2026 Club Standings

2026 San Diego Backgammon Club rankings through April 29, 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

Frank Frigo

34

8

81.00%

12

4

1

2

1901

98

2

Allen Tish

35

29

54.70%

22

2

4.5

0

1758

95

3

Mehdi Showkati

34

16

68.00%

17

2.5

2.5

2.5

1770

94

4

Abbas Anvar

32

22

59.30%

17

2.5

2.5

1

1643

86

5

Justin Sheftell

37

29

56.10%

24

1.75

1.5

2.5

1767

80

6

Sam Rishmawi

34

23

59.70%

19

2.5

1

2

1664

80

7

David Gray

36

27

57.10%

24

2.25

0

2

1699

71

8

Avo Fronjian

25

25

50.00%

18

0.25

4.5

0.5

1621

66

9

John Turner

22

6

78.60%

7

2

0

4

1649

62

10

Kutaiba Almukhtar

27

30

47.40%

22

2

1.25

0

1535

61

11

Roger Alves

19

10

65.50%

10

1.5

2

1.5

1720

59

12

Jimmy Lakdalwala

25

16

61.00%

14

1

2

1

1691

57

13

Manny Armesto

27

24

52.90%

19

1

1.5

1

1499

55

14

Mark Weiner

30

31

49.20%

25

0.5

1.25

2

1707

54

15

Raid Wastin

25

18

58.10%

14

1

1

2

1650

53

16

Peter Nolan

22

15

59.50%

14

1.5

1

1.12

1561

52.5

17

Paul Skolnick

17

7

70.80%

9

2

1

0.5

1609

51

18

Tom Keisler

16

10

61.50%

9

1.5

1.5

1

1808

50

19

Michael Pines

19

21

47.50%

15

1

1

1

1624

43

20

Dar Khatibi

22

25

46.80%

17

0

1

3

1603

42

21

Weysel Kertis

18

17

51.40%

13

1

1

1

1482

42

22

Bijan Rahmani

22

26

45.80%

19

0

1.75

0

1560

36

23

Halle Hedayat

18

26

40.90%

17

1

0

1

1464

34

24

Kevin Duc

14

13

51.80%

11

1

0.5

0

1579

30

25

Matthew Farjo

12

12

50.00%

10

1.5

0

0

1484

30

26

Anthony Niakiani

16

19

45.70%

13

0.5

1

0

1723

30

27

Homer Farsad

14

12

53.80%

8

1

0

0.25

1513

27

28

Abbas Amiraslani

13

20

39.40%

13

0

1

0.5

1553

23

29

Jon Vietor

12

17

41.40%

11

0

1

0

1661

20

30

Blake Beber

8

6

57.10%

5

1

0

0

1735

20

31

Serdar Altok

8

7

53.30%

6

1

0

0

1748

20

32

Brett Corbin

6

1

85.70%

2

0.5

1

0

1570

20

33

Byron Georgiou

11

15

42.30%

9

0

1

0

1398

19

34

Kenny Lavigna

18

29

38.30%

19

0

0

0

1520

18

35

Erik Kipperman

9

12

42.90%

8

0

1

0

1599

17

36

Yossi Ram

8

15

34.80%

9

0

1

0

1511

16

37

Jon Gleisner

4

0

100.00%

1

1

0

0

1544

16

38

Tom Cox

8

11

42.10%

8

0.5

0

0.25

1581

15

39

Abby Ackerman

10

9

52.60%

7

0

0

1

1456

14

40

Sam Mahood

5

4

55.60%

3

0

0.5

1

1450

13

41

Samir Asfirane

13

22

37.10%

14

0

0

0

1582

13

42

Matt Schoonmaker

7

6

53.80%

4

0

0

1

1743

11

43

Joe Alexander

9

9

50.00%

6

0

0

0

1521

9

44

Kubilay Koby Ugurlu

9

9

50.00%

7

0

0

0

1648

9

45

Michael Affinito

4

5

44.40%

3

0

0

1

1397

8

46

Raid Westin

3

3

50.00%

2

0

0

1

1512

7

47

Mitch Zager

3

5

37.50%

3

0

0

1

1457

7

48

Nagy Nosseir

3

3

50.00%

2

0

0

1

1415

7

49

Nasser Hosseiny

3

3

50.00%

2

0

0

1

1498

7

50

Paul Hubbard

6

13

31.60%

8

0

0

0

1334

6

51

Bertram Sieferheld

2

2

50.00%

2

0.25

0

0

1532

5

52

Spencer Chen

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0.5

1511

5

53

Charles Schleicher

5

5

50.00%

4

0

0

0

1477

5

54

Jim Delpy

5

8

38.50%

5

0

0

0

1327

5

55

Richard Sinden

5

6

45.50%

5

0

0

0

1552

5

56

Andy Baltins

5

4

55.60%

4

0

0

0

1554

5

57

Karen Newell

3

13

18.80%

8

0

0

0.25

1317

4

58

Mike Stern

4

6

40.00%

4

0

0

0

1513

4

59

Greg Adelman

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0.5

1514

4

60

David Brown

4

5

44.40%

4

0

0

0

1530

4

61

Ali B.

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

0

1576

4

62

Jordan Ramsey

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0.25

0

1305

3

63

Saad Mahfoodh

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0

1572

3

64

Fahri Cimen

3

4

42.90%

3

0

0

0

1564

3

65

Veysel Kertis

3

3

50.00%

3

0

0

0

1524

3

66

Charles Beal

3

6

33.30%

4

0

0

0

1508

3

67

Ari Gass

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1523

2

68

John Volkman

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1475

2

69

Jared Wisbrod

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1490

2

70

Robert Burns

2

6

25.00%

3

0

0

0

1534

2

71

Scott Skibicki

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1529

2

72

Alireza Rafigh

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1512

1

73

Katie Osenga

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1500

1

74

Laleh Hedayet

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1534

1

75

David Ureda

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1444

1

76

Amin Mazaeri

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1419

1

77

Arzu Bitar

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1496

1

78

Edna Pines

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1305

1

79

Dan Brown

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1325

1

80

Zach Bradley

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1403

1

81

Tony Renda

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1455

1

82

Stewart Price

1

0

100.00%

1

0

0

0

1535

1

83

Susan Mazarei

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1473

1

84

Steve Schraibman

1

3

25.00%

3

0

0

0

1356

1

85

Sheila G

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1304

1

86

Mario Valiahdi

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1536

1

87

Martin Gaspare

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1507

1

88

Volkan Celik

1

9

10.00%

5

0

0

0

1477

1

89

Santiago Aguerre

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1478

1

90

Joseph Hani

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1413

1

91

Henry Zenzic

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0.12

1472

0.5

92

Ann Marie Volkan

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1266

0

93

Amy Renda

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1482

0

94

David Endres

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1481

0

95

Eric Sarnoff

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

96

Jen Brown

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1355

0

97

Jerry Wallace

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1477

0

98

Gary Hirschfeld

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1413

0

99

Heidi Sabzheri

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1449

0

100

Charlie Garrison

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1476

0

101

Ceci Aguerre

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1474

0

102

Kayla Wilson

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1483

0

103

Judy Goldsworthy

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1393

0

104

Paul DeAngelo

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1413

0

105

Orly Light

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1442

0

106

Mackenzie Mee-Lee

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1544

0

107

Kiska Higgs

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1423

0

108

Paul Palomino

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1418

0

109

Siavash Akhgar

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1474

0

110

Theresa Jussila

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1481

0

111

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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