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

Annual ladder: Jérome Rombaut

Annual “zester”: Martin Garvey

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

December: 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, December 2005

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st December 2005. Congratulations to Kit Woolsey for his second successive win.

Pos	Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1	Kit Woolsey	1053.3	37.6	32	28%	56	369	-260	69%	1054.6
2	Neil Trentham	1052.8	42.3	35	29%	59	287	-320	71%	1053.6
3	T.C. Altus	1050.4	39.6	61	33%	58	312	-325	69%	1050.4
4	Dan Hoffenberg	1047.0	-14.8	7	57%	137	446	-179	86%	1123.8
5	Mike Rice	1030.9	32.3	6	67%	99	192	-155	83%	1094.0
6	Guy Campbell	1026.5	-26.5	7	43%	63	245	-64	43%	1069.8
-	Jon Rice	1021.0	10.8	3	67%	162	383	48	100%	1124.7
7	Tony Nunn	1020.2	13.3	6	33%	55	264	-109	50%	1061.4
8	David Adler	1020.1	-8.9	23	22%	16	284	-294	61%	1022.4
-	Fabrizio Farnesi	1019.2	16.6	3	33%	104	194	35	100%	1114.5
9	David Beer	1017.2	-9.5	14	21%	19	337	-133	50%	1025.4
-	Jérome Rombaut	1014.5	83.4	1	100%	277	277	277	100%	1258.0
-	Leonardo Cima	1014.5	29.6	1	100%	238	238	238	100%	1256.7
-	Nicholas Cheung	1010.8	-51.4	2	0%	97	218	-25	50%	1095.8
-	Josh Donn	1010.2	-15.8	2	50%	78	93	63	100%	1090.7
-	Fabio Lo Presti	1007.0	10.7	3	33%	36	64	21	100%	1041.8
10	Chris Dixon	1004.6	12.4	18	22%	5	228	-455	72%	1005.7
11	Joel Wooldridge	1004.2	47.7	13	38%	23	261	-344	54%	1006.5
12	Luca Cesati Cassin	1004.1	-8.7	8	25%	5	147	-159	63%	1009.6
-	Diana Tenery-Ascher	1003.6	-124.3	2	0%	3	40	-35	50%	1031.6
13	Andy Bowles	1002.6	9.4	5	20%	7	157	-151	60%	1009.6
14	Joon Pahk	1001.4	27.8	6	33%	21	202	-78	33%	1004.3
15	Annabella Palma	1001.0	-35.8	14	29%	-10	182	-285	50%	1001.4
16	Doris Denny	1000.6	-78.1	7	43%	11	159	-299	86%	1001.5
17	Sally Woolsey	1000.5	-19.3	39	26%	-12	346	-330	51%	1000.5
-	Charlie Garrod	999.3	32.1	1	0%	-17	-17	-17	0%	987.1
-	Michael Wilkinson	997.0	-37.8	2	50%	-17	142	-176	50%	973.2
18	Martin Garvey	996.2	6.6	28	25%	-13	202	-456	46%	996.0
19	JoAnna Stansby	995.9	21.5	13	31%	-21	421	-297	31%	993.6
-	John Therkelsen	995.0	9.7	1	0%	-91	-91	-91	0%	911.1
-	Susie Korbel	994.4	-17.8	1	0%	-101	-101	-101	0%	901.5
-	Camilla Colli	994.0	-94.3	1	0%	-124	-124	-124	0%	893.3
20	Willie Whitaker	993.4	23.1	12	25%	-16	225	-202	33%	989.1
-	Ben Chosid	991.5	-26.5	2	0%	-64	-9	-118	0%	924.3
-	Larry Ascher	989.7	-56.3	2	0%	-72	32	-175	50%	908.2
21	Steve Altus	989.5	13.1	30	23%	-9	255	-618	57%	989.1
22	Eric Mayefsky	988.0	-42.8	5	0%	-57	41	-228	40%	956.5
-	Dave Brower	987.6	-39.9	3	33%	-40	162	-188	33%	926.0
-	Gerben Dirksen	986.1	-100.5	2	0%	-136	-108	-163	0%	876.6
-	Theodore Hwa	986.0	-129.6	2	0%	-106	8	-219	50%	875.3
23	Armando Pontecorvo	985.1	28.9	8	0%	-37	124	-195	25%	965.2
-	Kenny Colloran	985.0	-57.2	2	0%	-142	-80	-204	0%	866.6
-	Luke Pebody	984.6	-289.9	1	0%	-287	-287	-287	0%	727.1
24	Andrew Quinton	983.7	-38.2	4	25%	-81	227	-335	25%	926.6
-	Victor Chubukov	982.4	-58.8	1	0%	-281	-281	-281	0%	687.0
-	Douglas Bone	982.0	-62.5	1	0%	-328	-328	-328	0%	680.1
25	Laura de Laurentiis	978.3	16.2	11	18%	-33	287	-159	27%	961.4
-	McKenzie Myers	977.3	-124.3	3	0%	-129	-29	-221	0%	865.1
26	Elisabetta Palma	976.8	-65.2	6	17%	-83	359	-346	33%	929.5
27	Laura Tidone	976.1	16.0	12	0%	-42	114	-229	25%	960.5
-	Bill Heim	974.2	-91.4	2	0%	-244	-60	-428	0%	771.0
28	Giles Woodruff	972.9	-4.9	7	29%	-48	109	-171	29%	928.4
29	Carlo Fogaroli	966.2	-44.2	7	0%	-106	28	-279	43%	911.0
30	Jennifer Lin	953.8	-86.4	9	11%	-102	275	-449	56%	902.9
31	C. Lynn Handford	908.5	-148.8	7	0%	-235	3	-692	14%	758.7
32	Andrew Garnett	907.5	-96.2	8	0%	-228	3	-754	13%	784.0

Hall of Fame, December 2005

Highest scores achieved over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Dan Hoffenberg	446
	JoAnna Stansby	421
	Jon Rice	383
	Kit Woolsey	369
	Elisabetta Palma	359

Hall of Shame, December 2005

Lowest scores over the same period:

	Name	Result
	Andrew Garnett	-754
	C. Lynn Handford	-692
	Steve Altus	-618
	Andrew Garnett	-476
	Martin Garvey	-456

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