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

August: Chris Dixon

September: John Therkelsen

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, September 2008

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 30th August 2008. Congratulations to John Therkelsen.

Pos Name Rating Current
playing
strength
Games Wins Avg.
score
Highest
score
Lowest
score
Positive
scores
Rating
(old
method)
1John Therkelsen1042.223.51040%94249-6480%1081.1
2Mike Rice1038.829.01533%72255-28073%1054.6
3Neil Trentham1032.831.21250%65240-28875%1054.3
4Kit Woolsey1025.87.1560%135251-1660%1093.3
-Fabrizio Farnesi1021.9-9.4367%139294-367%1130.1
5Ben Handley-Pritchard1016.927.4650%70181-20583%1051.5
-Alex Werner1015.1-70.230%10316556100%1089.7
6Sally Woolsey1011.4-26.6425%77341-11075%1051.4
7Andrew Garnett1009.4-33.41436%26186-47486%1013.8
-Ed Levy1005.3-35.6333%18139-13767%1031.7
-Laura de Laurentiis1003.5-8.3333%28140-6067%1020.6
8Martin Garvey1001.514.750%10214-27860%1005.4
-Carlo Fogaroli999.5-36.230%6106-4633%997.2
-JoAnna Stansby997.711.7250%-1156-15750%979.6
9Jon Rice997.616.41233%17177-38775%996.0
-Annabella Palma994.2-72.5333%-14143-15533%965.3
-Laura Tidone992.2-11.210%-112-112-1120%861.9
-Andy Bowles991.7-2.510%-145-145-1450%853.2
-Chris Dixon990.612.210%-163-163-1630%833.6
-Armando Pontecorvo987.10.410%-183-183-1830%771.3
-Lew Stansby984.726.1333%-49167-20233%908.8
-Lawrence Xu971.9-192.910%-486-486-4860%502.4
10Leonardo Cima966.8-33.2617%-94174-21417%898.8
11Joan Clark952.1-28.02719%-32223-28641%949.3
12Mel Klein950.9-114.880%-9476-36725%885.4
13Doris Denny948.8-99.7140%-69149-24436%924.5
14Anne Jackson941.5-5.92214%-58124-44341%933.5


Hall of Fame, September 2008

Highest scores achieved over the period:

Name Result
 Sally Woolsey341
 Fabrizio Farnesi294
 Mike Rice255
 Kit Woolsey251
 Kit Woolsey250


Hall of Shame, September 2008

Lowest scores over the period:

Name Result
 Lawrence Xu-486
 Andrew Garnett-474
 Anne Jackson-443
 Jon Rice-387
 Mel Klein-367