2026 Club Standings

2026 San Diego Backgammon Club rankings through November 7, 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

Allen Tish

93

53

63.70%

47

9

7.5

3

1826

273

2

Justin Sheftell

98

66

59.80%

56

7.75

6.5

3.5

1751

257

3

David Gray

101

65

60.80%

56

5.25

6.5

5

1755

236

4

Jimmy Lakdawala

85

38

69.10%

40

9

3

3.5

1818

231

5

Mark Weiner

92

71

56.40%

61

5

6.75

4

1693

222

6

Abbas Anvar

80

59

57.60%

45

5

3.5

5.5

1663

190

7

Anthony Niakiani

74

47

61.20%

42

4.5

5

4

1776

184

8

Frank Frigo

70

30

70.00%

31

6.5

2

3

1883

176

9

Roger Alves

55

30

64.70%

29

6.5

2

2.5

1737

159

10

Sam Rishmawi

73

56

56.60%

46

3.5

3.25

3

1659

153

11

Avo Fronjian

70

70

50.00%

51

0.25

6.5

3.5

1595

139

12

Mehdi Showkati

50

34

59.50%

30

3.5

3.5

3.5

1744

134

13

Halle Hedayat

68

79

46.30%

54

3

1.5

3.75

1515

131

14

Michael Pines

56

54

50.90%

39

4

2

2

1644

128

15

John Turner

46

26

63.90%

23

4

2

4

1714

126

16

Kutaiba Almukhtar

57

56

50.40%

44

3

2.25

0.5

1574

113

17

Manny Armesto

60

59

50.40%

44

1

2.5

4.5

1537

110

18

Veysel Kertis

55

60

47.80%

45

1.5

4

1

1548

109

19

Peter Nolan

44

40

52.40%

30

1.5

2

4.12

1552

94.5

20

Raid Wastin

45

41

52.30%

32

1.75

1.5

3

1619

90

21

Bijan Rahmani

56

77

42.10%

52

0.25

2.75

2

1507

89

22

Jon Vietor

42

42

50.00%

31

1

3

2

1652

86

23

Paul Skolnick

34

23

59.70%

21

2

3

0.5

1613

84

24

Dar Khatibi

49

74

39.80%

47

0

2

4.75

1503

84

25

Matt Schoonmaker

30

23

56.60%

18

1.5

2.5

2.5

1739

78

26

Tom Keisler

27

13

67.50%

13

2.5

1.5

2

1833

77

27

Samir Asfirane

44

48

47.80%

35

0

2

4

1564

76

28

Kenny Lavigna

48

57

45.70%

42

1

1

1

1566

72

29

Kubilay Ugurlu

36

34

51.40%

24

1

0.5

2

1639

60

30

Kevin Duc

28

32

46.70%

23

2

1

0

1562

60

31

Brett Corbin

17

12

58.60%

9

1.5

2

0

1587

51

32

Yossi Ram

30

53

36.10%

34

1

1

0

1459

50

33

Byron Georgiou

29

42

40.80%

25

0

2

1

1383

49

34

Paul Hubbard

26

47

35.60%

30

1

1

0

1352

46

35

Jim Delpy

22

31

41.50%

20

0

2

0

1383

38

36

Matthew Farjo

19

25

43.20%

18

1.5

0

0

1486

37

37

Andy Baltins

19

13

59.40%

11

0

2

0

1634

35

38

Ajay Chabra

17

10

63.00%

9

1

0

1

1673

33

39

Sam Mahood

13

8

61.90%

7

0

1.5

2

1537

33

40

Fahri Cimen

23

25

47.90%

18

0

0

2

1561

31

41

Homer Farsad

17

21

44.70%

13

1

0

0.25

1502

30

42

Richard Sinden

15

13

53.60%

11

1

0

0

1606

27

43

Maan Khedraki

15

8

65.20%

8

0

1

1

1555

27

44

Jay Pajouh

14

24

36.80%

14

0

1.5

0

1419

26

45

Serdar Altok

14

11

56.00%

10

1

0

0

1738

26

46

Abbas Amiraslani

16

22

42.10%

15

0

1

0.5

1474

26

47

Erik Kipperman

17

27

38.60%

18

0

1

0

1567

25

48

David Brown

13

12

52.00%

10

0

1

1

1539

25

49

Klause Kernbach

7

0

100.00%

2

1.5

0

0

1672

25

50

Jamshid Khajavi

8

4

66.70%

4

1

0

1

1664

24

51

Mike Stern

20

29

40.80%

20

0

0

1

1503

24

52

David Ureda

13

22

37.10%

13

0

1

0

1427

21

53

Blake Beber

8

6

57.10%

5

1

0

0

1718

20

54

Martin Gaspare

11

20

35.50%

12

0

0

2

1405

19

55

Abby Ackerman

15

17

46.90%

13

0

0

1

1456

19

56

Tom Cox

11

16

40.70%

11

0.5

0

0.25

1578

18

57

Matthew Rosinsky

5

2

71.40%

2

1

0

0

1586

17

58

Jon Gleisner

4

0

100.00%

1

1

0

0

1599

16

59

Paul Darth

4

0

100.00%

1

1

0

0

1611

16

60

Amin Mazaeri

5

3

62.50%

3

0.5

0.5

0

1510

15

61

Kiska Higgs

9

17

34.60%

11

0.5

0

0

1412

15

62

Spencer Chen

9

5

64.30%

5

0

0

1.5

1607

15

63

Charles Beal

13

20

39.40%

13

0

0

0

1457

13

64

Hovik Sinanyan

11

25

30.60%

15

0

0.25

0

1411

13

65

Chandler Martin

5

4

55.60%

3

0

1

0

1545

13

66

Thomas Polk

3

1

75.00%

1

0

1

0

1565

11

67

Michael Affinito

5

6

45.50%

4

0

0

1

1449

9

68

Jae Alexander

9

9

50.00%

6

0

0

0

1503

9

69

Mitch Zager

5

11

31.20%

7

0

0

1

1407

9

70

Zee

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

1

1498

8

71

Paul DeAngelo

4

5

44.40%

3

0

0

1

1464

8

72

Daniel Wintz

4

4

50.00%

3

0

0

1

1575

8

73

Nagy Nosseir

4

7

36.40%

4

0

0

1

1390

8

74

Paul Bayat

3

1

75.00%

1

0

0

1

1535

7

75

Nasser Hosseiny

3

3

50.00%

2

0

0

1

1498

7

76

Karen Newell

5

16

23.80%

10

0

0

0.5

1320

7

77

Bob Belanger

3

7

30.00%

4

0

0

1

1448

7

78

Charles Schleicher

6

8

42.90%

6

0

0

0

1470

6

79

Kanon Kimura

6

13

31.60%

9

0

0

0

1438

6

80

Paul Palomino

4

8

33.30%

5

0

0

0.5

1423

6

81

Bertram Sieferheld

2

2

50.00%

2

0.25

0

0

1532

5

82

Katie Osenga

5

6

45.50%

4

0

0

0

1512

5

83

Tom Polk

4

5

44.40%

4

0

0

0

1510

4

84

Brandt Maxwell

4

4

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1511

4

85

Ali B.

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

0

1572

4

86

Greg Adelman

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0.5

1514

4

87

Charlie Garrison

4

10

28.60%

7

0

0

0

1452

4

88

Alper Dagli

3

4

42.90%

3

0

0

0

1510

3

89

Saad Mahfoodh

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0

1553

3

90

Jordan Ramsey

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0.25

0

1296

3

91

Steve Schraibman

3

14

17.60%

10

0

0

0

1272

3

92

Alireza Rafigh

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0

1535

3

93

Greg Applebaum

3

3

50.00%

3

0

0

0

1505

3

94

Charlie Whitten

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1537

2

95

Dane Sosna

2

12

14.30%

7

0

0

0

1336

2

96

Haig Atikian

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1535

2

97

Will DeCesare

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1530

2

98

Robert Burns

2

6

25.00%

3

0

0

0

1530

2

99

Nathan Kassab

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0.25

1506

2

100

Patrick Hamilton

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1534

2

101

Scott Skibicki

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1511

2

102

Skyla Fernandez

2

2

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1509

2

103

Mario Savan

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1590

2

104

Mark Land

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1502

2

105

Judy Goldsworthy

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1433

2

106

Hajit Melikyan

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1535

2

107

Ari Gass

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1523

2

108

Jimmy Campbell

2

8

20.00%

4

0

0

0

1360

2

109

Jared Wisbrod

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1490

2

110

John Volkman

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1475

2

111

Mehrdad Aghdaid

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1498

1

112

Lornie Kuhle

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1529

1

113

Jay Sacks

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1459

1

114

Bobby Belanger

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1470

1

115

Edna Pines

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1305

1

116

Antoni Mikalis

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1483

1

117

Alex Kaiser

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1456

1

118

Arzu Bitar

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1496

1

119

Ben Hogue

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1506

1

120

Dan Brown

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1325

1

121

Cameron Stangel

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1552

1

122

Christine Ravenis

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1437

1

123

Volkan Celik

1

9

10.00%

5

0

0

0

1459

1

124

Olympia Georgiou

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1337

1

125

Michael Rosenblum

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1499

1

126

Tony Renda

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1455

1

127

Victor Mizrachi

1

6

14.30%

3

0

0

0

1381

1

128

Zach Bradley

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1403

1

129

Valentine Rahbari

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1481

1

130

Stewart Price

1

0

100.00%

1

0

0

0

1536

1

131

Susan Mazarei

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1473

1

132

Sheila G

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1304

1

133

Santiago Aguerre

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1478

1

134

Paul Kedrosky

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1464

1

135

Roger Anderson

1

8

11.10%

4

0

0

0

1379

1

136

Laleh Hedayet

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1534

1

137

Justin Solomon

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1505

1

138

Mario Valiahdi

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1512

1

139

Joseph Hani

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1413

1

140

Masoud Sadrieh

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1603

1

141

Nick Bina

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1545

1

142

Mac Sonrabi

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1427

1

143

Lou Ryan

1

6

14.30%

5

0

0

0

1396

1

144

Jordan Herz

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1500

1

145

Isiaac Modiano

1

1

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1507

1

146

Joel Herz

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1501

1

147

Jeff Grant

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1470

1

148

Jaleh Samani

1

2

33.30%

2

0

0

0

1486

1

149

Jane Herz

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1474

1

150

Henry Zenzic

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0.12

1472

0.5

151

Abby Herz

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

152

Amy Renda

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

153

Allen Bakst

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1450

0

154

Alex Scharwtz

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1425

0

155

Alan Ezeir

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

156

Arlene Harris

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1483

0

157

Ann Marie Volkan

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1252

0

158

Bill Belanger

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

159

Bob Luster

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1454

0

160

Greg Schiefer

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1416

0

161

Gary Hirschfeld

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1406

0

162

Eric Sarnoff

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

163

David Endres

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1481

0

164

David Taylor

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1464

0

165

Dawn Douglas

0

3

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1437

0

166

Deborah Cuss

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1473

0

167

Ellie Ghafouri

0

6

0.00%

3

0

0

0

1383

0

168

Ceci Aguerre

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

169

Jane Belanger

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1471

0

170

Heidi Sabzheri

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1449

0

171

Ian Tarr

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1463

0

172

Jen Brown

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1355

0

173

Isabelle Roy

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1457

0

174

Jason Weiner

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1450

0

175

Jerry Wallace

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1455

0

176

Matt Sharmahd

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1462

0

177

Mark Laturno

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

178

Linda Wisma

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1477

0

179

Mackenzie Mee-Lee

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1524

0

180

Karen Ramirez

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

181

Kayla Wilson

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1461

0

182

Meredith Lerner

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1449

0

183

Miguel Coppel

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1457

0

184

Rich Riel

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1387

0

185

Orly Light

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1418

0

186

Ryan Smith

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1458

0

187

Sandra Hakim

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1474

0

188

Siavash Akhgar

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1450

0

189

Theresa Jussila

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1418

0

190

Touraj Mehr

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1430

0

191

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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