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: Joon Pahk

November: Kit Woolsey

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, November 2005

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 30th November 2005. Congratulations to Kit Woolsey.

Pos	Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1	Kit Woolsey	1059.5	32.5	11	55%	98	399	-179	73%	1105.7
2	Neil Trentham	1056.2	39.1	41	44%	61	373	-437	71%	1056.4
3	Armando Pontecorvo	1046.8	31.2	19	32%	57	408	-223	74%	1057.0
4	T.C. Altus	1042.0	33.8	41	34%	49	385	-346	59%	1042.1
5	Willie Whitaker	1040.8	26.3	18	33%	53	242	-173	67%	1051.2
6	Laura de Laurentiis	1030.5	19.0	26	23%	29	270	-341	54%	1032.6
7	Michael Wilkinson	1024.7	-41.8	5	20%	81	174	-30	80%	1089.5
-	John Therkelsen	1020.9	4.1	3	67%	166	229	100	100%	1124.6
8	Martin Garvey	1020.2	8.7	20	30%	29	429	-258	65%	1023.9
-	Prahalad Rajkumar	1017.9	-5.1	1	100%	320	320	320	100%	1318.2
-	Mike Rice	1015.5	25.6	2	50%	133	302	-37	50%	1138.0
9	Tony Nunn	1015.4	9.0	8	50%	26	265	-276	63%	1035.8
10	Joel Wooldridge	1014.3	58.0	4	25%	68	360	-171	50%	1064.0
-	Nicholas Cheung	1013.9	-54.8	3	33%	60	169	-50	67%	1082.7
-	Josh Donn	1013.3	-17.0	1	100%	205	205	205	100%	1235.8
11	Laura Tidone	1012.8	20.4	24	21%	16	314	-312	50%	1014.0
12	JoAnna Stansby	1010.1	27.5	15	33%	7	297	-443	67%	1014.2
13	Fabrizio Farnesi	1008.4	12.1	6	17%	23	145	-111	50%	1025.6
14	Luca Cesati Cassin	1008.3	-11.4	18	39%	3	295	-190	39%	1010.4
15	Dan Korbel	1007.8	32.1	7	0%	19	84	-53	57%	1020.7
-	Federico Di Noto	1005.4	-20.1	1	0%	85	85	85	100%	1096.0
-	Charlie Garrod	1005.2	37.0	1	100%	70	70	70	100%	1091.4
16	Ben Chosid	1003.0	-29.5	5	40%	19	213	-324	80%	1011.0
-	Joe Eskinazi	1000.7	2.3	3	33%	11	97	-157	67%	1004.0
17	Susie Korbel	996.4	-18.6	7	29%	-13	180	-169	29%	990.5
18	Steve Altus	995.5	17.3	24	17%	2	267	-352	58%	995.0
19	David Adler	993.4	-15.4	5	0%	-19	67	-154	40%	976.3
20	Kenny Colloran	993.2	-59.8	4	25%	-1	159	-192	50%	969.3
21	Chris Dixon	993.0	12.9	29	3%	-15	197	-308	55%	992.7
-	David Walker	988.8	-26.6	1	0%	-253	-253	-253	0%	801.5
22	Joon Pahk	987.8	25.6	11	27%	-31	354	-358	45%	978.4
-	Dan Hoffenberg	987.5	-30.1	1	0%	-243	-243	-243	0%	777.5
-	Elisabetta Palma	987.3	-65.3	2	0%	-107	10	-223	50%	887.4
23	David Grainger	986.4	30.6	4	0%	-80	119	-164	25%	939.0
24	Massoun M ejjeh	985.0	-28.0	8	13%	-42	145	-200	38%	965.1
25	David Beer	984.3	-15.2	18	11%	-22	230	-278	44%	980.3
-	Zevi Altus	983.5	-96.6	1	0%	-285	-285	-285	0%	707.9
-	Eric Mayefsky	982.2	-41.0	1	0%	-319	-319	-319	0%	683.5
-	Gerben Dirksen	974.7	-102.0	1	0%	-449	-449	-449	0%	551.7
26	Andrew Quinton	973.0	-38.1	8	25%	-65	118	-257	50%	937.0
27	Annabella Palma	969.8	-39.9	19	32%	-45	196	-444	47%	963.2
28	Carlo Fogaroli	969.6	-42.1	9	11%	-66	156	-345	44%	936.0
29	Andy Bowles	969.1	6.6	6	17%	-96	249	-288	17%	906.1
30	Shireen Mohandes	968.6	-45.0	6	0%	-99	75	-479	50%	904.4
31	Guy Campbell	967.6	-31.8	9	11%	-75	156	-307	33%	931.8
32	Sally Woolsey	964.5	-26.4	24	25%	-40	209	-353	42%	961.0
33	Doris Denny	956.9	-86.6	6	0%	-124	-47	-219	0%	868.7
34	Jennifer Lin	949.8	-86.5	10	10%	-91	233	-459	50%	903.5
35	C. Lynn Handford	938.9	-131.8	11	0%	-97	55	-358	18%	891.5
36	Luke Pebody	933.3	-238.4	4	0%	-296	-222	-380	0%	700.5

Hall of Fame, November 2005

Highest scores achieved over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Martin Garvey	429
	Armando Pontecorvo	408
	Kit Woolsey	399
	T.C. Altus	385
	Neil Trentham	373

Hall of Shame, November 2005

Lowest scores over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Shireen Mohandes	-479
	Jennifer Lin	-459
	Gerben Dirksen	-449
	Annabella Palma	-444
	JoAnna Stansby	-443

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