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

More information

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.

This month

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Halls of Shame & Fame

Game data

This year

Ladder

Zester and Apple Core Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Previous ladders

January 2006

January 2004—December 2005

Previous game data

January 2006

January 2003—December 2005

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, 2006

January: JoAnna Stansby

Winners, 2003-5

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, Francesco Mazzadi, Joon Pahk, Armando Pontecorvo (twice), Jérome Rombaut (twice), Mike Rice, JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby (three times), Laura Tidone, Neil Trentham (twice) Willie Whitaker, Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (twice)

Ladder, January 2006

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st January 2006. Congratulations to JoAnna Stansby.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		JoAnna Stansby	1059.7	29.4	26	31%	53	252	-237	69%	1063.9
2		Kit Woolsey	1059.2	41.9	36	33%	52	457	-222	64%	1059.9
3		Guy Campbell	1044.5	-21.1	6	50%	122	286	-6	83%	1135.4
4		Steve Altus	1036.6	16.9	31	35%	26	324	-332	58%	1037.7
5		Joel Wooldridge	1036.2	48.1	16	25%	51	308	-497	69%	1048.7
6		Martin Garvey	1034.3	12.6	39	31%	29	446	-336	51%	1034.5
7		Josh Donn	1031.0	-2.9	5	40%	108	189	35	100%	1112.1
8		Jon Rice	1027.6	8.6	8	50%	61	294	-222	63%	1064.3
9		Mike Rice	1019.5	28.7	14	7%	22	230	-308	86%	1028.7
10		Laura Tidone	1018.6	16.6	15	33%	26	262	-193	60%	1026.2
11		Laura de Laurentiis	1018.3	16.2	11	18%	28	136	-121	82%	1032.4
12		T.C. Altus	1017.8	32.4	54	28%	13	360	-607	54%	1017.8
-		Andy Bowles	1014.6	8.8	2	0%	143	162	123	100%	1129.6
13		Luca Cesati Cassin	1014.4	-7.6	9	22%	22	438	-242	56%	1030.4
14		Prahalad Rajkumar	1014.4	-3.5	4	50%	49	197	-156	75%	1064.4
-		Michael Wilkinson	1014.1	-36.5	2	0%	125	134	116	100%	1125.5
15		Sally Woolsey	1005.3	-14.1	39	26%	-16	330	-347	46%	1005.3
-		Massoun M ejjeh	1002.6	-26.0	1	0%	35	35	35	100%	1046.5
16		Annabella Palma	1002.5	-31.6	18	22%	-8	320	-360	50%	1003.1
-		Dan Korbel	1002.5	35.1	1	0%	64	64	64	100%	1043.5
17		Armando Pontecorvo	1001.7	26.1	7	14%	8	317	-164	57%	1004.6
-		Francesco Mazzadi	1001.6	44.6	1	0%	8	8	8	100%	1027.7
-		Lew Stansby	1001.1	35.4	1	0%	26	26	26	100%	1019.8
-		David Grainger	997.4	29.9	2	0%	-32	4	-67	50%	976.7
18		Jennifer Lin	996.2	-79.3	9	22%	-33	193	-258	56%	991.9
-		Andrew Garnett	994.0	-93.7	1	0%	-132	-132	-132	0%	893.0
19		Andrew Quinton	992.5	-37.5	8	25%	-30	148	-128	38%	982.5
-		Camilla Colli	991.9	-93.5	1	0%	-174	-174	-174	0%	855.8
-		Joon Pahk	991.0	25.5	3	33%	-59	112	-235	33%	946.5
-		Shireen Mohandes	990.4	-42.8	1	0%	-190	-190	-190	0%	829.8
-		David Adler	989.0	-8.3	2	0%	-79	11	-169	50%	902.3
-		Eric Mayefsky	985.8	-45.6	3	0%	-99	2	-187	33%	915.4
-		Giles Woodruff	985.2	-9.8	1	0%	-254	-254	-254	0%	737.5
-		Paula Leslie	983.3	-88.7	1	0%	-299	-299	-299	0%	703.0
-		Joe Eskinazi	982.0	-62.4	2	0%	-168	-36	-300	0%	839.6
-		Tami Jones	981.2	-144.8	1	0%	-344	-344	-344	0%	667.2
20		Chris Dixon	980.6	8.6	13	31%	-35	262	-363	31%	969.8
-		Tony Nunn	979.1	9.7	1	0%	-361	-361	-361	0%	628.5
21		Willie Whitaker	977.0	18.8	11	27%	-46	200	-286	36%	959.2
22		Nicholas Cheung	976.6	-54.2	4	0%	-124	-68	-255	0%	894.7
23		Fabio Lo Presti	973.1	7.2	4	25%	-133	101	-314	25%	879.4
24		Neil Trentham	972.4	38.1	13	15%	-40	260	-347	46%	957.1
-		Pete Whipple	971.1	-102.5	3	0%	-195	-18	-362	0%	828.0
-		Dan Hoffenberg	970.0	-23.5	3	0%	-176	-16	-309	0%	821.1
25		Mac Argo	966.5	-118.2	4	0%	-150	-52	-386	0%	849.7
26		Doris Denny	966.0	-81.1	6	0%	-113	76	-313	33%	896.4
27		Carlo Fogaroli	965.0	-47.5	5	0%	-140	-10	-399	0%	873.3
28		David Beer	956.2	-16.3	8	13%	-115	87	-369	13%	897.8

Hall of Fame, January 2006

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Kit Woolsey	457
	Martin Garvey	446
	Luca Cesati Cassin	438
	T.C. Altus	360
	Martin Garvey	348

Hall of Shame, January 2006

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	T.C. Altus	-607
	Joel Wooldridge	-497
	Carlo Fogaroli	-399
	Mac Argo	-386
	David Beer	-369