RATING PERIOD STANDINGS BASED UPON PERCENTAGE OF GAMES WON (Min. Games: 50 ) Secondary Criterion: Average Margin of Victory Final 1998 RANK NAME WINS LOSSES PERCENT AMV AVE OAVE BAVE OBAVE 1 RITA NORR 87.0 25.0 0.777 57 411 354 1.64 1.19 2 IRA COHEN 141.0 43.0 0.766 80 429 349 1.95 1.28 3 RUTH STERN 78.0 37.0 0.678 40 391 351 1.40 1.18 4 GARY MOSS 62.0 30.0 0.674 31 385 353 1.32 1.21 5 JOEL ELKINS 89.0 47.0 0.654 45 409 364 1.56 1.24 6 ALAN STERN 77.0 47.0 0.621 50 412 362 1.81 1.33 7 PAUL SCHACHTER 54.0 34.0 0.614 27 382 355 1.28 1.17 8 ROY KAMEN 70.0 46.0 0.603 37 394 356 1.50 1.22 9 TINA UDELSON 67.0 45.0 0.598 19 389 370 1.83 1.13 10 BRUCE D'AMBROSIO 110.0 74.0 0.598 27 397 370 1.72 1.27 11 ROBIN TORRANCE 62.0 42.0 0.596 17 380 362 1.11 1.18 12 JUDY LEVITT 35.5 25.5 0.582 38 401 363 1.74 1.21 13 CHESTER COLLINS 87.5 65.5 0.572 24 387 363 1.25 1.31 14 PAT YARNELL 28.5 23.5 0.548 -0 371 371 1.50 1.15 15 CARLA STRASBURGER 86.5 85.5 0.503 -10 380 390 1.53 1.35 16 HELEN BURNS 73.0 74.0 0.497 1 367 366 1.35 1.03 17 DAVE BARAN 79.0 86.0 0.479 -18 357 374 0.82 1.24 18 BRIAN NELSON 30.0 34.0 0.469 -13 351 364 0.80 1.02 19 RALPH CROSBY 77.0 91.0 0.458 -11 357 369 0.86 1.20 20 CATHY PALMER 32.5 41.5 0.439 -12 353 365 1.19 1.12 21 MOLLIE BRAVERMAN 36.0 47.0 0.434 -17 349 365 0.87 1.13 22 GLORIA MILLER 29.0 43.0 0.403 -14 355 369 1.06 1.13 23 TIM OLSEN 72.5 111.5 0.394 -24 339 363 0.93 1.05 24 NEILL SPECTOR 52.0 83.0 0.385 -49 308 357 0.55 0.91 25 BRIAN KNUDSON 36.0 58.0 0.383 -31 340 370 0.74 1.04 26 TRACEY MARTIN 42.0 69.0 0.378 -36 324 360 0.38 0.93 27 ROBERTA BARASH 59.0 140.0 0.296 -45 327 372 0.59 0.94 28 LOIS HAWKINS 33.0 89.0 0.270 -55 313 368 0.31 0.93