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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

December 2022

2004-2022

Previous game data

December 2022

2003-2022

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2022

January: Mark Tynkov

February: Kit Woolsey

March: Ben Kristensen

April: Steven De Donder

May: Ben Kristensen

June: Ben Kristensen

July: Steven De Donder

August: Fabio Quai

September: Zach Grossack

October: Ben Kristensen

November: Mark Tynkov

December: Steven De Donder

Annual winners, 2003-22

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

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, 2022

This competition finished on the last day of 2022. Congratulations to Mike Rice.

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
-	David Halasi	1121.1	113.0	55	38%	91.7	395	-351	75%	29.4	121.1
1	Mike Rice	1120.1	111.2	148	57%	131.8	426	-304	82%	-11.7	120.1
2	Steven De Donder	1104.2	110.5	363	46%	81.9	433	-452	72%	22.3	104.2
3	Ben Kristensen	1101.8	108.1	482	39%	74.9	527	-488	69%	26.9	101.8
4	Geoff Hampson	1096.2	98.8	601	39%	61.7	503	-414	66%	34.5	96.2
5	Mark Tynkov	1092.2	100.7	325	35%	69.0	582	-489	68%	23.2	92.2
-	Adam Grossack	1088.7	45.9	30	27%	57.0	313	-236	67%	34.8	91.8
6	Fabio Quai	1086.2	88.4	1061	36%	52.4	468	-477	67%	33.8	86.2
7	Zachary Grossack	1085.7	96.3	117	34%	50.0	643	-398	61%	35.7	85.7
8	Kit Woolsey	1081.0	82.4	219	37%	58.8	504	-337	67%	22.3	81.0
9	Alessio Isaia	1079.6	83.5	155	36%	53.5	439	-458	64%	26.1	79.6
10	John Diamond	1071.8	71.3	129	34%	33.0	440	-324	61%	38.8	71.8
11	Migry Zur Campanile	1071.0	80.0	137	28%	26.2	329	-467	55%	44.8	71.0
12	Dan Hoffenberg	1069.9	61.0	308	33%	47.9	477	-410	64%	22.1	69.9
-	Clovis Dehaye	1069.4	61.4	44	36%	38.0	384	-283	55%	31.5	69.5
13	Aditi Srinivasan	1069.2	68.1	115	30%	30.8	354	-293	58%	38.4	69.2
14	Krisztina Ormay	1065.1	71.1	354	31%	29.6	387	-551	59%	35.5	65.1
-	Richard Probst	1062.2	67.0	28	32%	30.3	424	-380	54%	35.0	65.3
15	Sami Casanova	1057.1	58.2	442	28%	23.0	390	-400	59%	34.1	57.1
16	Gaetano Damiata	1053.4	60.3	585	29%	23.7	421	-492	56%	29.8	53.4
-	Anne Jackson	1052.0	53.8	67	27%	5.2	242	-311	51%	46.8	52.0
17	Tracey B	1050.4	48.6	584	26%	15.1	442	-427	56%	35.4	50.4
18	John Parsons	1050.3	51.5	118	25%	16.3	364	-533	57%	34.1	50.3
19	Nicole Gilmore	1047.8	55.7	165	25%	11.3	345	-515	51%	36.5	47.8
20	Simon Hunter	1047.3	47.4	105	26%	14.0	380	-308	52%	33.2	47.3
21	Fabrizio Farnesi	1045.9	44.2	842	27%	14.5	414	-766	57%	31.5	45.9
-	David Adler	1045.7	46.6	5	60%	120.6	200	-56	80%	44.8	165.4
22	Chris Dixon	1044.7	59.0	153	28%	18.9	321	-436	54%	25.7	44.7
23	Beppe Mistretta	1040.7	47.4	413	26%	6.1	384	-608	56%	34.7	40.7
24	Hilto 37	1036.1	31.9	130	34%	10.7	525	-619	48%	25.4	36.1
25	Federico Bianchi	1034.4	36.6	487	22%	-4.7	532	-499	50%	39.1	34.4
-	Pete Whipple	1033.4	68.1	4	50%	91.3	312	-186	75%	58.7	150.0
26	Benoit Guiot	1030.6	29.1	188	23%	-1.2	342	-547	53%	31.8	30.6
27	Jill Levin	1028.8	39.5	468	18%	-15.7	378	-593	48%	44.5	28.8
28	Joan Clark	1025.5	17.1	390	20%	1.6	389	-481	55%	24.0	25.5
-	Francesco Mazzadi	1025.2	37.2	93	15%	-8.0	307	-524	51%	33.2	25.2
-	Fabrizio Guttadauro	1024.0	40.3	51	29%	9.9	360	-318	47%	14.1	24.0
29	Stan Schenker	1019.3	21.1	639	20%	-11.6	398	-537	50%	30.9	19.3
30	Alessandro Colombo	1018.5	15.1	616	21%	-12.0	398	-430	48%	30.5	18.5
31	Rosalind Lin	1018.1	25.7	268	19%	-7.0	332	-495	49%	25.2	18.1
-	Chris Smith	1015.9	47.8	2	50%	181.0	361	1	100%	-40.0	141.0
-	Goran Cekol	1014.3	71.3	15	27%	-14.9	218	-542	53%	35.1	20.1
32	Paolo Catoni	1013.6	17.6	118	18%	-27.7	336	-420	44%	41.2	13.6
33	Gianluca Lodato	1013.1	12.1	427	19%	-23.0	345	-576	48%	36.1	13.1
34	Giorgio Caccia	1011.8	19.6	290	17%	-22.6	398	-418	42%	34.4	11.8
-	Aaron Jones	1011.0	17.3	2	0%	51.0	153	-51	50%	46.6	97.6
-	Jennifer Mourgues	1010.8	17.4	3	0%	28.0	125	-24	33%	36.6	64.6
-	Mark Gray	1009.0	13.4	2	50%	69.5	130	9	100%	10.9	80.4
35	Kevin Zhou	1008.4	15.1	143	24%	-31.4	408	-502	42%	39.7	8.4
-	Steve De Roos	1008.0	11.7	1	0%	87.0	87	87	100%	54.6	141.6
-	Liz Goulding-Gray	1006.7	-40.5	2	50%	30.5	83	-22	50%	29.2	59.7
-	Stephen Frechette	1002.9	12.5	55	16%	-40.2	329	-370	42%	43.2	2.9
-	Christine Rebardo	1002.3	-93.3	1	0%	50.0	50	50	100%	-8.6	41.4
-	Luca Cesati Cassin	1002.0	11.1	1	0%	74.0	74	74	100%	-37.9	36.1
-	Nicholas Cheung	1001.7	30.3	2	0%	-8.5	119	-136	50%	23.9	15.4
-	David Stanley Jato	998.8	-73.3	1	0%	-18.0	-18	-18	0%	-4.1	-22.1
-	Eric Schwartz	998.5	-37.7	1	0%	-82.0	-82	-82	0%	54.8	-27.2
-	Aashish Welling	998.3	-53.9	1	0%	-71.0	-71	-71	0%	41.6	-29.4
-	Alex Rubin-Rattet	998.3	-52.0	5	20%	-45.2	68	-311	60%	39.0	-6.2
36	Filippo Lagostena	995.7	-5.8	253	13%	-35.9	350	-612	47%	31.6	-4.3
-	John Rebardo	994.7	30.7	14	14%	-37.1	207	-331	43%	29.2	-7.9
-	Ben Handley-Pritchard	991.2	83.8	3	0%	-110.7	105	-304	33%	58.5	-52.1
37	Tamara Hoylaerts	990.7	-1.5	217	16%	-45.6	318	-428	41%	36.2	-9.3
38	Paolo Colombo	990.3	-11.0	357	17%	-48.5	384	-563	41%	38.8	-9.7
-	JoAnna Stansby	985.2	63.5	1	0%	-295.0	-295	-295	0%	33.2	-261.8
-	Thomas Monticelli	985.0	-47.0	1	0%	-316.0	-316	-316	0%	50.1	-265.9
-	Silvia Saccomanno	984.9	-22.1	3	33%	-89.0	67	-304	33%	-1.1	-90.1
-	Josh Richards	982.3	1.7	19	26%	-14.4	326	-452	58%	-7.2	-21.6
-	Ryan Eaton	981.3	-304.5	1	0%	-347.0	-347	-347	0%	15.5	-331.5
-	Ugo Mirto	981.2	-152.4	3	0%	-152.3	7	-257	33%	40.4	-112.0
-	Irene Baroni	979.7	-13.5	2	0%	-216.5	-211	-222	0%	36.1	-180.4
-	Michael Empeigne	975.0	-375.4	1	0%	-406.0	-406	-406	0%	-38.3	-444.3
-	Matt Dobbs	972.1	-16.2	84	23%	31.4	529	-496	61%	-59.3	-27.9
-	Michael Wilkinson	967.0	83.9	11	0%	-95.6	168	-341	36%	37.1	-58.5
39	Umberto Prestini	966.8	-31.6	325	13%	-74.6	352	-658	38%	41.4	-33.2
-	Corey Robinson	964.4	-26.7	68	21%	-50.7	277	-666	44%	15.1	-35.6
-	Amit Zahar	962.0	-99.8	7	14%	-154.9	143	-336	14%	54.7	-100.2
40	Patric Sierzega	961.5	-29.9	183	20%	-40.9	393	-663	42%	2.4	-38.5
-	Rayna Mall	954.7	-134.1	3	0%	-263.3	-123	-344	0%	-6.2	-269.5
-	Maree Crawford	954.4	-267.5	3	0%	-151.0	48	-339	33%	-120.2	-271.2
-	Bud Stuart	953.7	-42.8	61	10%	-25.5	300	-442	49%	-20.7	-46.3
-	Keiran Crowe-Mai	935.8	-39.8	47	9%	-87.4	266	-639	34%	23.1	-64.3
-	Jaron Marcus	930.9	-54.9	72	17%	-13.8	478	-623	49%	-55.3	-69.1
41	Barbie W	926.7	-77.5	198	11%	-93.3	458	-580	32%	20.0	-73.3
42	Sally Woolsey	926.3	-54.5	133	14%	-110.6	433	-588	27%	36.9	-73.7
43	Beryel Dorscht	922.1	-73.2	464	11%	-114.1	384	-671	24%	36.2	-77.9
44	Giorgio Peterlongo	918.4	-77.5	552	9%	-118.9	327	-662	26%	37.3	-81.6
-	Gabriel Feldstein	907.2	-75.9	64	5%	-128.2	215	-720	17%	35.4	-92.8
-	Sarina Chaiken	888.1	-109.2	45	9%	-116.9	491	-593	31%	4.8	-112.1
-	Nancy Stuart	788.4	-194.2	59	0%	-238.7	255	-691	8%	27.1	-211.6
-	Lori M	751.4	-262.5	26	8%	-218.2	95	-551	12%	-48.0	-266.1
-	Jackie Smith	738.1	-258.5	56	4%	-215.3	229	-791	13%	-46.7	-262.0

Hall of Fame, 2022

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Zachary Grossack	643
	Mark Tynkov	582
	Federico Bianchi	532
	Matt Dobbs	529
	Ben Kristensen	527

Hall of Shame, 2022

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Jackie Smith	-791
	Fabrizio Farnesi	-766
	Gabriel Feldstein	-720
	Nancy Stuart	-691
	Beryel Dorscht	-671