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 2007

February 2007

January 2004—December 2006

Previous game data

January 2007

February 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

February: John Therkelsen

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, February 2007

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 28th February 2007. 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	1069.5	36.0	41	32%	72	307	-204	80%	1069.8
2		T.C. Altus	1062.2	22.5	30	40%	67	288	-255	80%	1064.4
3		Neil Trentham	1056.0	41.3	54	43%	57	258	-393	65%	1056.0
4		David Adler	1041.8	-5.0	7	57%	111	367	-95	71%	1110.2
5		Fabrizio Farnesi	1040.0	-3.5	21	24%	54	398	-344	67%	1046.4
6		Willie Whitaker	1030.2	33.1	36	31%	34	264	-222	56%	1030.5
7		Fabio Lo Presti	1021.7	26.8	40	38%	35	323	-302	70%	1021.8
-		Francesco Mazzadi	1005.0	52.2	1	100%	103	103	103	100%	1089.3
-		Jon Rice	1002.7	14.6	3	0%	40	82	-22	67%	1015.9
-		Massoun M ejjeh	1002.0	-24.1	2	0%	7	99	-86	50%	1017.9
-		Sandra Probst	999.9	-1.2	1	0%	-3	-3	-3	0%	997.7
8		Laura Tidone	997.8	6.1	69	20%	10	198	-237	52%	997.8
9		Martin Garvey	996.9	23.4	32	31%	-3	343	-407	53%	996.9
10		Laura de Laurentiis	995.9	-7.5	64	17%	0	239	-234	48%	995.9
-		Joe Eskinazi	994.1	-102.6	1	0%	-120	-120	-120	0%	896.2
11		Chris Dixon	993.3	2.3	32	34%	7	288	-497	56%	993.1
12		Steve Altus	993.1	17.7	16	25%	-13	217	-178	44%	990.7
13		Luca Cesati Cassin	988.9	-11.8	15	27%	-11	238	-256	53%	984.4
-		Andrew Quinton	985.7	-33.5	2	0%	-125	-114	-135	0%	873.0
-		Shireen Mohandes	985.7	-39.9	1	0%	-254	-254	-254	0%	746.4
14		Joan Clark	983.6	-33.8	67	21%	-9	272	-283	43%	983.6
-		Giles Woodruff	982.2	-4.9	1	0%	-299	-299	-299	0%	684.2
-		Alex Hydes	981.5	-108.2	2	0%	-112	48	-272	50%	835.9
15		Kit Woolsey	981.0	19.3	19	26%	-25	230	-250	37%	976.9
16		Armando Pontecorvo	978.9	20.1	29	31%	-5	356	-294	48%	978.0
17		Sally Woolsey	976.0	-12.4	30	23%	-23	199	-297	37%	975.2
18		Ben Handley-Pritchard.	974.4	-109.4	5	20%	-82	80	-288	20%	907.3
19		Anne Jackson	970.3	-38.8	50	8%	-22	190	-234	42%	970.3
20		Lawrence Xu	969.0	-161.2	5	0%	-94	33	-290	40%	887.8
-		Charlie Garrod	967.1	7.0	2	0%	-316	-180	-452	0%	707.3
21		Guy Campbell	962.9	-29.0	8	13%	-88	214	-283	25%	913.4
22		Ed Levy	962.3	-80.2	17	24%	-40	167	-455	65%	951.1
23		Richard Probst	959.0	-36.2	29	28%	-34	457	-540	38%	957.3
24		Carlo Fogaroli	949.7	-42.6	29	17%	-50	199	-301	38%	947.6
25		Annabella Palma	933.9	-58.3	38	16%	-64	312	-366	32%	933.5
26		Michael Wilkinson	927.6	-64.9	13	23%	-101	282	-370	31%	887.2

Hall of Fame, February 2007

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Richard Probst	457
	Richard Probst	435
	Fabrizio Farnesi	398
	David Adler	367
	Armando Pontecorvo	356

Hall of Shame, February 2007

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Richard Probst	-540
	Chris Dixon	-497
	Richard Probst	-490
	Ed Levy	-455
	Charlie Garrod	-452