2026 Club Standings

2026 San Diego Backgammon Club rankings through August 12, 2026.
For previous year’s standings, see: 2023, 2024, and 2025 final rankings.

Rank

Player

Wins

Losses

Win%

Events

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

Current Elo

Ranking Points

1

Justin Sheftell

68

47

59.10%

40

4.75

5.5

3.5

1754

183

2

Allen Tish

64

44

59.30%

36

5

5.5

2

1777

176

3

David Gray

70

44

61.40%

40

4.25

3.5

4

1749

165

4

Mark Weiner

66

53

55.50%

45

4

4.75

3

1687

164

5

Jimmy Lakdawala

57

29

66.30%

29

5

3

1

1771

145

6

Roger Alves

46

17

73.00%

20

5.5

2

2.5

1784

138

7

Abbas Anvar

61

46

57.00%

35

3

2.5

4.5

1655

135

8

Mehdi Showkati

47

32

59.50%

28

3.5

3.5

3.5

1747

131

9

Anthony Niakiani

49

29

62.80%

26

4.5

2

3

1790

131

10

Frank Frigo

49

20

71.00%

22

4.5

1

2

1882

119

11

Sam Rishmawi

58

45

56.30%

37

2.5

2.75

2

1658

118

12

Michael Pines

41

40

50.60%

29

3

2

2

1643

101

13

Avo Fronjian

48

50

49.00%

36

0.25

4.5

2.5

1586

97

14

Kutaiba Almukhtar

41

42

49.40%

32

3

2.25

0

1558

95

15

Raid Wastin

45

41

52.30%

32

1.75

1.5

3

1619

90

16

Manny Armesto

43

47

47.80%

34

1

2.5

2

1513

83

17

John Turner

30

16

65.20%

14

3

0

4

1694

82

18

Tom Keisler

25

12

67.60%

12

2.5

1.5

2

1835

75

19

Halle Hedayat

43

61

41.30%

39

1

1

2.75

1460

74

20

Peter Nolan

34

30

53.10%

24

1.5

1

3.12

1551

72.5

21

Veysel Kertis

41

48

46.10%

35

1.5

1

1

1533

71

22

Paul Skolnick

28

18

60.90%

17

2

2

0.5

1611

70

23

Dar Khatibi

36

50

41.90%

33

0

2

4.25

1551

69

24

Bijan Rahmani

42

58

42.00%

39

0.25

1.75

2

1510

67

25

Byron Georgiou

25

30

45.50%

18

0

2

1

1402

45

26

Samir Asfirane

28

34

45.20%

23

0

1

2

1554

44

27

Matt Schoonmaker

18

21

46.20%

14

0

2.5

1.5

1704

44

28

Kenny Lavigna

35

48

42.20%

34

0

1

0

1531

43

29

Jon Vietor

23

26

46.90%

18

0

2

1

1654

43

30

Kevin Duc

20

22

47.60%

17

1

1

0

1573

40

31

Brett Corbin

13

9

59.10%

7

1.5

1

0

1581

39

32

Kubilay Ugurlu

22

19

53.70%

15

1

0.5

0

1653

38

33

Matthew Farjo

19

23

45.20%

17

1.5

0

0

1496

37

34

Homer Farsad

17

21

44.70%

13

1

0

0.25

1502

30

35

Jim Delpy

13

14

48.10%

9

0

2

0

1378

29

36

Yossi Ram

20

35

36.40%

22

0

1

0

1478

28

37

Sam Mahood

11

7

61.10%

6

0

1.5

1

1531

27

38

Abbas Amiraslani

16

22

42.10%

15

0

1

0.5

1474

26

39

Serdar Altok

14

11

56.00%

10

1

0

0

1738

26

40

Paul Hubbard

15

24

38.50%

16

0

1

0

1358

23

41

Richard Sinden

11

9

55.00%

8

1

0

0

1604

23

42

Erik Kipperman

12

19

38.70%

13

0

1

0

1578

20

43

Andy Baltins

12

10

54.50%

8

0

1

0

1574

20

44

Blake Beber

8

6

57.10%

5

1

0

0

1718

20

45

Mike Stern

14

16

46.70%

12

0

0

1

1524

18

46

Fahri Cimen

13

14

48.10%

11

0

0

1

1565

17

47

Matthew Rosinsky

5

2

71.40%

2

1

0

0

1586

17

48

Tom Cox

10

14

41.70%

10

0.5

0

0.25

1584

17

49

Jon Gleisner

4

0

100.00%

1

1

0

0

1599

16

50

Paul Darth

4

0

100.00%

1

1

0

0

1611

16

51

Abby Ackerman

11

10

52.40%

8

0

0

1

1460

15

52

Amin Mazaeri

5

3

62.50%

3

0.5

0.5

0

1510

15

53

Spencer Chen

7

4

63.60%

4

0

0

1.5

1597

13

54

Chandler Martin

5

4

55.60%

3

0

1

0

1545

13

55

David Brown

8

7

53.30%

6

0

0

1

1536

12

56

Kiska Higgs

6

8

42.90%

6

0.5

0

0

1472

12

57

Martin Gaspare

7

10

41.20%

6

0

0

1

1471

11

58

Thomas Polk

3

1

75.00%

1

0

1

0

1565

11

59

Mitch Zager

5

11

31.20%

7

0

0

1

1407

9

60

Michael Affinito

5

6

45.50%

4

0

0

1

1449

9

61

Klause Kernbach

3

0

100.00%

1

0.5

0

0

1585

9

62

Jae Alexander

9

9

50.00%

6

0

0

0

1503

9

63

Daniel Wintz

4

4

50.00%

3

0

0

1

1575

8

64

Zee

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

1

1498

8

65

Charles Beal

7

14

33.30%

9

0

0

0

1419

7

66

Nagy Nosseir

3

3

50.00%

2

0

0

1

1421

7

67

Nasser Hosseiny

3

3

50.00%

2

0

0

1

1498

7

68

Karen Newell

5

16

23.80%

10

0

0

0.5

1320

7

69

Maan Khedraki

6

3

66.70%

3

0

0

0

1495

6

70

David Ureda

6

14

30.00%

7

0

0

0

1396

6

71

Charles Schleicher

6

8

42.90%

6

0

0

0

1470

6

72

Katie Osenga

5

6

45.50%

4

0

0

0

1512

5

73

Bertram Sieferheld

2

2

50.00%

2

0.25

0

0

1532

5

74

Greg Adelman

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0.5

1514

4

75

Ali B.

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

0

1572

4

76

Brandt Maxwell

4

4

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1511

4

77

Charlie Garrison

4

10

28.60%

7

0

0

0

1452

4

78

Saad Mahfoodh

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0

1553

3

79

Jordan Ramsey

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0.25

0

1296

3

80

Hovik Sinanyan

1

5

16.70%

3

0

0.25

0

1431

3

81

Alireza Rafigh

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0

1535

3

82

Tom Polk

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1483

2

83

Steve Schraibman

2

11

15.40%

8

0

0

0

1276

2

84

Patrick Hamilton

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1534

2

85

Hajit Melikyan

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1535

2

86

Haig Atikian

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1535

2

87

Greg Applebaum

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1501

2

88

Ari Gass

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1523

2

89

Nathan Kassab

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0.25

1506

2

90

Scott Skibicki

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1511

2

91

Skyla Fernandez

2

2

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1509

2

92

Robert Burns

2

6

25.00%

3

0

0

0

1530

2

93

Jared Wisbrod

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1490

2

94

Jimmy Campbell

2

8

20.00%

4

0

0

0

1360

2

95

Judy Goldsworthy

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1433

2

96

John Volkman

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1475

2

97

Jay Pajouh

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1461

2

98

Volkan Celik

1

9

10.00%

5

0

0

0

1459

1

99

Stewart Price

1

0

100.00%

1

0

0

0

1536

1

100

Tony Renda

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1455

1

101

Alex Kaiser

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1456

1

102

Antoni Mikalis

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1483

1

103

Bobby Belanger

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1470

1

104

Sheila G

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1304

1

105

Roger Anderson

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1445

1

106

Susan Mazarei

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1473

1

107

Arzu Bitar

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1496

1

108

Cameron Stangel

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1552

1

109

Joseph Hani

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1413

1

110

Justin Solomon

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1505

1

111

Jaleh Samani

1

2

33.30%

2

0

0

0

1486

1

112

Edna Pines

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1305

1

113

Dan Brown

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1325

1

114

Christine Ravenis

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1437

1

115

Lornie Kuhle

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1529

1

116

Laleh Hedayet

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1534

1

117

Mehrdad Aghdaid

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1498

1

118

Mario Valiahdi

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1512

1

119

Masoud Sadrieh

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1603

1

120

Zach Bradley

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1403

1

121

Olympia Georgiou

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1337

1

122

Paul Palomino

1

6

14.30%

3

0

0

0

1412

1

123

Paul DeAngelo

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1410

1

124

Kanon Kimura

1

7

12.50%

4

0

0

0

1401

1

125

Santiago Aguerre

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1478

1

126

Paul Kedrosky

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1464

1

127

Henry Zenzic

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0.12

1472

0.5

128

Arlene Harris

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1483

0

129

Allen Bakst

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1450

0

130

Alex Scharwtz

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1425

0

131

Ann Marie Volkan

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1252

0

132

Amy Renda

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

133

Bob Luster

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1454

0

134

David Taylor

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1464

0

135

Deborah Cuss

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1473

0

136

Eric Sarnoff

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

137

Gary Hirschfeld

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1406

0

138

Heidi Sabzheri

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1449

0

139

David Endres

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1481

0

140

Ceci Aguerre

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

141

Karen Ramirez

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

142

Kayla Wilson

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1461

0

143

Ian Tarr

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1463

0

144

Jen Brown

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1355

0

145

Jerry Wallace

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1455

0

146

Ellie Ghafouri

0

6

0.00%

3

0

0

0

1383

0

147

Greg Schiefer

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1416

0

148

Miguel Coppel

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1457

0

149

Orly Light

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1418

0

150

Mackenzie Mee-Lee

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1524

0

151

Lou Ryan

0

2

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1450

0

152

Sandra Hakim

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1474

0

153

Siavash Akhgar

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1450

0

154

Theresa Jussila

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1418

0

155

Victor Mizrachi

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1383

0

156

Wes Alexander

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1456

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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