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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

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This year

Ladder

Zester and Apple Core Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Previous ladders

January 2023

February 2023

March 2023

April 2023

May 2023

June 2023

July 2023

August 2023

September 2023

October 2023

2004-2022

Previous game data

January 2023

February 2023

March 2023

April 2023

May 2023

June 2023

July 2023

August 2023

September 2023

October 2023

2003-2022

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2023

January: Zach Grossack

February: Zach Grossack

March: Geoff Hampson

April: Steven De Donder

May: Fabio Quai

June: Nicole Gilmore

July: Mark Tynkov

August: Steven De Donder

September: Migry Zur Campanile

October: Geoff Hampson

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, October 2023

This competition finished on the last day of October 2023. Congratulations to Geoff Hampson.

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	Geoff Hampson	1106.4	85.6	16	63%	126.9	278	-174	88%	16.5	143.4
2	Steven De Donder	1097.1	91.9	50	48%	82.5	368	-261	64%	14.6	97.1
3	Mark Tynkov	1095.9	85.4	14	50%	129.3	374	-277	79%	12.2	141.4
4	Goran Cekol	1090.7	75.5	51	39%	66.2	338	-311	69%	24.6	90.7
5	Mike Rice	1078.1	105.1	13	46%	111.7	288	-16	77%	9.9	121.6
6	Nicole Gilmore	1061.1	55.9	7	43%	121.3	192	62	100%	39.8	161.0
7	Fabio Quai	1060.5	67.8	81	30%	34.6	332	-361	62%	25.9	60.5
8	Zachary Grossack	1055.3	81.7	15	47%	65.5	387	-337	67%	12.3	77.8
9	Rosalind Lin	1052.6	41.5	27	30%	33.9	443	-433	59%	21.9	55.7
10	John Diamond	1049.7	65.5	16	38%	44.4	285	-211	56%	22.6	66.9
11	Gaetano Damiata	1041.8	55.9	31	23%	17.3	349	-268	55%	25.7	43.0
12	Federico Bianchi	1039.7	36.8	43	26%	15.8	240	-337	53%	24.0	39.7
13	Matt Dobbs	1035.1	21.9	54	33%	32.5	348	-426	63%	2.7	35.1
14	Jill Levin	1034.6	24.2	42	19%	7.0	256	-299	57%	27.7	34.7
15	John Parsons	1031.9	36.9	7	57%	80.0	201	-165	71%	4.2	84.2
16	Ben Kristensen	1030.3	99.8	10	20%	49.7	196	-149	80%	8.5	58.2
17	Alessio Isaia	1029.2	71.8	7	29%	51.6	264	-143	86%	25.4	77.0
18	Joan Clark	1027.4	3.8	24	29%	17.7	314	-311	75%	12.4	30.1
19	Fabrizio Guttadauro	1026.3	44.9	51	24%	6.8	335	-353	59%	19.6	26.3
20	Filippo Lagostena	1025.4	-2.1	18	17%	12.7	193	-234	56%	19.2	31.9
21	Chris Dixon	1023.0	55.3	17	18%	2.9	148	-213	47%	27.0	29.9
22	Beppe Mistretta	1023.0	23.5	78	22%	1.0	368	-561	54%	22.0	23.0
23	Patric Sierzega	1022.8	19.0	95	21%	10.5	265	-408	58%	12.4	22.8
24	Fabrizio Farnesi	1022.6	22.6	64	23%	19.6	414	-422	61%	3.0	22.6
-	Michael Wilkinson	1021.7	79.0	5	20%	75.2	134	48	100%	3.5	78.7
25	Gianluca Lodato	1021.7	13.4	67	34%	-8.3	314	-631	55%	30.0	21.7
26	Umberto Prestini	1020.2	-3.6	57	21%	-1.2	360	-427	54%	21.5	20.2
-	Adam Grossack	1019.4	49.3	5	20%	59.8	203	-52	60%	10.5	70.3
27	Marco Prestini	1009.9	27.2	70	29%	-9.0	391	-375	50%	18.9	9.9
-	Clovis Dehaye	1006.1	55.6	2	50%	26.5	101	-48	50%	27.4	53.9
-	Sally Woolsey	1004.0	-57.4	1	0%	52.0	52	52	100%	18.2	70.2
28	Jaron Marcus	1003.3	0.9	61	30%	-0.3	367	-488	51%	3.5	3.3
29	Sami Casanova	1002.4	47.1	9	22%	-11.3	236	-198	44%	16.4	5.0
-	Hilto 37	1002.2	12.9	1	0%	16.0	16	16	100%	22.6	38.6
30	Tsahi Maimon	1000.3	6.7	14	36%	-30.7	329	-446	50%	31.1	0.4
31	Benoit Guiot	999.0	24.6	6	17%	-33.3	117	-247	67%	30.2	-3.1
-	Josh Richards	998.0	13.3	3	33%	-8.0	228	-267	67%	-3.7	-11.7
32	Alessandro Colombo	997.7	-5.0	45	11%	-22.2	275	-410	44%	19.9	-2.3
-	Corey Robinson	997.1	-48.9	2	50%	-29.0	116	-174	50%	3.4	-25.6
33	Migry Zur Campanile	995.8	70.7	9	22%	-40.0	147	-366	56%	31.2	-8.8
-	Francesco Mazzadi	995.3	26.2	1	0%	-103.0	-103	-103	0%	19.2	-83.8
34	Dana Berkowitz	992.2	39.1	15	13%	-38.0	334	-401	47%	27.0	-11.0
-	Colin Deheeger	992.2	-138.5	1	0%	-186.0	-186	-186	0%	46.9	-139.1
-	John McAllister	989.5	4.8	4	0%	-77.3	91	-229	25%	29.9	-47.3
35	Tamara Hoylaerts	972.7	-16.6	8	0%	-88.1	79	-271	25%	24.3	-63.8
-	Barbie W	969.2	-102.9	3	0%	-213.7	-48	-362	0%	30.5	-183.2
36	Sarina Chaiken	967.0	-55.8	15	13%	-72.4	164	-402	53%	26.0	-46.4
37	Giorgio Caccia	966.5	-4.2	26	19%	-60.6	306	-527	35%	24.7	-35.9
38	Stan Schenker	949.1	-11.4	31	6%	-76.7	256	-327	26%	24.3	-52.4
39	Giorgio Peterlongo	929.8	-82.9	28	21%	-97.4	246	-527	32%	23.7	-73.7
40	Maree Crawford	925.3	-65.3	81	7%	-83.9	291	-459	25%	9.1	-74.7
41	Beryel Dorscht	909.1	-95.8	19	5%	-130.5	257	-501	26%	19.8	-110.8
42	Jackie Smith	882.8	-91.4	40	10%	-122.6	227	-591	30%	4.8	-117.7

Hall of Fame, October 2023

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Rosalind Lin	443
	Fabrizio Farnesi	414
	Marco Prestini	391
	Zachary Grossack	387
	Mark Tynkov	374

Hall of Shame, October 2023

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Gianluca Lodato	-631
	Jackie Smith	-591
	Gianluca Lodato	-581
	Beppe Mistretta	-561
	Gianluca Lodato	-548