2026 Club Standings

2026 San Diego Backgammon Club rankings through July 22, 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

67

41

62.00%

38

4.25

3.5

4

1758

162

2

Justin Sheftell

62

41

60.20%

36

4.75

3.5

3.5

1766

161

3

Allen Tish

55

42

56.70%

33

4

5.5

1

1758

151

4

Mark Weiner

61

48

56.00%

41

4

3.75

3

1701

151

5

Mehdi Showkati

47

28

62.70%

26

3.5

3.5

3.5

1772

131

6

Jimmy Lakdawala

50

25

66.70%

25

4

3

1

1768

126

7

Abbas Anvar

52

41

55.90%

30

2.5

2.5

4

1637

118

8

Frank Frigo

47

18

72.30%

21

4.5

1

2

1890

117

9

Anthony Niakiani

45

29

60.80%

25

3.5

2

3

1774

115

10

Roger Alves

39

16

70.90%

18

4.5

2

1.5

1768

115

11

Sam Rishmawi

53

42

55.80%

34

2.5

2.25

2

1649

109

12

Kutaiba Almukhtar

41

42

49.40%

32

3

2.25

0

1558

95

13

Avo Fronjian

43

45

48.90%

32

0.25

4.5

2

1587

90

14

Raid Wastin

43

36

54.40%

28

1.75

1.5

3

1637

88

15

Michael Pines

37

38

49.30%

27

2

2

2

1636

85

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

Peter Nolan

32

25

56.10%

21

1.5

1

3.12

1564

70.5

20

Halle Hedayat

40

55

42.10%

35

1

1

2.5

1467

70

21

Paul Skolnick

26

17

60.50%

16

2

2

0.5

1609

68

22

Veysel Kertis

36

43

45.60%

31

1.5

1

1

1530

66

23

Bijan Rahmani

37

51

42.00%

35

0.25

1.75

2

1519

62

24

Dar Khatibi

29

45

39.20%

29

0

2

3

1546

57

25

Samir Asfirane

28

34

45.20%

23

0

1

2

1554

44

26

Byron Georgiou

23

26

46.90%

16

0

2

1

1406

43

27

Kenny Lavigna

33

44

42.90%

31

0

1

0

1538

41

28

Brett Corbin

13

9

59.10%

7

1.5

1

0

1581

39

29

Matthew Farjo

19

23

45.20%

17

1.5

0

0

1496

37

30

Kubilay Ugurlu

21

17

55.30%

14

1

0.5

0

1660

37

31

Matt Schoonmaker

15

17

46.90%

11

0

2

1.5

1720

37

32

Jon Vietor

20

25

44.40%

17

0

2

0

1647

36

33

Kevin Duc

17

18

48.60%

14

1

0.5

0

1577

33

34

Homer Farsad

16

17

48.50%

11

1

0

0.25

1516

29

35

Sam Mahood

11

7

61.10%

6

0

1.5

1

1531

27

36

Abbas Amiraslani

16

22

42.10%

15

0

1

0.5

1474

26

37

Yossi Ram

17

33

34.00%

20

0

1

0

1466

25

38

Serdar Altok

12

10

54.50%

9

1

0

0

1736

24

39

Richard Sinden

11

9

55.00%

8

1

0

0

1604

23

40

Erik Kipperman

12

19

38.70%

13

0

1

0

1578

20

41

Blake Beber

8

6

57.10%

5

1

0

0

1718

20

42

Andy Baltins

10

7

58.80%

6

0

1

0

1593

18

43

Tom Cox

10

14

41.70%

10

0.5

0

0.25

1584

17

44

Matthew Rosinsky

5

2

71.40%

2

1

0

0

1586

17

45

Jon Gleisner

4

0

100.00%

1

1

0

0

1599

16

46

Mike Stern

12

14

46.20%

10

0

0

1

1522

16

47

Abby Ackerman

11

10

52.40%

8

0

0

1

1460

15

48

Amin Mazaeri

5

3

62.50%

3

0.5

0.5

0

1510

15

49

Fahri Cimen

11

11

50.00%

9

0

0

1

1568

15

50

Spencer Chen

7

4

63.60%

4

0

0

1.5

1597

13

51

Chandler Martin

5

4

55.60%

3

0

1

0

1545

13

52

Thomas Polk

3

1

75.00%

1

0

1

0

1565

11

53

Paul Hubbard

10

19

34.50%

12

0

0

0

1337

10

54

Michael Affinito

5

6

45.50%

4

0

0

1

1449

9

55

Jae Alexander

9

9

50.00%

6

0

0

0

1503

9

56

Mitch Zager

5

11

31.20%

7

0

0

1

1407

9

57

Daniel Wintz

4

4

50.00%

3

0

0

1

1575

8

58

Zee

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

1

1498

8

59

Nasser Hosseiny

3

3

50.00%

2

0

0

1

1498

7

60

Karen Newell

5

16

23.80%

10

0

0

0.5

1320

7

61

Charles Beal

7

12

36.80%

8

0

0

0

1455

7

62

Jim Delpy

7

12

36.80%

7

0

0

0

1340

7

63

Nagy Nosseir

3

3

50.00%

2

0

0

1

1421

7

64

Charles Schleicher

6

8

42.90%

6

0

0

0

1470

6

65

Katie Osenga

5

6

45.50%

4

0

0

0

1512

5

66

David Ureda

5

9

35.70%

5

0

0

0

1444

5

67

Bertram Sieferheld

2

2

50.00%

2

0.25

0

0

1532

5

68

David Brown

5

6

45.50%

5

0

0

0

1527

5

69

Greg Adelman

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0.5

1514

4

70

Ali B.

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

0

1572

4

71

Maan Khedraki

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

0

1471

4

72

Brandt Maxwell

4

4

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1511

4

73

Martin Gaspare

4

9

30.80%

5

0

0

0

1424

4

74

Charlie Garrison

4

10

28.60%

7

0

0

0

1452

4

75

Jordan Ramsey

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0.25

0

1296

3

76

Hovik Sinanyan

1

5

16.70%

3

0

0.25

0

1431

3

77

Alireza Rafigh

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0

1535

3

78

Saad Mahfoodh

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0

1553

3

79

Scott Skibicki

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1511

2

80

Steve Schraibman

2

11

15.40%

8

0

0

0

1276

2

81

Nathan Kassab

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0.25

1506

2

82

Skyla Fernandez

2

2

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1509

2

83

Tom Polk

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1483

2

84

Ari Gass

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1523

2

85

Jimmy Campbell

2

8

20.00%

4

0

0

0

1360

2

86

Haig Atikian

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1535

2

87

Hajit Melikyan

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1535

2

88

Jay Pajouh

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1494

2

89

John Volkman

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1475

2

90

Judy Goldsworthy

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1433

2

91

Jared Wisbrod

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1490

2

92

Robert Burns

2

6

25.00%

3

0

0

0

1530

2

93

Zach Bradley

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1403

1

94

Tony Renda

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1455

1

95

Stewart Price

1

0

100.00%

1

0

0

0

1536

1

96

Paul Kedrosky

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1464

1

97

Santiago Aguerre

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1478

1

98

Arzu Bitar

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1496

1

99

Alex Kaiser

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1456

1

100

Masoud Sadrieh

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1603

1

101

Volkan Celik

1

9

10.00%

5

0

0

0

1459

1

102

Joseph Hani

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1413

1

103

Edna Pines

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1305

1

104

Greg Applebaum

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1502

1

105

Cameron Stangel

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1552

1

106

Bobby Belanger

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1470

1

107

Christine Ravenis

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1437

1

108

Dan Brown

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1325

1

109

Jaleh Samani

1

0

100.00%

1

0

0

0

1526

1

110

Mario Valiahdi

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1512

1

111

Laleh Hedayet

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1534

1

112

Lornie Kuhle

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1529

1

113

Olympia Georgiou

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1337

1

114

Mehrdad Aghdaid

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1498

1

115

Paul DeAngelo

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1410

1

116

Paul Palomino

1

6

14.30%

3

0

0

0

1412

1

117

Sheila G

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1304

1

118

Susan Mazarei

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1473

1

119

Henry Zenzic

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0.12

1472

0.5

120

Ann Marie Volkan

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1252

0

121

Alex Scharwtz

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1425

0

122

Arlene Harris

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1483

0

123

Allen Bakst

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1450

0

124

Amy Renda

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

125

Bob Luster

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1454

0

126

Ceci Aguerre

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

127

David Endres

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1481

0

128

David Taylor

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1464

0

129

Eric Sarnoff

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

130

Deborah Cuss

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1473

0

131

Gary Hirschfeld

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1406

0

132

Greg Schiefer

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1416

0

133

Kiska Higgs

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1423

0

134

Kayla Wilson

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1461

0

135

Kanon Kimura

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1422

0

136

Karen Ramirez

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

137

Ian Tarr

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1463

0

138

Heidi Sabzheri

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1449

0

139

Jen Brown

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1355

0

140

Jerry Wallace

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1455

0

141

Orly Light

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1418

0

142

Lou Ryan

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1474

0

143

Mackenzie Mee-Lee

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1524

0

144

Sandra Hakim

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1474

0

145

Siavash Akhgar

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1450

0

146

Theresa Jussila

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1418

0

147

Victor Mizrachi

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1383

0

148

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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