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

June: David Adler

July: Jérome Rombaut

August: 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, August 2005

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st August 2005. Congratulations to Jérome Rombaut on his second successive win.

Pos	Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1	Jérome Rombaut	1056.8	90.4	19	32%	67	320	-149	68%	1069.2
2	Armando Pontecorvo	1043.9	25.5	5	60%	181	477	-66	80%	1158.9
3	Laura Tidone	1042.3	14.7	31	32%	54	287	-236	71%	1043.6
4	Eric Mayefsky	1038.8	-37.7	7	57%	98	336	-252	71%	1102.3
5	Fabrizio Farnesi	1035.1	14.2	55	42%	42	367	-266	56%	1035.1
6	Ben Chosid	1033.3	-31.8	9	33%	73	344	-179	56%	1069.9
7	Tony Nunn	1032.8	15.8	14	21%	54	481	-347	64%	1048.4
8	Prahalad Rajkumar	1018.2	-5.3	9	22%	58	397	-219	67%	1038.3
9	Leonardo Cima	1015.1	26.8	8	25%	50	148	-83	75%	1035.2
10	Willie Whitaker	1012.0	25.2	7	29%	27	379	-94	43%	1031.6
11	Michael Wilkinson	1011.5	-51.0	19	26%	17	372	-331	47%	1014.1
-	Laura de Laurentiis	1011.2	17.5	3	0%	57	141	-46	67%	1066.7
-	Shireen Mohandes	1010.9	-40.9	1	100%	204	204	204	100%	1192.8
12	Massoun M ejjeh	1009.1	-30.2	13	23%	17	184	-171	62%	1014.1
13	Luca Cesati Cassin	1006.2	-16.5	6	33%	14	322	-373	67%	1018.8
-	David Adler	1003.8	-9.4	2	50%	29	217	-160	50%	1034.0
-	Lionel Sebbane	1000.5	82.4	3	0%	-19	164	-260	67%	1003.0
14	Tong Choo	1000.4	-13.8	7	14%	18	239	-264	71%	1001.0
-	Vincent Prospert	997.3	10.2	2	50%	-91	268	-450	50%	976.0
15	Jon Rice	996.2	2.4	8	13%	-3	172	-216	63%	991.0
16	John Therkelsen	996.0	-11.6	27	15%	6	232	-371	67%	995.8
-	Andy Bowles	995.0	13.9	2	0%	-33	46	-111	50%	955.9
-	Susie Harbour	992.0	-10.7	1	0%	-163	-163	-163	0%	857.6
-	Joel Wooldridge	991.7	49.1	1	0%	-144	-144	-144	0%	853.0
17	Neil Trentham	991.2	27.2	49	27%	-1	415	-614	55%	991.2
-	Manu Prunier	991.1	23.2	1	0%	-247	-247	-247	0%	841.8
-	Giles Woodruff	990.8	-1.7	1	0%	-146	-146	-146	0%	836.6
18	Carlo Fogaroli	989.3	-26.7	6	33%	-46	175	-467	50%	967.3
19	Annabella Palma	987.4	-45.4	22	14%	-17	282	-305	41%	985.7
20	David Beer	986.9	-9.2	18	28%	-11	190	-222	44%	983.6
-	Fabio Lo Presti	985.5	11.1	3	0%	-88	99	-330	33%	913.4
-	Paula Leslie	984.7	-81.3	1	0%	-267	-267	-267	0%	729.1
21	Martin Garvey	982.3	10.5	28	36%	-14	285	-273	43%	981.4
-	Steve Altus	982.0	15.4	2	0%	-136	-123	-149	0%	840.0
22	Kit Woolsey	979.3	23.5	8	25%	-38	193	-299	50%	951.7
23	Guy Campbell	975.0	-25.9	7	14%	-75	165	-178	14%	934.0
-	Edouard Moret	971.2	-167.7	2	0%	-302	-292	-312	0%	744.1
24	Dan Hoffenberg	965.4	-65.1	14	29%	-41	279	-483	50%	948.9
25	Sally Woolsey	964.9	-20.3	26	15%	-33	179	-356	54%	962.4
26	Chris Dixon	963.4	14.2	25	12%	-32	307	-424	48%	960.4
27	Mike Rice	956.4	26.9	5	0%	-154	14	-370	20%	842.3
28	Nicholas Cheung	952.7	-59.9	10	10%	-62	158	-291	30%	909.1
29	Niccolò Fossi	947.5	-139.3	7	14%	-145	114	-361	29%	861.6
30	Doris Denny	933.5	-92.8	22	14%	-69	274	-398	41%	924.5

Hall of Fame, August 2005

Highest scores achieved over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Tony Nunn	481
	Armando Pontecorvo	477
	Neil Trentham	415
	Prahalad Rajkumar	397
	Willie Whitaker	379

Hall of Shame, August 2005

Lowest scores over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Neil Trentham	-614
	Dan Hoffenberg	-483
	Carlo Fogaroli	-467
	Vincent Prospert	-450
	Chris Dixon	-424

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