66.8	4	0%	-179.0	-3	-351	0%	73.9	-105.1
39	John Parsons	970.7	34.0	8	0%	-104.9	122	-338	38%	36.4	-68.5
40	Keiran Crowe-Mai	965.1	-27.6	21	19%	-77.8	209	-528	33%	37.3	-40.5
41	Giorgio Peterlongo	961.8	-76.0	19	21%	-77.7	204	-343	37%	31.2	-46.5
-	Hilto 37	948.5	-146.1	2	0%	-476.0	-318	-634	0%	18.1	-457.9
42	Alex Rubin-Rattet	946.1	-51.2	9	11%	-124.8	247	-442	33%	11.4	-113.3
43	Nancy Stuart	935.3	-193.1	7	0%	-194.9	-117	-294	0%	24.3	-170.6
44	Gabriel Feldstein	912.9	-80.1	14	7%	-168.6	325	-504	36%	40.0	-128.5
45	Beryel Dorscht	912.4	-76.5	47	9%	-131.3	220	-645	23%	43.6	-87.7
46	Sally Woolsey	911.0	-41.0	40	13%	-135.6	279	-485	25%	46.2	-89.4

Hall of Fame, July 2021

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Zachary Grossack	460
	Paolo Colombo	410
	Fabrizio Farnesi	399
	Steven De Donder	389
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	381

Hall of Shame, July 2021

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Beryel Dorscht	-645
	Hilto 37	-634
	Kit Woolsey	-615
	Keiran Crowe-Mai	-528
	Beryel Dorscht	-505