2026 Club Standings

2026 San Diego Backgammon Club rankings through September 2, 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

Justin Sheftell

77

50

60.60%

44

6.75

5.5

3.5

1769

216

2

Allen Tish

72

47

60.50%

39

6

6.5

2

1790

204

3

Mark Weiner

73

56

56.60%

48

4

6.75

3

1700

187

4

David Gray

76

49

60.80%

43

4.25

3.5

5

1742

175

5

Jimmy Lakdawala

66

34

66.00%

34

6

3

1.5

1778

168

6

Roger Alves

51

20

71.80%

23

6.5

2

2.5

1786

155

7

Anthony Niakiani

55

34

61.80%

30

4.5

2.5

4

1785

145

8

Abbas Anvar

65

49

57.00%

37

3

2.5

4.5

1654

139

9

Mehdi Showkati

48

33

59.30%

29

3.5

3.5

3.5

1743

132

10

Sam Rishmawi

62

47

56.90%

39

2.5

2.75

2

1665

122

11

Frank Frigo

49

22

69.00%

23

4.5

1

2

1869

119

12

Avo Fronjian

53

55

49.10%

40

0.25

4.5

3.5

1583

106

13

Michael Pines

46

46

50.00%

32

3

2

2

1629

106

14

Kutaiba Almukhtar

43

43

50.00%

33

3

2.25

0

1564

97

15

Veysel Kertis

49

52

48.50%

39

1.5

3

1

1558

95

16

John Turner

35

19

64.80%

17

3

1

4

1704

95

17

Raid Wastin

45

41

52.30%

32

1.75

1.5

3

1619

90

18

Manny Armesto

46

49

48.40%

36

1

2.5

2

1522

86

19

Halle Hedayat

49

68

41.90%

44

1

1

3.75

1452

84

20

Peter Nolan

37

34

52.10%

26

1.5

1

3.12

1545

75.5

21

Tom Keisler

25

12

67.60%

12

2.5

1.5

2

1835

75

22

Dar Khatibi

39

55

41.50%

36

0

2

4.25

1542

72

23

Bijan Rahmani

47

64

42.30%

43

0.25

1.75

2

1512

72

24

Paul Skolnick

28

20

58.30%

18

2

2

0.5

1602

70

25

Kevin Duc

25

26

49.00%

20

2

1

0

1579

57

26

Samir Asfirane

33

37

47.10%

26

0

2

2

1569

57

27

Matt Schoonmaker

23

22

51.10%

16

0.5

2.5

1.5

1720

55

28

Byron Georgiou

27

36

42.90%

21

0

2

1

1390

47

29

Kenny Lavigna

38

51

42.70%

36

0

1

0

1534

46

30

Kubilay Ugurlu

26

23

53.10%

18

1

0.5

1

1650

46

31

Jon Vietor

25

27

48.10%

19

0

2

1

1660

45

32

Paul Hubbard

20

29

40.80%

20

1

1

0

1373

40

33

Brett Corbin

14

11

56.00%

8

1.5

1

0

1573

40

34

Matthew Farjo

19

23

45.20%

17

1.5

0

0

1496

37

35

Jim Delpy

15

18

45.50%

12

0

2

0

1378

31

36

Homer Farsad

17

21

44.70%

13

1

0

0.25

1502

30

37

Yossi Ram

21

38

35.60%

24

0

1

0

1470

29

38

Sam Mahood

11

7

61.10%

6

0

1.5

1

1531

27

39

Abbas Amiraslani

16

22

42.10%

15

0

1

0.5

1474

26

40

Serdar Altok

14

11

56.00%

10

1

0

0

1738

26

41

Richard Sinden

12

11

52.20%

9

1

0

0

1593

24

42

Andy Baltins

16

12

57.10%

10

0

1

0

1605

24

43

Erik Kipperman

12

19

38.70%

13

0

1

0

1578

20

44

David Ureda

12

18

40.00%

11

0

1

0

1454

20

45

Blake Beber

8

6

57.10%

5

1

0

0

1718

20

46

Fahri Cimen

15

18

45.50%

13

0

0

1

1555

19

47

Mike Stern

14

20

41.20%

14

0

0

1

1510

18

48

Tom Cox

11

16

40.70%

11

0.5

0

0.25

1578

18

49

Martin Gaspare

10

13

43.50%

8

0

0

2

1477

18

50

Matthew Rosinsky

5

2

71.40%

2

1

0

0

1586

17

51

Paul Darth

4

0

100.00%

1

1

0

0

1611

16

52

Jon Gleisner

4

0

100.00%

1

1

0

0

1599

16

53

Jamshid Khajavi

4

0

100.00%

1

1

0

0

1669

16

54

Amin Mazaeri

5

3

62.50%

3

0.5

0.5

0

1510

15

55

Abby Ackerman

11

10

52.40%

8

0

0

1

1460

15

56

Kiska Higgs

8

13

38.10%

9

0.5

0

0

1436

14

57

Maan Khedraki

10

5

66.70%

5

0

0

1

1525

14

58

Chandler Martin

5

4

55.60%

3

0

1

0

1545

13

59

David Brown

9

8

52.90%

7

0

0

1

1536

13

60

Spencer Chen

7

4

63.60%

4

0

0

1.5

1597

13

61

Thomas Polk

3

1

75.00%

1

0

1

0

1565

11

62

Michael Affinito

5

6

45.50%

4

0

0

1

1449

9

63

Mitch Zager

5

11

31.20%

7

0

0

1

1407

9

64

Jae Alexander

9

9

50.00%

6

0

0

0

1503

9

65

Klause Kernbach

3

0

100.00%

1

0.5

0

0

1585

9

66

Charles Beal

9

16

36.00%

10

0

0

0

1423

9

67

Daniel Wintz

4

4

50.00%

3

0

0

1

1575

8

68

Paul DeAngelo

4

5

44.40%

3

0

0

1

1464

8

69

Zee

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

1

1498

8

70

Nasser Hosseiny

3

3

50.00%

2

0

0

1

1498

7

71

Karen Newell

5

16

23.80%

10

0

0

0.5

1320

7

72

Nagy Nosseir

3

5

37.50%

3

0

0

1

1396

7

73

Charles Schleicher

6

8

42.90%

6

0

0

0

1470

6

74

Katie Osenga

5

6

45.50%

4

0

0

0

1512

5

75

Bertram Sieferheld

2

2

50.00%

2

0.25

0

0

1532

5

76

Kanon Kimura

5

10

33.30%

7

0

0

0

1454

5

77

Ajay Chabra

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

0

1570

4

78

Greg Adelman

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0.5

1514

4

79

Charlie Garrison

4

10

28.60%

7

0

0

0

1452

4

80

Ali B.

4

2

66.70%

2

0

0

0

1572

4

81

Brandt Maxwell

4

4

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1511

4

82

Saad Mahfoodh

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0

1553

3

83

Hovik Sinanyan

1

7

12.50%

4

0

0.25

0

1388

3

84

Jordan Ramsey

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0.25

0

1296

3

85

Jay Pajouh

3

7

30.00%

4

0

0

0

1414

3

86

Alireza Rafigh

3

2

60.00%

2

0

0

0

1535

3

87

Skyla Fernandez

2

2

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1509

2

88

Mario Savan

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1590

2

89

Patrick Hamilton

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1534

2

90

Tom Polk

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1483

2

91

Scott Skibicki

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1511

2

92

Steve Schraibman

2

11

15.40%

8

0

0

0

1276

2

93

Robert Burns

2

6

25.00%

3

0

0

0

1530

2

94

Nathan Kassab

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0.25

1506

2

95

Hajit Melikyan

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1535

2

96

Jared Wisbrod

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1490

2

97

Jimmy Campbell

2

8

20.00%

4

0

0

0

1360

2

98

John Volkman

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1475

2

99

Judy Goldsworthy

2

3

40.00%

2

0

0

0

1433

2

100

Greg Applebaum

2

2

50.00%

2

0

0

0

1501

2

101

Ari Gass

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1523

2

102

Haig Atikian

2

1

66.70%

1

0

0

0

1535

2

103

Roger Anderson

1

8

11.10%

4

0

0

0

1379

1

104

Santiago Aguerre

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1478

1

105

Volkan Celik

1

9

10.00%

5

0

0

0

1459

1

106

Stewart Price

1

0

100.00%

1

0

0

0

1536

1

107

Tony Renda

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1455

1

108

Lornie Kuhle

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1529

1

109

Sheila G

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1304

1

110

Arzu Bitar

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1496

1

111

Antoni Mikalis

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1483

1

112

Alex Kaiser

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1456

1

113

Christine Ravenis

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1437

1

114

Bobby Belanger

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1470

1

115

Ben Hogue

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1506

1

116

Cameron Stangel

1

4

20.00%

2

0

0

0

1552

1

117

Laleh Hedayet

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1534

1

118

Susan Mazarei

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1473

1

119

Joseph Hani

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1413

1

120

Jaleh Samani

1

2

33.30%

2

0

0

0

1486

1

121

Edna Pines

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1305

1

122

Dan Brown

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1325

1

123

Justin Solomon

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1505

1

124

Olympia Georgiou

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1337

1

125

Paul Palomino

1

6

14.30%

3

0

0

0

1412

1

126

Jay Sacks

1

3

25.00%

2

0

0

0

1459

1

127

Mario Valiahdi

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1512

1

128

Zach Bradley

1

2

33.30%

1

0

0

0

1403

1

129

Paul Kedrosky

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1464

1

130

Mehrdad Aghdaid

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1498

1

131

Masoud Sadrieh

1

1

50.00%

1

0

0

0

1603

1

132

Henry Zenzic

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0.12

1472

0.5

133

Alan Ezeir

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

134

Ceci Aguerre

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

135

Bob Luster

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1454

0

136

Ann Marie Volkan

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1252

0

137

Alex Scharwtz

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1425

0

138

Amy Renda

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

139

Allen Bakst

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1450

0

140

Arlene Harris

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1483

0

141

Dane Sosna

0

6

0.00%

3

0

0

0

1368

0

142

Eric Sarnoff

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

143

Ellie Ghafouri

0

6

0.00%

3

0

0

0

1383

0

144

Deborah Cuss

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1473

0

145

David Taylor

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1464

0

146

Heidi Sabzheri

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1449

0

147

Greg Schiefer

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1416

0

148

Gary Hirschfeld

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1406

0

149

Ian Tarr

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1463

0

150

Mackenzie Mee-Lee

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1524

0

151

Lou Ryan

0

2

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1450

0

152

Karen Ramirez

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1452

0

153

Kayla Wilson

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1461

0

154

Jen Brown

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1355

0

155

Jerry Wallace

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1455

0

156

David Endres

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1481

0

157

Mark Laturno

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1459

0

158

Orly Light

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1418

0

159

Miguel Coppel

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1457

0

160

Siavash Akhgar

0

2

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1450

0

161

Sandra Hakim

0

1

0.00%

1

0

0

0

1474

0

162

Theresa Jussila

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1418

0

163

Touraj Mehr

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1430

0

164

Victor Mizrachi

0

4

0.00%

2

0

0

0

1383

0

165

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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