2025 Club Standings

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Below are our finalized club rankings for the year 2025. Click here for our current year’s standings.

RANK PLAYER MATCH WINS MATCH LOSSES WIN PCT z-score EVENTS 1ST PLACE FINISHES 2ND PLACE FINISHES 3RD PLACE FINISHES Elo SDBC Ranking Points
1 Justin Sheftell 126 87 59.15% 2.7 77 10 4.5 5.5     1,778 304
2 Frank Frigo 109 56 66.06% 4.1 57 10 6 0     1,897 277
3 Allen Tish 105 64 62.13% 3.2 55 6 8 5     1,828 261
4 Roger Alves 94 52 64.38% 3.5 47 8 3 7.5     1,720 244
5 David Gray 111 82 57.51% 2.1 67 6 6 3     1,729 243
6 Michael Pines 100 82 54.95% 1.3 63 2.5 9.5 9     1,664 242
7 Sam Rishmawi 95 68 58.28% 2.1 54 5 8 4     1,671 235
8 Mark Weiner 92 69 57.14% 1.8 57 4 6.5 7     1,739 220
9 Jamshid 84 68 55.26% 1.3 54 5.5 4 5.5     1,671 204
10 Anthony Niakiani 72 52 58.06% 1.8 46 6.5 5 0.5     1,807 192
11 Avo Fronjian 76 70 52.05% 0.5 55 5.5 3.5 0.5     1,629 172
12 Jon Vietor 75 58 56.39% 1.5 49 5.5 2.5 2.5     1,735 171
13 Erik Kipperman 80 62 56.34% 1.5 49 2 4 7.5     1,609 166
14 Abbas Anvar 64 61 51.20% 0.3 44 4 0 5.5     1,615 134
15 Kevin Duc 54 46 54.00% 0.8 36 2.5 3.5 4     1,589 128
16 Blake Beber 60 43 58.25% 1.7 37 3.5 1.5 3     1,740 126
17 Matt Schoonmaker 47 30 61.04% 1.9 25 4.5 1.5 2     1,772 121
18 Kutaiba Almukhtar 64 78 45.07% -1.2 57 2.5 0 5.5     1,541 116
19 Serdar Altok 43 24 64.18% 2.3 22 2.5 4 1     1,755 109
20 Raid Westin 70 60 53.85% 0.9 50 1 1.5 3.5     1,637 108
21 Matthew Farjo 50 65 43.48% -1.4 44 2 2 2     1,503 98
22 Kubilay “Koby” Ugurlu 49 47 51.04% 0.2 34 3 1 1     1,684 97
23 Manny Armesto 57 76 42.86% -1.6 53 2.25 1.25 0.5     1,499 96
24 Tom Keisler 25 7 78.13% 3.2 10 2 2 2     1,836 73
25 Dar Khatibi 33 27 55.00% 0.8 21 1 3 1     1,643 73
26 Fahri Cimen 35 32 52.24% 0.4 26 0.5 3.5 1     1,585 73
27 Masoud Sadrieh 37 24 60.66% 1.7 21 0 2.5 3.5     1,615 71
28 Charles Schleicher 31 19 62.00% 1.7 18 1.5 0.5 4     1,484 69
29 Yossi Ram 44 59 42.72% -1.5 42 0 1.5 3     1,518 68
30 Peter Nolan 31 35 46.97% -0.5 25 2 1 1     1,527 67
31 Jimmy Lakdalwala 23 11 67.65% 2.1 10 2 2 0     1,705 63
32 Bijan Rahmani 37 44 45.68% -0.8 31 0.5 1.5 1.5     1,575 61
33 Paul Skolnick 28 25 52.83% 0.4 18 1.5 1.5 0.5     1,572 60
34 Michael Showkati 21 8 72.41% 2.4 9 1.5 1 3     1,745 59
35 Robert Burns 29 30 49.15% -0.1 21 1 2 0.5     1,570 59
36 David Brown 25 27 48.08% -0.3 20 1.5 1 1     1,528 55
37 Homer Farsad 28 36 43.75% -1.0 25 0 2 2.5     1,517 54
38 Halle Hedayat 25 38 39.68% -1.6 24 1 1 2     1,450 53
39 Ali B. 34 42 44.74% -0.9 28 0 2 0     1,574 50
40 Tom Cox 18 16 52.94% 0.3 12 1.5 1 0     1,619 44
41 Mike Stern 24 31 43.64% -0.9 22 0 0 3     1,532 36
42 Abby Ackerman 27 38 41.54% -1.4 26 0 0.5 1     1,450 35
43 Victor Mizrachi 18 32 36.00% -2.0 20 1 0 1     1,410 34
44 Brett Corbin 14 14 50.00% 0.0 11 1 0 1     1,526 30
45 Isaac Cook 10 3 76.92% 1.9 4 1.5 0 0     1,640 28
46 Samir Asfirane 16 14 53.33% 0.4 12 1 0 0     1,586 28
47 Saad Mahfoodah 15 15 50.00% 0.0 11 0.25 0.75 1     1,557 28
48 Paul Hubbard 18 42 30.00% -3.1 25 0 0 2     1,341 26
49 Paul Palomino 15 25 37.50% -1.6 16 0 1 0.5     1,434 25
50 Paul Bay 11 7 61.11% 0.9 6 0 1 1     1,648 23
51 John Turner 13 13 50.00% 0.0 9 0.5 0.5 0     1,578 23
52 Laleh Hedayet 15 15 50.00% 0.0 10 0 1 0     1,536 23
53 Ghasson Saudi 11 13 45.83% -0.4 9 1 0 0     1,495 23
54 Daniel Wintz 10 7 58.82% 0.7 6 0 1 1     1,598 22
55 Santiago Pinon 7 5 58.33% 0.6 4 1 0 0     1,596 19
56 Ramin Arian 6 1 85.71% 1.9 2 1 0 0     1,634 18
57 Volkan Celik 6 11 35.29% -1.2 7 1 0 0     1,506 18
58 Kavin Tangtartharakul 5 3 62.50% 0.7 3 1 0 0     1,585 17
59 Alexsander Tamari 13 14 48.15% -0.2 9 0 0 1     1,372 17
60 Dorn Bishop 4 0 100.00% 2.0 1 1 0 0     1,729 16
61 Byrne Larsen 4 0 100.00% 2.0 1 1 0 0     1,620 16
62 Karen Newell 10 20 33.33% -1.8 13 0 0 1.5     1,378 16
63 Edna Pines 8 19 29.63% -2.1 11 0 1 0     1,266 16
64 Kenny Lavigna 15 15 50.00% 0.0 12 0 0 0     1,552 15
65 Martin Barba 6 8 42.86% -0.5 5 0 1 0     1,514 14
66 Zee 14 21 40.00% -1.2 13 0 0 0     1,499 14
67 Jim Delpy 14 36 28.00% -3.1 21 0 0 0     1,339 14
68 Gary Hirschfeld 5 6 45.45% -0.3 4 0 1 0     1,396 13
69 Mackenzie Mee-Lee 4 2 66.67% 0.8 2 0 1 0     1,568 12
70 Nick Bina 4 2 66.67% 0.8 2 0 1 0     1,559 12
71 Rostam Javidan 8 10 44.44% -0.5 7 0 0 1     1,470 12
72 Michael Affinito 4 7 36.36% -0.9 4 0 1 0     1,458 12
73 Steve Miller 3 1 75.00% 1.0 1 0 1 0     1,711 11
74 Joe Gaudio 3 1 75.00% 1.0 1 0 1 0     1,559 11
75 Koorosh Shivnee 3 1 75.00% 1.0 1 0 1 0     1,553 11
76 Sam R 3 1 75.00% 1.0 1 0 1 0     1,551 11
77 Hooman 3 1 75.00% 1.0 1 0 1 0     1,531 11
78 Olympia Georgiou 6 16 27.27% -2.1 9 0 0 1     1,341 10
79 Richard Sinden 5 3 62.50% 0.7 2 0 0 1     1,554 9
80 Chippy 5 6 45.45% -0.3 5 0 0.5 0     1,506 9
81 Kiska Higgs 5 8 38.46% -0.8 5 0 0.5 0     1,457 9
82 Maan Khedraki 9 18 33.33% -1.7 11 0 0 0     1,430 9
83 Byron Georgiou 8 17 32.00% -1.8 10 0 0 0     1,340 8
84 Phil Simborg 3 1 75.00% 1.0 1 0 0 1     1,559 7
85 Bob Wachtel 3 1 75.00% 1.0 1 0 0 1     1,559 7
86 Ellie Ackerman 3 3 50.00% 0.0 2 0 0 1     1,522 7
87 Eric Straus 2 1 66.67% 0.6 1 0 0.5 0     1,466 6
88 Greg Applebaum 4 4 50.00% 0.0 4 0 0 0.5     1,503 6
89 David Ureda 6 8 42.86% -0.5 6 0 0 0     1,478 6
90 Bijie Ding 3 3 50.00% 0.0 2 0 0 0.5     1,531 5
91 Victoria Healey 5 12 29.41% -1.7 8 0 0 0     1,351 5
92 Ryan Healey 5 17 22.73% -2.6 10 0 0 0     1,404 5
93 Chanin Tangtartharakul 4 4 50.00% 0.0 3 0 0 0     1,549 4
94 Travis Saling 2 2 50.00% 0.0 2 0 0 0.5     1,501 4
95 Larry Rosenberg 4 6 40.00% -0.6 4 0 0 0     1,470 4
96 Mohammad Koochak 4 8 33.33% -1.2 5 0 0 0     1,460 4
97 Mohammad Koochak 4 8 33.33% -1.2 5 0 0 0     1,460 4
98 Yousef H 4 9 30.77% -1.4 6 0 0 0     1,457 4
99 Mike Kay 4 13 23.53% -2.2 8 0 0 0     1,357 4
100 Karam Khalaf 3 2 60.00% 0.4 2 0 0 0     1,381 3
101 Chris Shivace 3 3 50.00% 0.0 2 0 0 0     1,503 3
102 Lorena Garcia 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0.5     1,502 3
103 Dan Brown 3 5 37.50% -0.7 3 0 0 0     1,322 3
104 Lornie Kuhle 3 6 33.33% -1.0 4 0 0 0     1,531 3
105 Nick Tchiprout 3 6 33.33% -1.0 4 0 0 0     1,466 3
106 Amin Mazaeri 3 6 33.33% -1.0 4 0 0 0     1,432 3
107 Osvaldo Topete 3 6 33.33% -1.0 3 0 0 0     1,380 3
108 Kevin Creps 3 7 30.00% -1.3 4 0 0 0     1,514 3
109 Joseph Hani 3 7 30.00% -1.3 4 0 0 0     1,422 3
110 Rich Riel 3 10 23.08% -1.9 5 0 0 0     1,404 3
111 Steve Schraibman 3 11 21.43% -2.1 7 0 0 0     1,360 3
112 Mario Savan 2 1 66.67% 0.6 1 0 0 0     1,638 2
113 Clint Gillman 2 1 66.67% 0.6 1 0 0 0     1,537 2
114 Michael Vosgueritchian 2 1 66.67% 0.6 1 0 0 0     1,534 2
115 Mona Mazza 2 1 66.67% 0.6 1 0 0 0     1,532 2
116 Daniel  Friedman 2 1 66.67% 0.6 1 0 0 0     1,529 2
117 Chuck Bower 2 2 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,520 2
118 Richard Tucker 2 2 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,497 2
119 Athena Georgiou 2 2 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,494 2
120 Nana 2 2 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,491 2
121 Nader Zarrin 2 2 50.00% 0.0 2 0 0 0     1,424 2
122 Cliff Johnston 2 3 40.00% -0.4 2 0 0 0     1,496 2
123 Kay Gstreim 2 3 40.00% -0.4 2 0 0 0     1,495 2
124 Victor Elkind 2 3 40.00% -0.4 2 0 0 0     1,490 2
125 Steve Ornish 2 3 40.00% -0.4 2 0 0 0     1,490 2
126 Kamal Khalaf 2 4 33.33% -0.8 2 0 0 0     1,484 2
127 Alic Mohareri 2 4 33.33% -0.8 2 0 0 0     1,473 2
128 Scott Sherman 2 4 33.33% -0.8 3 0 0 0     1,466 2
129 Taha Ramzi 2 4 33.33% -0.8 2 0 0 0     1,462 2
130 Jimmy Campbell 2 4 33.33% -0.8 3 0 0 0     1,451 2
131 Shayan Sombolestani 2 4 33.33% -0.8 3 0 0 0     1,361 2
132 David Ruch 2 5 28.57% -1.1 3 0 0 0     1,471 2
133 Yuval Tamari 2 5 28.57% -1.1 3 0 0 0     1,435 2
134 Andrew Stoen 2 6 25.00% -1.4 4 0 0 0     1,415 2
135 Jeff Ackerman 2 6 25.00% -1.4 3 0 0 0     1,379 2
136 Mitra Mazdy 2 8 20.00% -1.9 4 0 0 0     1,390 2
137 Neekol Maui 2 11 15.38% -2.5 6 0 0 0     1,346 2
138 Colin Baehman 2 13 13.33% -2.8 7 0 0 0     1,307 2
139 Roberto Schroeder 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,566 1
140 Dane Calder 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,533 1
141 Michael Brady 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,511 1
142 Bret Haase 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,508 1
143 David Haze 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,508 1
144 Mike Schnur 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,506 1
145 Susanne Tucker 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,505 1
146 Robert Gatan 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,504 1
147 Amanda Martin 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,503 1
148 Bill Burton 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,503 1
149 Alireza Rafigh 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,503 1
150 Guy Fritz 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,501 1
151 Mark Swanson 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,500 1
152 Tod Donchev 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,499 1
153 Farah Ofogh 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,497 1
154 Lu Miranda 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,496 1
155 Matt Spear 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,494 1
156 Houston Goddard 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,493 1
157 Anita Elkind 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,493 1
158 Juan Alvarado 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,486 1
159 Katina T. 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,446 1
160 Teri Siciliani 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,432 1
161 Nagy Nosseir 1 1 50.00% 0.0 1 0 0 0     1,419 1
162 Bob Hamouni 1 2 33.33% -0.6 1 0 0 0     1,527 1
163 Jaime Chaljon 1 2 33.33% -0.6 1 0 0 0     1,513 1
164 Randy Gietge 1 2 33.33% -0.6 1 0 0 0     1,492 1
165 Mauricio 1 2 33.33% -0.6 1 0 0 0     1,486 1
166 Jordan Light 1 2 33.33% -0.6 1 0 0 0     1,483 1
167 Bela Orgera 1 2 33.33% -0.6 1 0 0 0     1,482 1
168 Chris Bailey 1 2 33.33% -0.6 1 0 0 0     1,482 1
169 Moses Moses 1 2 33.33% -0.6 1 0 0 0     1,480 1
170 Ali Kahani 1 2 33.33% -0.6 1 0 0 0     1,480 1
171 Amanda Cron 1 2 33.33% -0.6 1 0 0 0     1,475 1
172 Tony Renda 1 2 33.33% -0.6 1 0 0 0     1,475 1
173 Sam 1 2 33.33% -0.6 1 0 0 0     1,449 1
174 Dorian Dima 1 3 25.00% -1.0 2 0 0 0     1,469 1
175 Theo Ciobanu 1 3 25.00% -1.0 2 0 0 0     1,466 1
176 Kyle Harman 1 3 25.00% -1.0 2 0 0 0     1,466 1
177 Krista Hansen 1 3 25.00% -1.0 2 0 0 0     1,348 1
178 Chris Wood 1 4 20.00% -1.3 2 0 0 0     1,465 1
179 Sam Mahood 1 4 20.00% -1.3 3 0 0 0     1,405 1
180 Noah Mayeda 1 5 16.67% -1.6 3 0 0 0     1,420 1
181 Jeffrey Light 1 5 16.67% -1.6 3 0 0 0     1,371 1
182 Jordan Ramsey 1 5 16.67% -1.6 3 0 0 0     1,298 1
183 Michael Whitley 1 6 14.29% -1.9 3 0 0 0     1,405 1
184 Mehran Mazdy 1 9 10.00% -2.5 5 0 0 0     1,345 1
185 Carlos Garcia 0 1 0.00% -1.0 1 0 0 0     1,482 0
186 Nancy  Friedman 0 1 0.00% -1.0 1 0 0 0     1,477 0
187 Sharone Ody 0 1 0.00% -1.0 1 0 0 0     1,477 0
188 Wes Renda 0 1 0.00% -1.0 1 0 0 0     1,477 0
189 Bill Hall 0 1 0.00% -1.0 1 0 0 0     1,477 0
190 Bijan Voss 0 1 0.00% -1.0 1 0 0 0     1,476 0
191 Nick Mcloota 0 1 0.00% -1.0 1 0 0 0     1,474 0
192 Nazanin Mirza 0 1 0.00% -1.0 1 0 0 0     1,474 0
193 Judy Goldsworthy 0 1 0.00% -1.0 1 0 0 0     1,474 0
194 Zack 0 1 0.00% -1.0 1 0 0 0     1,473 0
195 Peter McBride 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,470 0
196 Orly Light 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,469 0
197 Dave Zavala 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,469 0
198 Cassidee Mcdonough 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,465 0
199 Judy Weinstein 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,462 0
200 Alejandro Schroeder 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,462 0
201 Alejandro Schroeder 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,462 0
202 Azar Ghavan 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,462 0
203 Hatice Marifet 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,461 0
204 Jay Pajouh 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,461 0
205 Shaida 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,459 0
206 Regan Lambeth 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,459 0
207 Alex Goldsborough 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,459 0
208 Shanice Javidian 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,459 0
209 Raquel Chaljon 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,459 0
210 Jeremy Bradford 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,458 0
211 Jay Srion 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,458 0
212 Juan Carlos Garcia 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,458 0
213 Joanna Has 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,458 0
214 Tim Hallisay 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,458 0
215 Sam Nia 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,457 0
216 Bijan Anvar 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,456 0
217 Duke S 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,455 0
218 Mustafa Shaikh 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,454 0
219 Imad Shehab 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,454 0
220 Paul D 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,454 0
221 Jake Peterson 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,454 0
222 Rose Mcdonough 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,453 0
223 Ariel Linder 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,452 0
224 Ashwin Patti 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,452 0
225 Amy Pope 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,452 0
226 Geri Musser 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,450 0
227 Beny Mizrachi 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,450 0
228 Fraser Lovat 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,450 0
229 Fraser Lovat 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,450 0
230 Pavlina 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,449 0
231 Nawar Abdlnoor 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,446 0
232 Jasper Koncan-Barlay 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,446 0
233 Mark Brodherson 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,445 0
234 Jen Brown 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,379 0
235 Buffy Zehnder 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,336 0
236 Alvars Grins 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,286 0
237 Sheila G 0 2 0.00% -1.4 1 0 0 0     1,272 0
238 David Hayes 0 4 0.00% -2.0 2 0 0 0     1,425 0
239 Ian Elkind 0 4 0.00% -2.0 2 0 0 0     1,419 0
240 Zach Bradley 0 4 0.00% -2.0 2 0 0 0     1,416 0
241 Marsha Ainsworth 0 4 0.00% -2.0 2 0 0 0     1,416 0
242 Dave Hayes 0 4 0.00% -2.0 2 0 0 0     1,405 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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