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 (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

April: Armando Pontecorvo

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, April 2008

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 30th April 2008. Congratulations to Armando Pontecorvo.

Pos	Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1	Armando Pontecorvo	1043.9	7.2	6	67%	157	416	-189	83%	1133.7
2	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1042.8	39.5	56	32%	53	342	-318	59%	1042.8
3	Steve Altus	1031.6	17.9	17	29%	46	218	-118	76%	1041.1
4	Neil Trentham	1025.7	18.0	21	24%	33	340	-434	67%	1029.8
5	Fabrizio Farnesi	1024.0	4.7	66	42%	33	322	-482	59%	1024.0
6	Lew Stansby	1017.9	24.4	8	38%	48	257	-266	75%	1041.9
7	JoAnna Stansby	1017.6	12.9	37	32%	20	329	-258	57%	1017.8
8	Kit Woolsey	1012.2	2.2	28	36%	15	318	-388	57%	1012.8
9	Mike Rice	1010.2	32.6	17	24%	20	351	-252	59%	1013.2
-	Carlo Fogaroli	1004.1	-37.3	2	0%	72	127	17	100%	1036.5
-	Andy Bowles	1001.2	-1.2	1	0%	23	23	23	100%	1021.2
10	T.C. Altus	1001.0	11.3	27	30%	10	376	-286	48%	1001.0
-	Nicholas Cheung	999.1	-50.4	2	0%	6	29	-17	50%	992.3
-	Fabio Lo Presti	999.1	27.5	3	33%	10	65	-24	33%	994.7
11	Doron Limor	998.3	-4.1	27	26%	0	206	-289	48%	998.2
12	Ed Levy	997.3	-36.3	29	24%	-4	445	-361	48%	997.2
-	David Adler	995.1	-11.7	3	0%	-29	102	-96	33%	970.6
13	Joan Clark	990.2	-27.2	52	17%	-4	249	-227	48%	990.2
14	Richard Probst	990.1	-19.1	4	0%	-48	103	-216	25%	955.4
15	Chris Dixon	989.4	7.9	5	20%	-27	205	-354	40%	961.6
-	Luca Cesati Cassin	987.9	-19.1	2	0%	-85	-45	-124	0%	892.4
-	Leonardo Cima	986.0	21.0	2	0%	-132	43	-307	50%	875.5
16	Federico Di Noto	985.7	-23.5	4	25%	-47	246	-209	25%	935.6
17	Charlie Garrod	985.5	-14.7	9	11%	-21	214	-196	33%	969.5
18	Michael Wilkinson	983.0	-34.8	6	17%	-40	117	-254	50%	948.1
19	Alex Werner	975.0	-110.5	5	20%	-82	162	-275	20%	909.5
20	Anne Jackson	969.7	-14.5	41	29%	-25	222	-473	46%	969.6
21	Martin Garvey	966.4	2.1	22	23%	-32	206	-265	41%	961.9
22	Laura de Laurentiis	962.1	-21.6	43	16%	-32	305	-557	37%	962.0
23	Sally Woolsey	960.6	-22.2	34	9%	-44	203	-330	38%	959.9
24	Laura Tidone	956.5	-12.4	11	9%	-72	181	-232	18%	922.7
25	Annabella Palma	948.1	-68.8	27	7%	-49	177	-225	30%	945.0
26	Guy Campbell	938.9	-28.2	11	9%	-91	97	-227	18%	891.5

Hall of Fame, April 2008

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Ed Levy	445
	Armando Pontecorvo	416
	T.C. Altus	376
	Mike Rice	351
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	342

Hall of Shame, April 2008

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Laura de Laurentiis	-557
	Fabrizio Farnesi	-482
	Anne Jackson	-473
	Neil Trentham	-434
	Kit Woolsey	-388

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