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.

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

June: David Adler

July: Jérome Rombaut

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, July 2005

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st July 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	1095.8	109.6	23	57%	108	429	-290	70%	1106.9
2	Neil Trentham	1053.4	43.0	37	24%	53	360	-240	68%	1053.8
3	Lionel Sebbane	1031.9	114.6	4	50%	122	254	-91	75%	1143.4
4	Kit Woolsey	1023.3	29.7	4	50%	107	237	-40	50%	1104.7
5	Andy Bowles	1022.8	13.1	4	50%	91	123	11	100%	1102.4
6	Fabrizio Farnesi	1021.0	3.0	54	33%	33	435	-331	59%	1021.0
7	David Adler	1020.9	-12.3	12	25%	35	200	-160	58%	1034.5
8	Martin Garvey	1019.5	16.9	43	44%	23	244	-306	63%	1019.6
-	Francesco Mazzadi	1018.2	48.2	2	50%	143	160	126	100%	1161.6
-	Manu Prunier	1014.7	54.2	2	50%	84	294	-127	50%	1130.8
9	Mike Rice	1012.7	32.0	4	25%	63	185	-162	75%	1057.0
10	Tony Nunn	1012.0	11.3	35	23%	17	262	-293	60%	1012.2
11	Massoun M ejjeh	1010.5	-34.4	5	20%	46	254	-130	60%	1038.0
-	Camilla Colli	1008.3	-95.0	2	50%	111	274	-52	50%	1073.4
-	Xavier Dupuis	1007.5	29.7	2	0%	17	50	-17	50%	1066.3
12	Willie Whitaker	1006.9	24.2	5	20%	9	148	-152	40%	1025.1
-	Raghavendra Rajkumar	1006.9	-22.1	2	50%	40	299	-220	50%	1061.2
13	Guy Campbell	1005.4	-25.5	18	22%	3	304	-235	61%	1006.8
-	Vincent Prospert	1005.3	20.4	2	50%	8	92	-77	50%	1047.5
-	Dave Latham	1004.2	-47.1	3	33%	35	131	-95	67%	1025.1
14	Laura Tidone	1001.8	11.0	32	28%	5	311	-249	53%	1001.9
-	Leonardo Cima	1001.0	26.3	3	33%	0	120	-148	67%	1006.1
15	Laura de Laurentiis	1000.6	18.2	42	24%	2	210	-380	55%	1000.6
16	Chris Dixon	999.0	24.6	27	19%	-3	253	-297	52%	999.0
17	Jon Rice	998.5	5.5	4	25%	-17	160	-155	50%	993.3
-	Ed Barnes	995.8	-18.4	1	0%	9	9	9	100%	926.4
18	Luca Cesati Cassin	995.5	-15.7	24	17%	-15	292	-282	50%	995.1
-	Gerben Dirksen	992.3	-97.7	1	0%	-171	-171	-171	0%	864.2
19	Paula Leslie	988.3	-66.8	4	25%	-24	240	-282	50%	947.5
20	Armando Pontecorvo	986.5	19.8	10	10%	-31	212	-302	30%	974.1
21	Michael Wilkinson	984.9	-67.3	10	20%	-16	236	-300	50%	971.0
-	Karyn Shaul	983.3	-53.3	1	0%	-252	-252	-252	0%	704.2
22	Tong Choo	979.5	-17.0	21	29%	-10	175	-250	43%	976.2
23	Nicholas Cheung	976.0	-57.4	9	22%	-40	314	-340	44%	949.6
24	John Therkelsen	973.0	-13.0	13	8%	-39	179	-334	62%	958.0
25	Edouard Moret	972.6	-98.5	4	0%	-175	28	-434	25%	877.1
26	Carlo Fogaroli	972.3	-24.6	7	14%	-76	109	-284	29%	926.9
27	David Beer	967.8	-9.0	21	24%	-35	184	-310	43%	962.6
-	Nathalie Frey	965.6	-122.3	3	0%	-253	-23	-439	0%	795.1
28	Ben Chosid	965.0	-73.8	11	18%	-59	165	-307	36%	937.8
29	Sally Woolsey	957.3	-17.1	16	13%	-58	166	-384	50%	942.4
30	Dan Hoffenberg	944.7	-81.5	14	7%	-85	138	-611	43%	918.4
31	Annabella Palma	940.7	-49.3	13	0%	-97	176	-306	38%	907.7
32	Doris Denny	904.8	-105.7	18	6%	-107	104	-427	22%	880.6

Hall of Fame, July 2005

Highest scores achieved over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Fabrizio Farnesi	435
	Jérome Rombaut	429
	Jérome Rombaut	406
	Neil Trentham	360
	Neil Trentham	351

Hall of Shame, July 2005

Lowest scores over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Dan Hoffenberg	-611
	Dan Hoffenberg	-459
	Nathalie Frey	-439
	Edouard Moret	-434
	Doris Denny	-427

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