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

April 2008

May 2008

January 2004—December 2007

Previous game data

January 2008

February 2008

March 2008

April 2008

May 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

April: Armando Pontecorvo

May: Fabrizio Farnesi

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, May 2008

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st May 2008. Congratulations to Fabrizio Farnesi.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Fabrizio Farnesi	1041.4	12.9	37	38%	46	400	-395	65%	1041.8
2		Fabio Lo Presti	1038.4	31.0	8	38%	101	263	-186	75%	1089.7
3		Neil Trentham	1036.4	21.3	18	28%	46	196	-91	61%	1045.7
4		Jon Rice	1031.6	20.7	54	31%	42	387	-370	67%	1031.6
5		Martin Garvey	1028.4	5.6	9	44%	53	201	-136	67%	1059.7
6		Lew Stansby	1020.2	27.6	4	25%	91	299	-54	75%	1090.9
7		Mike Rice	1014.6	26.8	52	33%	29	410	-338	60%	1014.6
-		Steve Altus	1014.6	19.3	3	33%	84	263	-43	67%	1086.7
8		Michael Wilkinson	1012.0	-29.3	17	29%	21	247	-291	59%	1015.6
-		Laura Tidone	1010.8	-10.3	2	50%	84	120	47	100%	1095.9
9		JoAnna Stansby	1007.7	12.9	16	25%	15	270	-182	50%	1010.4
-		David Adler	1007.2	-10.1	1	100%	124	124	124	100%	1127.1
-		Willie Whitaker	1006.2	26.5	2	50%	46	100	-8	50%	1055.4
10		Dan Korbel	1004.0	23.4	4	25%	19	197	-71	50%	1017.9
-		T.C. Altus	1003.4	11.5	3	33%	16	162	-73	33%	1020.5
11		Alex Werner	999.6	-84.8	4	25%	5	313	-383	50%	998.1
-		Jon Cooke	999.4	-1.3	1	0%	-30	-30	-30	0%	989.8
12		Ben Handley-Pritchard	998.3	32.5	26	27%	4	335	-303	46%	998.2
-		Prahalad Rajkumar	994.0	-17.6	1	0%	-109	-109	-109	0%	893.3
-		Richard Probst	993.4	-19.3	1	0%	-104	-104	-104	0%	883.6
13		Laura de Laurentiis	992.1	-20.6	15	20%	-2	185	-317	67%	988.9
-		Nicholas Cheung	991.8	-51.0	1	0%	-133	-133	-133	0%	854.5
14		Andrew Garnett	985.3	-47.6	55	16%	-22	296	-318	38%	985.3
15		Chris Dixon	984.8	6.5	4	0%	-63	91	-225	50%	931.9
16		Anne Jackson	983.7	-14.7	42	26%	-12	205	-351	55%	983.6
17		Kit Woolsey	983.1	-0.4	13	23%	-18	298	-255	38%	973.6
-		Luca Cesati Cassin	982.9	-20.3	2	0%	-129	16	-273	50%	848.1
-		Doron Limor	982.6	-7.1	2	0%	-147	-135	-158	0%	845.2
18		Annabella Palma	970.0	-69.5	5	20%	-109	86	-248	20%	891.6
-		Federico Di Noto	965.1	-49.3	3	0%	-219	-28	-370	0%	792.3
19		Joan Clark	963.4	-28.9	34	15%	-33	166	-353	44%	962.8
20		Sally Woolsey	960.3	-25.5	22	18%	-44	231	-270	32%	954.9
21		Armando Pontecorvo	954.0	1.2	7	14%	-106	169	-444	43%	878.7
22		Ed Levy	946.0	-40.6	19	11%	-57	274	-427	47%	934.2
23		Leonardo Cima	934.2	6.0	5	0%	-237	-47	-473	0%	761.9

Hall of Fame, May 2008

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Mike Rice	410
	Fabrizio Farnesi	400
	Jon Rice	387
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	335
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	327

Hall of Shame, May 2008

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Leonardo Cima	-473
	Armando Pontecorvo	-444
	Ed Levy	-427
	Fabrizio Farnesi	-395
	Ed Levy	-384