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

October: ?

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, October 2005

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st October 2005. Congratulations to Joon Pahk.

Pos	Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1	Joon Pahk	1064.7	33.9	12	67%	112	362	-288	83%	1107.1
2	Laura Tidone	1047.7	23.0	36	22%	56	283	-156	69%	1048.3
3	Kit Woolsey	1047.4	26.7	32	31%	49	303	-266	63%	1048.5
4	Steve Altus	1045.4	21.3	34	38%	41	304	-215	71%	1046.2
5	Massoun M ejjeh	1042.6	-28.5	14	50%	67	317	-227	64%	1062.8
6	Dan Korbel	1035.5	31.3	39	31%	47	312	-234	59%	1035.7
7	Laura de Laurentiis	1034.8	16.4	23	30%	41	254	-128	65%	1038.8
8	Neil Trentham	1029.8	33.8	40	33%	38	412	-394	60%	1030.0
9	Joel Wooldridge	1028.0	57.0	5	40%	98	375	-71	40%	1101.3
10	John Therkelsen	1018.7	1.5	55	27%	57	466	-282	65%	1018.7
11	Willie Whitaker	1011.7	23.2	12	25%	13	174	-169	50%	1019.5
12	T.C. Altus	1009.9	30.0	57	16%	14	309	-239	63%	1009.9
13	Fabrizio Farnesi	1009.1	12.3	4	75%	59	248	-295	75%	1041.1
14	Leonardo Cima	1009.0	25.9	7	29%	19	186	-189	57%	1023.7
-	Andrew Garnett	1006.4	-87.2	1	100%	174	174	174	100%	1114.2
-	Michael Wilkinson	1005.2	-47.7	3	67%	39	92	-62	67%	1031.1
15	David Grainger	1003.3	34.4	34	32%	9	342	-425	62%	1003.4
16	Chris Dixon	1002.2	17.5	36	31%	9	327	-449	58%	1002.2
-	David Adler	1000.7	-11.3	2	50%	22	57	-14	50%	1006.7
-	Paula Leslie	999.2	-74.9	1	0%	31	31	31	100%	985.6
-	Ian McArthur	999.2	-26.7	1	0%	-7	-7	-7	0%	985.4
17	Tony Nunn	998.4	8.2	5	40%	11	210	-438	80%	994.2
-	Charlie Garrod	998.1	32.4	1	0%	-23	-23	-23	0%	965.6
18	Armando Pontecorvo	997.5	27.3	32	31%	17	211	-300	56%	997.4
19	Annabella Palma	996.8	-40.3	15	27%	5	320	-237	47%	995.4
20	Martin Garvey	996.6	6.8	20	40%	4	322	-579	55%	996.0
-	Jérome Rombaut	996.3	77.2	1	0%	-65	-65	-65	0%	935.1
-	Edouard Moret	995.1	-100.4	1	0%	-116	-116	-116	0%	912.4
21	Nicholas Cheung	994.8	-56.6	5	0%	-4	142	-138	60%	981.3
-	Prahalad Rajkumar	994.5	-7.2	1	0%	-53	-53	-53	0%	903.1
-	Giles Woodruff	993.3	-3.0	1	0%	-83	-83	-83	0%	881.8
22	Dan Hoffenberg	992.7	-29.4	10	30%	15	321	-232	60%	985.9
23	Luca Cesati Cassin	988.7	-14.1	24	21%	-13	312	-338	58%	987.5
-	Eric Mayefsky	988.0	-38.6	1	0%	-206	-206	-206	0%	786.8
24	Jennifer Lin	987.8	-83.5	7	29%	-49	243	-261	43%	967.7
-	Andy Bowles	987.6	12.8	3	33%	-69	455	-349	33%	926.4
25	David Beer	982.6	-13.5	17	24%	12	298	-186	47%	977.4
-	Mike Develin	979.4	-63.1	1	0%	-420	-420	-420	0%	634.4
26	Josh Donn	975.7	-25.7	8	0%	-67	108	-347	25%	943.2
27	Andrew Quinton	969.8	-35.4	9	11%	-65	226	-289	22%	936.4
-	Kevin Shiue	969.2	-140.4	1	0%	-514	-514	-514	0%	454.0
28	Ben Chosid	968.5	-33.7	12	25%	-23	152	-274	58%	947.9
29	Sally Woolsey	966.6	-24.2	55	15%	-37	309	-310	42%	966.6
30	Susie Korbel	961.1	-19.5	21	24%	-50	228	-253	38%	954.9
-	McKenzie Myers	960.2	-127.1	2	0%	-333	-245	-421	0%	646.0
31	Doris Denny	953.5	-82.9	35	17%	-31	174	-288	46%	952.9
32	Guy Campbell	948.5	-30.4	12	17%	-72	104	-367	33%	914.8
33	Carlo Fogaroli	907.1	-38.9	11	0%	-165	123	-448	18%	835.1
34	C. Lynn Handford	862.0	-140.6	33	3%	-124	105	-465	21%	859.2
35	Debra Fisher	852.2	-187.6	20	0%	-155	93	-501	20%	824.6

Hall of Fame, October 2005

Highest scores achieved over the same period:

	Name	Result
	John Therkelsen	466
	Andy Bowles	455
	Neil Trentham	412
	Joel Wooldridge	375
	Joon Pahk	362

Hall of Shame, October 2005

Lowest scores over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Martin Garvey	-579
	Kevin Shiue	-514
	Debra Fisher	-501
	C. Lynn Handford	-465
	Chris Dixon	-449

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