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

Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Game data

This year

Ladder

Zester and Apple Core Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Previous ladders

January 2006

February 2006

January 2004—December 2005

Previous game data

January 2006

February 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

February: Laura Tidone

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, February 2006

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 28th February 2006. Congratulations to Laura Tidone.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Laura Tidone	1048.2	21.5	21	38%	53	372	-240	71%	1055.9
2		Mike Rice	1046.9	32.3	18	39%	60	295	-393	56%	1058.9
3		Willie Whitaker	1046.6	22.8	17	29%	51	314	-139	53%	1060.5
4		Martin Garvey	1042.8	19.9	48	33%	45	366	-245	54%	1042.9
5		Chris Dixon	1042.2	13.5	14	50%	68	375	-342	64%	1062.3
6		Fabrizio Farnesi	1037.1	17.4	12	42%	63	256	-107	67%	1061.5
7		Jon Rice	1030.4	11.6	10	30%	52	267	-123	50%	1058.3
8		Armando Pontecorvo	1029.8	27.7	13	31%	39	339	-178	62%	1046.4
9		Kit Woolsey	1023.2	39.5	25	36%	27	307	-515	64%	1025.1
10		Steve Altus	1022.9	18.5	10	40%	34	193	-206	70%	1044.0
11		JoAnna Stansby	1021.1	29.0	17	24%	18	301	-286	53%	1027.4
12		John Therkelsen	1019.0	5.6	7	29%	37	303	-157	43%	1050.1
13		Sally Woolsey	1013.1	-9.7	28	29%	5	324	-370	46%	1013.8
-		Raghavendra Rajkumar	1009.0	-26.0	1	100%	170	170	170	100%	1159.7
-		Carlo Fogaroli	1005.0	-46.8	1	0%	62	62	62	100%	1088.3
14		David Adler	1002.2	-10.1	5	40%	18	277	-281	40%	1007.8
-		Massoun M ejjeh	1002.0	-28.0	1	0%	23	23	23	100%	1034.6
15		Giles Woodruff	1001.8	-9.3	8	13%	7	392	-474	50%	1004.2
-		Lew Stansby	1000.4	35.0	1	0%	-6	-6	-6	0%	1007.3
16		Laura de Laurentiis	999.1	14.5	12	17%	-1	147	-230	67%	998.6
-		Dan Hoffenberg	998.8	-23.7	1	0%	12	12	12	100%	978.1
17		Andy Bowles	997.3	7.8	5	40%	-18	226	-374	60%	990.4
18		Andrew Quinton	996.4	-36.6	6	33%	-1	210	-303	50%	989.2
19		Leonardo Cima	994.8	24.5	6	17%	-24	326	-290	50%	984.1
-		Pete Whipple	993.3	-105.1	3	0%	-35	2	-61	33%	960.1
-		Prahalad Rajkumar	992.1	-4.4	1	0%	-131	-131	-131	0%	860.6
-		Joel Wooldridge	988.8	44.0	2	0%	-98	23	-218	50%	900.2
-		Neil Trentham	987.5	32.7	3	0%	-69	-56	-81	0%	925.3
-		Jennifer Lin	986.9	-80.1	1	0%	-235	-235	-235	0%	767.1
-		Michael Wilkinson	982.0	-40.6	2	0%	-157	-125	-189	0%	840.4
20		Guy Campbell	981.8	-22.0	11	18%	-30	191	-214	36%	967.7
-		Aldo Ghilardi	981.0	36.4	1	0%	-305	-305	-305	0%	663.0
-		Fabio Lo Presti	980.2	4.9	1	0%	-350	-350	-350	0%	648.7
21		T.C. Altus	976.9	24.3	21	14%	-29	208	-293	48%	973.2
22		Doris Denny	972.5	-76.7	13	8%	-45	151	-250	31%	957.2
23		Andrew Garnett	972.1	-93.9	10	10%	-71	100	-277	40%	946.4
-		Bill Heim	971.9	-190.7	1	0%	-502	-502	-502	0%	501.8
24		David Beer	967.9	-19.9	12	8%	-61	181	-237	25%	946.9
25		Luca Cesati Cassin	967.0	-11.7	7	14%	-98	88	-209	29%	913.1
-		Mac Argo	959.3	-222.0	2	0%	-345	-332	-357	0%	638.0
26		Nicholas Cheung	952.2	-58.7	5	0%	-161	-11	-284	0%	827.0
27		Annabella Palma	910.5	-41.5	21	5%	-111	107	-274	19%	896.3

Hall of Fame, February 2006

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Giles Woodruff	392
	Chris Dixon	375
	Laura Tidone	372
	Martin Garvey	366
	Armando Pontecorvo	339

Hall of Shame, February 2006

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Kit Woolsey	-515
	Bill Heim	-502
	Giles Woodruff	-474
	Mike Rice	-393
	Andy Bowles	-374