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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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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

September 2021

October 2021

November 2021

2004-2020

Previous game data

January 2021

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March 2021

April 2021

May 2021

June 2021

July 2021

August 2021

September 2021

October 2021

November 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

September: Kit Woolsey

October: Chris Dixon

November: Steven De Donder

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, November 2021

This competition finished on the last day of November 2021. Congratulations to Steven De Donder.

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	Steven De Donder	1129.9	105.9	31	45%	112.5	457	-357	77%	21.2	133.7
2	Chris Dixon	1126.6	91.3	28	43%	110.7	347	-52	79%	22.3	133.0
3	Mark Tynkov	1121.9	90.4	18	56%	119.2	335	-233	72%	33.8	152.9
4	Ben Kristensen	1100.1	102.4	23	35%	69.0	271	-372	70%	42.7	111.7
5	Mike Rice	1097.1	87.0	13	62%	152.2	453	-86	92%	-1.0	151.2
6	Fabio Quai	1095.6	79.4	60	32%	60.9	381	-402	72%	34.7	95.6
7	Tracey B	1091.1	73.6	98	39%	59.8	298	-375	68%	31.2	91.1
8	Zachary Grossack	1085.5	98.2	12	42%	87.7	432	-265	67%	53.8	141.5
9	Anne Jackson	1069.6	61.4	33	33%	18.3	283	-266	58%	52.7	71.0
10	Jill Levin	1060.4	22.6	28	29%	14.3	211	-309	61%	49.1	63.4
11	Migry Zur Campanile	1059.9	77.5	18	28%	27.1	233	-226	61%	48.1	75.1
12	Nicole Gilmore	1059.3	73.8	15	47%	27.5	248	-238	53%	55.9	83.4
13	Joan Clark	1057.5	43.9	19	37%	48.5	230	-98	53%	21.6	70.1
14	Kit Woolsey	1054.2	82.3	28	21%	23.8	325	-332	64%	33.2	56.9
15	Simon Hunter	1053.3	49.9	28	25%	32.1	421	-336	61%	23.9	56.0
16	Dan Hoffenberg	1050.8	69.6	45	22%	12.3	388	-384	53%	38.6	50.9
17	Fabrizio Farnesi	1045.9	44.7	141	30%	16.2	388	-407	57%	29.7	45.9
18	Fabrizio Guttadauro	1042.2	42.7	39	28%	31.3	322	-321	59%	11.2	42.4
-	JoAnna Stansby	1041.0	63.5	5	60%	88.4	292	-155	60%	60.0	148.4
19	Benoit Guiot	1040.1	17.7	19	26%	19.2	361	-295	58%	29.6	48.8
20	David Halasi	1039.2	104.7	7	43%	59.3	197	-81	86%	44.1	103.4
21	Geoff Hampson	1036.0	77.5	25	32%	1.0	255	-371	56%	38.1	39.0
22	Federico Bianchi	1035.6	47.1	44	16%	-5.5	247	-371	57%	41.2	35.7
23	Gaetano Damiata	1031.2	37.5	72	24%	7.8	293	-437	49%	23.5	31.2
24	Aditi Srinivasan	1027.7	47.0	23	17%	-16.0	356	-220	39%	46.9	30.9
-	Alessio Isaia	1024.3	93.8	5	20%	39.6	351	-244	80%	48.4	88.0
-	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1018.4	85.4	5	40%	23.6	182	-133	60%	42.8	66.4
-	John Diamond	1014.9	67.4	4	50%	17.5	205	-274	75%	49.6	67.1
-	Julian Foster	1011.6	34.0	1	100%	183.0	183	183	100%	22.7	205.7
-	John Rebardo	1010.8	27.1	1	0%	124.0	124	124	100%	67.2	191.2
25	Sami Casanova	1010.3	43.3	8	25%	-16.0	84	-224	50%	39.9	23.9
-	Clovis Dehaye	1010.1	55.3	4	25%	12.0	59	-37	50%	33.4	45.4
-	John Parsons	1009.0	37.2	4	25%	2.8	180	-183	50%	37.7	40.5
26	Filippo Lagostena	1009.0	-13.9	18	11%	-28.7	204	-366	44%	40.0	11.3
-	Silvia Saccomanno	1008.6	-21.1	2	50%	45.5	177	-86	50%	31.2	76.7
27	Tamara Hoylaerts	1005.7	-0.1	62	15%	-34.7	281	-407	35%	40.4	5.7
-	Umberto Prestini	1005.4	-8.0	3	33%	-19.0	143	-227	67%	51.4	32.4
-	Ben Chosid	1003.6	32.3	1	0%	41.0	41	41	100%	22.1	63.1
-	Peter Coughlin	1002.0	68.1	2	0%	-51.0	17	-119	50%	68.7	17.7
28	Paolo Colombo	1001.1	-1.2	66	20%	-39.0	323	-575	50%	40.1	1.1
29	Stan Schenker	999.6	18.8	79	22%	-32.3	288	-482	44%	31.9	-0.4
30	Gianluca Lodato	997.8	0.5	31	19%	-31.8	244	-304	39%	29.5	-2.3
-	Gabriel Feldstein	997.3	-61.8	4	25%	-60.5	275	-307	25%	48.4	-12.1
-	Adam Grossack	997.0	28.0	3	0%	-20.0	215	-190	33%	2.4	-17.6
-	Aaron Jones	995.0	13.3	3	0%	-54.7	20	-122	33%	25.0	-29.7
-	Tony Nunn	994.1	71.4	1	0%	-114.0	-114	-114	0%	8.5	-105.5
31	Rosalind Lin	991.8	33.0	25	12%	-43.5	189	-393	40%	34.6	-8.9
32	Beppe Mistretta	988.1	37.5	31	13%	-43.3	224	-315	42%	31.1	-12.2
-	Bud Stuart	987.7	-50.9	4	0%	-31.8	35	-86	25%	-23.5	-55.2
33	Giorgio Caccia	985.8	-0.8	26	27%	-46.4	213	-466	38%	31.2	-15.2
-	Alex Rubin-Rattet	981.1	-57.2	1	0%	-377.0	-377	-377	0%	41.0	-336.0
-	Nicholas Cheung	980.8	28.2	1	0%	-386.0	-386	-386	0%	44.5	-341.5
34	Stephen Frechette	976.2	10.1	12	8%	-87.7	264	-405	8%	48.2	-39.4
-	Michael Empeigne	974.0	-374.9	1	0%	-460.0	-460	-460	0%	-1.3	-461.3
35	Keiran Crowe-Mai	970.9	-38.0	13	15%	-68.7	206	-364	38%	23.4	-45.3
-	Nancy Stuart	964.0	-189.3	4	0%	-184.8	-105	-251	0%	23.2	-161.6
-	Alessandro Colombo	962.3	-3.6	5	0%	-181.6	176	-610	20%	45.1	-136.5
36	Sally Woolsey	945.1	-39.7	13	0%	-133.1	135	-412	38%	47.6	-85.5
37	Giorgio Peterlongo	918.8	-70.9	72	4%	-120.3	170	-526	24%	39.1	-81.2
38	Beryel Dorscht	892.7	-93.6	33	3%	-144.8	127	-558	27%	35.4	-109.4

Hall of Fame, November 2021

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Steven De Donder	457
	Mike Rice	453
	Zachary Grossack	432
	Simon Hunter	421
	Steven De Donder	404

Hall of Shame, November 2021

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Alessandro Colombo	-610
	Paolo Colombo	-575
	Beryel Dorscht	-558
	Paolo Colombo	-533
	Paolo Colombo	-529