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 (8)

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

June: Neil Trentham

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, June 2008

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 30th June 2008. Congratulations to Neil Trentham.

Pos	Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1	Neil Trentham	1079.8	33.3	34	32%	90	471	-451	71%	1081.1
2	Martin Garvey	1037.9	10.1	13	38%	65	290	-134	62%	1059.0
3	Mike Rice	1033.1	27.9	75	28%	43	331	-314	65%	1033.1
4	Kit Woolsey	1032.2	3.9	11	55%	68	369	-230	73%	1057.2
5	JoAnna Stansby	1029.3	15.5	15	40%	49	259	-310	80%	1041.2
6	Willie Whitaker	1028.7	27.1	18	50%	39	291	-378	72%	1036.0
7	Lew Stansby	1023.1	29.8	4	50%	120	310	34	100%	1103.8
8	Raghavendra Rajkumar	1022.2	-22.1	4	50%	109	241	-67	75%	1099.8
9	Fabio Lo Presti	1021.1	31.6	10	40%	50	266	-413	80%	1040.5
10	Ed Levy	1014.8	-36.2	8	13%	40	178	-90	63%	1034.5
11	Jon Rice	1010.9	15.4	75	24%	18	356	-313	52%	1010.9
12	Laura de Laurentiis	1004.7	-15.3	34	24%	11	185	-325	62%	1004.8
-	Steve Altus	1004.5	20.0	1	0%	81	81	81	100%	1080.3
13	Anne Jackson	1002.0	-8.1	68	24%	7	274	-304	49%	1002.0
-	T.C. Altus	1000.5	11.7	1	0%	7	7	7	100%	1008.9
-	Luca Cesati Cassin	998.3	-20.9	2	0%	-5	27	-36	50%	985.0
-	Chris Dixon	995.1	5.2	1	0%	-47	-47	-47	0%	913.0
14	Armando Pontecorvo	994.9	0.1	12	17%	1	406	-322	50%	991.6
-	David Grainger	993.8	37.5	1	0%	-114	-114	-114	0%	889.9
-	Nicholas Cheung	992.6	-51.7	1	0%	-134	-134	-134	0%	868.7
-	Doron Limor	991.1	-9.5	1	0%	-153	-153	-153	0%	841.8
15	Joan Clark	986.9	-25.1	37	14%	-3	226	-361	49%	986.8
16	Guy Campbell	985.9	-29.1	5	20%	-39	46	-262	60%	948.9
17	Michael Wilkinson	984.8	-30.3	5	20%	-49	278	-249	40%	944.9
18	Alex Werner	981.4	-85.2	4	0%	-85	32	-230	50%	916.7
19	Prahalad Rajkumar	978.6	-20.1	4	25%	-82	87	-260	50%	904.0
20	Fabrizio Farnesi	977.2	-5.3	97	26%	-17	243	-446	52%	977.2
21	Alex Hydes	972.1	-46.8	4	0%	-121	-62	-158	0%	874.7
22	Leonardo Cima	968.1	-1.1	7	14%	-77	124	-478	43%	915.9
23	Andrew Garnett	964.6	-39.2	101	23%	-40	377	-464	41%	964.6
-	Annabella Palma	963.5	-73.0	3	0%	-222	-160	-313	0%	782.5
24	Ben Handley-Pritchard	960.8	24.9	10	30%	-61	229	-370	50%	924.7
25	Sally Woolsey	941.9	-32.4	33	18%	-58	258	-383	33%	940.8
26	Doris Denny	899.0	-101.2	13	8%	-144	68	-468	23%	842.6

Hall of Fame, June 2008

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Neil Trentham	471
	Armando Pontecorvo	406
	Neil Trentham	380
	Andrew Garnett	377
	Kit Woolsey	369

Hall of Shame, June 2008

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Leonardo Cima	-478
	Doris Denny	-468
	Andrew Garnett	-464
	Neil Trentham	-451
	Fabrizio Farnesi	-446

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