2026 Club Standings

2026 San Diego Backgammon Club rankings through April 15, 2026.
For previous year’s standings, see: 2023, 2024, and 2025 final rankings.

RANK

PLAYER

MATCH WINS

MATCH LOSSES

WIN PCT

z-score

EVENTS

1ST PLACE FINISHES

2ND PLACE FINISHES

3RD PLACE FINISHES

Elo

SDBC Ranking Points

1

Allen Tish

33

27

55.00%

0.8

20

2

4.5

0

    1,761

93

2

Frank Frigo

29

6

82.86%

3.9

10

4

1

1

    1,910

89

3

Michael Showkati

29

14

67.44%

2.3

15

2.5

1.5

2.5

    1,789

81

4

Justin Sheftell

34

23

59.65%

1.5

20

1.5

1.5

2.5

    1,751

74

5

Abbas Anvar

27

20

57.45%

1.0

15

2.5

1.5

1

    1,629

73

6

Avo Fronjian

25

21

54.35%

0.6

16

0.25

4.5

0.5

    1,622

66

7

Sam Rishmawi

28

22

56.00%

0.8

17

1.5

1

2

    1,653

62

8

Kutaiba Almukhtar

24

26

48.00%

-0.3

19

2

1.25

0

    1,536

58

9

John Turner

19

5

79.17%

2.9

6

2

0

3

    1,716

55

10

David Gray

30

25

54.55%

0.7

22

1.25

0

2

    1,691

53

11

Peter Nolan

22

15

59.46%

1.2

14

1.5

1

1.125

    1,566

52.5

12

Mark Weiner

28

27

50.91%

0.1

22

0.5

1.25

2

    1,685

52

13

Jimmy Lakdalwala

21

14

60.00%

1.2

12

1

2

0

    1,705

49

14

Tom Keisler

13

9

59.09%

0.9

8

1.5

1.5

0

    1,807

43

15

Raid Westin

23

19

54.76%

0.6

14

0

1

3

    1,631

43

16

Manny Armesto

23

22

51.11%

0.1

17

1

0.5

1

    1,523

43

17

Roger Alves

14

7

66.67%

1.5

7

1

1.5

1

    1,725

42

18

Weysel Kertis

18

17

51.43%

0.2

13

1

1

1

    1,577

42

19

Michael Pines

17

16

51.52%

0.2

12

1

1

1

    1,650

41

20

Paul Skolnick

14

7

66.67%

1.5

8

1.5

0.5

0.5

    1,603

38

21

Dar Khatibi

17

20

45.95%

-0.5

14

0

1

3

    1,606

37

22

Halle Hedayat

17

20

45.95%

-0.5

14

1

0

1

    1,466

33

23

Bijan Rahmani

19

23

45.24%

-0.6

16

0

1.5

0

    1,557

31

24

Kevin Duc

14

13

51.85%

0.2

11

1

0.5

0

    1,588

30

25

Homer Farsad

13

8

61.90%

1.1

6

1

0

0.25

    1,542

26

26

Abbas Aniraslani

11

17

39.29%

-1.1

11

0

1

0.5

    1,446

21

27

Serdar Altok

8

5

61.54%

0.8

5

1

0

0

    1,747

20

28

Blake Beber

8

6

57.14%

0.5

5

1

0

0

    1,717

20

29

Byron Georgiou

11

13

45.83%

-0.4

8

0

1

0

    1,387

19

30

Anthony Niakiani

12

16

42.86%

-0.8

11

0.5

0

0

    1,723

18

31

Jon Gleisner

4

0

100.00%

2.0

1

1

0

0

    1,598

16

32

Jon Vietor

8

12

40.00%

-0.9

8

0

1

0

    1,648

16

33

Kenny Lavigna

16

26

38.10%

-1.5

17

0

0

0

    1,520

16

34

Yossi Ram

7

11

38.89%

-0.9

7

0

1

0

    1,498

15

35

Abby Ackerman

10

9

52.63%

0.2

7

0

0

1

    1,456

14

36

Sam Mahood

5

4

55.56%

0.3

3

0

0.5

1

    1,452

13

37

Tom Cox

7

8

46.67%

-0.3

6

0.5

0

0

    1,594

13

38

Samir Asfirane

12

18

40.00%

-1.1

12

0

0

0

    1,556

12

39

Matthew Farjo

6

11

35.29%

-1.2

8

0.5

0

0

    1,471

12

40

Brett Corbin

3

1

75.00%

1.0

1

0

1

0

    1,546

11

41

Matt Schoonmaker

7

6

53.85%

0.3

4

0

0

1

    1,752

11

42

Joe Alexander

9

9

50.00%

0.0

6

0

0

0

    1,503

9

43

Erik Kipperman

5

10

33.33%

-1.3

6

0

0.5

0

    1,578

9

44

Michael Affinito

4

5

44.44%

-0.3

3

0

0

1

    1,438

8

45

Mitch Zager

3

3

50.00%

0.0

2

0

0

1

    1,498

7

46

Nagy Nosseir

3

3

50.00%

0.0

2

0

0

1

    1,419

7

47

Kubilay “Koby” Ugurlu

6

6

50.00%

0.0

5

0

0

0

    1,644

6

48

Andy Baltins

5

4

55.56%

0.3

4

0

0

0

    1,554

5

49

Bertram Sieferheld

2

2

50.00%

0.0

2

0.25

0

0

    1,532

5

50

Charles Schleicher

5

5

50.00%

0.0

4

0

0

0

    1,472

5

51

Richard Sinden

5

6

45.45%

-0.3

5

0

0

0

    1,538

5

52

Paul Hubbard

5

10

33.33%

-1.3

6

0

0

0

    1,331

5

53

Ali B.

4

2

66.67%

0.8

2

0

0

0

    1,571

4

54

Spencer Chen

2

1

66.67%

0.6

1

0

0

0.5

    1,531

4

55

Greg Adelman

2

1

66.67%

0.6

1

0

0

0.5

    1,514

4

56

David Brown

4

5

44.44%

-0.3

4

0

0

0

    1,526

4

57

Mike Stern

4

6

40.00%

-0.6

4

0

0

0

    1,512

4

58

Jordan Ramsey

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0.25

0

    1,295

3

59

Charles Beal

3

6

33.33%

-1.0

4

0

0

0

    1,458

3

60

Jim Delpy

3

7

30.00%

-1.3

4

0

0

0

    1,327

3

61

Karen Newell

2

10

16.67%

-2.3

6

0

0

0.25

    1,325

3

62

Saad Mahfoodah

2

1

66.67%

0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,555

2

63

Ari Gass

2

1

66.67%

0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,523

2

64

Scott Skibicki

2

2

50.00%

0.0

2

0

0

0

    1,511

2

65

Fahri Cimen

2

3

40.00%

-0.4

2

0

0

0

    1,559

2

66

John Volkman

2

3

40.00%

-0.4

2

0

0

0

    1,475

2

67

Robert Burns

2

6

25.00%

-1.4

3

0

0

0

    1,528

2

68

Stewart Price

1

0

100.00%

1.0

1

0

0

0

    1,535

1

69

Laleh Hedayet

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,534

1

70

Alireza Rafigh

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,512

1

71

Mario Valiahdi

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,512

1

72

Katie Osenga

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,502

1

73

Arzu Bitar

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,496

1

74

Sheila G

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,305

1

75

Edna Pines

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,304

1

76

Santiago Aguerre

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,478

1

77

Tony Renda

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,455

1

78

Amin Mazaeri

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,424

1

79

Joseph Hani

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,413

1

80

Zach Bradley

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,403

1

81

Dan Brown

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,325

1

82

Susan Mazarei

1

3

25.00%

-1.0

2

0

0

0

    1,473

1

83

Steve Schraibman

1

3

25.00%

-1.0

3

0

0

0

    1,340

1

84

David Ureda

1

4

20.00%

-1.3

2

0

0

0

    1,431

1

85

Volkan Celik

1

7

12.50%

-2.1

4

0

0

0

    1,464

1

86

Henry Zenzic

0

1

0.00%

-1.0

1

0

0

0.125

    1,472

0.5

87

David Endres

0

1

0.00%

-1.0

1

0

0

0

    1,481

0

88

Mackenzie Mee-Lee

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,524

0

89

Kayla Wilson

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,461

0

90

Eric Sarnoff

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,459

0

91

Amy Renda

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,459

0

92

Jared Wisbrod

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,456

0

93

Wes Alexander

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,456

0

94

Paul DeAngelo

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,456

0

95

Jerry Wallace

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,455

0

96

Nasser Hosseiny

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,453

0

97

Ceci Aguerre

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,452

0

98

Siavash Akhgar

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,450

0

99

Heidi Sabzheri

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,449

0

100

Kiska Higgs

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,422

0

101

Judy Goldsworthy

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,422

0

102

Orly Light

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,417

0

103

Jen Brown

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,355

0

104

Theresa Jussila

0

4

0.00%

-2.0

2

0

0

0

    1,418

0

105

Paul Palomino

0

4

0.00%

-2.0

2

0

0

0

    1,412

0

106

Gary Hirschfeld

0

4

0.00%

-2.0

2

0

0

0

    1,405

0

107

Ann Marie Volkan

0

4

0.00%

-2.0

2

0

0

0

    1,252

0

Z-SCORE – a statistic used to measure results more accurately with consideration of total matches played, and reflects the number of standard deviations from the mean performance.  The mean is assumed to be a 50/50 coin flip.

SDBG RANKING POINTS – Each match win is worth 1 point. For a standard sixteen person bracket, 1st place receives 12 points, 2nd place receives 8 points, and 3rd place receives 4 points. Splits of 1st/2nd each receive 10 points, and splits of 3rd each receive 2 points. For an eight person bracket, ranking points for 1st/2nd/3rd are halved. Forfeited matches and byes are not scored.

Elo – A rating system that measures the relative strength of a player. A player’s Elo rating increases when they win, and decreases when they lose. The amount of the increase/decrease depends on the strength of their opponent, how long the match is (e.g. 7 points or 5 points), and how many matches the player has played. The difference in Elo ratings between two players can estimate each player’s win chances in the match based on a formula. For example, a player whose rating is 100 points greater than their opponent’s is expected to win a 7 point match 58% of the time. Every player starts with a rating of 1500.

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