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

Neil Trentham (6; perhaps it’s time for another change to the ranking system?)

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

March: John Therkelsen

April: Neil Trentham

May: Mike Rice

June: Mike Rice

July: Mike 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, July 2007

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 30th July 2007. Congratulations to Mike Rice (again).

Pos	Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1	Mike Rice	1041.2	51.7	17	47%	61	293	-487	71%	1053.5
2	Willie Whitaker	1028.3	22.0	18	39%	42	415	-404	61%	1035.5
3	Laura Tidone	1025.2	5.6	49	22%	36	351	-247	59%	1025.2
4	Chris Dixon	1024.7	6.2	24	29%	43	296	-314	67%	1027.2
5	John Therkelsen	1019.4	21.1	26	38%	29	241	-254	62%	1020.8
6	Laura de Laurentiis	1016.8	0.3	85	33%	26	315	-346	62%	1016.8
7	Martin Garvey	1011.2	12.8	61	30%	21	319	-331	59%	1011.2
-	Fabio Lo Presti	1007.8	22.7	2	50%	88	97	79	100%	1069.3
8	Carlo Fogaroli	1006.8	-30.3	38	34%	12	279	-313	63%	1006.9
-	Giuseppe Failla	1005.8	21.2	1	100%	100	100	100	100%	1103.1
-	Nicholas Cheung	1003.8	-48.2	1	0%	84	84	84	100%	1067.1
9	Tony Nunn	1001.8	6.6	6	33%	18	271	-202	67%	1005.5
-	Prahalad Rajkumar	1001.6	-16.3	2	50%	18	120	-85	50%	1013.8
-	Massoun M ejjeh	1001.0	-23.3	1	0%	20	20	20	100%	1017.9
-	Ben Chosid	999.3	-27.6	1	0%	-9	-9	-9	0%	987.1
-	Charlie Garrod	995.3	-16.1	1	0%	-77	-77	-77	0%	916.1
-	David Beer	995.1	-6.3	3	0%	-28	139	-159	33%	970.6
-	Giles Woodruff	993.8	-5.7	1	0%	-103	-103	-103	0%	889.6
-	Susie Korbel	993.4	-17.6	1	0%	-123	-123	-123	0%	882.4
10	Kit Woolsey	992.5	9.6	6	17%	-14	381	-234	50%	977.1
-	Andy Bowles	992.4	2.4	1	0%	-133	-133	-133	0%	864.7
11	Anne Jackson	990.6	-8.3	82	13%	-2	322	-301	55%	990.6
12	Neil Trentham	989.9	17.1	18	22%	-2	289	-416	44%	987.4
-	Francesco Mazzadi	986.0	49.9	2	0%	-132	-48	-215	0%	875.2
13	Guy Campbell	983.3	-30.8	18	22%	-15	178	-196	56%	979.0
14	Ben Handley-Pritchard.	973.2	-18.0	26	19%	-25	253	-248	38%	971.3
15	Armando Pontecorvo	970.5	5.9	33	24%	-21	314	-329	55%	969.9
16	Luca Cesati Cassin	969.6	-13.7	20	20%	-28	348	-276	45%	964.0
17	Michael Wilkinson	969.5	-33.7	36	22%	-24	217	-252	50%	969.2
18	Sally Woolsey	969.5	-18.4	29	31%	-28	279	-442	41%	968.2
19	Ed Levy	962.6	-74.5	10	20%	-66	159	-432	30%	928.2
20	Joan Clark	954.6	-41.0	56	14%	-40	244	-506	41%	954.6
21	Annabella Palma	910.1	-59.2	17	12%	-113	187	-437	12%	883.4

Hall of Fame, July 2007

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Willie Whitaker	415
	Kit Woolsey	381
	Laura Tidone	351
	Luca Cesati Cassin	348
	Anne Jackson	322

Hall of Shame, July 2007

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Joan Clark	-506
	Mike Rice	-487
	Sally Woolsey	-442
	Annabella Palma	-437
	Ed Levy	-432

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