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

September: Armando Pontecorvo

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, September 2005

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 30th September 2005. Congratulations to Armando Pontecorvo.

Pos	Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1	Armando Pontecorvo	1070.7	37.4	28	36%	77	278	-290	75%	1074.3
2	Neil Trentham	1058.0	34.6	34	35%	72	409	-125	62%	1058.9
3	Chris Dixon	1056.3	21.6	27	37%	72	346	-498	74%	1059.6
4	T.C. Altus	1043.2	40.0	5	40%	148	418	2	100%	1156.2
5	John Therkelsen	1032.8	-5.6	15	7%	58	292	-88	73%	1046.1
-	David Grainger	1023.2	50.6	3	67%	126	170	39	100%	1138.3
-	Joel Wooldridge	1018.9	52.2	1	100%	336	336	336	100%	1334.4
6	Steve Altus	1012.2	15.8	4	25%	41	258	-93	50%	1054.9
-	Andy Bowles	1011.9	13.4	2	50%	114	181	47	100%	1106.0
7	Guy Campbell	1011.4	-23.6	5	40%	43	102	-93	80%	1041.3
8	Laura Tidone	1011.1	15.8	42	24%	17	227	-346	55%	1011.1
9	Luca Cesati Cassin	1009.2	-13.9	17	29%	23	238	-234	53%	1011.9
10	Kit Woolsey	1006.1	21.2	15	40%	15	202	-255	53%	1008.6
-	Giles Woodruff	1005.4	3.4	2	50%	56	223	-111	50%	1047.9
-	Jennifer Lin	1005.0	-86.8	2	50%	44	232	-144	50%	1044.3
-	Lionel Sebbane	1004.8	86.6	1	0%	63	63	63	100%	1085.8
11	Andrea Frediani	1004.2	5.1	4	25%	25	210	-81	50%	1018.9
12	Jérome Rombaut	1003.5	84.5	5	40%	8	137	-203	60%	1012.5
13	Leonardo Cima	1002.2	26.6	4	0%	7	104	-85	50%	1009.9
-	Jon Rice	1001.3	5.9	1	0%	16	16	16	100%	1022.9
-	Fabio Lo Presti	999.4	10.3	1	0%	6	6	6	100%	989.7
-	Willie Whitaker	998.0	23.4	3	0%	-23	71	-118	33%	987.8
14	Edouard Moret	997.7	-103.0	4	0%	-17	79	-134	50%	989.8
-	Mike Rice	997.3	29.3	1	0%	-72	-72	-72	0%	952.9
-	Paula Leslie	997.2	-77.3	1	0%	-44	-44	-44	0%	950.6
15	Ben Chosid	994.2	-26.9	8	38%	6	269	-308	50%	986.5
16	Fabrizio Farnesi	993.2	12.4	25	36%	0	326	-431	52%	992.7
17	Dan Hoffenberg	992.5	-33.4	24	29%	0	456	-337	50%	991.7
18	Martin Garvey	992.4	8.9	20	40%	-1	284	-317	50%	991.0
19	Susie Korbel	991.4	-12.1	8	13%	-21	164	-166	50%	979.8
-	Prahalad Rajkumar	990.2	-4.1	3	33%	-42	94	-256	67%	941.4
-	David Walker	989.7	-28.0	3	33%	-43	101	-125	33%	938.7
20	Sally Woolsey	988.8	-19.0	32	28%	-10	348	-353	44%	988.5
-	C. Lynn Handford	987.8	-41.9	1	0%	-158	-158	-158	0%	783.8
21	Laura de Laurentiis	987.5	12.6	18	11%	-12	280	-280	56%	984.3
22	Nicholas Cheung	986.1	-56.3	6	17%	-20	117	-173	50%	957.6
-	Niccolò Fossi	984.5	-151.7	1	0%	-286	-286	-286	0%	724.5
23	Tony Nunn	979.8	7.7	19	11%	-4	395	-310	47%	975.3
24	David Beer	978.5	-11.6	11	18%	-32	208	-227	18%	961.8
25	Annabella Palma	977.3	-42.8	16	13%	-33	225	-317	38%	969.5
-	Elisabetta Palma	974.9	-63.1	1	0%	-472	-472	-472	0%	554.7
26	Michael Wilkinson	974.9	-51.0	12	25%	-37	256	-344	33%	958.4
-	David Adler	974.5	-13.5	1	0%	-408	-408	-408	0%	548.0
27	Carlo Fogaroli	972.3	-27.9	14	21%	-37	107	-254	43%	959.1
28	Dan Korbel	965.9	30.3	10	20%	-59	213	-353	40%	934.4
-	John Eyster	961.3	-133.8	2	50%	-308	168	-784	50%	655.7
29	Debra Fisher	941.8	-207.9	4	0%	-250	-114	-368	0%	738.7
30	Massoun M ejjeh	924.9	-41.3	11	9%	-130	198	-313	9%	866.6
31	Doris Denny	886.4	-103.0	27	4%	-115	253	-336	19%	879.7

Hall of Fame, September 2005

Highest scores achieved over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Dan Hoffenberg	456
	T.C. Altus	418
	Neil Trentham	409
	Tony Nunn	395
	Sally Woolsey	348

Hall of Shame, September 2005

Lowest scores over the same period:

	Name	Result
	John Eyster	-784
	Chris Dixon	-498
	Elisabetta Palma	-472
	Fabrizio Farnesi	-431
	David Adler	-408

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