2026 Club Standings

2026 San Diego Backgammon Club rankings through July 1, 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

David Gray

62

36

63.30%

34

4.25

3

4

1717

153

2

Justin Sheftell

56

36

60.90%

32

3.75

3.5

3.5

1768

143

3

Allen Tish

50

37

57.50%

29

3

5.5

1

1770

134

4

Mark Weiner

54

44

55.10%

37

3.5

2.75

3

1705

130

5

Jimmy Lakdalwala

45

21

68.20%

22

4

2

1

1733

113

6

Mehdi Showkati

40

25

61.50%

23

3.5

2.5

2.5

1770

112

7

Abbas Anvar

47

35

57.30%

26

2.5

2.5

3

1643

109

8

Frank Frigo

42

15

73.70%

18

4

1

2

1913

106

9

Sam Rishmawi

48

34

58.50%

29

2.5

2.25

2

1677

104

10

Roger Alves

31

14

68.90%

15

3.5

2

1.5

1752

95

11

Kutaiba Almukhtar

40

41

49.40%

31

3

2.25

0

1557

94

12

Anthony Niakiani

38

28

57.60%

23

2.5

2

2

1738

92

13

Avo Fronjian

37

39

48.70%

27

0.25

4.5

1.5

1621

82

14

Manny Armesto

41

44

48.20%

32

1

2.5

2

1522

81

15

John Turner

29

13

69.00%

12

3

0

4

1690

81

16

Raid Wastin

38

34

52.80%

25

1.5

1.5

3

1639

80

17

Michael Pines

31

34

47.70%

24

2

1

2

1608

71

18

Paul Skolnick

26

15

63.40%

15

2

2

0.5

1628

68

19

Halle Hedayat

36

47

43.40%

30

1

1

2

1465

64

20

Peter Nolan

28

22

56.00%

19

1.5

1

2.12

1561

62.5

21

Tom Keisler

21

12

63.60%

11

1.5

1.5

2

1822

59

22

Bijan Rahmani

34

43

44.20%

30

0.25

1.75

2

1560

59

23

Veysel Kertis

29

37

43.90%

26

1

1

1

1482

53

24

Dar Khatibi

25

41

37.90%

26

0

1

3

1587

45

25

Byron Georgiou

21

24

46.70%

15

0

2

1

1398

41

26

Brett Corbin

13

9

59.10%

7

1.5

1

0

1601

39

27

Kenny Lavigna

30

42

41.70%

29

0

1

0

1532

38

28

Kubilay Ugurlu

21

17

55.30%

14

1

0.5

0

1648

37

29

Matthew Farjo

19

23

45.20%

17

1.5

0

0

1499

37

30

Jon Vietor

20

25

44.40%

17

0

2

0

1660

36

31

Kevin Duc

17

18

48.60%

14

1

0.5

0

1579

33

32

Homer Farsad

14

14

50.00%

9

1

0

0.25

1513

27

33

Sam Mahood

11

7

61.10%

6

0

1.5

1

1450

27

34

Matt Schoonmaker

12

12

50.00%

8

0

1

1.5

1743

26

35

Abbas Amiraslani

16

22

42.10%

15

0

1

0.5

1553

26

36

Samir Asfirane

22

32

40.70%

21

0

0

1

1555

26

37

Yossi Ram

17

29

37.00%

18

0

1

0

1511

25

38

Richard Sinden

11

9

55.00%

8

1

0

0

1552

23

39

Serdar Altok

10

9

52.60%

8

1

0

0

1748

22

40

Blake Beber

8

6

57.10%

5

1

0

0

1735

20

41

Erik Kipperman

12

19

38.70%

13

0

1

0

1590

20

42

Andy Baltins

10

7

58.80%

6

0

1

0

1554

18

43

Tom Cox

10

14

41.70%

10

0.5

0

0.25

1581

17

44

Jon Gleisner

4

0

100.00%

1

1

0

0

1544

16

45

Fahri Cimen

10

10

50.00%

8

0

0

1

1571

14

46

Abby Ackerman

10

9

52.60%

7

0

0

1

1456

14

47

Chandler Martin

5

4

55.60%

3

0

1

0

1593

13

48

Thomas Polk

3

1

75.00%

1

0

1

0

1583

11

49

Michael Affinito

5

6

45.50%

4

0

0

1

1464

9

50

Jae Alexander

9

9

50.00%

6

0

0

0

1521

9

51

Paul Hubbard

9

16

36.00%

10

0

0

0

1327

9

52

Zee

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

1

1485

8

53

Daniel Wintz

4

4

50.00%

3

0

0

1

1565

8

54

Mike Stern

8

10

44.40%

7

0

0

0

1524

8

55

Mitch Zager

4

10

28.60%

6

0

0

1

1423

8

56

Charles Beal

7

10

41.20%

7

0

0

0

1508

7

57

Nagy Nosseir

3

3

50.00%

2

0

0

1

1415

7

58

Nasser Hosseiny

3

3

50.00%

2

0

0

1

1498

7

59

Jim Delpy

7

12

36.80%

7

0

0

0

1332

7

60

Karen Newell

4

14

22.20%

9

0

0

0.5

1317

6

61

Charles Schleicher

6

8

42.90%

6

0

0

0

1467

6

62

Spencer Chen

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0.5

1511

5

63

Bertram Sieferheld

2

2

50.00%

2

0.25

0

0

1532

5

64

David Brown

5

6

45.50%

5

0

0

0

1530

5

65

Ali B.

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

0

1576

4

66

Charlie Garrison

4

10

28.60%

7

0

0

0

1465

4

67

Greg Adelman

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0.5

1514

4

68

Maan Khedraki

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

0

1471

4

69

Jordan Ramsey

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0.25

0

1305

3

70

Saad Mahfoodh

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0

1572

3

71

Katie Osenga

3

5

37.50%

3

0

0

0

1488

3

72

David Ureda

2

5

28.60%

3

0

0

0

1444

2

73

Haig Atikian

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1562

2

74

Robert Burns

2

6

25.00%

3

0

0

0

1534

2

75

Scott Skibicki

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1529

2

76

Martin Gaspare

2

7

22.20%

4

0

0

0

1459

2

77

Steve Schraibman

2

10

16.70%

7

0

0

0

1305

2

78

Ari Gass

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1523

2

79

Jimmy Campbell

2

8

20.00%

4

0

0

0

1401

2

80

John Volkman

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1475

2

81

Brandt Maxwell

2

2

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1483

2

82

Hajit Melikyan

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1553

2

83

Judy Goldsworthy

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1433

2

84

Jared Wisbrod

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1490

2

85

Volkan Celik

1

9

10.00%

5

0

0

0

1477

1

86

Alex Kaiser

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1500

1

87

Dan Brown

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1325

1

88

Christine Ravenis

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1510

1

89

Joseph Hani

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1413

1

90

Arzu Bitar

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1496

1

91

Alireza Rafigh

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1512

1

92

Amin Mazaeri

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1419

1

93

Cameron Stangel

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1552

1

94

Zach Bradley

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1403

1

95

Olympia Georgiou

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1348

1

96

Mario Valiahdi

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1536

1

97

Laleh Hedayet

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1534

1

98

Masoud Sadrieh

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1609

1

99

Matthew Rosinsky

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1477

1

100

Susan Mazarei

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1473

1

101

Edna Pines

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1305

1

102

Jaleh Samani

1

0

100.00%

1

0

0

0

1526

1

103

Santiago Aguerre

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1478

1

104

Tony Renda

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1455

1

105

Stewart Price

1

0

100.00%

1

0

0

0

1535

1

106

Sheila G

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1304

1

107

Paul DeAngelo

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1413

1

108

Paul Kedrosky

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1464

1

109

Henry Zenzic

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0.12

1472

0.5

110

Alex Scharwtz

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1425

0

111

Bob Luster

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1454

0

112

Ceci Aguerre

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1474

0

113

Amy Renda

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1482

0

114

Ann Marie Volkan

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1266

0

115

David Endres

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1481

0

116

Gary Hirschfeld

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1413

0

117

Eric Sarnoff

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

118

Deborah Cuss

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1473

0

119

Karen Ramirez

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

120

Jen Brown

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1355

0

121

Jerry Wallace

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1477

0

122

Heidi Sabzheri

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1449

0

123

Greg Schiefer

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1456

0

124

Kayla Wilson

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1483

0

125

Kiska Higgs

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1423

0

126

Lou Ryan

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1474

0

127

Paul Palomino

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1418

0

128

Orly Light

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1442

0

129

Mackenzie Mee-Lee

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1544

0

130

Sandra Hakim

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1474

0

131

Siavash Akhgar

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1474

0

132

Theresa Jussila

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1481

0

133

Victor Mizrachi

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1383

0

134

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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