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 2004—December 2007

Previous game data

January 2003—December 2007

Barbu Heroes

Largest number of ladder wins

Neil Trentham (7)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

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

Winners, 2003-7

2007 ladder: Mike Rice

2007 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2007 “Apple core”: Tony Nunn

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

Ladder, 2007

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st December 2007. Congratulations to Mike Rice.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Mike Rice	1041.4	40.0	111	40%	50	368	-487	65%	1041.4
2		Jon Rice	1033.6	17.4	21	24%	53	347	-201	62%	1039.0
3		John Therkelsen	1031.5	21.0	264	34%	38	428	-390	64%	1031.5
4		Neil Trentham	1029.5	28.8	391	35%	38	430	-433	60%	1029.5
5		T.C. Altus	1029.1	24.8	206	35%	35	403	-355	64%	1029.1
6		Fabio Lo Presti	1026.3	25.1	144	36%	38	337	-346	65%	1026.3
7		Willie Whitaker	1024.8	20.6	420	34%	33	450	-468	58%	1024.8
-		JoAnna Stansby	1023.5	15.9	11	27%	42	325	-187	64%	1041.7
8		Martin Garvey	1014.8	17.2	594	29%	24	453	-409	57%	1014.8
-		Lew Stansby	1012.7	23.5	10	20%	38	271	-130	60%	1024.4
9		Chris Dixon	1008.6	8.2	329	33%	22	408	-514	57%	1008.6
-		Paula Leslie	1008.1	-68.0	1	0%	121	121	121	100%	1144.0
10		Kit Woolsey	1007.5	7.7	220	26%	13	471	-419	55%	1007.5
-		Jennifer Lin	1005.9	-72.1	3	33%	23	302	-131	33%	1035.0
11		David Beer	1005.5	-3.9	22	23%	12	260	-159	41%	1006.2
12		Laura Tidone	1003.2	-1.8	569	25%	15	351	-419	54%	1003.2
13		Armando Pontecorvo	1003.2	2.6	251	29%	15	460	-388	55%	1003.2
-		Prahalad Rajkumar	1001.5	-13.8	2	50%	18	120	-85	50%	1013.6
-		David Grainger	1001.0	41.5	1	0%	-4	-4	-4	0%	1018.1
-		Francesco Mazzadi	999.9	52.3	5	40%	-3	131	-215	60%	999.7
-		Chris Willenken	999.2	20.8	1	0%	-1	-1	-1	0%	986.0
14		Steve Altus	998.3	15.5	97	25%	-3	397	-407	47%	998.3
-		Massoun M ejjeh	998.1	-23.4	10	20%	-2	133	-173	60%	996.4
-		Dan Korbel	997.4	22.7	10	20%	-7	229	-225	60%	995.0
15		Doron Limor	997.1	-2.0	81	26%	6	388	-304	53%	997.1
16		Tony Nunn	995.6	4.2	30	17%	9	319	-213	53%	995.4
-		Julian Foster	994.2	33.0	1	0%	-66	-66	-66	0%	897.7
-		Joe Eskinazi	994.1	-98.6	1	0%	-120	-120	-120	0%	895.8
-		Aldo Ghilardi	993.6	38.9	1	0%	-97	-97	-97	0%	886.6
17		Laura de Laurentiis	993.5	-4.4	552	22%	3	326	-480	55%	993.5
18		David Adler	993.2	-11.6	47	23%	-2	415	-294	45%	993.2
-		Dan Hoffenberg	992.7	-23.1	5	20%	-29	147	-129	40%	973.6
19		Ben Handley-Pritchard	992.3	11.5	465	22%	1	371	-635	48%	992.3
20		Luca Cesati Cassin	990.6	-11.4	80	30%	-2	348	-309	55%	990.6
21		Anne Jackson	984.7	-18.8	693	20%	-5	364	-502	50%	984.7
-		Doris Denny	984.0	-91.9	1	0%	-282	-282	-282	0%	716.1
-		Susie Korbel	980.3	-17.6	3	0%	-114	-15	-205	0%	882.6
22		Sally Woolsey	980.2	-24.4	285	23%	-20	279	-442	48%	980.2
23		Richard Probst	978.1	-18.9	180	24%	-13	457	-540	50%	978.1
-		Giles Woodruff	976.0	-3.3	2	0%	-201	-103	-299	0%	786.6
-		Giuseppe Failla	972.9	-51.7	10	20%	-38	100	-181	40%	948.0
24		Guy Campbell	972.8	-24.7	107	21%	-20	324	-283	44%	972.8
25		Fabrizio Farnesi	972.7	-7.1	104	26%	-11	398	-537	54%	972.7
26		Andrew Quinton	972.6	-29.4	35	31%	-10	302	-373	46%	972.2
-		Nicholas Cheung	969.6	-50.5	11	9%	-45	226	-250	36%	946.1
27		Carlo Fogaroli	966.8	-32.9	224	19%	-29	332	-462	46%	966.8
-		Gerben Dirksen	965.8	-111.2	2	0%	-267	-188	-345	0%	695.9
28		Ben Chosid	965.8	-35.1	17	24%	-37	464	-346	24%	955.6
29		Michael Wilkinson	962.8	-34.2	265	22%	-27	486	-575	47%	962.8
30		Sandra Probst	962.1	-32.0	98	20%	-31	279	-525	46%	962.1
31		Andy Bowles	961.6	-1.4	12	25%	-65	206	-367	33%	936.5
32		Charlie Garrod	959.3	-16.1	36	11%	-34	322	-452	33%	958.9
33		Joan Clark	956.2	-46.8	693	18%	-36	339	-512	40%	956.2
-		Lara Ruso	949.3	-180.7	3	0%	-282	-173	-431	0%	698.3
34		Annabella Palma	945.8	-55.8	363	16%	-49	345	-674	39%	945.8
35		Alex Hydes	941.1	-80.8	15	13%	-52	228	-272	40%	917.2
36		Andrew Garnett	934.0	-62.6	49	12%	-50	304	-362	41%	934.0
-		Shireen Mohandes	933.3	-47.7	8	13%	-155	154	-534	25%	844.2
37		Ed Levy	932.9	-71.0	147	20%	-56	262	-455	44%	932.9
38		Lawrence Xu	840.1	-166.7	29	10%	-146	257	-634	24%	833.4

Hall of Fame, 2007

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Michael Wilkinson	486
	Kit Woolsey	471
	Ben Chosid	464
	Armando Pontecorvo	460
	Richard Probst	457

Hall of Shame, 2007

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Annabella Palma	-674
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	-635
	Lawrence Xu	-634
	Michael Wilkinson	-575
	Richard Probst	-540