Online Barbu Ladder

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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

Neil Trentham (4)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

Kit Woolsey: +275 at Dominoes, subsequently equalled by Jon Rice

Winners, 2003-6

2006 ladder: Francesco Mazzadi

2006 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2006 “Apple core”: David Grainger

2005 ladder: Jérome Rombaut

2005 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2005 “Apple core”: Jérome Rombaut

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2004 “Zester”: Neil Trentham

2004 “Apple core”: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby

Monthly/bimonthly/quarterly ladders: David Adler, Neil Allerton (twice), Steve Altus (twice), Giovanni Bobbio, Graham Hazel, Martin Garvey (three times), Francesco Mazzadi (twice), Joon Pahk, Armando Pontecorvo (twice), Jérome Rombaut (twice), Mike Rice (twice), JoAnna Stansby (twice), Lew Stansby (three times), John Therkelsen (twice), Laura Tidone (twice), Neil Trentham (four times), Willie Whitaker (twice), Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (twice)

Annual Barbu Ladder, 2006

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st December 2006. Congratulations to Francesco Mazzadi.

Pos	Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1	Francesco Mazzadi	1079.0	51.4	40	35%	76	374	-158	73%	1079.4
2	David Grainger	1063.1	50.0	33	30%	82	300	-103	73%	1064.3
3	Mike Rice	1055.8	43.3	109	32%	59	366	-393	69%	1055.8
4	Steve Altus	1040.6	29.4	116	31%	32	324	-445	59%	1040.6
5	Willie Whitaker	1039.6	33.2	201	35%	38	383	-455	57%	1039.6
-	Niccolò Fossi	1033.4	-46.3	5	40%	107	304	-35	80%	1120.8
6	Martin Garvey	1030.7	27.5	479	32%	33	531	-590	58%	1030.7
7	Armando Pontecorvo	1030.2	27.8	224	30%	34	549	-420	59%	1030.2
8	Fabio Lo Presti	1027.8	24.8	150	33%	31	373	-468	59%	1027.8
9	Kit Woolsey	1026.9	23.6	189	29%	24	494	-515	57%	1026.9
10	Justin Lall	1025.2	13.6	12	17%	57	204	-176	75%	1041.7
11	John Therkelsen	1022.8	26.0	313	29%	23	386	-475	55%	1022.8
12	Joel Wooldridge	1022.7	41.1	24	25%	28	308	-497	63%	1024.9
-	Josh Donn	1022.3	3.1	10	40%	45	211	-420	80%	1042.8
13	Neil Trentham	1021.8	24.5	330	33%	25	512	-539	61%	1021.8
14	Jon Rice	1020.8	18.7	72	35%	22	343	-578	54%	1020.8
15	JoAnna Stansby	1018.2	14.1	162	27%	14	531	-415	54%	1018.2
16	Laura Tidone	1016.7	11.8	441	28%	21	436	-383	57%	1016.7
-	Susie Korbel	1016.1	-9.4	7	29%	28	212	-211	57%	1042.4
-	Cesare Citoni	1014.9	64.7	1	100%	237	237	237	100%	1264.9
-	Neil Allerton	1013.3	58.0	2	50%	110	180	39	100%	1118.6
17	T.C. Altus	1013.2	14.4	218	28%	10	360	-607	54%	1013.2
-	Edmondo Israilovici	1011.0	41.9	1	100%	191	191	191	100%	1194.7
18	Giles Woodruff	1010.8	-2.1	40	28%	15	392	-474	50%	1010.9
-	Li-Chung Chen	1010.7	43.8	1	0%	219	219	219	100%	1190.3
-	Noble Shore	1010.0	23.3	1	0%	136	136	136	100%	1178.0
19	Fabrizio Farnesi	1007.6	6.7	328	30%	13	386	-526	57%	1007.6
20	Chris Dixon	1006.2	6.2	255	25%	8	436	-577	56%	1006.2
21	Dan Korbel	1005.7	25.9	29	28%	12	238	-483	69%	1005.9
-	Raghavendra Rajkumar	1004.9	-16.6	3	33%	27	170	-59	33%	1029.3
-	Matt Meckstroth	1004.5	23.0	3	0%	38	130	-75	67%	1026.8
-	Charlie Garrod	1003.8	41.3	3	33%	16	158	-140	67%	1022.4
-	Leonardo Cima	1002.5	25.3	9	11%	-4	326	-290	56%	1005.3
22	Lew Stansby	1002.5	23.9	34	21%	-7	378	-269	44%	1002.5
-	Jeffrey Allerton	1000.0	41.6	2	50%	-17	121	-154	50%	999.6
-	Kenny Colloran	998.3	-52.1	3	0%	22	159	-159	67%	989.6
-	Joon Pahk	998.2	32.3	5	40%	-1	213	-235	40%	993.4
23	Andy Bowles	998.0	4.8	20	20%	-3	268	-449	55%	997.6
-	Elisabetta Palma	997.1	-50.3	9	11%	-6	114	-224	78%	993.8
-	Greg Ingolia	996.9	-11.6	2	0%	-27	8	-62	50%	972.1
24	Laura de Laurentiis	994.5	-7.7	293	23%	-5	333	-487	54%	994.5
25	Shireen Mohandes	994.2	-40.5	15	33%	2	232	-264	47%	991.8
26	Tony Nunn	992.5	6.0	36	22%	-13	348	-479	53%	992.5
-	Tong Choo	991.7	-2.3	1	0%	-124	-124	-124	0%	852.8
-	Chris Willenken	991.1	35.9	1	0%	-165	-165	-165	0%	842.6
27	Sally Woolsey	991.0	-12.1	284	23%	-17	483	-658	46%	991.0
-	Dave Brower	991.0	-67.9	1	0%	-117	-117	-117	0%	840.2
-	Camilla Colli	990.0	-91.3	3	33%	-63	133	-174	33%	940.7
-	Jason Rosenfeld	989.1	-31.7	1	0%	-221	-221	-221	0%	806.6
-	Junyi Zhu	989.1	-192.1	1	0%	-220	-220	-220	0%	806.5
28	David Beer	988.5	-7.4	149	20%	-13	356	-442	46%	988.5
-	Jeremy Fournier	987.4	-34.5	3	0%	-54	134	-356	67%	924.8
29	David Adler	987.1	-12.5	101	19%	-9	292	-350	49%	987.1
-	Eric Mayefsky	985.7	-28.0	3	0%	-99	2	-187	33%	914.9
-	Gerben Dirksen	985.6	-105.5	1	0%	-247	-247	-247	0%	743.7
30	Massoun M ejjeh	984.9	-24.8	61	16%	-17	263	-383	46%	984.9
31	Luca Cesati Cassin	983.7	-11.3	86	16%	-22	438	-356	38%	983.7
-	Paula Leslie	982.0	-74.2	3	0%	-100	209	-299	33%	892.9
-	Tami Jones	981.2	-127.3	1	0%	-344	-344	-344	0%	666.6
32	Guy Campbell	979.7	-24.0	106	13%	-23	286	-558	52%	979.7
-	Aldo Ghilardi	977.9	34.0	4	0%	-87	39	-305	50%	900.6
-	McKenzie Myers	977.5	-120.0	3	0%	-133	19	-331	33%	865.8
33	Andrew Quinton	974.4	-33.8	52	27%	-22	281	-476	44%	974.4
-	Bill Heim	971.9	-175.0	1	0%	-502	-502	-502	0%	501.4
-	Joel Wolfe	970.8	-103.3	4	0%	-120	-11	-200	0%	868.8
34	Jennifer Lin	970.4	-76.0	21	19%	-43	193	-298	43%	965.7
-	Dan Hoffenberg	968.8	-8.3	4	0%	-129	12	-309	25%	859.7
-	David Wiltshire	967.6	-106.6	2	0%	-282	-37	-527	0%	711.8
-	Cheryl Petty	967.2	-103.5	2	0%	-294	47	-634	50%	708.5
-	James Dixon	966.3	-118.5	3	0%	-194	-68	-364	0%	799.7
35	Carlo Fogaroli	965.8	-35.7	105	20%	-39	243	-437	37%	965.8
-	Joe Eskinazi	965.3	-101.1	3	0%	-204	-36	-300	0%	793.7
-	Pete Whipple	965.0	-89.5	6	0%	-115	2	-362	17%	893.5
36	Nicholas Cheung	958.6	-49.7	40	23%	-35	354	-524	43%	958.4
37	Andrew Garnett	946.5	-60.2	160	16%	-62	247	-562	38%	946.5
38	Anne Jackson	941.5	-55.1	136	13%	-56	328	-560	35%	941.5
39	Annabella Palma	941.2	-54.8	260	12%	-61	320	-469	32%	941.2
40	Michael Wilkinson	939.4	-54.4	87	15%	-59	349	-444	39%	939.4
41	Prahalad Rajkumar	937.4	-15.3	13	15%	-101	197	-548	31%	902.5
-	Eric Sieg	933.1	-123.7	10	10%	-104	74	-314	20%	871.5
42	Andrea Frediani	927.1	-49.6	13	8%	-114	174	-475	38%	886.5
43	Joan Clark	922.7	-79.8	35	14%	-69	171	-513	37%	921.6
44	Ed Levy	919.5	-92.6	57	9%	-85	269	-550	37%	919.5
45	Doris Denny	898.0	-82.2	77	6%	-98	235	-379	27%	898.0
46	Craig Ganzer	872.2	-108.8	40	5%	-124	196	-450	18%	871.6
47	Mac Argo	815.1	-192.1	26	8%	-189	155	-610	19%	802.1

Hall of Fame, 2006

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Armando Pontecorvo	549
	JoAnna Stansby	531
	Martin Garvey	531
	JoAnna Stansby	529
	Neil Trentham	512

Hall of Shame, 2006

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Sally Woolsey	-658
	Cheryl Petty	-634
	Mac Argo	-610
	T.C. Altus	-607
	Martin Garvey	-590

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