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

More information

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, Lew Stansby, Neil Trentham and Giles Woodruff, for providing advice and comments, and pointing out problems.

This month

Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Game data

This year

Ladder

Zester and Apple Core Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Previous ladders

January 2005

February 2005

January—December 2004

Previous game data

January 2005

February 2005

January—December 2004

Barbu Heroes

Largest number of ladder wins

Lew Stansby (3)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Winners, 2005

January: Armando Pontecorvo

February: Steve Altus

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

Ladder, March 2005

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st March 2005. Congratulations to Mike Rice for a win which was both convincing and sporting.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores
-		David Grainger	1413.5	87.5	1	100%	440	440	440	100%
-		Kit Woolsey	1184.1	75.4	3	67%	125	220	23	100%
-		Leonardo Cima	1163.5	92.5	5	80%	101	252	-153	80%
-		Willie Whitaker	1146.9	74.8	9	33%	95	353	-152	78%
-		Julian Foster	1132.5	111.9	2	50%	154	294	14	100%
1		Mike Rice	1106.8	91.0	14	43%	57	433	-327	64%
2		Chris Dixon	1093.4	88.5	41	37%	44	371	-331	61%
-		Andrea Frediani	1089.3	28.8	1	0%	35	35	35	100%
3		David Beer	1087.4	66.9	37	35%	34	238	-419	57%
4		Fabio Lo Presti	1085.6	75.8	26	42%	34	356	-282	62%
5		Fabrizio Farnesi	1079.4	65.8	34	35%	31	270	-457	71%
6		Laura Tidone	1078.9	87.9	94	28%	32	367	-298	64%
7		Martin Garvey	1077.1	62.5	69	29%	28	412	-293	54%
8		Guy Campbell	1068.8	26.6	15	13%	8	223	-132	53%
9		Laura de Laurentiis	1066.4	80.0	57	23%	14	304	-451	56%
10		David Adler	1063.3	38.6	26	19%	6	265	-202	65%
11		Neil Trentham	1060.7	46.0	66	23%	12	313	-448	53%
12		Jon Rice	1059.1	66.0	29	31%	12	321	-386	52%
13		Francesco Mazzadi	1055.4	73.1	13	15%	7	249	-91	38%
-		Michael Wilkinson	1052.8	-32.0	4	50%	19	347	-278	50%
-		Louis Levy	1050.9	44.5	3	0%	-6	45	-96	67%
14		Sally Woolsey	1046.9	34.2	14	29%	-8	211	-283	50%
-		Armando Pontecorvo	1040.0	80.7	5	20%	-19	58	-144	40%
15		Carlo Fogaroli	1035.8	19.4	33	12%	-19	195	-244	45%
-		Andy Bowles	1023.8	60.5	8	25%	-26	319	-224	25%
16		Raghavendra Rajkumar	1020.8	31.5	10	30%	-31	298	-370	40%
-		JoAnna Stansby	1015.4	61.0	1	0%	-46	-46	-46	0%
17		Giles Woodruff	1014.8	44.0	10	20%	-30	157	-209	50%
18		Prahalad Rajkumar	1012.8	18.7	18	11%	-35	179	-401	39%
19		Luca Cesati Cassin	1005.5	2.8	40	13%	-53	201	-309	50%
-		Tong Choo	1003.9	14.4	4	50%	-45	131	-341	50%
-		Andrew Garnett	1000.7	11.0	5	20%	-52	237	-392	40%
20		Elisabetta Palma	998.7	-8.4	19	11%	-58	249	-317	26%
21		Massoun M ejjeh	994.9	3.2	59	22%	-64	262	-607	42%
-		John Therkelsen	992.8	39.9	8	0%	-42	89	-288	38%
22		Annabella Palma	977.5	-8.4	27	11%	-79	243	-421	30%
-		Graham Hazel	974.1	57.0	1	0%	-29	-29	-29	0%
-		Eria Franco	961.5	51.7	2	0%	-85	-71	-99	0%
23		Nicholas Cheung	958.8	-35.5	10	30%	-87	93	-290	40%
-		Aldo Ghilardi	958.7	86.8	2	50%	-97	174	-368	50%
-		Paula Leslie	836.9	-65.2	2	0%	-189	-173	-204	0%
-		Joakim Nordlindh	831.0	-58.1	2	0%	-247	-108	-386	0%
-		Eric Mayefsky	817.4	0.1	1	0%	-236	-236	-236	0%
-		John Barth	569.8	35.6	1	0%	-508	-508	-508	0%
-		James Krot	534.2	-123.7	1	0%	-523	-523	-523	0%

Hall of Fame, March 2005

Highest scores achieved over the same period:

	Name	Result
	David Grainger	440
	Mike Rice	433
	Martin Garvey	412
	Chris Dixon	371
	Laura Tidone	367

Hall of Shame, March 2005

Lowest scores over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Massoun M ejjeh	-607
	James Krot	-523
	John Barth	-508
	Fabrizio Farnesi	-457
	Massoun M ejjeh	-455