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

March 2006

April 2006

January 2004—December 2005

Previous game data

January 2006

February 2006

March 2006

April 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

March: Mike Rice

April: Martin Garvey

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, April 2006

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 30th April 2006. Congratulations to Martin Garvey on a win which he probably thinks is long overdue.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Martin Garvey	1060.4	29.3	38	37%	60	313	-263	76%	1060.8
2		Kit Woolsey	1052.9	41.1	16	25%	65	223	-114	63%	1071.3
3		Armando Pontecorvo	1046.3	30.5	25	36%	56	371	-260	72%	1050.1
4		T.C. Altus	1040.1	31.2	49	37%	36	343	-370	61%	1040.1
5		Chris Dixon	1038.9	10.1	23	35%	47	361	-253	61%	1043.4
6		Fabrizio Farnesi	1031.5	18.7	30	23%	34	237	-252	63%	1032.6
7		Andrew Quinton	1027.9	-33.9	6	67%	79	230	-160	83%	1084.8
8		David Grainger	1027.8	31.5	9	33%	87	215	-90	89%	1058.5
9		Lew Stansby	1021.8	35.6	13	31%	17	378	-205	62%	1034.0
10		Mike Rice	1018.5	41.4	6	33%	60	269	-180	67%	1056.3
11		Willie Whitaker	1014.7	26.7	10	10%	14	127	-100	50%	1028.3
12		Steve Altus	1012.7	18.0	27	15%	4	294	-445	59%	1013.4
13		Andrew Garnett	1011.1	-80.0	17	24%	13	220	-237	59%	1014.3
-		Andy Bowles	1010.8	8.9	1	100%	168	168	168	100%	1192.3
-		Josh Donn	1010.8	-1.6	1	100%	167	167	167	100%	1192.0
-		Jennifer Lin	1010.2	-78.0	1	100%	151	151	151	100%	1181.6
14		John Therkelsen	1008.4	8.8	51	25%	8	304	-407	57%	1008.4
15		David Beer	1008.0	-12.4	15	27%	0	183	-253	60%	1011.3
-		Joel Wooldridge	1005.9	45.3	1	100%	104	104	104	100%	1104.3
-		Matt Meckstroth	1005.6	21.9	2	0%	94	130	58	100%	1049.4
16		David Adler	1005.0	-8.0	18	22%	4	130	-232	56%	1006.3
-		Giles Woodruff	1004.5	-5.1	2	0%	37	87	-14	50%	1039.8
-		Charlie Garrod	1003.8	29.0	3	33%	16	158	-140	67%	1022.9
-		Susie Korbel	1001.9	-19.9	1	0%	39	39	39	100%	1033.1
-		Fabio Lo Presti	998.8	2.1	1	0%	-49	-49	-49	0%	979.2
17		Laura Tidone	996.5	16.9	16	25%	-2	217	-228	56%	995.2
18		Neil Trentham	996.2	27.6	22	27%	2	291	-364	59%	995.6
19		Massoun M ejjeh	996.0	-24.4	7	14%	-17	204	-206	43%	989.4
-		Carlo Fogaroli	994.0	-47.1	1	0%	-105	-105	-105	0%	892.7
-		Chris Willenken	991.3	23.8	1	0%	-165	-165	-165	0%	844.9
20		Laura de Laurentiis	989.1	13.4	27	19%	-14	264	-402	52%	988.4
-		Jon Rice	988.6	5.0	1	0%	-223	-223	-223	0%	797.6
21		Luca Cesati Cassin	986.6	-11.4	20	10%	-28	241	-297	40%	984.1
-		Prahalad Rajkumar	985.9	-5.9	1	0%	-234	-234	-234	0%	750.1
-		Craig Ganzer	984.8	-71.0	3	0%	-71	0	-149	0%	909.6
-		Michael Wilkinson	981.5	-41.5	2	0%	-173	-119	-227	0%	835.7
22		Dan Korbel	979.4	24.2	12	25%	-23	238	-483	58%	965.9
23		Andrea Frediani	976.1	-19.0	5	0%	-99	23	-341	40%	913.5
24		JoAnna Stansby	971.1	20.7	32	25%	-41	353	-352	41%	970.4
-		Cheryl Petty	967.3	-116.1	2	0%	-294	47	-634	50%	708.9
25		Guy Campbell	958.1	-27.1	13	0%	-80	102	-253	31%	934.8
26		Nicholas Cheung	958.1	-59.0	7	29%	-101	146	-380	43%	889.6
27		Sally Woolsey	954.7	-15.1	23	17%	-62	287	-479	30%	949.4
28		Annabella Palma	948.3	-49.0	26	19%	-62	171	-284	31%	944.7
29		Mac Argo	933.8	-153.3	11	18%	-108	155	-337	36%	882.5
30		Doris Denny	929.3	-89.3	18	22%	-71	178	-355	44%	911.2

Hall of Fame, April 2006

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Lew Stansby	378
	Armando Pontecorvo	371
	Chris Dixon	361
	Armando Pontecorvo	355
	JoAnna Stansby	353

Hall of Shame, April 2006

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Cheryl Petty	-634
	Dan Korbel	-483
	Sally Woolsey	-479
	Steve Altus	-445
	John Therkelsen	-407