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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

July 2022

2004-2021

Previous game data

January 2022

February 2022

March 2022

April 2022

May 2022

June 2022

July 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

July: Steven De Donder

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, July 2022

This competition finished on the last day of July 2022. 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	1132.9	107.5	24	58%	119.9	389	-195	79%	26.2	146.0
2	Dan Hoffenberg	1112.2	85.5	52	40%	62.9	356	-367	67%	49.4	112.3
3	Geoff Hampson	1111.2	98.6	54	43%	73.0	324	-201	74%	38.2	111.2
4	Mike Rice	1096.1	106.2	12	75%	178.8	378	-168	83%	-19.6	159.2
5	Tracey B	1089.2	59.7	62	32%	59.3	275	-257	66%	29.9	89.2
6	Jill Levin	1078.8	33.3	25	16%	31.1	196	-208	64%	54.3	85.4
7	Fabio Quai	1072.5	75.4	93	33%	34.6	413	-477	65%	38.0	72.5
8	Mark Tynkov	1072.3	77.9	17	41%	67.5	277	-489	71%	26.3	93.9
9	Gaetano Damiata	1071.7	49.0	53	26%	33.2	308	-285	58%	38.5	71.7
10	Fabrizio Farnesi	1064.1	56.3	37	32%	18.2	284	-325	57%	46.5	64.7
11	David Halasi	1060.2	112.4	16	31%	47.4	234	-351	75%	33.7	81.2
12	Ben Kristensen	1060.1	98.1	25	24%	31.2	241	-262	68%	33.9	65.1
13	Gianluca Lodato	1055.4	10.1	14	29%	39.1	281	-196	57%	42.5	81.7
14	Migry Zur Campanile	1054.0	77.6	12	25%	35.5	329	-339	58%	53.9	89.4
15	Joan Clark	1050.7	44.6	56	27%	12.0	362	-366	55%	38.7	50.7
16	Alessio Isaia	1044.2	87.3	8	25%	78.1	235	-80	75%	25.0	103.1
17	Nicole Gilmore	1039.5	67.7	10	40%	16.9	237	-196	50%	58.9	75.8
18	Sami Casanova	1038.7	55.9	31	26%	-3.3	297	-374	52%	43.1	39.8
19	Beppe Mistretta	1038.0	41.4	32	34%	-1.5	358	-356	53%	40.5	38.9
20	Benoit Guiot	1035.4	23.1	15	20%	9.3	291	-344	60%	40.5	49.8
21	Anne Jackson	1021.6	57.9	10	20%	-17.6	242	-248	30%	59.1	41.5
22	Federico Bianchi	1018.9	34.2	45	18%	-25.7	406	-311	44%	44.6	19.0
-	John Parsons	1017.3	43.6	1	100%	250.0	250	250	100%	57.5	307.5
23	Chris Dixon	1011.7	70.1	10	30%	-7.9	279	-409	50%	30.4	22.5
-	Nicholas Cheung	1009.7	31.6	1	0%	119.0	119	119	100%	52.6	171.6
-	Adam Grossack	1006.3	36.7	1	0%	98.0	98	98	100%	14.4	112.4
-	Krisztina Ormay	1006.3	61.1	2	50%	-1.5	209	-212	50%	57.1	55.6
-	Josh Richards	1006.0	-0.4	2	50%	66.0	126	6	100%	-12.6	53.4
24	Corey Robinson	1005.3	-12.1	9	33%	-33.3	162	-316	67%	44.6	11.2
25	John Diamond	1004.6	69.2	7	14%	-33.1	173	-230	43%	45.2	12.0
-	Zachary Grossack	1003.2	86.5	5	20%	-39.4	175	-176	40%	50.9	11.5
26	Alessandro Colombo	1001.9	16.3	64	11%	-40.5	192	-267	38%	42.4	1.9
27	Filippo Lagostena	999.9	-2.3	18	11%	-31.2	141	-301	50%	31.1	-0.2
-	Amit Zahar	997.0	-103.0	3	33%	-89.7	143	-248	33%	71.6	-18.0
28	Tamara Hoylaerts	996.5	-5.2	6	17%	-66.8	124	-238	33%	56.1	-10.7
-	Keiran Crowe-Mai	994.4	-45.3	1	0%	-135.0	-135	-135	0%	36.1	-98.9
-	Barbie	992.9	-32.0	4	0%	-60.3	0	-192	0%	28.5	-31.8
-	Ben Handley-Pritchard	991.2	83.9	3	0%	-110.7	105	-304	33%	58.5	-52.1
-	Simon Hunter	990.3	47.6	1	0%	-204.0	-204	-204	0%	32.6	-171.4
29	Giorgio Caccia	984.9	5.1	16	19%	-62.4	227	-418	38%	42.0	-20.4
30	Francesco Mazzadi	980.9	40.4	6	0%	-108.8	256	-296	17%	50.8	-58.0
-	Ugo Mirto	980.3	-152.3	2	0%	-232.0	-207	-257	0%	56.8	-175.2
31	Rosalind Lin	978.5	20.2	23	9%	-48.4	226	-495	43%	24.4	-24.0
-	Sally Woolsey	978.1	-51.9	4	25%	-156.3	53	-316	25%	58.0	-98.2
32	Stan Schenker	974.4	13.6	38	0%	-65.1	136	-244	32%	39.3	-25.8
33	Bud Stuart	966.7	-45.2	6	0%	-76.2	145	-374	50%	-25.1	-101.3
-	Kit Woolsey	966.3	77.0	5	0%	-168.4	-28	-277	0%	46.4	-122.0
34	Paolo Colombo	964.5	-5.5	32	16%	-72.3	216	-362	28%	35.9	-36.4
35	Umberto Prestini	964.3	-30.2	11	27%	-108.2	344	-547	36%	44.8	-63.4
36	Nancy Stuart	963.2	-199.8	6	0%	-141.3	255	-603	33%	29.2	-112.1
37	Beryel Dorscht	944.3	-79.5	43	9%	-102.3	171	-323	26%	46.5	-55.8
38	Gabriel Feldstein	930.2	-68.3	13	8%	-147.6	169	-545	15%	38.9	-108.7
39	Giorgio Peterlongo	922.4	-78.1	22	9%	-130.5	187	-662	36%	42.4	-88.1

Hall of Fame, July 2022

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Fabio Quai	413
	Federico Bianchi	406
	Fabio Quai	395
	Steven De Donder	389
	Fabio Quai	380

Hall of Shame, July 2022

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Giorgio Peterlongo	-662
	Nancy Stuart	-603
	Umberto Prestini	-547
	Gabriel Feldstein	-545
	Rosalind Lin	-495