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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.

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December 2024

2004-2024

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December 2024

2003-2024

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2024

January: Geoff Hampson

February: Mark Tynkov

March: Dana Berkowitz

April: Geoff Hampson

May: Steven De Donder

June: Geoff Hampson

July: Steven De Donder

August: Steven De Donder

September: Geoff Hampson

October: Steven De Donder

November: Steven De Donder

December: Steven De Donder

Annual winners, 2003-24

2024 ladder: Steven De Donder

2023 ladder: Ben Kristensen

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

2015 ladder: Alessio Isaia

2014 ladder: Doron Limor

2013 ladder: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2012 ladder: Ben Handley�� -Pritchard

2011 ladder: Fabio Lo Presti

2010 ladder: Steve Altus

2009 ladder: Mike Rice

2008 ladder: John Therkelsen

2007 ladder: Mike Rice

2006 ladder: Francesco Mazzadi

2005 ladder: J�rome Rombaut

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby

Zester ladder, 2024

Best 10 scores. Minimum games to qualify: 10.

Pos		Name	Average of best 10	Score 1	Score 2	Score 3	Score 4	Score 5	Score 6	Score 7	Score 8	Score 9	Score 10
1		Marco Prestini	417.5	539	508	435	426	413	377	375	375	367	360
2		Steven De Donder	399.7	478	426	413	404	391	382	380	380	375	368
3		Fabio Quai	389.5	450	406	393	392	390	390	383	367	363	361
4		Rosalind Lin	383.7	497	436	389	388	388	355	353	346	343	342
5		Tsahi Maimon	381.5	467	451	427	424	366	352	351	329	326	322
6		Mark Tynkov	373.1	449	408	405	396	376	372	342	334	326	323
7		Patric Sierzega	356.1	417	401	385	371	362	354	327	318	315	311
8		Geoff Hampson	353.2	381	374	372	369	355	351	347	331	330	322
9		Stan Schenker	349.6	404	402	378	344	335	332	331	327	322	321
10		Michael Wilkinson	349.3	419	404	369	361	338	338	319	319	316	310
11		Ben Kristensen	348.5	493	417	410	337	318	313	303	302	296	296
12		Jaron Marcus	344.8	388	372	364	353	345	339	326	323	321	317
13		Beppe Mistretta	344.1	413	374	365	345	340	337	321	321	314	311
14		Fabrizio Farnesi	343.3	389	380	361	343	339	333	325	325	321	317
15		Mira	341.9	444	436	351	335	321	319	309	302	302	300
16		Federico Bianchi	341.0	454	392	353	333	322	319	314	312	309	302
17		Jill Levin	337.8	368	367	355	338	335	335	321	321	319	319
18		Gaetano Damiata	336.0	415	388	381	348	344	335	303	289	284	273
19		Matt Dobbs	333.3	436	400	388	386	354	316	279	272	251	251
20		Zachary Grossack	330.7	418	416	365	332	328	294	294	289	287	284
21		Umberto Prestini	329.9	440	346	337	336	334	311	307	300	297	291
22		JoAnna Stansby	318.0	414	390	337	318	300	299	294	291	271	266
23		Dana Berkowitz	317.3	435	356	342	340	337	312	276	266	257	252
24		Alessandro Colombo	306.3	356	350	342	319	312	295	277	272	271	269
25		Gianluca Lodato	305.5	320	317	315	313	310	301	296	296	294	293
26		Stav Dan	303.7	498	324	320	313	310	307	306	267	198	194
27		Giorgio Caccia	303.2	404	373	346	316	305	294	257	250	245	242
28		John Diamond	298.7	428	345	343	327	282	279	249	248	245	241
29		Marco Novara	294.7	365	317	310	303	294	286	283	272	259	258
30		Maree Crawford	285.1	341	310	306	303	289	279	263	258	251	251
31		Sami Casanova	284.4	367	362	342	329	261	255	250	232	229	217
32		Fabrizio Guttadauro	280.9	450	323	315	294	282	254	236	223	222	210
33		John Parsons	275.3	355	325	323	272	260	251	244	243	240	240
34		Alessio Isaia	274.9	379	321	304	299	275	264	244	226	225	212
35		Nicole Gilmore	273.8	414	297	296	294	263	254	250	232	225	213
36		Jackie Smith	263.6	352	288	277	265	255	252	243	236	235	233
37		Joan Clark	262.8	355	277	263	262	252	252	247	245	239	236
38		Chris Dixon	260.4	331	312	272	262	261	250	246	233	222	215
39		Raz Betzalel	259.2	354	341	295	287	261	224	222	215	203	190
40		Dan Hoffenberg	257.7	378	318	279	277	236	230	224	223	209	203
41		Migry Zur Campanile	256.4	304	300	296	278	253	243	232	231	227	200
42		Mike Rice	253.9	399	338	267	262	240	231	225	222	181	174
43		Giorgio Peterlongo	250.0	291	287	269	263	257	244	243	227	215	204
44		Silvia Saccomanno	248.7	367	276	260	249	240	234	224	221	217	199
45		Benoit Guiot	236.9	361	317	266	246	245	222	205	185	167	155
46		Tracey B	221.6	327	267	262	236	219	210	205	173	164	153
47		Filippo Lagostena	217.3	297	285	269	236	217	206	192	167	162	142
48		Clovis Dehaye	191.0	318	245	205	202	188	183	171	141	134	123
49		Beryel Dorscht	185.8	252	219	206	196	191	191	167	154	151	131
50		Michael Yo	181.2	295	246	219	176	166	161	145	143	137	124
51		Ben Handley-Pritchard	156.6	300	271	233	160	143	138	115	101	53	52
52		Jennifer Mourgues	155.9	283	246	183	131	127	122	121	119	116	111
53		Ofir Rosenfeld	146.5	287	269	187	163	125	115	106	76	74	63
54		Giancarlo Rosselli	142.6	277	254	220	157	102	101	85	82	75	73
55		John McAllister	138.5	267	242	195	177	147	117	99	70	47	24
56		Aaron Jones	137.5	213	212	192	181	139	124	105	78	72	59
57		Tamara Hoylaerts	125.7	176	154	148	128	124	119	114	111	96	87
58		Goran Cekol	121.1	410	186	160	131	131	103	75	51	16	-52
59		Giles Woodruff	115.3	328	263	263	191	40	33	22	14	5	-6
60		Hilto 37	81.0	175	164	129	67	55	54	47	47	36	36
61		Arm Pontecom	38.1	231	177	174	153	-5	-24	-42	-76	-101	-106
62		Bradley Johnston	35.6	233	154	131	131	106	-13	-55	-99	-112	-120
63		Sarina Chaiken	11.2	104	70	66	50	29	22	-19	-49	-80	-81
64		Aharon Shaked	10.8	201	181	140	42	37	-35	-60	-86	-106	-206
65		Barbie W	-20.3	280	70	62	20	-6	-13	-95	-167	-169	-185
66		Stephen Frechette	-31.4	242	91	52	-5	-39	-45	-104	-135	-151	-220
67		Yaron Yaron	-32.6	220	140	105	38	-89	-104	-112	-138	-148	-238

Apple core ladder, 2024

Worst 10 scores. Minimum games to qualify: 25.

Pos		Name	Average of worst 10	Score 1	Score 2	Score 3	Score 4	Score 5	Score 6	Score 7	Score 8	Score 9	Score 10
-		Giles Woodruff	40.1	-143	-18	-6	5	14	22	33	40	191	263
-		Bradley Johnston	-20.1	-324	-120	-112	-99	-55	-13	106	131	131	154
-		Goran Cekol	-33.9	-203	-172	-150	-138	-52	16	51	75	103	131
-		Ben Handley-Pritchard	-79.4	-330	-208	-174	-154	-85	15	28	30	32	52
-		Yaron Yaron	-87.3	-327	-238	-148	-138	-112	-104	-89	38	105	140
-		Stephen Frechette	-92.6	-370	-220	-151	-135	-104	-45	-39	-5	52	91
-		Hilto 37	-108.7	-254	-229	-193	-180	-124	-81	-27	-11	5	7
-		Barbie W	-110.6	-285	-268	-185	-169	-167	-95	-13	-6	20	62
1		John McAllister	-143.8	-256	-241	-188	-132	-119	-118	-113	-102	-98	-71
-		Arm Pontecom	-169.2	-315	-253	-236	-197	-187	-179	-106	-101	-76	-42
2		Mike Rice	-170.1	-351	-317	-229	-170	-169	-159	-98	-71	-69	-68
-		Sarina Chaiken	-173.7	-247	-218	-213	-206	-198	-169	-143	-116	-116	-111
3		Tracey B	-191.2	-466	-235	-204	-184	-184	-172	-161	-138	-99	-69
4		Alessio Isaia	-213.7	-312	-277	-271	-248	-225	-213	-176	-141	-139	-135
5		Ben Kristensen	-216.1	-281	-270	-238	-233	-219	-214	-208	-175	-163	-160
6		Silvia Saccomanno	-216.9	-320	-290	-233	-224	-211	-190	-188	-177	-169	-167
7		Stav Dan	-220.6	-312	-272	-239	-230	-227	-224	-218	-193	-160	-131
8		Nicole Gilmore	-221.3	-445	-271	-253	-227	-206	-191	-178	-151	-147	-144
9		Clovis Dehaye	-226.4	-329	-288	-282	-268	-235	-213	-208	-192	-145	-104
10		Giancarlo Rosselli	-230.8	-502	-359	-272	-270	-181	-163	-156	-142	-141	-122
11		Aaron Jones	-231.5	-405	-401	-306	-235	-202	-181	-175	-150	-138	-122
12		Tamara Hoylaerts	-248.3	-317	-315	-278	-251	-239	-237	-227	-220	-201	-198
13		Dan Hoffenberg	-257.6	-371	-301	-288	-257	-240	-230	-227	-222	-220	-220
14		Fabrizio Guttadauro	-257.9	-384	-341	-282	-256	-227	-225	-218	-217	-217	-212
15		Benoit Guiot	-258.2	-377	-360	-324	-264	-244	-222	-207	-201	-196	-187
16		Filippo Lagostena	-260.3	-335	-281	-280	-256	-248	-247	-246	-241	-238	-231
17		Dana Berkowitz	-269.5	-408	-306	-294	-262	-257	-245	-242	-236	-227	-218
18		Zachary Grossack	-273.2	-478	-333	-281	-256	-242	-240	-233	-224	-223	-222
19		Sami Casanova	-274.8	-358	-307	-284	-283	-280	-260	-253	-245	-242	-236
20		Migry Zur Campanile	-279.5	-408	-389	-379	-296	-274	-267	-223	-202	-196	-161
21		Steven De Donder	-286.0	-433	-371	-360	-274	-256	-254	-247	-231	-218	-216
22		John Parsons	-291.7	-360	-342	-324	-309	-297	-284	-265	-261	-238	-237
23		John Diamond	-296.5	-386	-339	-315	-314	-303	-292	-267	-253	-252	-244
24		Jennifer Mourgues	-306.8	-542	-471	-433	-320	-313	-242	-211	-196	-182	-158
25		Mark Tynkov	-315.4	-528	-387	-342	-295	-293	-285	-281	-251	-251	-241
26		Ofir Rosenfeld	-321.4	-637	-486	-373	-329	-260	-232	-231	-231	-230	-205
27		Chris Dixon	-325.0	-413	-403	-371	-360	-343	-329	-286	-259	-254	-232
28		Geoff Hampson	-333.7	-487	-406	-382	-310	-305	-304	-296	-289	-285	-273
29		Giorgio Caccia	-338.4	-438	-376	-371	-342	-340	-322	-308	-307	-295	-285
30		Matt Dobbs	-339.5	-497	-396	-353	-343	-315	-313	-308	-293	-291	-286
-		Aharon Shaked	-345.1	-502	-439	-381	-380	-378	-303	-283	-276	-276	-233
31		Michael Wilkinson	-346.5	-520	-445	-361	-357	-354	-305	-302	-285	-275	-261
32		JoAnna Stansby	-350.5	-519	-391	-391	-378	-367	-364	-288	-283	-273	-251
33		Joan Clark	-352.3	-412	-392	-366	-362	-361	-339	-329	-326	-318	-318
34		Marco Novara	-353.1	-605	-465	-394	-356	-330	-308	-284	-266	-264	-259
35		Federico Bianchi	-358.5	-496	-429	-421	-416	-314	-312	-308	-301	-295	-293
36		Stan Schenker	-372.6	-507	-407	-398	-392	-391	-343	-334	-321	-318	-315
37		Rosalind Lin	-379.9	-633	-497	-402	-367	-344	-319	-317	-316	-307	-297
38		Fabio Quai	-384.3	-435	-419	-412	-400	-394	-378	-366	-351	-348	-340
39		Alessandro Colombo	-389.2	-525	-424	-418	-411	-391	-380	-339	-338	-334	-332
40		Beppe Mistretta	-390.2	-534	-440	-407	-393	-380	-366	-355	-352	-339	-336
41		Gaetano Damiata	-398.0	-507	-503	-502	-436	-360	-359	-333	-332	-331	-317
42		Jaron Marcus	-403.6	-498	-484	-468	-411	-388	-373	-356	-354	-353	-351
43		Gianluca Lodato	-405.1	-543	-524	-424	-415	-402	-371	-360	-349	-345	-318
44		Marco Prestini	-405.8	-526	-449	-429	-414	-387	-377	-370	-370	-370	-366
45		Mira	-419.4	-476	-444	-442	-429	-428	-428	-403	-401	-374	-369
46		Maree Crawford	-431.5	-502	-470	-443	-438	-417	-415	-415	-411	-405	-399
47		Patric Sierzega	-444.7	-553	-503	-483	-458	-453	-449	-425	-389	-368	-366
48		Fabrizio Farnesi	-448.8	-501	-499	-484	-468	-443	-430	-421	-419	-418	-405
49		Raz Betzalel	-449.8	-553	-453	-449	-446	-444	-441	-434	-433	-425	-420
50		Giorgio Peterlongo	-457.1	-548	-521	-466	-465	-460	-459	-426	-411	-410	-405
51		Jill Levin	-467.6	-523	-512	-496	-468	-466	-461	-451	-439	-437	-423
52		Michael Yo	-479.9	-696	-595	-591	-570	-420	-416	-403	-378	-370	-360
53		Tsahi Maimon	-522.9	-581	-573	-570	-542	-538	-536	-492	-486	-461	-450
54		Jackie Smith	-534.4	-585	-581	-578	-560	-551	-539	-533	-490	-467	-460
55		Beryel Dorscht	-546.0	-671	-601	-580	-578	-535	-523	-517	-509	-475	-471
56		Umberto Prestini	-565.7	-854	-659	-628	-617	-518	-493	-490	-483	-475	-440