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

September: Willie Whitaker

October: 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, October 2006

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st October 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	1068.8	34.0	42	40%	70	380	-350	76%	1069.0
2	Armando Pontecorvo	1065.8	35.5	28	25%	74	549	-143	68%	1069.0
3	Neil Trentham	1053.8	28.1	47	38%	54	370	-539	70%	1053.9
4	Chris Dixon	1042.2	6.5	6	33%	123	412	21	100%	1128.4
5	Sally Woolsey	1036.7	-7.2	12	25%	54	296	-218	58%	1060.7
6	Fabio Lo Presti	1023.8	8.8	20	40%	27	311	-468	60%	1028.2
7	Andy Bowles	1018.0	10.1	4	25%	97	268	-61	75%	1080.6
-	Edmondo Israilovici	1011.0	40.6	1	100%	191	191	191	100%	1194.7
-	Nicholas Cheung	1010.9	-48.0	2	50%	105	270	-61	50%	1097.3
-	Niccolò Fossi	1009.0	-47.6	2	0%	76	108	43	100%	1079.8
8	Laura de Laurentiis	1007.7	-0.9	22	23%	12	229	-199	55%	1008.8
-	Leonardo Cima	1006.1	25.9	1	0%	102	102	102	100%	1107.4
9	Carlo Fogaroli	1005.0	-45.1	10	30%	3	243	-397	60%	1009.7
-	Giles Woodruff	1002.8	-1.0	2	50%	49	94	3	100%	1025.0
10	Willie Whitaker	1002.2	35.4	20	35%	-8	367	-455	55%	1002.6
-	Joan Clark	999.0	-2.4	1	0%	-44	-44	-44	0%	982.4
-	Shireen Mohandes	997.2	-44.6	1	0%	-29	-29	-29	0%	950.5
11	Kit Woolsey	995.5	30.8	9	11%	-18	214	-269	44%	990.5
-	Francesco Mazzadi	994.5	46.1	3	0%	-32	22	-133	67%	967.4
-	Aldo Ghilardi	994.3	32.9	1	0%	-108	-108	-108	0%	899.0
-	Luca Cesati Cassin	991.7	-12.6	2	0%	-88	-45	-131	0%	925.9
12	Laura Tidone	987.7	10.2	40	25%	-4	268	-383	55%	987.6
13	David Beer	985.0	-8.6	7	14%	-53	187	-280	43%	960.5
-	Joe Eskinazi	983.3	-102.4	1	0%	-276	-276	-276	0%	702.9
14	Guy Campbell	978.5	-25.8	6	0%	-67	118	-227	33%	934.4
-	Joel Wolfe	977.9	-76.7	2	0%	-182	-163	-200	0%	803.6
15	David Adler	977.1	-10.1	8	13%	-50	260	-245	38%	946.5
16	John Therkelsen	976.5	9.9	45	24%	-24	326	-375	44%	976.5
17	Michael Wilkinson	976.0	-38.9	9	0%	-49	121	-347	22%	949.5
18	Anne Jackson	966.9	-51.5	24	13%	-42	328	-346	33%	963.6
19	Fabrizio Farnesi	965.9	3.0	32	25%	-30	274	-314	44%	965.1
-	Andrea Frediani	960.2	-45.8	3	0%	-227	-84	-475	0%	763.0
20	Massoun M ejjeh	955.7	-27.5	6	0%	-137	8	-331	17%	865.3
21	Annabella Palma	951.9	-53.2	25	16%	-55	159	-220	28%	947.8
22	Ed Levy	921.1	-109.6	16	13%	-113	188	-550	31%	893.7

Hall of Fame, October 2006

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Armando Pontecorvo	549
	Chris Dixon	412
	Martin Garvey	380
	Neil Trentham	370
	Willie Whitaker	367

Hall of Shame, October 2006

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Ed Levy	-550
	Neil Trentham	-539
	Andrea Frediani	-475
	Fabio Lo Presti	-468
	Willie Whitaker	-455

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