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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

April 2022

May 2022

June 2022

2004-2021

Previous game data

January 2022

February 2022

March 2022

April 2022

May 2022

June 2022

2003-2021

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2022

January: Mark Tynkov

February: Kit Woolsey

March: Ben Kristensen

April: Steven De Donder

May: Ben Kristensen

June: 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, June 2022

This competition finished on the last day of June 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	1123.2	104.2	37	46%	84.7	424	-236	73%	39.7	124.4
2	Geoff Hampson	1097.5	92.6	48	42%	60.1	345	-329	60%	37.5	97.6
3	Steven De Donder	1090.1	100.9	14	50%	115.1	311	-281	79%	17.8	133.0
4	Fabio Quai	1083.7	82.5	100	32%	49.7	367	-304	65%	34.0	83.7
5	Sami Casanova	1073.6	59.8	15	40%	53.6	261	-212	73%	49.9	103.5
6	Dan Hoffenberg	1072.2	76.7	19	32%	46.2	335	-271	68%	41.8	88.0
7	Beppe Mistretta	1059.9	42.4	51	29%	27.4	322	-317	63%	32.5	59.9
8	Francesco Mazzadi	1059.1	44.8	22	27%	41.4	250	-160	45%	25.8	67.2
9	Fabrizio Farnesi	1057.6	53.8	120	24%	24.7	344	-350	63%	32.9	57.6
10	David Halasi	1054.2	116.7	6	33%	129.7	315	-190	67%	35.1	164.8
11	Joan Clark	1053.8	41.4	40	23%	33.9	309	-317	65%	20.1	54.0
12	John Diamond	1048.0	72.7	30	30%	5.4	319	-324	60%	44.3	49.7
13	Mike Rice	1046.7	101.9	6	50%	149.0	263	-14	83%	-6.9	142.1
14	Stan Schenker	1046.3	25.4	58	24%	14.7	236	-320	57%	31.7	46.3
15	Tracey B	1043.8	44.5	49	18%	15.2	350	-427	53%	28.6	43.8
16	Federico Bianchi	1040.2	40.5	36	28%	1.5	292	-233	56%	39.1	40.6
17	Alessio Isaia	1038.1	86.7	14	29%	42.9	320	-458	64%	13.4	56.2
18	Anne Jackson	1030.2	59.3	8	25%	33.6	216	-158	63%	36.8	70.4
19	Mark Tynkov	1027.5	76.2	9	22%	26.9	314	-365	56%	30.9	57.8
20	Chris Dixon	1027.3	73.9	9	56%	7.3	157	-217	56%	50.1	57.4
21	Alessandro Colombo	1027.0	24.6	87	24%	-9.3	281	-424	47%	36.3	27.0
22	Richard Probst	1026.1	67.8	9	44%	14.9	424	-380	44%	40.0	54.9
23	Jill Levin	1024.7	23.3	60	15%	-26.5	298	-422	45%	51.2	24.7
24	Paolo Colombo	1024.3	1.7	45	29%	-15.2	351	-287	44%	39.5	24.3
-	John Parsons	1014.1	42.0	3	33%	26.3	99	-67	67%	57.5	83.8
-	Corey Robinson	1013.5	-13.9	3	33%	49.7	96	-6	67%	30.7	80.3
25	Gaetano Damiata	1013.3	39.0	65	23%	-17.3	302	-343	46%	30.6	13.3
-	Hilto 37	1013.0	38.1	1	100%	154.0	154	154	100%	76.4	230.4
-	Bud Stuart	1012.6	-42.1	3	33%	99.3	218	2	100%	-24.5	74.8
26	Migry Zur Campanile	1009.2	76.7	12	25%	-28.3	175	-253	42%	43.5	15.3
27	Giorgio Caccia	1003.7	8.4	15	20%	-39.2	185	-304	40%	44.4	5.2
28	Filippo Lagostena	1002.8	-2.4	14	0%	-24.3	99	-249	57%	28.5	4.2
-	Zachary Grossack	1001.2	89.4	3	33%	-31.3	374	-257	33%	38.2	6.9
-	Clovis Dehaye	1000.4	63.7	3	33%	-24.0	171	-283	67%	26.6	2.6
29	Tamara Hoylaerts	1000.2	-4.7	9	0%	-26.6	171	-183	33%	27.1	0.5
-	Kevin Zhou	999.3	17.2	3	33%	-54.0	195	-402	67%	50.1	-3.9
-	Kit Woolsey	998.5	84.2	5	20%	-40.8	135	-204	40%	35.2	-5.6
30	Nicole Gilmore	997.4	67.3	10	20%	-56.2	195	-366	50%	51.2	-5.0
-	John Rebardo	995.9	29.3	1	0%	-152.0	-152	-152	0%	80.0	-72.0
31	Rosalind Lin	995.2	28.1	12	25%	-42.2	308	-442	42%	34.2	-8.0
32	Benoit Guiot	993.2	20.4	11	18%	-47.3	152	-308	55%	35.2	-12.1
-	Michael Wilkinson	991.9	85.5	1	0%	-166.0	-166	-166	0%	21.8	-144.2
-	Simon Hunter	989.8	49.3	2	0%	-106.5	83	-296	50%	15.5	-91.0
-	Amit Zahar	978.3	-188.5	2	0%	-215.5	-95	-336	0%	22.4	-193.1
33	Gabriel Feldstein	977.7	-64.1	6	0%	-106.5	22	-237	17%	38.7	-67.8
34	Gianluca Lodato	970.0	3.0	9	11%	-103.1	123	-290	22%	39.9	-63.2
35	Sally Woolsey	954.3	-50.4	12	17%	-108.1	209	-390	25%	32.5	-75.6
-	Nancy Stuart	946.6	-204.8	3	0%	-346.3	-264	-462	0%	28.3	-318.0
36	Keiran Crowe-Mai	940.3	-44.7	10	20%	-129.5	266	-639	40%	14.8	-114.7
37	Umberto Prestini	940.0	-27.4	28	11%	-110.3	219	-382	25%	47.3	-63.0
38	Giorgio Peterlongo	934.7	-76.0	36	3%	-106.8	234	-509	17%	40.7	-66.1
39	Beryel Dorscht	923.1	-88.2	46	13%	-118.4	300	-670	22%	41.5	-77.0

Hall of Fame, June 2022

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Richard Probst	424
	Ben Kristensen	424
	Ben Kristensen	392
	Zachary Grossack	374
	Fabio Quai	367

Hall of Shame, June 2022

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Beryel Dorscht	-670
	Keiran Crowe-Mai	-639
	Giorgio Peterlongo	-509
	Keiran Crowe-Mai	-477
	Nancy Stuart	-462