2026 Club Standings

2026 San Diego Backgammon Club rankings through October 14, 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

87

51

63.00%

45

9

6.5

2

1821

255

2

Justin Sheftell

90

60

60.00%

51

7.75

5.5

3.5

1756

241

3

David Gray

93

59

61.20%

52

5.25

4.5

5

1757

212

4

Mark Weiner

84

65

56.40%

56

4.5

6.75

3

1700

204

5

Jimmy Lakdawala

74

37

66.70%

37

7

3

2.5

1787

192

6

Abbas Anvar

80

57

58.40%

44

5

3.5

5.5

1675

190

7

Anthony Niakiani

66

43

60.60%

38

4.5

3

4

1771

160

8

Frank Frigo

62

27

69.70%

28

5.5

2

3

1876

156

9

Roger Alves

52

25

67.50%

26

6.5

2

2.5

1757

156

10

Sam Rishmawi

68

52

56.70%

43

2.5

3.25

3

1660

136

11

Mehdi Showkati

48

33

59.30%

29

3.5

3.5

3.5

1743

132

12

Avo Fronjian

66

64

50.80%

47

0.25

5.5

3.5

1603

127

13

Halle Hedayat

63

75

45.60%

51

2

1.5

3.75

1504

114

14

Michael Pines

50

52

49.00%

36

3

2

2

1615

110

15

Veysel Kertis

55

60

47.80%

45

1.5

4

1

1548

109

16

John Turner

40

23

63.50%

20

3

2

4

1699

108

17

Kutaiba Almukhtar

50

49

50.50%

39

3

2.25

0

1572

104

18

Manny Armesto

53

54

49.50%

40

1

2.5

3.5

1529

99

19

Raid Wastin

45

41

52.30%

32

1.75

1.5

3

1619

90

20

Peter Nolan

40

37

51.90%

28

1.5

2

3.12

1549

86.5

21

Bijan Rahmani

53

72

42.40%

49

0.25

2.75

2

1512

86

22

Dar Khatibi

47

70

40.20%

44

0

2

4.75

1512

82

23

Paul Skolnick

31

21

59.60%

19

2

3

0.5

1612

81

24

Tom Keisler

27

13

67.50%

13

2.5

1.5

2

1833

77

25

Jon Vietor

37

34

52.10%

26

1

3

1

1672

77

26

Samir Asfirane

42

44

48.80%

32

0

2

4

1573

74

27

Matt Schoonmaker

27

22

55.10%

17

1.5

2.5

1.5

1735

71

28

Kevin Duc

27

30

47.40%

22

2

1

0

1569

59

29

Kenny Lavigna

43

56

43.40%

40

0

1

1

1539

55

30

Brett Corbin

17

12

58.60%

9

1.5

2

0

1587

51

31

Kubilay Ugurlu

30

29

50.80%

21

1

0.5

1

1638

50

32

Byron Georgiou

29

40

42.00%

24

0

2

1

1392

49

33

Yossi Ram

28

48

36.80%

31

1

1

0

1466

48

34

Paul Hubbard

25

41

37.90%

27

1

1

0

1365

45

35

Matthew Farjo

19

25

43.20%

18

1.5

0

0

1486

37

36

Andy Baltins

19

13

59.40%

11

0

2

0

1634

35

37

Jim Delpy

19

29

39.60%

18

0

2

0

1365

35

38

Sam Mahood

13

8

61.90%

7

0

1.5

2

1537

33

39

Homer Farsad

17

21

44.70%

13

1

0

0.25

1502

30

40

Ajay Chabra

13

6

68.40%

6

1

0

1

1686

29

41

Fahri Cimen

19

22

46.30%

16

0

0

2

1553

27

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

Serdar Altok

14

11

56.00%

10

1

0

0

1738

26

45

Abbas Amiraslani

16

22

42.10%

15

0

1

0.5

1474

26

46

Klause Kernbach

7

0

100.00%

2

1.5

0

0

1672

25

47

Jamshid Khajavi

8

4

66.70%

4

1

0

1

1664

24

48

Mike Stern

20

29

40.80%

20

0

0

1

1502

24

49

David Ureda

13

22

37.10%

13

0

1

0

1427

21

50

Erik Kipperman

12

19

38.70%

13

0

1

0

1578

20

51

Blake Beber

8

6

57.10%

5

1

0

0

1718

20

52

Jay Pajouh

11

17

39.30%

10

0

1

0

1440

19

53

Tom Cox

11

16

40.70%

11

0.5

0

0.25

1578

18

54

Martin Gaspare

10

19

34.50%

11

0

0

2

1404

18

55

Matthew Rosinsky

5

2

71.40%

2

1

0

0

1586

17

56

Paul Darth

4

0

100.00%

1

1

0

0

1611

16

57

Jon Gleisner

4

0

100.00%

1

1

0

0

1599

16

58

Abby Ackerman

12

13

48.00%

10

0

0

1

1452

16

59

Kiska Higgs

9

15

37.50%

10

0.5

0

0

1431

15

60

Spencer Chen

9

5

64.30%

5

0

0

1.5

1607

15

61

Amin Mazaeri

5

3

62.50%

3

0.5

0.5

0

1510

15

62

David Brown

10

11

47.60%

9

0

0

1

1528

14

63

Chandler Martin

5

4

55.60%

3

0

1

0

1545

13

64

Charles Beal

11

19

36.70%

12

0

0

0

1425

11

65

Thomas Polk

3

1

75.00%

1

0

1

0

1565

11

66

Hovik Sinanyan

8

16

33.30%

10

0

0.25

0

1445

10

67

Mitch Zager

5

11

31.20%

7

0

0

1

1407

9

68

Michael Affinito

5

6

45.50%

4

0

0

1

1449

9

69

Jae Alexander

9

9

50.00%

6

0

0

0

1503

9

70

Kubilay Koby Ugurlu

4

3

57.10%

2

0

0

1

1539

8

71

Daniel Wintz

4

4

50.00%

3

0

0

1

1575

8

72

Zee

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

1

1498

8

73

Nagy Nosseir

4

7

36.40%

4

0

0

1

1390

8

74

Paul DeAngelo

4

5

44.40%

3

0

0

1

1464

8

75

Paul Bayat

3

1

75.00%

1

0

0

1

1535

7

76

Nasser Hosseiny

3

3

50.00%

2

0

0

1

1498

7

77

Karen Newell

5

16

23.80%

10

0

0

0.5

1320

7

78

Charles Schleicher

6

8

42.90%

6

0

0

0

1470

6

79

Paul Palomino

4

8

33.30%

5

0

0

0.5

1423

6

80

Kanon Kimura

5

12

29.40%

8

0

0

0

1425

5

81

Katie Osenga

5

6

45.50%

4

0

0

0

1512

5

82

Bertram Sieferheld

2

2

50.00%

2

0.25

0

0

1532

5

83

Greg Adelman

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0.5

1514

4

84

Brandt Maxwell

4

4

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1511

4

85

Charlie Garrison

4

10

28.60%

7

0

0

0

1452

4

86

Ali B.

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

0

1572

4

87

Tom Polk

4

5

44.40%

4

0

0

0

1505

4

88

Saad Mahfoodh

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0

1553

3

89

Greg Applebaum

3

3

50.00%

3

0

0

0

1505

3

90

Jordan Ramsey

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0.25

0

1296

3

91

Alireza Rafigh

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0

1535

3

92

Will DeCesare

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1530

2

93

Skyla Fernandez

2

2

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1509

2

94

Robert Burns

2

6

25.00%

3

0

0

0

1530

2

95

Hajit Melikyan

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1535

2

96

John Volkman

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1475

2

97

Mario Savan

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1590

2

98

Jared Wisbrod

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1490

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

Steve Schraibman

2

13

13.30%

9

0

0

0

1258

2

102

Scott Skibicki

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1511

2

103

Haig Atikian

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1535

2

104

Judy Goldsworthy

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1433

2

105

Jimmy Campbell

2

8

20.00%

4

0

0

0

1360

2

106

Ari Gass

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1523

2

107

Edna Pines

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1305

1

108

Antoni Mikalis

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1483

1

109

Ben Hogue

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1506

1

110

Alex Kaiser

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1456

1

111

Arzu Bitar

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1496

1

112

Christine Ravenis

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1437

1

113

Dan Brown

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1325

1

114

Cameron Stangel

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1552

1

115

Bobby Belanger

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1470

1

116

Dane Sosna

1

9

10.00%

5

0

0

0

1346

1

117

Nick Bina

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1545

1

118

Mehrdad Aghdaid

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1498

1

119

Victor Mizrachi

1

6

14.30%

3

0

0

0

1380

1

120

Zach Bradley

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1403

1

121

Valentine Rahbari

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1481

1

122

Stewart Price

1

0

100.00%

1

0

0

0

1536

1

123

Susan Mazarei

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1473

1

124

Santiago Aguerre

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1478

1

125

Roger Anderson

1

8

11.10%

4

0

0

0

1379

1

126

Paul Kedrosky

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1464

1

127

Masoud Sadrieh

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1603

1

128

Laleh Hedayet

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1534

1

129

Jordan Herz

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1500

1

130

Tony Renda

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1455

1

131

Volkan Celik

1

9

10.00%

5

0

0

0

1459

1

132

Sheila G

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1304

1

133

Olympia Georgiou

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1337

1

134

Lou Ryan

1

4

20.00%

4

0

0

0

1439

1

135

Lornie Kuhle

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1529

1

136

Justin Solomon

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1505

1

137

Joseph Hani

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1413

1

138

Mario Valiahdi

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1512

1

139

Jane Herz

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1474

1

140

Joel Herz

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1501

1

141

Jay Sacks

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1459

1

142

Jaleh Samani

1

2

33.30%

2

0

0

0

1486

1

143

Henry Zenzic

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0.12

1472

0.5

144

Bob Belanger

0

6

0.00%

3

0

0

0

1398

0

145

Abby Herz

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

146

Alan Ezeir

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

147

Alex Scharwtz

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1425

0

148

Amy Renda

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

149

Allen Bakst

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1450

0

150

Ann Marie Volkan

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1252

0

151

Arlene Harris

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1483

0

152

Ellie Ghafouri

0

6

0.00%

3

0

0

0

1383

0

153

Eric Sarnoff

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

154

David Taylor

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1464

0

155

Deborah Cuss

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1473

0

156

David Endres

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1481

0

157

Bob Luster

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1454

0

158

Bill Belanger

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

159

Ceci Aguerre

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

160

Ian Tarr

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1463

0

161

Isabelle Roy

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1457

0

162

Heidi Sabzheri

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1449

0

163

Greg Schiefer

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1416

0

164

Gary Hirschfeld

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1406

0

165

Jerry Wallace

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1455

0

166

Jane Belanger

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1471

0

167

Jen Brown

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1355

0

168

Mark Laturno

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

169

Mackenzie Mee-Lee

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1524

0

170

Linda Wisma

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1477

0

171

Karen Ramirez

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

172

Kayla Wilson

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1461

0

173

Matt Sharmahd

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1462

0

174

Meredith Lerner

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1449

0

175

Miguel Coppel

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1457

0

176

Rich Riel

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1387

0

177

Orly Light

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1418

0

178

Ryan Smith

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1458

0

179

Sandra Hakim

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1474

0

180

Siavash Akhgar

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1450

0

181

Theresa Jussila

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1418

0

182

Touraj Mehr

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1430

0

183

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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