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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 2022

February 2022

March 2022

2004-2021

Previous game data

January 2022

February 2022

March 2022

2003-2021

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2022

January: Mark Tynkov

February: Kit Woolsey

March: Ben Kristensen

Annual winners, 2003-21

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, March 2022

This competition finished on the last day of March 2022. 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	1107.0	94.6	61	34%	71.9	401	-258	70%	35.1	107.0
2	Fabio Quai	1100.8	92.7	122	34%	63.5	362	-413	70%	37.3	100.8
3	John Diamond	1098.2	76.4	25	44%	70.8	440	-311	60%	35.7	106.4
4	Alessio Isaia	1095.6	93.1	27	44%	68.4	374	-341	74%	32.9	101.3
5	Steven De Donder	1083.7	103.5	39	33%	58.8	403	-395	67%	25.4	84.2
6	Geoff Hampson	1081.9	89.4	45	42%	48.2	364	-283	64%	33.9	82.1
7	David Halasi	1078.6	107.9	11	45%	101.2	333	-89	73%	38.3	139.5
8	Aditi Srinivasan	1077.9	62.8	21	33%	53.6	354	-247	71%	36.7	90.4
9	Sami Casanova	1067.2	55.5	71	21%	26.9	310	-301	65%	40.2	67.2
10	Gaetano Damiata	1066.2	54.0	61	39%	36.9	334	-405	62%	29.3	66.2
11	Krisztina Ormay	1065.6	59.3	74	30%	30.2	309	-275	53%	35.4	65.6
12	Mike Rice	1065.3	95.6	11	55%	126.5	264	-91	73%	-10.5	115.9
13	Mark Tynkov	1064.4	85.7	60	37%	33.6	396	-268	57%	30.8	64.4
14	Federico Bianchi	1062.2	49.1	36	19%	16.4	254	-231	53%	46.5	62.9
15	Simon Hunter	1059.5	54.2	19	26%	34.0	281	-233	63%	38.5	72.5
16	Hilto 37	1059.3	34.4	6	67%	128.2	315	-281	83%	52.4	180.5
17	Nicole Gilmore	1059.1	69.0	19	32%	29.3	231	-233	58%	42.8	72.0
18	Clovis Dehaye	1056.3	65.6	11	55%	66.5	324	-235	64%	33.6	100.0
19	Tracey B	1054.5	63.3	106	29%	16.2	442	-404	57%	38.4	54.5
20	John Parsons	1041.5	52.3	9	33%	50.4	303	-292	67%	36.8	87.2
-	Francesco Mazzadi	1039.9	48.1	4	50%	144.0	307	29	100%	35.2	179.2
21	Chris Dixon	1038.4	73.8	16	6%	11.6	294	-211	50%	40.1	51.7
22	Richard Probst	1031.5	69.4	7	29%	26.6	197	-142	57%	56.4	83.0
23	Zachary Grossack	1031.3	93.4	11	45%	9.1	178	-398	73%	46.4	55.5
24	Paolo Catoni	1030.7	20.9	23	26%	-7.3	278	-420	52%	41.5	34.3
25	Beppe Mistretta	1030.6	30.7	70	26%	-5.0	384	-608	54%	35.6	30.6
26	Fabrizio Farnesi	1025.7	35.7	103	22%	-8.6	411	-465	51%	34.4	25.7
27	Dan Hoffenberg	1025.6	70.2	10	30%	26.6	295	-292	50%	22.7	49.3
28	Alessandro Colombo	1024.7	16.1	47	26%	-7.4	398	-328	45%	32.0	24.7
29	Joan Clark	1024.1	44.8	31	13%	-5.9	200	-210	48%	30.8	24.8
-	Goran Cekol	1020.2	73.6	4	25%	46.8	218	-108	50%	44.0	90.8
30	Stan Schenker	1019.8	16.2	70	20%	-13.1	398	-375	50%	32.9	19.8
31	Kit Woolsey	1014.0	91.4	22	27%	-27.2	259	-337	45%	43.2	15.9
32	Rosalind Lin	1013.2	31.1	20	15%	0.9	247	-233	50%	14.8	15.7
33	Filippo Lagostena	1012.7	-3.5	51	14%	-14.8	231	-612	53%	27.5	12.7
34	Anne Jackson	1010.0	58.3	6	50%	2.3	145	-181	50%	28.1	30.4
-	Adam Grossack	1009.9	36.1	3	0%	31.7	119	-100	67%	27.2	58.8
35	Giorgio Caccia	1007.3	1.5	16	19%	-19.0	226	-295	44%	28.8	9.8
36	Jill Levin	1004.9	20.4	37	11%	-46.5	195	-355	35%	51.4	5.0
37	Benoit Guiot	1003.4	13.6	28	18%	-34.5	322	-389	43%	38.0	3.5
-	Jennifer Mourgues	1003.3	17.4	1	0%	-24.0	-24	-24	0%	81.9	57.9
38	Gianluca Lodato	1002.6	10.6	55	18%	-33.3	252	-342	45%	35.9	2.6
-	Bud Stuart	1000.6	-43.3	5	20%	23.8	190	-246	80%	-21.7	2.1
39	Paolo Colombo	1000.1	-7.2	62	10%	-34.5	362	-419	45%	34.6	0.1
-	Gabriel Feldstein	996.8	-63.0	2	0%	-112.0	-62	-162	0%	83.4	-28.6
-	John Rebardo	995.0	29.7	1	0%	-143.0	-143	-143	0%	55.1	-87.9
-	Migry Zur Campanile	994.9	75.9	2	50%	-84.0	136	-304	50%	38.5	-45.5
-	Michael Wilkinson	990.9	87.3	1	0%	-195.0	-195	-195	0%	34.0	-161.0
40	Tamara Hoylaerts	970.4	-10.2	41	17%	-83.6	159	-339	34%	53.9	-29.7
41	Sally Woolsey	970.1	-54.8	11	9%	-83.0	169	-360	36%	29.9	-53.1
42	Keiran Crowe-Mai	944.6	-44.5	6	0%	-187.8	-49	-261	0%	19.3	-168.5
43	Umberto Prestini	935.3	-17.3	32	6%	-124.4	156	-658	31%	58.1	-66.3
44	Kevin Zhou	930.2	-65.6	33	12%	-111.1	209	-502	21%	39.9	-71.2
-	Nancy Stuart	924.4	-194.1	5	0%	-301.6	-127	-632	0%	28.2	-273.4
45	Giorgio Peterlongo	924.1	-80.6	61	10%	-117.4	273	-642	28%	41.5	-75.9
46	Beryel Dorscht	908.6	-96.7	45	9%	-127.8	328	-462	27%	36.2	-91.6

Hall of Fame, March 2022

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Tracey B	442
	John Diamond	440
	Fabrizio Farnesi	411
	Steven De Donder	403
	Ben Kristensen	401

Hall of Shame, March 2022

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Umberto Prestini	-658
	Giorgio Peterlongo	-642
	Nancy Stuart	-632
	Filippo Lagostena	-612
	Beppe Mistretta	-608