2024 Club Standings

2024 San Diego Backgammon Club rankings through April 17, 2024.
For last year’s standings, see 2023’s final standings.

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

Frank Frigo

39

10

79.59%

4.1

14

5

3

1

    1,964

127

2

Justin Nunez

32

18

64.00%

2.0

18

5

1

0

    1,845

100

3

Anthony Niakiani

30

16

65.22%

2.1

16

3

1

2

    1,911

82

4

Allen Tish

32

19

62.75%

1.8

17

1

3

1.5

    1,749

74

5

Sam Rishmawi

16

7

69.57%

1.9

7

1.5

2.5

1

    1,649

58

6

Matt Schoonmaker

16

3

84.21%

3.0

6

3

0.5

0

    1,732

56

7

Alice Kay

21

10

67.74%

2.0

11

1.5

1.5

0.5

    1,599

53

8

Abbas Anvar

26

23

53.06%

0.4

17

0.5

1

3

    1,592

52

9

Jamshid

17

8

68.00%

1.8

8

1.5

1.5

1

    1,647

51

10

Tommy Tallarico

18

9

66.67%

1.7

8

1

2

1

    1,775

50

11

Kubilay “Koby” Ugurlu

16

14

53.33%

0.4

12

1

2

0

    1,642

44

12

Ali B.

25

17

59.52%

1.2

15

0.5

0.5

1.5

    1,632

41

13

Zee

10

5

66.67%

1.3

5

1.5

1.5

0

    1,502

40

14

Avo Fronjian

20

17

54.05%

0.5

14

1

1

0

    1,547

40

15

Kutaiba Almukhtar

21

33

38.89%

-1.6

23

0.5

0.5

2

    1,474

39

16

Zinah Alsheikh

10

2

83.33%

2.3

3

1

2

0

    1,730

38

17

Robert Burns

18

19

48.65%

-0.2

13

1

1

0

    1,549

38

18

Roger Alves

13

5

72.22%

1.9

5

1

1

0.5

    1,670

35

19

Cameron Stangel

18

15

54.55%

0.5

11

0

0.5

3

    1,563

34

20

Jon Vietor

13

10

56.52%

0.6

8

1

1

0

    1,829

33

21

Justin Sheftell

19

11

63.33%

1.5

11

1

0

0

    1,620

31

22

Mark Weiner

15

12

55.56%

0.6

9

0

1

2

    1,704

31

23

Mike Stern

15

12

55.56%

0.6

11

1

0

1

    1,577

31

24

Matthew Farjo

21

36

36.84%

-2.0

21

0

1

0

    1,412

29

25

Masoud Sadrieh

19

16

54.29%

0.5

12

0

0

1

    1,573

23

26

Michael Pines

17

20

45.95%

-0.5

15

0

0

1.5

    1,580

23

27

Paul Palomino

11

14

44.00%

-0.6

10

0

1

1

    1,441

23

28

Paul Bay

17

14

54.84%

0.5

12

0

0

1

    1,574

21

29

Ben Kazemi

9

9

50.00%

0.0

6

1

0

0

    1,523

21

30

Erik Kipperman

11

10

52.38%

0.2

8

0

0

2

    1,400

19

31

Samy Mona

10

7

58.82%

0.7

6

0

0.5

1

    1,631

18

32

Lornie Kuhle

4

0

100.00%

2.0

1

1

0

0

    1,610

16

33

Jordan Hertz

12

10

54.55%

0.4

8

0

0

1

    1,530

16

34

Fahri Cimen

7

17

29.17%

-2.0

10

0

1

0

    1,462

15

35

Paul Kedrosky

6

6

50.00%

0.0

4

0

1

0

    1,537

14

36

Gary Hirschfeld

8

9

47.06%

-0.2

6

0

0

1

    1,367

12

37

Volkan Celik

12

17

41.38%

-0.9

12

0

0

0

    1,466

12

38

Roberto Schroeder

3

1

75.00%

1.0

1

0

1

0

    1,555

11

39

Rich Riel

7

8

46.67%

-0.3

5

0

0

1

    1,431

11

40

Jaime Chaljon

2

1

66.67%

0.6

1

0

1

0

    1,532

10

41

Charles Schleicher

10

15

40.00%

-1.0

10

0

0

0

    1,383

10

42

David Nosrati

5

5

50.00%

0.0

4

0

0

1

    1,526

9

43

Nagy Nosseir

4

7

36.36%

-0.9

4

0

0

1

    1,420

8

44

Saura Naderi

6

12

33.33%

-1.4

8

0

0

0.5

    1,387

8

45

Kara Schultz

3

1

75.00%

1.0

1

0

0

1

    1,553

7

46

Bijan Rahmani

4

2

66.67%

0.8

2

0

0

0.5

    1,538

6

47

Mac Sonrabi

5

6

45.45%

-0.3

4

0

0

0

    1,493

5

48

Karam Khalaf

5

9

35.71%

-1.1

7

0

0

0

    1,378

5

49

Victor Mizrachi

5

10

33.33%

-1.3

7

0

0

0

    1,372

5

50

Michael Showkati

4

3

57.14%

0.4

2

0

0

0

    1,510

4

51

Fariba Farhidvash

4

4

50.00%

0.0

3

0

0

0

    1,538

4

52

Manny Armesto

4

13

23.53%

-2.2

8

0

0

0

    1,392

4

53

Chris Wood

3

2

60.00%

0.4

2

0

0

0

    1,561

3

54

Saba Sadrieh

3

3

50.00%

0.0

2

0

0

0

    1,541

3

55

Navid Adibi

3

6

33.33%

-1.0

3

0

0

0

    1,445

3

56

Edna Pines

3

6

33.33%

-1.0

4

0

0

0

    1,294

3

57

Dane Calder

2

1

66.67%

0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,540

2

58

David Melsen

2

1

66.67%

0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,539

2

59

Alejandro Schroeder

2

2

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,502

2

60

Vijan Rahmani

2

2

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,500

2

61

Abby Ackerman

2

2

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,488

2

62

Marlene McFadden

2

2

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,465

2

63

Sabrina Pines

2

3

40.00%

-0.4

2

0

0

0

    1,476

2

64

Omid Arasteh

2

4

33.33%

-0.8

2

0

0

0

    1,345

2

65

Ken Rayburen

2

7

22.22%

-1.7

4

0

0

0

    1,486

2

66

Jordan Catalano

2

7

22.22%

-1.7

4

0

0

0

    1,405

2

67

Alvars Grins

2

10

16.67%

-2.3

5

0

0

0

    1,344

2

68

Tom Cox

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,556

1

69

Dean Harvey

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,501

1

70

Bennett Kedrosky

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,501

1

71

Lars Gilman

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,497

1

72

Raquel Chaljon

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,495

1

73

Javier Kassel

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,492

1

74

Greg

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,491

1

75

Borja Quepa

1

1

50.00%

0.0

1

0

0

0

    1,402

1

76

Steve Miller

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,667

1

77

Mario Savan

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,595

1

78

Cody Buchholz

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,532

1

79

Eugene

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,485

1

80

Peyman Hosseini

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,482

1

81

Hisham “Sam” Khalil

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,477

1

82

Saroush Akhavan

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,477

1

83

Matt Shayegan

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,477

1

84

Jeffrey Light

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,473

1

85

Jordan Ramsey

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

1

0

0

0

    1,412

1

86

Gus Folkers

1

2

33.33%

-0.6

2

0

0

0

    1,470

1

87

Lisa Samko

1

3

25.00%

-1.0

2

0

0

0

    1,479

1

88

Alex Scharwtz

1

3

25.00%

-1.0

2

0

0

0

    1,462

1

89

Barrett Satre

1

3

25.00%

-1.0

2

0

0

0

    1,457

1

90

Jennifer Sowma

1

4

20.00%

-1.3

2

0

0

0

    1,433

1

91

Rik Barnes

1

4

20.00%

-1.3

2

0

0

0

    1,432

1

92

Bahi Vahdat

1

9

10.00%

-2.5

5

0

0

0

    1,344

1

93

Ann Marie Volkan

1

9

10.00%

-2.5

5

0

0

0

    1,338

1

94

Cheryl Telles

0

1

0.00%

-1.0

1

0

0

0

    1,481

0

95

Andy Nahas

0

1

0.00%

-1.0

1

0

0

0

    1,475

0

96

Rick Skinner

0

1

0.00%

-1.0

1

0

0

0

    1,474

0

97

Mike Dee

0

1

0.00%

-1.0

1

0

0

0

    1,472

0

98

Brandon Rich

0

1

0.00%

-1.0

1

0

0

0

    1,468

0

99

Eric Straus

0

1

0.00%

-1.0

1

0

0

0

    1,467

0

100

Judy G

0

1

0.00%

-1.0

1

0

0

0

    1,435

0

101

Patrick Gravitt

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,475

0

102

Sophia Hanson

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,473

0

103

Harout Kachichion

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,468

0

104

Harout Kachichion

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,468

0

105

Colin Brock

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,465

0

106

Scott Balczak

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,456

0

107

Grayson Grins

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,454

0

108

Glenn Olson

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,453

0

109

Sonya Gilman

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,452

0

110

John Bahrini

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,450

0

111

Brian Sorkin

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,450

0

112

Katina T.

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,450

0

113

Farinaz Toqiani

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,450

0

114

William Lamb

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,448

0

115

Ed Kadry

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,433

0

116

Georgeanne Morris

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,433

0

117

Roni Shaba

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,422

0

118

Krista Hansen

0

2

0.00%

-1.4

1

0

0

0

    1,404

0

119

Barbara Marsh

0

3

0.00%

-1.7

2

0

0

0

    1,318

0

120

Sheila G

0

3

0.00%

-1.7

2

0

0

0

    1,304

0

121

Rami Yako

0

4

0.00%

-2.0

2

0

0

0

    1,537

0

122

Allen Fields

0

4

0.00%

-2.0

2

0

0

0

    1,404

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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