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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

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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

August 2022

September 2022

October 2022

2004-2021

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July 2022

August 2022

September 2022

October 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

August: Fabio Quai

September: Zach Grossack

October: 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, October 2022

This competition finished on the last day of October 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	1115.2	109.3	35	43%	89.1	339	-249	66%	27.7	116.7
2	Mark Tynkov	1105.2	95.4	26	50%	82.2	340	-188	77%	30.5	112.7
3	Migry Zur Campanile	1103.8	84.5	19	47%	75.3	282	-178	74%	51.2	126.5
4	Geoff Hampson	1097.6	96.9	53	38%	59.5	389	-414	64%	38.2	97.7
5	Sami Casanova	1096.4	63.7	35	51%	55.8	349	-311	71%	41.9	97.7
6	Fabio Quai	1091.3	92.6	84	33%	57.7	347	-268	68%	33.6	91.3
7	Kit Woolsey	1079.1	83.0	13	23%	87.2	263	-113	77%	36.0	123.2
8	Dan Hoffenberg	1070.4	75.7	40	30%	40.8	414	-358	60%	30.0	70.8
9	Zachary Grossack	1066.2	97.1	11	36%	85.6	287	-86	73%	31.9	117.6
10	Steven De Donder	1064.3	98.3	24	42%	61.9	344	-316	71%	8.7	70.6
11	Giorgio Caccia	1058.9	7.7	26	31%	19.8	398	-414	54%	43.3	63.1
12	Gaetano Damiata	1057.2	56.3	40	28%	27.1	274	-444	58%	30.4	57.5
13	Nicole Gilmore	1055.3	63.7	7	57%	83.7	187	-105	71%	62.1	145.9
14	Mike Rice	1050.9	104.6	22	41%	50.4	335	-304	64%	7.4	57.8
15	Federico Bianchi	1045.8	32.4	34	26%	1.3	274	-301	53%	45.2	46.6
16	Krisztina Ormay	1044.8	71.1	9	11%	44.7	315	-116	67%	49.5	94.1
17	Tracey B	1042.9	46.9	64	25%	4.8	362	-335	48%	38.2	42.9
18	Alessio Isaia	1041.5	84.5	13	23%	44.1	187	-281	85%	20.5	64.6
19	Rosalind Lin	1038.6	19.0	26	15%	-0.5	318	-268	50%	41.8	41.3
20	Stan Schenker	1014.1	17.5	45	18%	-20.9	323	-383	44%	35.0	14.2
21	Gianluca Lodato	1011.8	18.1	41	24%	-26.7	263	-576	49%	38.6	11.8
22	Tamara Hoylaerts	1009.9	3.1	11	9%	-14.1	206	-288	64%	31.6	17.5
23	Chris Dixon	1009.7	63.3	12	25%	-11.3	280	-385	42%	27.4	16.0
24	Beppe Mistretta	1006.7	47.4	8	25%	-30.3	285	-298	25%	45.9	15.7
-	Francesco Mazzadi	1003.4	37.2	3	0%	-23.7	38	-110	67%	43.9	20.2
-	Corey Robinson	1002.9	-16.1	2	50%	2.5	245	-240	50%	23.2	25.7
-	Luca Cesati Cassin	1002.0	11.1	1	0%	74.0	74	74	100%	-37.9	36.1
-	Keiran Crowe-Mai	1001.7	-45.5	1	0%	2.0	2	2	100%	27.3	29.3
-	Goran Cekol	1001.1	71.3	1	0%	-14.0	-14	-14	0%	33.2	19.2
-	Fabrizio Farnesi	1000.5	40.2	2	0%	-36.0	-10	-62	0%	40.3	4.3
25	Alessandro Colombo	1000.3	11.8	59	14%	-34.8	234	-430	42%	35.0	0.3
-	Michael Wilkinson	997.5	84.3	1	0%	-91.0	-91	-91	0%	46.9	-44.1
-	John Parsons	997.4	47.3	1	0%	-119.0	-119	-119	0%	72.6	-46.4
26	Joan Clark	996.6	25.3	27	26%	-20.4	261	-317	44%	16.8	-3.6
-	Benoit Guiot	994.7	23.2	3	0%	-53.7	-12	-104	0%	22.2	-31.5
27	Jill Levin	993.8	21.1	38	11%	-54.2	185	-330	42%	48.0	-6.2
28	Kevin Zhou	993.6	15.1	6	17%	-48.7	203	-325	33%	29.3	-19.4
-	Anne Jackson	993.2	53.8	1	0%	-197.0	-197	-197	0%	75.7	-121.3
-	Nicholas Cheung	992.1	30.3	1	0%	-136.0	-136	-136	0%	-4.7	-140.7
-	Nancy Stuart	988.0	-189.8	4	0%	-79.3	160	-208	25%	25.3	-54.0
-	Filippo Lagostena	985.7	-8.5	1	0%	-215.0	-215	-215	0%	-38.3	-253.3
-	Michael Empeigne	975.0	-375.4	1	0%	-406.0	-406	-406	0%	-38.3	-444.3
-	Bud Stuart	968.0	-50.4	4	0%	-121.8	42	-442	50%	-22.0	-143.7
29	Sally Woolsey	967.7	-52.2	8	0%	-141.5	73	-370	13%	66.1	-75.4
30	Umberto Prestini	959.7	-25.4	37	14%	-80.8	350	-458	35%	40.1	-40.7
31	Sarina Chaiken	957.8	-101.5	6	0%	-176.5	32	-530	17%	48.2	-128.3
32	Beryel Dorscht	949.5	-66.4	52	13%	-85.2	314	-392	31%	34.7	-50.5
33	Barbie W	945.1	-53.7	40	8%	-99.5	183	-481	38%	44.3	-55.2
34	Giorgio Peterlongo	941.4	-73.8	34	12%	-91.5	327	-428	24%	32.0	-59.5

Hall of Fame, October 2022

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Dan Hoffenberg	414
	Giorgio Caccia	398
	Geoff Hampson	389
	Geoff Hampson	383
	Dan Hoffenberg	368

Hall of Shame, October 2022

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Gianluca Lodato	-576
	Sarina Chaiken	-530
	Barbie W	-481
	Umberto Prestini	-458
	Barbie W	-447