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

May 2006

January 2004—December 2005

Previous game data

January 2006

February 2006

March 2006

April 2006

May 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

May: Neil Trentham

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, May 2006

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st May 2006. Congratulations to Neil Trentham.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Neil Trentham	1086.9	38.3	19	63%	111	386	-256	79%	1105.9
2		David Grainger	1069.1	39.6	20	30%	96	300	-59	70%	1081.9
3		Steve Altus	1061.2	24.7	13	46%	87	269	-398	69%	1095.4
4		Mike Rice	1054.1	46.4	24	38%	63	310	-331	67%	1059.5
5		Armando Pontecorvo	1040.5	31.9	32	44%	43	282	-420	69%	1041.5
6		Kit Woolsey	1037.2	41.5	19	37%	45	260	-218	58%	1045.4
7		Chris Dixon	1034.7	18.0	46	22%	40	310	-241	65%	1034.7
8		Nicholas Cheung	1031.0	-51.8	6	50%	97	354	-175	83%	1094.4
9		Francesco Mazzadi	1031.0	44.4	5	40%	112	374	-158	80%	1112.0
10		Willie Whitaker	1030.3	30.5	4	25%	141	383	-25	75%	1136.1
11		Jon Rice	1029.9	9.2	21	24%	35	326	-297	62%	1034.6
12		Justin Lall	1029.8	8.3	6	17%	91	204	-176	83%	1090.6
13		Laura Tidone	1015.1	16.2	28	32%	26	310	-269	61%	1015.9
-		Cesare Citoni	1015.0	54.4	1	100%	237	237	237	100%	1265.2
14		John Therkelsen	1013.4	9.5	63	33%	16	333	-346	51%	1013.4
15		Sally Woolsey	1013.0	-11.5	11	18%	6	308	-197	45%	1023.1
-		Josh Donn	1012.5	2.6	1	100%	211	211	211	100%	1221.6
16		David Adler	1007.9	-5.7	8	25%	25	159	-239	75%	1018.5
17		JoAnna Stansby	1005.9	17.9	28	32%	9	243	-320	50%	1006.2
18		Laura de Laurentiis	1005.3	12.4	26	23%	11	333	-206	58%	1005.6
-		Fabio Lo Presti	1002.5	4.3	1	100%	97	97	97	100%	1044.6
19		Giles Woodruff	1000.2	-3.5	12	50%	15	276	-281	50%	1000.4
-		Susie Korbel	998.2	-18.0	1	0%	-23	-23	-23	0%	968.3
20		Luca Cesati Cassin	997.5	-9.4	5	0%	-9	61	-111	60%	991.0
-		Raghavendra Rajkumar	996.0	-26.9	2	0%	-45	-30	-59	0%	964.8
21		Guy Campbell	994.4	-24.0	18	11%	-1	282	-235	56%	992.9
22		David Beer	993.8	-10.8	18	11%	-7	224	-305	50%	992.2
-		Dan Korbel	993.4	24.8	2	0%	-53	10	-116	50%	941.7
-		Tony Nunn	992.0	3.1	1	0%	-134	-134	-134	0%	858.0
-		Prahalad Rajkumar	991.4	-6.1	1	0%	-111	-111	-111	0%	848.0
-		Carlo Fogaroli	990.9	-49.2	1	0%	-154	-154	-154	0%	839.4
23		Martin Garvey	988.9	21.7	29	31%	0	388	-511	41%	988.4
-		Paula Leslie	987.1	-97.9	1	0%	-211	-211	-211	0%	772.0
-		Elisabetta Palma	986.9	-60.5	2	0%	-110	5	-224	50%	883.5
24		Massoun M ejjeh	983.9	-24.6	13	23%	-25	243	-383	31%	975.0
-		Jeremy Fournier	982.4	-62.7	2	0%	-149	59	-356	50%	843.1
-		James Dixon	980.5	-89.4	1	0%	-364	-364	-364	0%	654.2
-		Lew Stansby	980.2	33.0	2	0%	-193	-117	-269	0%	824.2
-		McKenzie Myers	976.8	-132.1	2	0%	-209	-87	-331	0%	793.9
25		T.C. Altus	957.1	14.8	35	14%	-47	331	-414	40%	956.5
26		Michael Wilkinson	957.1	-45.6	8	0%	-86	155	-395	38%	899.8
27		Andrew Garnett	956.7	-71.1	35	11%	-57	162	-361	31%	956.1
28		Andrew Quinton	956.0	-37.2	7	14%	-113	101	-476	29%	883.9
29		Annabella Palma	945.6	-49.6	30	17%	-55	209	-320	37%	943.7
30		Fabrizio Farnesi	942.8	9.9	11	9%	-101	273	-410	27%	898.4
31		Mac Argo	918.2	-170.1	7	0%	-212	87	-588	14%	784.3
32		Doris Denny	910.7	-93.3	15	0%	-123	102	-365	13%	874.4
33		Craig Ganzer	890.4	-100.4	21	0%	-131	23	-319	14%	872.9

Hall of Fame, May 2006

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Martin Garvey	388
	Neil Trentham	386
	Willie Whitaker	383
	Francesco Mazzadi	374
	Nicholas Cheung	354

Hall of Shame, May 2006

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Mac Argo	-588
	Martin Garvey	-511
	Mac Argo	-497
	Andrew Quinton	-476
	Armando Pontecorvo	-420