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

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Halls of Shame & Fame

Game data

This year

Ladder

Zester and Apple Core Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Previous ladders

December 2006

2006 Annual

2006 Zester and Apple Core

January 2004—December 2006

Previous game data

December 2006

January 2003—December 2006

Barbu Heroes

Largest number of ladder wins

Neil Trentham (4)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

Kit Woolsey: +275 at Dominoes, subsequently equalled by Jon Rice

Winners, 2003-6

2006 ladder: Francesco Mazzadi

2006 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2006 “Apple core”: David Grainger

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, Martin Garvey (three times), Francesco Mazzadi (twice), Joon Pahk, Armando Pontecorvo (twice), Jérome Rombaut (twice), Mike Rice (twice), JoAnna Stansby (twice), Lew Stansby (three times), John Therkelsen (twice), Laura Tidone (twice), Neil Trentham (four times), Willie Whitaker (twice), Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (twice)

Ladder, December 2006

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st December 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	1091.4	26.0	19	53%	115	355	-93	74%	1111.4
2		Steve Altus	1055.3	29.4	13	38%	86	319	-151	62%	1086.1
3		Fabio Lo Presti	1049.7	24.8	46	30%	56	373	-204	67%	1049.7
4		Francesco Mazzadi	1026.1	51.4	10	30%	45	246	-129	60%	1050.1
5		Fabrizio Farnesi	1025.7	6.7	58	40%	41	386	-319	60%	1025.7
6		Neil Trentham	1023.3	24.5	50	38%	33	307	-321	60%	1023.3
7		Willie Whitaker	1016.3	33.2	33	36%	28	300	-374	58%	1016.6
-		Mike Rice	1012.3	43.3	2	50%	128	312	-57	50%	1109.3
8		Armando Pontecorvo	1011.0	27.8	9	22%	29	270	-137	44%	1023.2
9		T.C. Altus	1010.9	14.4	14	21%	14	199	-118	50%	1016.2
-		Massoun M ejjeh	1010.7	-24.8	3	0%	53	96	7	100%	1063.5
10		Shireen Mohandes	1009.3	-40.5	9	56%	32	232	-264	56%	1019.5
11		Lew Stansby	1007.3	23.9	6	17%	24	206	-50	33%	1022.1
12		Laura Tidone	1004.3	11.8	60	27%	11	274	-335	53%	1004.3
-		Giles Woodruff	1003.8	-2.1	2	0%	10	79	-59	50%	1033.4
13		Kit Woolsey	1002.8	23.6	16	19%	0	299	-175	44%	1003.7
14		Martin Garvey	1001.1	27.5	41	29%	9	231	-590	61%	1001.1
15		Chris Dixon	1000.7	6.2	23	22%	-3	337	-375	48%	1000.8
-		Leonardo Cima	999.4	25.3	1	0%	-20	-20	-20	0%	988.5
-		JoAnna Stansby	996.8	14.1	3	33%	0	165	-161	33%	980.9
16		Carlo Fogaroli	992.1	-35.7	19	32%	-5	236	-231	42%	990.4
-		Camilla Colli	989.8	-91.3	1	0%	-147	-147	-147	0%	818.6
17		Andrew Quinton	988.1	-33.8	21	24%	-2	281	-346	38%	986.2
-		Nicholas Cheung	987.7	-49.7	1	0%	-161	-161	-161	0%	781.2
-		James Dixon	985.7	-118.5	2	0%	-109	-68	-150	0%	872.6
18		Sally Woolsey	981.7	-12.1	30	17%	-27	197	-281	47%	981.1
-		Andrea Frediani	970.4	-49.6	2	0%	-260	-231	-289	0%	736.7
-		Andy Bowles	969.5	4.8	3	0%	-174	14	-449	33%	818.6
19		Laura de Laurentiis	964.7	-7.7	40	18%	-33	171	-408	48%	964.6
20		Tony Nunn	963.8	6.0	9	11%	-79	191	-248	33%	923.9
21		David Adler	963.7	-12.5	22	14%	-29	239	-350	45%	958.8
22		Annabella Palma	958.0	-54.8	32	16%	-40	252	-350	31%	957.0
23		Anne Jackson	949.6	-55.1	75	11%	-47	211	-429	36%	949.6
24		Joan Clark	935.6	-79.8	28	14%	-59	171	-369	36%	932.4
25		Michael Wilkinson	909.8	-54.4	17	6%	-112	245	-433	29%	882.9

Hall of Fame, December 2006

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Fabrizio Farnesi	386
	Fabio Lo Presti	373
	Fabrizio Farnesi	363
	John Therkelsen	355
	Chris Dixon	337

Hall of Shame, December 2006

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Martin Garvey	-590
	Andy Bowles	-449
	Michael Wilkinson	-433
	Anne Jackson	-429
	Laura de Laurentiis	-408