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.

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

July: Jon Rice

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, July 2008

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st July 2008. Congratulations to Jon Rice.

Pos Name Rating Current
playing
strength
Games Wins Avg.
score
Highest
score
Lowest
score
Positive
scores
Rating
(old
method)
1Jon Rice1060.723.32446%66248-23271%1066.7
2Doron Limor1048.44.22040%61359-20265%1057.4
3Ben Handley-Pritchard1033.426.82646%42530-29754%1035.7
4Martin Garvey1029.113.22223%39352-22459%1033.0
5Anne Jackson1025.3-0.23724%24248-53862%1025.5
6Chris Dixon1021.07.4838%49394-18950%1049.1
7Laura de Laurentiis1015.7-10.02524%22300-36264%1017.0
-David Adler1014.6-8.81100%266266266100%1259.8
8Sally Woolsey1011.1-29.3838%19290-31975%1025.8
-Kit Woolsey1009.45.230%51129-2867%1055.8
9Mike Rice1007.224.92214%12171-22855%1008.2
10Armando Pontecorvo1006.80.9933%14290-31744%1014.4
-Jennifer Lin1004.1-71.91100%676767100%1073.2
-Neil Allerton1002.148.010%424242100%1037.6
11Neil Trentham1002.129.12322%11314-31861%1002.3
-John Therkelsen1002.018.910%333333100%1034.7
-Steve Altus999.819.610%212121100%997.3
-Charlie Garrod998.1-15.110%-21-21-210%966.5
-Laura Tidone996.1-11.110%-66-66-660%931.2
-T.C. Altus995.010.810%-67-67-670%912.0
-Joel Wooldridge994.638.810%-92-92-920%904.2
-Lew Stansby992.428.1250%-46125-21650%932.8
-Alex Hydes991.6-51.510%-152-152-1520%851.1
-JoAnna Stansby991.314.230%-44116-32767%948.1
-Willie Whitaker990.326.110%-173-173-1730%827.5
-Fabio Lo Presti987.029.720%-114-26-2020%884.3
12Ed Levy982.5-36.5850%-38214-27650%959.3
13Andrew Garnett980.7-38.9119%-3269-22355%965.8
-Doris Denny980.1-101.730%-128-40-2280%881.4
14Fabrizio Farnesi978.6-11.97326%-20338-71949%978.6
15Joan Clark977.3-24.53110%-23180-40445%976.7
16Alex Werner972.1-91.840%-12353-29550%874.5
17Luca Cesati Cassin966.9-24.0714%-80148-30129%912.6
18Leonardo Cima868.5-29.0140%-19146-47714%806.0


Hall of Fame, July 2008

Highest scores achieved over the period:

Name Result
 Ben Handley-Pritchard530
 Ben Handley-Pritchard414
 Chris Dixon394
 Doron Limor359
 Martin Garvey352


Hall of Shame, July 2008

Lowest scores over the period:

Name Result
 Fabrizio Farnesi-719
 Anne Jackson-538
 Leonardo Cima-477
 Fabrizio Farnesi-466
 Leonardo Cima-450