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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

November 2023

2004-2022

Previous game data

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November 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

November: Steven De Donder

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, November 2023

This competition finished on the last day of November 2023. 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	1085.5	91.2	45	40%	77.6	390	-281	69%	8.0	85.6
2	Geoff Hampson	1079.1	83.4	49	31%	49.8	451	-282	65%	29.3	79.2
3	Fabio Quai	1076.0	71.4	108	34%	45.0	302	-286	70%	30.9	76.0
4	Beppe Mistretta	1066.8	39.8	66	33%	41.2	377	-493	65%	25.6	66.8
5	Ben Kristensen	1063.8	95.8	22	36%	60.5	296	-194	77%	11.9	72.4
6	John Diamond	1061.7	65.3	29	24%	37.9	340	-218	66%	26.4	64.3
7	Zachary Grossack	1060.2	79.3	23	26%	37.8	330	-210	65%	29.4	67.1
8	Federico Bianchi	1056.5	42.0	40	35%	29.4	408	-293	60%	27.4	56.7
9	Dana Berkowitz	1054.0	42.1	22	27%	23.9	360	-247	50%	37.4	61.3
10	Marco Prestini	1051.3	36.1	78	29%	27.6	295	-343	58%	23.6	51.3
11	Fabrizio Guttadauro	1050.4	46.5	44	34%	37.3	265	-313	64%	13.1	50.5
12	Benoit Guiot	1048.7	29.1	11	27%	54.3	298	-105	64%	32.2	86.5
13	Jill Levin	1047.5	29.9	40	33%	12.5	263	-248	53%	35.3	47.8
14	Mark Tynkov	1036.4	85.8	7	29%	74.4	365	-140	71%	21.4	95.8
15	Kit Woolsey	1036.2	67.1	6	17%	85.7	205	-83	83%	24.5	110.2
16	Rosalind Lin	1034.9	40.1	34	26%	12.2	314	-238	50%	23.2	35.4
17	Patric Sierzega	1033.5	26.3	67	27%	11.4	317	-437	52%	22.1	33.5
18	Gaetano Damiata	1027.7	48.7	47	26%	3.9	315	-255	51%	23.9	27.7
19	Fabrizio Farnesi	1024.7	22.5	65	29%	11.6	376	-392	52%	13.1	24.7
20	Jaron Marcus	1024.2	14.9	90	29%	0.8	324	-375	47%	23.5	24.2
21	Matt Dobbs	1024.2	22.5	38	37%	9.9	326	-381	50%	14.4	24.3
22	Migry Zur Campanile	1021.0	64.3	21	29%	-14.0	378	-295	52%	38.3	24.4
23	Giorgio Caccia	1020.5	-0.3	21	24%	-10.9	192	-295	52%	34.6	23.7
24	Gianluca Lodato	1019.2	15.5	71	24%	-7.1	262	-396	56%	26.4	19.2
-	John McAllister	1018.5	7.6	3	33%	61.0	113	-30	67%	49.2	110.2
25	JoAnna Stansby	1017.9	51.0	45	24%	-4.2	295	-480	51%	22.1	17.9
26	Alessio Isaia	1016.0	70.3	7	14%	15.7	105	-158	71%	26.5	42.2
27	Goran Cekol	1015.4	70.3	15	27%	0.3	235	-210	47%	21.4	21.6
28	Chris Dixon	1013.5	49.4	22	36%	-1.8	241	-351	45%	17.1	15.3
29	Alessandro Colombo	1011.2	-0.8	46	15%	-20.7	324	-247	39%	31.9	11.2
-	Sami Casanova	1007.6	47.1	3	0%	28.7	50	-11	67%	16.7	45.4
30	Joan Clark	1006.4	4.4	17	29%	-4.1	212	-223	35%	12.4	8.4
31	Mike Rice	1006.3	98.8	10	20%	-11.0	296	-216	40%	23.1	12.1
32	Michael Wilkinson	1005.7	74.9	9	33%	-7.0	240	-225	44%	19.1	12.1
-	Corey Robinson	1005.1	-47.4	2	50%	98.5	249	-52	50%	-53.4	45.1
33	Umberto Prestini	1003.9	-1.6	43	12%	-29.2	365	-410	47%	33.2	3.9
-	Josh Richards	993.7	12.4	1	0%	-121.0	-121	-121	0%	9.8	-111.2
-	Barbie W	992.4	-103.1	1	0%	-95.0	-95	-95	0%	-39.4	-134.4
-	Francesco Mazzadi	992.1	25.1	1	0%	-172.0	-172	-172	0%	32.6	-139.4
-	Sarina Chaiken	985.5	-56.1	4	0%	-112.3	30	-249	25%	47.2	-65.1
-	Hilto 37	983.9	10.5	1	0%	-336.0	-336	-336	0%	50.5	-285.5
-	Silvia Saccomanno	982.3	-25.4	2	0%	-187.0	11	-385	50%	29.9	-157.1
34	John Parsons	980.4	32.4	8	25%	-62.6	159	-496	63%	16.8	-45.8
35	Tamara Hoylaerts	979.3	-18.4	6	17%	-88.3	209	-234	17%	25.3	-63.0
36	Tsahi Maimon	975.9	3.3	6	0%	-79.3	218	-306	33%	6.0	-73.4
37	Nicole Gilmore	975.6	50.6	6	0%	-98.2	-16	-195	0%	24.0	-74.2
-	Aaron Jones	972.9	20.3	2	0%	-286.5	22	-595	50%	45.3	-241.2
38	Stan Schenker	971.1	-14.2	23	4%	-50.2	204	-344	48%	18.0	-32.2
39	Maree Crawford	945.7	-61.4	57	7%	-59.8	252	-382	39%	5.5	-54.3
40	Filippo Lagostena	941.5	-10.6	19	5%	-107.8	204	-473	32%	36.5	-71.3
41	Beryel Dorscht	925.1	-91.6	34	9%	-97.7	186	-621	41%	21.5	-76.1
42	Jackie Smith	915.7	-90.4	68	16%	-94.4	210	-608	38%	10.1	-84.3
43	Giorgio Peterlongo	914.1	-84.5	31	0%	-106.7	186	-448	29%	18.3	-88.4

Hall of Fame, November 2023

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Geoff Hampson	451
	Federico Bianchi	408
	Federico Bianchi	397
	Steven De Donder	390
	Migry Zur Campanile	378

Hall of Shame, November 2023

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Beryel Dorscht	-621
	Jackie Smith	-608
	Aaron Jones	-595
	Jackie Smith	-552
	Beryel Dorscht	-498