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

March 2008

January 2004—December 2007

Previous game data

January 2008

February 2008

March 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

March: 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, March 2008

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st March 2008. Congratulations to Ben Handley-Pritchard on his second successive win.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Ben Handley-Pritchard	1073.7	40.0	61	44%	92	495	-273	77%	1073.7
-		Alex Hydes	1038.8	-27.9	3	100%	236	251	207	100%	1231.2
2		Steve Altus	1025.0	15.0	29	34%	27	318	-252	62%	1026.0
-		David Adler	1022.6	-11.2	2	50%	207	263	150	100%	1200.9
3		Fabrizio Farnesi	1017.2	-5.5	24	33%	29	249	-180	63%	1018.9
4		Chris Dixon	1017.1	9.6	18	39%	25	211	-226	56%	1021.5
-		Fabio Lo Presti	1014.9	28.3	2	50%	129	233	24	100%	1132.2
-		Mike Rice	1011.1	35.3	2	50%	92	255	-71	50%	1098.6
5		T.C. Altus	1010.3	13.8	80	24%	19	356	-343	59%	1010.3
-		Federico Di Noto	1009.7	-12.1	1	100%	196	196	196	100%	1172.8
6		Guy Campbell	1005.9	-21.8	8	38%	19	201	-151	63%	1013.8
-		Doron Limor	1005.9	-5.2	3	33%	49	87	6	100%	1035.1
7		Ed Levy	1005.2	-45.4	25	28%	15	351	-320	64%	1005.7
8		Carlo Fogaroli	1002.3	-38.2	6	33%	20	116	-168	83%	1007.1
-		Dan Korbel	1001.6	23.3	1	100%	25	25	25	100%	1028.5
9		Richard Probst	1001.0	-18.0	12	33%	9	229	-231	50%	1001.7
-		Andy Bowles	999.8	-1.5	1	0%	-3	-3	-3	0%	997.0
-		Susie Korbel	997.7	-19.6	1	0%	-57	-57	-57	0%	959.7
-		Luca Cesati Cassin	997.2	-17.8	3	0%	-12	32	-80	67%	983.3
-		Armando Pontecorvo	994.7	2.1	1	0%	-71	-71	-71	0%	906.2
10		Anne Jackson	994.1	-9.6	45	24%	3	300	-327	51%	994.0
-		Giles Woodruff	994.0	-7.1	3	33%	-29	173	-156	33%	964.1
11		JoAnna Stansby	993.2	10.4	18	17%	-9	203	-357	50%	991.5
-		Sandra Probst	993.2	-33.1	1	0%	-111	-111	-111	0%	878.5
12		Sally Woolsey	990.0	-18.3	40	20%	-11	237	-345	50%	990.0
-		Lew Stansby	989.7	23.1	3	0%	-73	-22	-118	0%	938.5
13		Martin Garvey	985.8	8.6	60	30%	-7	381	-446	45%	985.8
14		Neil Trentham	984.1	15.6	26	19%	-7	272	-282	50%	983.0
15		Laura Tidone	982.2	-7.1	16	19%	-11	134	-278	44%	976.1
16		Charlie Garrod	978.9	-12.2	12	17%	-34	182	-389	42%	965.0
17		Laura de Laurentiis	974.5	-16.2	42	21%	-14	225	-419	55%	974.4
-		Alex Werner	960.5	-122.3	3	0%	-236	-37	-411	0%	765.1
18		Kit Woolsey	960.4	0.3	20	20%	-50	172	-333	40%	953.1
19		Joan Clark	960.1	-35.2	65	14%	-31	303	-368	45%	960.1
20		Lara Ruso	923.8	-201.9	6	0%	-223	54	-410	17%	768.2
21		Annabella Palma	880.0	-71.3	33	6%	-116	287	-427	15%	877.5

Hall of Fame, March 2008

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	495
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	405
	Martin Garvey	381
	Martin Garvey	358
	T.C. Altus	356

Hall of Shame, March 2008

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Martin Garvey	-446
	Annabella Palma	-427
	Laura de Laurentiis	-419
	Alex Werner	-411
	Lara Ruso	-410