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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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

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

June: 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, June 2006

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 30th June 2006. Congratulations to Martin Garvey.

Pos	Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1	Martin Garvey	1071.4	30.0	24	33%	79	344	-271	71%	1078.5
2	Fabrizio Farnesi	1049.6	18.6	32	38%	50	362	-268	66%	1050.8
3	JoAnna Stansby	1038.8	21.8	9	33%	80	529	-120	56%	1081.7
4	Willie Whitaker	1033.8	32.6	6	50%	110	276	-151	83%	1102.9
5	Laura Tidone	1025.5	18.1	45	33%	23	329	-280	51%	1025.5
6	Steve Altus	1022.4	26.6	5	40%	74	254	-108	60%	1081.1
7	Massoun M ejjeh	1017.2	-20.5	7	29%	40	234	-191	57%	1045.4
8	Nicholas Cheung	1016.2	-48.3	6	17%	47	184	-108	67%	1049.4
-	Francesco Mazzadi	1016.0	45.5	3	67%	84	135	46	100%	1095.3
9	Armando Pontecorvo	1016.0	31.3	13	23%	27	350	-269	46%	1024.9
10	Michael Wilkinson	1015.5	-40.8	8	38%	38	327	-121	50%	1036.2
11	Laura de Laurentiis	1014.8	12.7	32	31%	8	272	-346	56%	1015.2
12	Guy Campbell	1014.1	-21.9	7	29%	27	114	-134	86%	1037.2
13	Mike Rice	1012.4	43.8	7	43%	35	186	-147	71%	1032.7
-	Joon Pahk	1007.3	22.6	2	50%	87	213	-40	50%	1065.0
-	Jeremy Fournier	1005.0	-44.2	1	0%	134	134	134	100%	1089.3
14	T.C. Altus	1005.0	14.8	6	17%	10	131	-106	67%	1015.1
-	Andrew Quinton	1002.8	-37.6	1	0%	29	29	29	100%	1050.4
15	John Therkelsen	1001.5	8.1	40	23%	2	368	-377	43%	1001.5
16	Jon Rice	1001.1	8.1	15	47%	9	343	-578	53%	1001.5
-	Tony Nunn	999.9	1.8	1	0%	0	0	0	0%	997.8
17	Justin Lall	998.0	4.1	6	17%	22	186	-161	67%	994.0
-	Fabio Lo Presti	997.3	2.0	2	0%	-42	-2	-82	0%	976.4
-	Giles Woodruff	996.9	-5.2	1	0%	-59	-59	-59	0%	944.2
-	Jeffrey Allerton	991.2	1.0	1	0%	-154	-154	-154	0%	843.1
-	Craig Ganzer	987.9	-102.0	2	50%	-88	196	-372	50%	892.0
18	David Adler	987.7	-7.7	10	10%	-18	274	-252	40%	976.4
19	Kit Woolsey	980.5	34.5	16	25%	-23	216	-351	56%	973.7
20	Neil Trentham	980.4	27.0	29	17%	-15	233	-336	55%	979.6
21	Luca Cesati Cassin	980.4	-13.5	4	0%	-91	33	-310	25%	911.8
22	Chris Dixon	978.8	8.2	36	22%	-22	436	-426	44%	978.5
23	David Beer	975.2	-14.0	15	20%	-34	182	-415	40%	965.2
24	Jennifer Lin	974.1	-78.2	6	17%	-77	180	-298	33%	921.1
-	Prahalad Rajkumar	972.9	-12.1	2	0%	-239	-176	-301	0%	758.9
-	Josh Donn	969.7	-6.6	3	0%	-156	69	-420	33%	819.8
25	Doris Denny	967.6	-90.2	12	0%	-49	235	-367	42%	946.3
26	Sally Woolsey	963.1	-17.4	24	21%	-41	483	-658	50%	959.5
27	Annabella Palma	958.8	-51.0	16	13%	-61	153	-469	38%	944.4
28	Andrew Garnett	957.3	-66.7	25	20%	-50	247	-417	40%	953.8
29	Carlo Fogaroli	955.1	-53.3	8	0%	-106	16	-254	13%	895.3

Hall of Fame, June 2006

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	JoAnna Stansby	529
	Sally Woolsey	483
	Chris Dixon	436
	John Therkelsen	368
	Fabrizio Farnesi	362

Hall of Shame, June 2006

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Sally Woolsey	-658
	Jon Rice	-578
	Annabella Palma	-469
	Chris Dixon	-426
	Josh Donn	-420

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