Ratings are calculated according to players' performances in official events. They reflect each player's skill level.
The system is used to form divisions in tournaments and facilitate pairings. The "logic" behind ratings - they predict a player's chance of victory against an opponent. If a player does better than s/he was "supposed" to have done, his/her rating goes up. If they do worse, it goes down.
As of July 2006, the following ratings system is maintained by Evan and includes all internationally recognised tournaments played in Israel.
Many Israeli players don't limit themselves to the local arena and compete internationally. In these cases, they may have international ratings too. The international ratings can be found here, and the ABSP (Association of British Scrabble Players) ratings can be found here.
If you have any queries contact Evan. If you wish to organise an event and have its games rated, make sure you contact Evan before the event.
Current Ratings Rank Name Games Old New Change Updated 1 ADAM LOGAN 20 NA 1928 18.10.2009 2 THERESA BROUSSON 20 NA 1906 18.10.2009 3 RICKY ZINGER 20 NA 1774 18.10.2009 4 EVAN COHEN 160 1757 1767 +10 13.12.2009 5 BARRY GROSSMAN 18 NA 1696 26.10.2008 6 MAOR EICHLER 105 1694 1686 10.02.2008 8 ZEV KESSELMAN 221 1590 1585 28.12.2007 7 DAVID LITKE 163 1589 1585 28.12.2007 9 ARYEH WETHERHORN 114 1583 1576 12.12.2007 10 DAVID SPOLTER 48 1521 1550 28.12.2007 11 ROZ GROSSMAN 208 1545 1549 28.12.2007 12 CHANI KATZ 63 1530 1547 28.12.2007 13 PALOMA RAYCHBART 164 1566 1543 18.10.2009 14 DAHLIA FRIEDMANN 180 1509 1539 12.12.2007 15 ABBA HYDARA 18 NA 1538 26.10.2008 16 CECIL MUSCAT 20 NA 1534 18.10.2009 17 RAEL HAYMAN 18 NA 1527 26.10.2008 18 MIKE WHITEOAK 20 NA 1509 18.10.2009 19 ISRAEL SHAFIR 202 1513 1493 15.04.2007 20 KAREN RICHARDS 20 NA 1488 18.10.2009 21 RACHELLE WINER 20 NA 1478 18.10.2009 22 WENDY ELLIMAN 54 1451 1465 28.12.2007 23 VIVIENNE MUHLING 36 1427 1463 28.12.2007 24 RAZ NAOT 87 1434 1454 18.10.2009 25 NICKY VELLA 20 NA 1454 18.10.2009 26 STEVE GOLDBERG 190 1486 1446 28.12.2007 27 RENA SCHWARTZ 111 1430 1436 28.12.2007 28 NAOMI LANDAU 209 1413 1426 +13 13.12.2009 29 MICHELLE MOSHELIAN 54 1453 1419 19.01.2007 30 QUEENE PARNAS 18 1430 1408 12.12.2007 31 AMI TZUBERY 132 1395 1390 10.02.2008 32 JOEL BAILEY 157 1392 1375 28.12.2007 33 MOSHE FEINGOLD 181 1387 1371 26.10.2008 34 ROGER FRIEDLAND 67 1341 1369 19.01.2007 35 JAKE BERLINER 18 NA 1359 26.10.2008 36 CHARLES MICALLEF 20 NA 1357 18.10.2009 37 RACHELLE BEN-DAVID 94 1355 1351 12.12.2007 38 MICHAEL ZINGER 20 NA 1349 18.10.2009 39 OMRI ROSENKRANTZ 127 1311 1341 +30 13.12.2009 40 GILA BLITS 187 1338 1340 +2 13.12.2009 41 HADASSAH BRAUN 156 1390 1337 26.10.2008 42 TAMAR IANCU 200 1313 1332 +19 13.12.2009 43 LILIANE SERVIER 203 1385 1329 -56 13.12.2009 44 PAMELA LOVAL 222 1335 1326 12.04.2009 45 MAXINE TSVAIGRACH 115 1348 1322 -26 13.12.2009 46 FRAN GOLDSTEIN 72 1269 1309 19.01.2007 47 SARA SCHACHTER 171 1290 1302 28.12.2007 48 YAIR YEHUDA 45 1027 1300 18.10.2009 49 EDDIE LEVENSTON 203 1301 1296 28.12.2007 50 VIVIENNE RIFFKIN 108 1256 1292 28.12.2007 51 SALLIE TANGIR 50 1344 1292 15.04.2007 52 CHAYA AMIR 112 1163 1281 26.10.2008 53 BORIS BAR-NESS 111 1302 1279 28.12.2007 54 CARA GOLDBERG 62 1291 1269 18.10.2009 55 MAUREEN HOCH 118 1284 1260 -24 13.12.2009 56 ELAINE SALTSMAN 96 1256 1236 19.01.2007 57 RICHARD ARON 127 1227 1231 28.12.2007 58 HILDA BEN-NUN 202 1255 1222 18.10.2009 59 HEATHER ROCKMAN 82 1189 1219 28.12.2007 60 YEHUDA MEROZ 72 1255 1217 28.12.2007 61 MADELINE WETHERHORN 48 1297 1217 19.01.2007 62 RITA BAUMGARTEN 33 1162 1210 28.12.2007 63 ALICE JONAH 141 1242 1207 28.12.2007 64 JULIET COLLINS 140 1178 1192 +14 13.12.2009 65 JOE WEISBLATT 19 1178 1186 19.01.2007 66 CILLA MEROZ 60 1238 1182 19.01.2007 67 TOVA SERKIN 45 1193 1176 18.10.2009 68 MIRIAM EREZ 199 1265 1152 18.10.2009 69 RUTH OGDAN 73 1116 1151 26.10.2008 70 MONA NOBIL 62 1152 1140 -12 13.12.2009 71 JANET PERRY 34 1102 1132 18.10.2009 72 RAQUELLE AZRAN 36 1130 1128 10.02.2008 73 PHYLLIS DE CASTRO 118 1101 1127 12.04.2009 74 NANCY ALROY 103 1054 1127 +73 13.12.2009 75 PAUL CARTMAN 20 NA 1112 18.10.2009
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