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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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.

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

January: Armando Pontecorvo

February: Steve Altus

March: Mike Rice

April: Neil Trentham

May: Neil Trentham

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, June 2005

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 30th June 2005. Congratulations to David Adler.

Pos	Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1	David Adler	1056.1	-15.8	7	57%	142	315	-55	86%	1147.9
2	Neil Trentham	1050.5	40.2	55	36%	63	391	-291	56%	1050.5
3	Guy Campbell	1045.4	-29.8	6	50%	144	225	-41	83%	1138.2
4	Chris Dixon	1042.7	29.9	42	33%	49	318	-429	67%	1042.8
5	David Beer	1035.3	-2.8	15	33%	49	243	-300	60%	1049.7
6	Laura de Laurentiis	1032.5	21.1	35	43%	36	316	-304	71%	1032.9
7	Mike Rice	1027.9	33.2	20	30%	49	322	-128	55%	1033.2
8	Tony Nunn	1019.2	8.6	53	25%	22	231	-192	55%	1019.2
-	John Barth	1016.6	-26.0	3	33%	131	295	-18	67%	1099.0
9	Kit Woolsey	1013.7	25.3	4	50%	65	238	-100	50%	1061.5
-	Andy Bowles	1008.0	12.4	1	100%	127	127	127	100%	1141.2
-	Shireen Mohandes	1005.2	-42.3	1	0%	78	78	78	100%	1092.2
10	Martin Garvey	1001.5	17.1	46	24%	5	363	-417	52%	1001.5
11	Leonardo Cima	1000.9	28.0	5	0%	15	226	-103	60%	1003.3
12	Carlo Fogaroli	999.4	-24.1	6	17%	-17	135	-171	50%	998.2
-	David Walker	997.7	-26.6	1	0%	-49	-49	-49	0%	958.8
13	John Therkelsen	997.5	-8.0	20	30%	-3	232	-257	55%	997.0
-	Ed Barnes	997.1	-9.2	1	0%	-39	-39	-39	0%	947.8
14	Jon Rice	994.1	4.1	20	35%	-2	268	-276	55%	993.0
15	Laura Tidone	993.8	10.4	32	16%	-4	274	-281	47%	993.7
-	Kenny Colloran	993.8	-61.0	2	0%	-67	-21	-112	0%	944.8
16	Prahalad Rajkumar	992.4	-9.1	10	30%	-8	193	-449	50%	985.3
17	Giles Woodruff	991.7	-0.2	4	0%	-51	25	-146	50%	962.9
-	Susie Harbour	991.5	-9.2	1	0%	-116	-116	-116	0%	849.2
-	Armando Pontecorvo	991.3	25.4	2	50%	-86	144	-315	50%	923.0
18	Luca Cesati Cassin	990.0	-20.0	15	20%	-20	167	-212	47%	985.9
19	Fabrizio Farnesi	989.5	-2.0	29	31%	-3	259	-254	41%	989.0
20	Sally Woolsey	988.6	-11.8	16	19%	-12	267	-276	44%	984.7
21	Francesco Mazzadi	981.4	41.3	5	0%	-60	21	-258	20%	932.7
-	Claudio Marini	976.9	-69.1	1	0%	-413	-413	-413	0%	590.7
-	Willie Whitaker	975.5	24.5	2	0%	-231	-102	-360	0%	782.3
22	Nicholas Cheung	972.0	-56.2	7	14%	-68	225	-271	29%	926.2
23	Tong Choo	969.4	-14.5	11	9%	-41	269	-281	45%	945.7
24	Dave Latham	969.0	-53.1	33	24%	-30	278	-380	42%	968.4
-	Raghavendra Rajkumar	967.4	-27.6	2	0%	-287	-265	-309	0%	709.8
25	Michael Wilkinson	966.9	-71.5	6	0%	-97	97	-291	17%	899.4
26	Ben Chosid	962.0	-82.3	9	11%	-62	213	-415	33%	920.0
27	Doris Denny	960.1	-91.4	12	8%	-64	223	-294	25%	934.0
28	Fabio Lo Presti	952.1	11.8	7	0%	-116	-12	-310	0%	873.7
29	Elisabetta Palma	950.7	-60.6	14	7%	-79	172	-305	36%	927.2
30	Annabella Palma	950.3	-45.1	21	19%	-58	313	-355	38%	942.4
31	Massoun M ejjeh	949.0	-40.2	17	12%	-55	127	-296	47%	933.8
32	Gerben Dirksen	932.0	-99.1	9	0%	-149	34	-435	11%	857.0

Hall of Fame, June 2005

Highest scores achieved over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Neil Trentham	391
	Martin Garvey	363
	Neil Trentham	324
	Neil Trentham	324
	Mike Rice	322

Hall of Shame, June 2005

Lowest scores over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Prahalad Rajkumar	-449
	Gerben Dirksen	-435
	Chris Dixon	-429
	Martin Garvey	-417
	Ben Chosid	-415

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