Online Barbu Ladder

Submitting results

Ladder results should be sent to online.barbu.results@virgin.net. Emails to this address are processed automatically by a piece of software, so please don’t send any other correspondence to this address.

The results should be provided in the same form as the play records produced by the program (“File” then “Save Hand records”), but with full names, abbreviations or aliases in place of the "handles" used during the game. For an explanation of the rules for abbreviations, and a list of aliases, please click here:

Player naming and current alias list

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How the rating system works

Credits

Many people have been contributed to the creation of the ranking system. However, special thanks are due to:

· Gerben Dirksen, for having the idea, devising the original formula, writing the first program to calculate ratings, administering it for most of the first year, and providing useful advice and mathematical assistance ever since.

· Graham Hazel, without whose software none of it would have been possible.

Steve Altus, David Beer, Lew Stansby, Neil Trentham and Giles Woodruff, for providing advice and comments.

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2005 (annual)

2005 Zester and Apple Core

January 2005

February 2005

March 2005

April 2005

May 2005

June 2005

July 2005

August 2005

September 2005

October 2005

November 2005

December 2005

January—December 2004

Previous game data

January 2005

February 2005

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April 2005

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June 2005

July 2005

August 2005

September 2005

October 2005

November 2005

December 2005

January—December 2004

Barbu Heroes

Largest number of ladder wins

Lew Stansby (3)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

Kit Woolsey: +275 at Dominoes, subsequently equalled by Jon Rice

Winners, 2005

Annual ladder: Jérome Rombaut

Annual “zester”: Martin Garvey

January: Armando Pontecorvo

February: Steve Altus

March: Mike Rice

April: Neil Trentham

May: Neil Trentham

June: David Adler

July: Jérome Rombaut

August: Jérome Rombaut

September: Armando Pontecorvo

October: Joon Pahk

November: Kit Woolsey

December: Kit Woolsey

Winners, 2003-4

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2004 “Zester”: Neil Trentham

2004 “Apple core”: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby

Monthly/bimonthly/quarterly ladders: Neil Allerton (twice), Steve Altus, Giovanni Bobbio, Graham Hazel, Francesco Mazzadi, JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby (three times), Laura Tidone, Willie Whitaker, Philip Wood

Annual Barbu Ladder, 2005

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st December 2005. Congratulations to Jérome Rombaut.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Jérome Rombaut	1080.7	83.4	49	45%	82	429	-290	67%	1080.8
2		T.C. Altus	1044.0	39.6	244	29%	52	485	-386	64%	1044.0
3		Armando Pontecorvo	1039.8	28.9	128	31%	46	477	-315	62%	1039.8
4		Joel Wooldridge	1039.5	47.7	33	39%	57	375	-344	55%	1040.3
5		Francesco Mazzadi	1038.3	68.9	66	27%	42	317	-258	56%	1038.3
6		Joon Pahk	1035.3	27.8	29	45%	39	362	-358	59%	1036.8
-		Lionel Sebbane	1034.8	99.7	8	25%	62	254	-260	75%	1081.2
7		Leonardo Cima	1033.9	29.6	62	32%	35	352	-388	65%	1033.9
8		Kit Woolsey	1033.1	37.6	157	33%	39	407	-299	61%	1033.1
9		Neil Trentham	1032.2	42.3	611	32%	41	415	-614	61%	1032.2
10		Mike Rice	1029.2	32.3	146	36%	48	433	-370	61%	1029.2
-		Lew Stansby	1023.6	76.4	3	33%	132	200	83	100%	1140.2
-		Louis Levy	1019.1	15.4	9	33%	40	242	-96	56%	1040.2
11		Chris Dixon	1018.0	12.4	333	27%	21	408	-498	62%	1018.0
12		Andy Bowles	1017.3	9.4	59	34%	18	455	-441	54%	1017.3
-		Julian Foster	1016.6	94.8	5	40%	86	294	-136	80%	1060.1
13		Laura de Laurentiis	1016.6	16.2	412	28%	20	382	-554	58%	1016.6
14		Laura Tidone	1016.4	16.0	496	23%	23	374	-454	57%	1016.4
15		David Grainger	1016.3	37.0	42	33%	19	440	-425	62%	1016.4
16		Dan Korbel	1015.5	38.4	56	25%	25	312	-353	55%	1015.5
17		Martin Garvey	1012.2	6.6	484	32%	16	456	-579	55%	1012.2
-		Sally Sue	1010.6	-11.2	1	0%	189	189	189	100%	1187.6
18		Steve Altus	1009.7	13.1	176	26%	18	368	-618	60%	1009.7
-		Jay Korobow	1009.6	68.0	2	50%	78	223	-68	50%	1085.0
19		Eria Franco	1009.1	27.5	14	36%	16	318	-325	57%	1013.5
20		Tony Nunn	1008.5	13.3	190	23%	14	481	-438	55%	1008.5
21		Fabio Lo Presti	1008.3	10.7	162	30%	12	365	-330	56%	1008.3
22		Willie Whitaker	1007.4	23.1	105	25%	3	379	-469	50%	1007.4
-		Xavier Dupuis	1006.8	49.1	2	0%	17	50	-17	50%	1060.8
23		Fabrizio Farnesi	1005.9	16.6	327	34%	14	435	-495	54%	1005.9
-		Federico Di Noto	1005.4	-13.9	1	0%	85	85	85	100%	1095.8
-		Manu Prunier	1005.3	40.9	3	33%	-27	294	-247	33%	1031.3
24		Jon Rice	1004.7	10.8	252	29%	21	412	-427	57%	1004.7
-		Craig Ganzer	1004.3	-26.2	1	0%	41	41	41	100%	1077.1
-		Aldo Ghilardi	1004.1	68.8	6	33%	19	236	-368	50%	1012.5
-		Diana Tenery-Ascher	1003.6	-124.3	2	0%	3	40	-35	50%	1031.6
-		James Dixon	1002.7	9.6	1	0%	27	27	27	100%	1047.8
-		Vincent Prospert	1002.0	28.0	4	50%	-42	268	-450	50%	1009.1
-		Joe Eskinazi	1000.6	8.7	3	33%	11	97	-157	67%	1003.8
-		Charlie Garrod	1000.6	32.1	4	25%	-2	70	-38	25%	1002.5
-		Ian McArthur	999.2	-15.8	1	0%	-7	-7	-7	0%	985.1
-		Josh Donn	998.0	-15.8	11	18%	-16	205	-347	45%	996.5
-		Chris Willenken	996.7	68.7	2	50%	-34	142	-210	50%	971.1
25		JoAnna Stansby	996.1	21.5	31	29%	-14	421	-443	48%	996.0
-		Greg Ingolia	995.4	19.0	1	0%	-30	-30	-30	0%	919.0
-		Danny Fitelson	995.2	13.2	1	0%	-43	-43	-43	0%	914.9
26		Prahalad Rajkumar	995.1	1.2	109	24%	5	397	-449	50%	995.1
27		John Therkelsen	994.9	9.7	301	21%	14	466	-585	58%	994.9
28		Tong Choo	994.8	5.1	66	26%	6	399	-372	56%	994.8
29		David Adler	993.8	-8.9	153	23%	-3	315	-429	52%	993.8
-		Andrea Frediani	993.5	19.2	8	13%	-9	210	-175	38%	984.8
-		Ed Barnes	992.8	2.3	2	0%	-15	9	-39	50%	936.2
-		Byung Chun	991.7	-0.9	4	25%	-27	83	-130	25%	962.7
-		John Barth	990.9	0.4	6	33%	-12	295	-508	50%	972.4
-		Justin Lall	990.3	-25.9	2	0%	-60	58	-178	50%	913.6
-		Larry Ascher	989.7	-56.3	2	0%	-72	32	-175	50%	908.2
-		Camilla Colli	988.5	-94.3	6	17%	-26	274	-124	17%	965.0
-		Dave Brower	987.6	-39.9	3	33%	-40	162	-188	33%	926.0
30		David Beer	987.3	-9.5	265	23%	-5	514	-486	48%	987.3
31		Giles Woodruff	986.5	-4.9	60	23%	1	368	-209	57%	986.5
-		Theodore Hwa	986.0	-129.6	2	0%	-106	8	-219	50%	875.3
32		Luca Cesati Cassin	984.8	-8.7	260	21%	-20	348	-455	47%	984.8
-		Shireen Mohandes	984.6	-38.6	10	10%	-34	204	-479	60%	970.4
33		Eric Mayefsky	984.5	-42.8	18	28%	-26	336	-319	44%	980.5
-		Graham Hazel	984.3	55.2	9	22%	-29	186	-171	33%	967.1
-		Zevi Altus	983.5	-90.2	1	0%	-285	-285	-285	0%	707.7
-		Karyn Shaul	983.3	-32.3	1	0%	-252	-252	-252	0%	703.7
-		Victor Chubukov	982.4	-58.8	1	0%	-281	-281	-281	0%	687.0
-		Douglas Bone	982.0	-62.5	1	0%	-328	-328	-328	0%	680.1
34		Guy Campbell	980.0	-26.5	147	23%	-19	304	-434	48%	980.0
-		Mike Develin	979.3	-52.9	1	0%	-420	-420	-420	0%	633.0
-		Neil Allerton	977.6	87.2	1	0%	-398	-398	-398	0%	603.2
35		Dan Hoffenberg	977.2	-14.8	70	27%	-13	456	-611	53%	977.2
-		David Walker	976.4	-20.3	5	20%	-86	101	-253	20%	914.4
36		Michael Wilkinson	975.6	-37.8	83	22%	-24	372	-451	42%	975.6
-		Joakim Nordlindh	975.2	-51.3	2	0%	-247	-108	-386	0%	779.8
37		Sally Woolsey	975.1	-19.3	339	22%	-22	390	-387	47%	975.1
-		Bill Heim	974.2	-91.4	2	0%	-244	-60	-428	0%	771.0
-		Kenny Colloran	973.0	-57.2	8	13%	-53	159	-204	25%	937.1
-		Kevin Shiue	971.0	-130.2	4	50%	-104	144	-514	50%	869.8
-		Michele Cammarta	970.5	-47.4	3	0%	-179	-2	-393	0%	824.5
38		Massoun M ejjeh	965.8	-21.7	203	21%	-34	366	-607	44%	965.8
39		Ben Chosid	965.7	-26.5	61	23%	-20	344	-415	46%	965.7
-		Nathalie Frey	965.3	-101.2	3	0%	-253	-23	-439	0%	793.3
-		John Eyster	961.2	-119.5	2	50%	-308	168	-784	50%	655.2
40		Raghavendra Rajkumar	960.6	-1.6	71	17%	-32	299	-495	44%	960.6
41		Susie Korbel	959.7	-17.8	39	21%	-43	228	-253	36%	959.5
42		Annabella Palma	956.5	-35.8	284	17%	-44	320	-495	39%	956.5
43		Carlo Fogaroli	953.1	-44.2	139	14%	-50	201	-467	40%	953.1
-		Claudio Marini	952.2	-42.6	3	0%	-268	44	-434	33%	715.5
44		Dave Latham	947.4	-25.9	71	21%	-52	278	-380	38%	947.4
-		James Krot	942.0	-173.3	4	0%	-211	11	-523	25%	739.5
-		Edouard Moret	941.1	-90.6	11	0%	-135	79	-434	27%	895.4
45		Nicholas Cheung	938.5	-51.4	97	16%	-45	314	-388	46%	938.5
46		Andrew Quinton	937.9	-38.2	28	21%	-63	330	-335	32%	934.8
-		Paula Leslie	933.7	-64.4	11	9%	-101	240	-282	27%	882.3
-		Niccolò Fossi	933.1	-137.7	8	13%	-162	114	-361	25%	843.9
47		Elisabetta Palma	931.1	-65.2	121	14%	-72	359	-472	32%	931.1
48		Jennifer Lin	930.7	-86.4	35	20%	-71	275	-459	46%	929.7
-		Luke Pebody	918.7	-289.9	5	0%	-294	-222	-380	0%	705.7
49		Doris Denny	915.1	-78.1	139	12%	-75	274	-427	34%	915.1
50		Andrew Garnett	898.2	-96.2	163	13%	-100	330	-760	36%	898.2
51		Gerben Dirksen	894.9	-100.5	13	0%	-172	34	-449	8%	836.2
52		McKenzie Myers	880.5	-124.3	15	13%	-155	176	-421	20%	832.0
53		C. Lynn Handford	850.8	-148.8	52	2%	-134	105	-692	19%	850.8
54		Debra Fisher	826.9	-177.2	24	0%	-171	93	-501	17%	809.8

Hall of Fame, 2005

Highest scores achieved over the same period:

	Name	Result
	David Beer	514
	T.C. Altus	485
	Tony Nunn	481
	Armando Pontecorvo	477
	John Therkelsen	466

Hall of Shame, 2005

Lowest scores over the same period:

	Name	Result
	John Eyster	-784
	Andrew Garnett	-760
	Andrew Garnett	-754
	C. Lynn Handford	-692
	Andrew Garnett	-685