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 2008

February 2008

January 2004—December 2007

Previous game data

January 2008

February 2008

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, 2008

January: Willie Whitaker

February: Ben Handley-Pritchard

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, February 2008

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 29th February 2008. Congratulations to Ben Handley-Pritchard.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Ben Handley-Pritchard	1069.4	22.2	35	31%	79	321	-143	74%	1070.3
2		Anne Jackson	1032.8	-11.7	21	24%	37	275	-175	62%	1038.0
3		Martin Garvey	1027.8	16.1	21	48%	41	203	-454	81%	1032.2
4		Kit Woolsey	1021.8	7.0	18	28%	24	256	-167	56%	1027.4
-		Charlie Garrod	1020.4	-6.7	2	50%	168	272	64	100%	1181.5
5		Chris Dixon	1016.2	8.3	16	31%	30	267	-375	63%	1021.8
-		Alex Werner	1012.1	-64.8	2	50%	120	155	85	100%	1107.5
-		Lew Stansby	1009.0	25.4	1	100%	140	140	140	100%	1159.2
-		Fabio Lo Presti	1007.5	26.6	1	100%	135	135	135	100%	1132.8
6		Neil Trentham	1006.9	22.1	30	27%	18	300	-327	57%	1007.2
-		Dan Korbel	1003.0	22.8	1	0%	52	52	52	100%	1052.3
-		Fabrizio Farnesi	1002.5	-9.8	3	33%	24	142	-144	67%	1015.0
7		Armando Pontecorvo	1001.3	2.4	6	50%	20	290	-285	67%	1004.0
8		Steve Altus	1000.9	12.7	19	26%	3	263	-309	68%	1001.1
-		Prahalad Rajkumar	995.9	-17.1	1	0%	-65	-65	-65	0%	927.1
9		Joan Clark	993.7	-33.5	29	28%	1	202	-456	52%	993.4
-		Doron Limor	989.8	-7.1	1	0%	-172	-172	-172	0%	819.9
10		Guy Campbell	988.7	-23.9	6	33%	-33	147	-178	33%	965.7
11		Sally Woolsey	987.9	-20.5	18	11%	-26	156	-279	56%	984.9
-		JoAnna Stansby	987.5	12.9	3	33%	-81	164	-322	33%	925.4
-		Richard Probst	986.4	-20.4	3	0%	-74	33	-193	33%	919.2
12		Laura Tidone	985.7	-5.5	13	23%	-22	129	-375	46%	977.8
13		T.C. Altus	984.6	18.5	37	27%	-6	220	-229	51%	984.5
14		David Adler	983.9	-14.4	6	0%	-39	46	-161	50%	951.0
15		Ed Levy	983.2	-56.7	13	15%	-18	189	-198	46%	973.8
16		Mike Rice	973.5	34.5	9	11%	-56	101	-359	44%	944.3
17		Carlo Fogaroli	967.4	-40.3	4	0%	-135	26	-242	25%	853.4
-		Lawrence Xu	955.3	-183.3	2	0%	-380	-106	-654	0%	602.7
18		Annabella Palma	944.3	-57.6	20	10%	-70	270	-373	45%	933.8
19		Laura de Laurentiis	943.9	-13.6	27	15%	-54	212	-349	37%	940.6

Hall of Fame, February 2008

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	321
	Neil Trentham	300
	Neil Trentham	297
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	297
	Armando Pontecorvo	290

Hall of Shame, February 2008

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Lawrence Xu	-654
	Joan Clark	-456
	Martin Garvey	-454
	Martin Garvey	-411
	Laura Tidone	-375