Club Ladder as of Jan. 25, 2005

(Guidelines appear at the end of the list.)

(1) Peter Graves
(2) Suguru Araki
(3) Massoud Dehdashti
(4) Mike Marinas
(5) Gary Alcarez

(6) Martin Hanken
(7) Clayton Akazawa
(8) Fumi Christensen
(9) Jason Balderama
(10) Dan Marinas

(11) Shahram Amidi
(12) Robin Cohn
(13) Dominic Spinetta
(14) Eric Rayner
(15) Patrick Rippon

(16) Ernest Klock
(17) Howard Blum
(18) Anna Sulkina
(19) Mike Driskill
(20) Felix Meneau

(21) Mark Schaefir

The club ladder system is in play only for non-round robin play only.

A challenge may be issue to any player that is no more than to two steps above or below you. You cannot decline a valid ladder challenge. If you are making a ladder challenge you must be very clear that it is a ladder challenge. If the higher ranking player wins, he remains in his place as does the loser of the match. However, if the lower ranking challenger wins the match he replaces the spot previously occupied by the higher ranking player and the higher ranking player drops one spot below the previously lower ranking player. It is possible to ‘leap frog’ over a player if you are challenging two spots above you and win.

Yes, non-ladder matches are permitted at any time and against any level player.

If you are not at the club for three consecutive weeks of non-round robin challenge and ladder play, your name will come off the challenge board. Upon your return you will be permitted to challenge anyone up to the level you occupied prior to your coming off the board. We will be keeping track.

Hopefully this will increase the interest and competition within the club.

In addition to the club ladder we will also be implementing a club rating system using the results of our round robin matches. We will be utilizing the computerized Marcus System for developing player ratings. Everyone will receive a numerical rating from round robin club play, which may or may not closely resemble what your national ranking might be. It will give you a better insights into what caliber player you are and will enable you to communicate what your skill level is to players in other clubs with a quantifiable numerical rating that is universally used both here and in foreign countries.