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

January 2007

January 2004—December 2006

Previous game data

January 2007

January 2003—December 2006

Barbu Heroes

Largest number of ladder wins

Neil Trentham (5, but mostly lucky)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

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

Winners, 2007

January: Neil Trentham

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, January 2007

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st January 2007. Congratulations to Neil Trentham.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Neil Trentham	1049.7	34.3	65	34%	62	314	-308	69%	1049.7
2		Armando Pontecorvo	1041.8	30.1	33	39%	55	460	-220	67%	1042.7
3		Willie Whitaker	1041.2	35.1	53	30%	52	288	-165	58%	1041.2
4		Fabio Lo Presti	1037.0	29.1	49	35%	49	337	-289	67%	1037.0
5		Martin Garvey	1034.4	30.4	55	33%	35	280	-331	69%	1034.4
6		Jon Rice	1033.0	14.7	6	50%	126	328	56	100%	1100.5
7		Kit Woolsey	1031.2	25.4	22	32%	42	249	-207	64%	1035.5
8		Laura Tidone	1014.2	11.4	80	28%	25	338	-277	59%	1014.2
9		Luca Cesati Cassin	1012.4	-10.4	7	29%	33	205	-275	71%	1032.8
10		John Therkelsen	1011.7	23.9	24	29%	17	416	-315	54%	1012.8
-		Shireen Mohandes	1010.8	-33.4	1	0%	154	154	154	100%	1190.9
11		Andy Bowles	1009.7	6.3	4	50%	41	206	-144	50%	1043.6
12		T.C. Altus	1009.6	12.8	63	30%	16	381	-355	63%	1009.6
-		Francesco Mazzadi	1009.0	55.6	2	50%	73	131	14	100%	1080.1
13		David Adler	1008.8	-9.8	7	43%	27	170	-120	57%	1023.2
-		Charlie Garrod	1008.5	32.1	2	50%	81	179	-18	50%	1075.6
-		Lew Stansby	1001.0	27.0	2	0%	9	24	-7	50%	1008.9
14		Sally Woolsey	1000.0	-9.3	42	24%	3	221	-285	55%	1000.0
-		Sandra Probst	999.8	1.6	1	0%	26	26	26	100%	996.1
-		Mike Rice	997.8	43.2	2	0%	-18	15	-51	50%	980.6
15		Nicholas Cheung	994.4	-45.6	4	25%	3	226	-250	50%	974.7
16		Tony Nunn	994.4	8.1	8	13%	-6	90	-135	50%	986.8
-		Aldo Ghilardi	993.6	34.6	1	0%	-97	-97	-97	0%	886.9
17		Chris Dixon	992.7	8.0	16	19%	8	387	-296	50%	990.1
-		JoAnna Stansby	991.7	18.0	1	0%	-169	-169	-169	0%	853.5
18		Laura de Laurentiis	990.8	-8.8	57	23%	0	326	-371	51%	990.8
-		Dan Korbel	988.8	27.2	1	0%	-225	-225	-225	0%	801.0
19		Steve Altus	983.5	22.1	27	30%	-7	328	-407	44%	982.6
20		Richard Probst	982.4	-20.5	20	25%	-9	243	-338	45%	979.1
21		Guy Campbell	980.0	-24.6	16	19%	-29	169	-226	31%	973.0
22		Andrew Quinton	979.0	-30.3	33	33%	-3	302	-373	48%	978.5
-		Ben Handley-Pritchard.	977.1	-81.7	3	33%	-96	195	-403	33%	863.8
23		Anne Jackson	964.5	-42.3	82	20%	-19	233	-318	48%	964.5
24		Alex Hydes	960.5	-92.6	8	13%	-64	228	-242	13%	907.7
25		Andrew Garnett	957.9	-61.1	14	21%	-32	304	-357	43%	937.8
26		Joan Clark	947.5	-54.5	88	15%	-39	302	-512	39%	947.5
27		Carlo Fogaroli	946.2	-38.8	26	12%	-56	306	-334	35%	942.4
28		Annabella Palma	944.4	-55.2	71	11%	-48	205	-430	38%	944.4
29		Fabrizio Farnesi	944.2	-11.3	47	23%	-37	274	-537	49%	944.1
30		Ed Levy	943.5	-88.1	16	19%	-61	262	-366	44%	923.8
31		Michael Wilkinson	923.4	-59.8	20	25%	-72	212	-536	40%	909.1
32		Lawrence Xu	864.1	-175.3	17	12%	-156	83	-634	24%	823.6

Hall of Fame, January 2007

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Armando Pontecorvo	460
	John Therkelsen	416
	John Therkelsen	389
	Chris Dixon	387
	T.C. Altus	381

Hall of Shame, January 2007

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Lawrence Xu	-634
	Fabrizio Farnesi	-537
	Lawrence Xu	-536
	Michael Wilkinson	-536
	Joan Clark	-512