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

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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

July: Neil Trentham

August: John Therkelsen

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, August 2006

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st August 2006. Congratulations to John Therkelsen.

Pos	Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1	John Therkelsen	1076.8	25.1	20	40%	92	386	-110	80%	1091.2
2	Willie Whitaker	1053.2	34.2	18	39%	55	359	-295	61%	1066.8
3	Tony Nunn	1050.8	9.4	12	42%	81	348	-359	67%	1084.2
4	Dan Korbel	1035.0	28.5	11	36%	61	178	-284	82%	1062.2
5	Neil Trentham	1033.8	35.8	29	24%	35	236	-503	62%	1035.3
6	Laura Tidone	1031.5	22.8	32	31%	32	436	-366	53%	1032.3
7	Giles Woodruff	1030.6	0.8	6	33%	98	308	-133	67%	1093.1
8	David Beer	1028.1	-10.4	22	27%	30	323	-442	59%	1031.9
9	Kit Woolsey	1025.0	35.2	10	40%	41	231	-254	70%	1047.9
-	Niccolò Fossi	1024.9	-70.9	3	67%	128	304	-35	67%	1148.3
10	Armando Pontecorvo	1022.4	31.4	4	25%	93	194	-29	75%	1100.6
11	Guy Campbell	1018.5	-20.0	5	0%	62	187	-62	80%	1066.9
-	Paula Leslie	1011.6	-81.1	1	0%	209	209	209	100%	1205.1
12	Fabrizio Farnesi	1011.3	14.6	22	36%	20	290	-526	68%	1012.9
13	Mike Rice	1006.7	42.2	4	25%	20	192	-145	75%	1030.2
-	Luca Cesati Cassin	1006.5	-10.9	2	50%	70	150	-10	50%	1058.0
-	Francesco Mazzadi	1004.3	46.4	2	0%	38	93	-17	50%	1038.6
14	Susie Korbel	1003.7	-17.7	4	25%	4	212	-211	50%	1016.6
-	Andy Bowles	1001.9	9.9	2	0%	7	91	-77	50%	1017.2
15	Martin Garvey	1001.1	18.6	40	23%	-5	210	-307	48%	1001.1
-	Aldo Ghilardi	1000.5	37.0	1	0%	39	39	39	100%	1008.4
-	Jennifer Lin	1000.0	-75.5	2	0%	6	92	-80	50%	1000.2
-	T.C. Altus	998.8	15.6	3	33%	-24	180	-224	33%	992.9
-	Kenny Colloran	998.3	-59.0	3	0%	22	159	-159	67%	989.9
16	Laura de Laurentiis	997.5	-5.4	4	25%	-8	135	-89	25%	988.9
-	Joel Wooldridge	996.0	42.4	1	0%	-94	-94	-94	0%	928.5
-	Fabio Lo Presti	995.4	4.6	3	67%	-31	94	-227	67%	972.9
17	Annabella Palma	993.8	-49.4	8	25%	-20	194	-315	50%	985.4
18	Jon Rice	993.1	11.8	4	25%	-40	224	-309	50%	969.1
-	Lew Stansby	989.9	29.6	3	0%	-70	73	-164	33%	940.0
19	Carlo Fogaroli	989.8	-50.8	4	25%	-42	39	-112	25%	954.0
20	Massoun M ejjeh	987.1	-19.1	4	0%	-75	38	-181	25%	942.2
21	David Adler	983.9	-5.0	7	29%	-44	202	-266	29%	957.6
-	Steve Altus	981.8	25.3	3	0%	-121	-2	-355	0%	891.7
-	Nicholas Cheung	980.5	-49.1	2	0%	-166	192	-524	50%	826.9
22	Sally Woolsey	979.4	-17.9	26	19%	-28	279	-322	42%	978.0
23	Eric Sieg	971.9	-100.7	4	0%	-119	-33	-187	0%	873.7
24	JoAnna Stansby	970.7	14.2	7	29%	-87	453	-415	29%	922.9
-	David Wiltshire	967.6	-113.5	2	0%	-282	-37	-527	0%	712.1
25	Chris Dixon	966.9	4.2	21	10%	-41	211	-355	52%	961.6
-	Andrew Garnett	966.6	-56.6	3	0%	-207	-18	-484	0%	801.2
-	Mac Argo	943.3	-199.0	2	0%	-483	-356	-610	0%	496.1
26	Craig Ganzer	942.7	-104.6	5	0%	-204	60	-450	20%	792.7
27	Michael Wilkinson	916.8	-50.8	17	12%	-115	228	-391	35%	892.0

Hall of Fame, August 2006

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	JoAnna Stansby	453
	Laura Tidone	436
	Laura Tidone	413
	John Therkelsen	386
	Willie Whitaker	359

Hall of Shame, August 2006

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Mac Argo	-610
	David Wiltshire	-527
	Fabrizio Farnesi	-526
	Nicholas Cheung	-524
	Neil Trentham	-503

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