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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

Halls of Shame & Fame

Game data

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

August 2021

2004-2020

Previous game data

January 2021

February 2021

March 2021

April 2021

May 2021

June 2021

July 2021

August 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

August: Ben Kristensen

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, August 2021

This competition finished on the last day of August 2021. Congratulations to Ben Kristensen.

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	Ben Kristensen	1122.1	111.5	44	43%	85.1	357	-184	68%	37.3	122.4
2	Chris Dixon	1096.6	77.7	36	47%	69.8	409	-432	64%	27.9	97.7
3	Geoff Hampson	1093.7	86.7	36	28%	45.8	553	-268	67%	49.0	94.8
4	Zachary Grossack	1089.2	100.4	11	55%	127.5	413	-342	82%	31.0	158.4
5	Kit Woolsey	1087.0	81.6	67	33%	46.3	424	-378	63%	40.7	87.0
6	John Parsons	1082.9	45.5	36	33%	52.4	324	-307	64%	31.4	83.9
7	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1082.2	93.6	33	36%	33.2	327	-427	61%	50.7	83.9
8	JoAnna Stansby	1075.2	63.8	26	31%	38.4	261	-204	65%	42.1	80.5
9	Fabio Quai	1070.3	80.2	67	33%	29.7	366	-306	60%	40.6	70.3
10	Simon Hunter	1060.8	45.0	30	30%	36.6	328	-345	60%	26.3	62.9
11	Gaetano Damiata	1060.1	43.6	47	28%	45.2	301	-309	57%	14.9	60.2
12	Mark Tynkov	1056.3	85.2	31	32%	26.0	288	-160	48%	31.9	57.9
13	Steven De Donder	1046.5	96.9	19	26%	36.0	391	-349	53%	20.6	56.6
14	Tracey B	1045.1	58.5	52	33%	8.9	489	-343	46%	36.3	45.2
15	Sami Casanova	1040.3	53.4	27	15%	8.8	206	-282	52%	33.9	42.7
16	Richard Probst	1038.9	71.9	8	25%	52.3	268	-126	63%	38.5	90.7
17	Fabrizio Guttadauro	1036.7	41.4	38	29%	22.1	340	-260	58%	14.9	37.0
18	Stan Schenker	1036.4	30.0	46	24%	11.0	381	-258	41%	25.5	36.4
19	Federico Bianchi	1033.5	47.3	51	22%	-3.4	359	-309	49%	37.0	33.5
-	Tony Nunn	1033.0	74.7	4	50%	138.3	219	66	100%	9.7	148.0
-	Francesco Mazzadi	1031.7	41.8	4	25%	93.8	171	-1	75%	48.7	142.4
20	Adam Grossack	1031.7	24.5	7	29%	53.0	288	-169	57%	30.5	83.5
21	Nicole Gilmore	1031.6	76.6	7	14%	22.4	127	-89	71%	60.9	83.3
22	Benoit Guiot	1031.1	17.2	33	27%	13.8	285	-233	61%	17.9	31.7
23	Fabrizio Farnesi	1030.9	41.0	21	33%	1.8	323	-360	48%	34.1	35.9
24	Anne Jackson	1030.4	52.6	38	18%	-18.7	233	-348	42%	49.4	30.6
25	Beppe Mistretta	1029.4	30.0	23	26%	11.3	325	-384	65%	21.5	32.8
26	Dan Hoffenberg	1027.6	67.8	7	43%	55.4	239	-80	57%	17.3	72.7
27	Mike Rice	1026.7	82.7	15	53%	63.3	315	-249	60%	-25.8	37.5
28	Migry Zur Campanile	1025.8	81.2	9	0%	16.1	374	-322	44%	38.1	54.3
29	Clovis Dehaye	1023.4	53.6	18	33%	13.3	313	-353	56%	16.0	29.3
-	Peter Coughlin	1021.7	71.1	1	100%	364.0	364	364	100%	21.2	385.2
30	Paolo Colombo	1019.3	-9.1	39	28%	-19.6	310	-514	46%	39.0	19.4
31	Giorgio Caccia	1017.3	2.3	12	42%	-8.2	216	-347	58%	36.8	28.6
-	David Halasi	1017.1	103.7	3	33%	58.3	171	-44	67%	43.7	102.0
32	Jill Levin	1016.6	16.8	51	16%	-33.5	225	-449	43%	50.1	16.6
33	Rosalind Lin	1015.6	40.0	20	25%	25.1	316	-182	50%	-6.6	18.5
-	Julian Foster	1013.0	21.7	4	25%	30.8	198	-161	50%	27.4	58.2
-	L Milne	1012.1	216.0	1	100%	287.0	287	287	100%	-71.7	215.3
34	Alessandro Colombo	1010.8	-2.5	57	21%	-20.9	258	-433	47%	31.7	10.8
-	Jennifer Mourgues	1010.7	17.6	3	67%	29.7	142	-130	67%	33.8	63.5
35	Joan Clark	1010.2	34.6	6	17%	-14.8	231	-279	33%	45.9	31.1
-	Susan Humphries	1006.3	112.0	1	0%	131.0	131	131	100%	-19.7	111.3
-	John Rebardo	1004.9	25.8	1	0%	20.0	20	20	100%	66.9	86.9
-	Alessio Isaia	1003.7	94.0	4	0%	-55.0	33	-154	50%	71.4	16.4
-	Josh Richards	1001.2	-1.6	1	100%	100.0	100	100	100%	-78.8	21.2
-	Nick J	994.4	-98.0	1	0%	-184.0	-184	-184	0%	85.3	-98.7
36	Tamara Hoylaerts	994.2	4.2	26	12%	-52.6	124	-286	31%	46.3	-6.2
-	Ella Jacob	988.2	-59.3	1	0%	-234.0	-234	-234	0%	24.0	-210.0
-	Steve Altus	984.0	105.2	2	0%	-209.0	-196	-222	0%	66.4	-142.6
37	Bud Stuart	983.0	-50.7	8	25%	-17.4	208	-227	50%	-22.4	-39.7
-	Sarina Chaiken	979.4	-108.9	2	0%	-199.0	10	-408	50%	16.2	-182.8
38	Sally Woolsey	977.9	-39.7	13	0%	-85.6	111	-379	46%	51.2	-34.4
-	Ben Chosid	977.8	34.6	5	20%	-100.8	113	-306	40%	20.5	-80.3
-	Liz Fitzgerald	976.0	-157.1	1	0%	-414.0	-414	-414	0%	-11.2	-425.2
-	Gamerman Lewis	975.7	-429.8	1	0%	-429.0	-429	-429	0%	-1.5	-430.5
39	Gabriel Feldstein	969.4	-75.6	16	13%	-67.2	168	-510	31%	25.9	-41.3
-	Alex Rubin-Rattet	967.9	-53.1	5	0%	-105.0	65	-300	20%	-11.0	-116.0
40	Stephen Frechette	966.0	12.9	8	0%	-111.5	57	-474	25%	32.1	-79.4
41	Filippo Lagostena	965.3	-12.8	8	0%	-100.6	-13	-382	0%	19.5	-81.1
42	Giorgio Peterlongo	965.1	-64.6	39	10%	-69.7	243	-434	36%	34.6	-35.1
-	John McAllister	951.2	13.5	2	0%	-509.0	0	-1018	0%	75.5	-433.5
43	Silvia Saccomanno	949.3	-45.2	21	0%	-88.4	121	-363	19%	29.6	-58.8
44	Gianluca Lodato	949.2	-12.9	47	13%	-75.2	276	-435	26%	24.3	-50.9
45	Keiran Crowe-Mai	947.1	-32.8	29	10%	-80.4	179	-432	31%	25.3	-55.1
46	Nancy Stuart	944.5	-186.9	8	0%	-154.0	131	-458	38%	24.5	-129.5
47	Beryel Dorscht	932.0	-73.9	46	11%	-111.6	185	-383	24%	43.5	-68.1

Hall of Fame, August 2021

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Geoff Hampson	553
	Tracey B	489
	Kit Woolsey	424
	Zachary Grossack	413
	Tracey B	409

Hall of Shame, August 2021

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	John McAllister	-1018
	Paolo Colombo	-514
	Gabriel Feldstein	-510
	Stephen Frechette	-474
	Nancy Stuart	-458