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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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2003-2024

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2025

January: Geoff Hampson

February: Fabio Quai

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, 2025

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		Fabio Quai	383.1	463	424	423	399	398	371	356	339	329	329
2		Steven De Donder	327.5	384	369	330	330	327	316	316	306	304	293
3		Michael Wilkinson	322.6	464	436	425	286	281	279	273	273	255	254
4		Geoff Hampson	305.4	388	358	347	316	310	291	283	265	259	237
5		John Parsons	293.2	390	360	309	289	275	272	268	265	253	251
6		Patric Sierzega	285.9	355	334	328	288	274	274	266	261	245	234
7		Marco Prestini	282.0	337	330	319	317	302	286	255	252	215	207
8		Jaron Marcus	280.4	371	345	294	279	277	276	255	253	250	204
9		Mark Tynkov	279.0	343	341	305	292	270	263	255	245	243	233
10		Fabrizio Farnesi	276.6	330	303	286	284	275	273	269	256	246	244
11		Mira	275.8	396	317	315	265	263	258	243	243	232	226
12		Federico Bianchi	262.1	305	303	267	266	260	259	253	238	237	233
13		Matt Dobbs	259.4	330	306	293	283	253	248	238	228	226	189
14		John Diamond	258.5	342	297	297	275	242	242	231	227	218	214
15		Sami Casanova	250.1	342	282	270	269	241	235	228	221	209	204
16		Stan Schenker	247.5	290	280	269	258	258	243	221	219	219	218
17		Rosalind Lin	237.6	326	296	250	236	234	215	215	207	202	195
18		Jennifer Mourgues	237.0	310	279	248	245	231	229	221	219	197	191
19		Gianluca Lodato	236.9	382	321	236	228	227	221	200	199	178	177
20		Jackie Smith	233.2	487	277	247	229	220	214	179	172	167	140
21		Jill Levin	232.0	380	260	257	235	216	199	199	194	190	190
22		Alessandro Colombo	231.5	325	277	239	230	219	216	215	202	199	193
23		Tracey B	228.8	292	270	255	247	234	208	200	198	193	191
24		Umberto Prestini	224.0	340	338	304	219	208	187	172	167	155	150
25		Gaetano Damiata	218.3	380	248	237	215	208	191	189	178	169	168
26		Maree Crawford	214.6	286	248	247	244	235	200	183	181	166	156
27		Giorgio Caccia	211.3	333	290	241	233	214	183	175	149	148	147
28		Dan Hoffenberg	198.0	302	300	270	207	195	166	162	128	128	122
29		Ben Kristensen	179.3	365	274	253	172	171	160	124	106	90	78
30		Goran Cekol	167.3	397	267	190	180	141	137	134	106	64	57
31		Joan Clark	161.5	235	232	199	170	169	127	125	124	117	117
32		Tsahi Maimon	148.6	296	274	240	168	154	119	106	81	29	19
33		Zachary Grossack	144.1	317	316	232	196	180	159	63	7	0	-29
34		Migry Zur Campanile	103.3	272	159	96	95	88	75	74	73	53	48
35		Giles Woodruff	97.8	175	155	133	127	114	102	64	61	39	8
36		Giorgio Peterlongo	90.8	287	198	110	98	64	49	34	31	26	11
37		Benoit Guiot	79.2	333	165	156	128	97	3	-4	-8	-8	-70
38		Filippo Lagostena	78.0	138	132	116	102	83	63	49	39	34	24
39		Mike Rice	76.9	293	238	236	108	67	55	32	-22	-42	-196
40		Steven Dupree	35.9	306	119	117	31	-2	-20	-23	-27	-39	-103
41		Brad Moss	3.7	266	131	126	115	11	-52	-111	-138	-139	-172
42		Hilto 37	-19.7	150	87	32	31	28	2	-8	-49	-78	-392
43		Beppe Mistretta	-20.7	89	82	14	4	-7	-45	-46	-69	-75	-154
44		Beryel Dorscht	-163.0	2	-84	-100	-125	-182	-205	-207	-215	-231	-283

Apple core ladder, 2025

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
-		Mike Rice	16.2	-314	-196	-42	-22	32	55	67	108	236	238
-		Ben Kristensen	-4.7	-153	-90	-65	-51	-17	15	70	76	78	90
-		Hilto 37	-19.7	-392	-78	-49	-8	2	28	31	32	87	150
-		Benoit Guiot	-39.3	-225	-188	-118	-70	-8	-8	-4	3	97	128
-		Giles Woodruff	-102.1	-250	-183	-177	-152	-137	-88	-56	-25	8	39
-		Zachary Grossack	-111.2	-597	-258	-244	-121	-92	-29	0	7	63	159
1		Migry Zur Campanile	-125.6	-213	-174	-169	-166	-107	-103	-99	-80	-79	-66
2		John Diamond	-146.3	-237	-203	-199	-177	-139	-130	-125	-94	-85	-74
3		Goran Cekol	-163.2	-297	-297	-204	-190	-165	-141	-117	-76	-75	-70
-		Brad Moss	-167.8	-495	-217	-186	-179	-172	-139	-138	-111	-52	11
-		Beppe Mistretta	-170.1	-441	-348	-273	-243	-154	-75	-69	-46	-45	-7
-		Beryel Dorscht	-198.5	-353	-283	-231	-215	-207	-205	-182	-125	-100	-84
-		Steven Dupree	-204.7	-495	-453	-304	-250	-210	-143	-103	-39	-27	-23
4		Filippo Lagostena	-211.6	-490	-244	-207	-194	-188	-181	-169	-162	-157	-124
5		Federico Bianchi	-228.0	-378	-261	-258	-227	-223	-204	-194	-182	-177	-176
6		Steven De Donder	-228.1	-392	-297	-256	-216	-204	-199	-188	-185	-179	-165
7		Gaetano Damiata	-228.2	-345	-266	-256	-247	-224	-197	-196	-188	-184	-179
8		Joan Clark	-228.8	-370	-349	-266	-253	-253	-182	-174	-162	-141	-138
9		Dan Hoffenberg	-242.1	-346	-294	-278	-257	-238	-217	-213	-209	-193	-176
10		Sami Casanova	-245.0	-335	-269	-263	-245	-241	-238	-228	-218	-207	-206
11		Geoff Hampson	-247.7	-429	-351	-323	-289	-225	-199	-198	-173	-168	-122
12		Marco Prestini	-248.7	-319	-303	-282	-238	-236	-228	-228	-223	-223	-207
13		Mark Tynkov	-257.2	-408	-364	-321	-273	-257	-244	-218	-178	-155	-154
14		Tsahi Maimon	-258.0	-617	-590	-367	-219	-195	-170	-159	-113	-79	-71
15		Jaron Marcus	-277.4	-354	-332	-316	-268	-264	-260	-254	-252	-237	-237
16		Matt Dobbs	-285.9	-496	-334	-324	-314	-305	-248	-247	-238	-194	-159
17		Gianluca Lodato	-286.4	-450	-398	-283	-271	-263	-261	-255	-245	-222	-216
18		Alessandro Colombo	-291.2	-491	-363	-323	-283	-257	-257	-255	-232	-227	-224
19		Rosalind Lin	-298.6	-457	-442	-431	-254	-251	-244	-237	-237	-221	-212
20		Tracey B	-298.8	-539	-347	-338	-310	-308	-263	-251	-215	-212	-205
21		John Parsons	-299.5	-438	-396	-382	-368	-275	-256	-249	-246	-193	-192
22		Stan Schenker	-312.3	-441	-429	-334	-330	-315	-276	-269	-257	-242	-230
23		Patric Sierzega	-313.9	-546	-385	-325	-311	-286	-271	-264	-256	-248	-247
24		Fabrizio Farnesi	-317.0	-517	-419	-413	-314	-293	-279	-270	-266	-205	-194
25		Maree Crawford	-321.9	-560	-482	-425	-322	-271	-246	-242	-232	-224	-215
26		Michael Wilkinson	-323.3	-403	-395	-393	-387	-310	-294	-287	-268	-253	-243
27		Giorgio Caccia	-324.2	-519	-465	-327	-317	-290	-275	-271	-270	-266	-242
28		Fabio Quai	-329.5	-446	-366	-351	-340	-331	-325	-296	-296	-277	-267
29		Jill Levin	-331.6	-463	-376	-337	-321	-314	-311	-309	-296	-296	-293
30		Umberto Prestini	-332.3	-467	-395	-335	-330	-317	-301	-301	-299	-293	-285
31		Mira	-333.6	-411	-401	-376	-351	-337	-321	-319	-276	-273	-271
32		Jennifer Mourgues	-353.0	-482	-428	-408	-362	-335	-329	-313	-309	-288	-276
33		Jackie Smith	-375.6	-575	-424	-416	-372	-358	-354	-348	-337	-295	-277
34		Giorgio Peterlongo	-382.5	-484	-475	-449	-401	-389	-359	-355	-350	-298	-265