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 2004—December 2009

Previous game data

January 2003—December 2009

Barbu Heroes

Largest number of ladder wins

Neil Trentham (14)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

Kit Woolsey: +275 at Dominoes, subsequently equalled by Jon Rice

Winners, 2003-9

2009 ladder: Mike Rice

2009 “Zester”: Doron Limor

2009 “Apple core”: Michael Wilkinson

2008 ladder: John Therkelsen

2008 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2008 “Apple core”: Fabio Lo Presti

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 (twice), Fabrizio Farnesi, Martin Garvey (five times), Ben Handley-Pritchard (twice), Graham Hazel, Anne Jackson, Doron Limor (five times), Francesco Mazzadi (twice), Joon Pahk, Armando Pontecorvo (three times), Richard Probst, Jérome Rombaut (twice), Jon Rice, Mike Rice (six times), JoAnna Stansby (twice), Lew Stansby (three times), John Therkelsen (five times), Laura Tidone (twice), Neil Trentham (fourteen times), Willie Whitaker (six times), Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (twice)

Ladder, 2009

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st December 2009. Congratulations to Mike Rice.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Mike Rice	1058.9	38.3	78	38%	56	392	-343	63%	1058.9
2		Doron Limor	1046.2	43.5	274	37%	61	494	-297	66%	1046.2
3		John Therkelsen	1043.7	28.2	35	40%	43	402	-371	60%	1044.3
4		Kit Woolsey	1038.0	20.9	124	36%	45	386	-463	58%	1038.0
5		Fabio Lo Presti	1031.6	28.6	50	30%	31	320	-375	58%	1031.6
6		Ben Handley-Pritchard	1030.1	29.9	66	29%	23	314	-444	55%	1030.1
7		Neil Trentham	1029.6	35.0	343	31%	41	409	-427	62%	1029.6
8		Willie Whitaker	1026.9	25.8	307	31%	34	383	-487	61%	1026.9
9		Michael Wilkinson	1022.8	-21.5	25	36%	25	228	-309	60%	1024.7
-		Carlo Fogaroli	1018.3	-40.6	9	44%	29	245	-206	56%	1038.5
10		Martin Garvey	1013.5	10.9	115	25%	22	395	-406	58%	1013.5
11		Laura Tidone	1002.6	-11.3	12	17%	0	172	-199	58%	1004.3
-		Charlie Garrod	1002.2	-12.5	10	30%	7	206	-208	50%	1004.1
-		Alex Hydes	1001.8	-44.9	1	0%	18	18	18	100%	1031.2
12		Jon Rice	1000.6	8.1	66	23%	3	319	-313	48%	1000.6
-		Shireen Mohandes	999.5	-52.6	3	0%	-6	44	-55	33%	997.0
13		Laura de Laurentiis	999.2	-11.0	15	20%	5	303	-170	40%	998.8
14		Giles Woodruff	999.0	-3.2	23	35%	-6	276	-376	52%	998.9
-		Massoun M ejjeh	998.0	-21.5	1	0%	-57	-57	-57	0%	965.4
-		David Grainger	997.5	39.0	1	0%	-42	-42	-42	0%	955.1
15		Chris Dixon	997.2	7.5	28	36%	-2	354	-470	57%	997.1
-		Dan Korbel	995.2	23.7	3	0%	-29	8	-93	33%	971.7
-		Guy Campbell	994.3	-26.2	6	0%	-18	207	-293	67%	982.5
-		Fabrizio Farnesi	994.0	-12.1	1	0%	-7	-7	-7	0%	894.0
-		Giuseppe Failla	992.7	-65.2	1	0%	-104	-104	-104	0%	870.8
-		Raghavendra Rajkumar	992.2	-21.8	5	20%	-24	154	-168	20%	971.6
-		T.C. Altus	990.8	11.2	7	0%	-24	119	-165	29%	975.7
-		Andy Bowles	989.5	-3.8	2	0%	-88	6	-181	50%	906.8
16		Sally Woolsey	988.6	-14.7	189	26%	-10	324	-505	47%	988.6
17		Joan Clark	987.9	-12.6	343	25%	5	323	-535	53%	987.9
18		Andrew Garnett	987.5	-26.4	77	19%	-17	362	-360	42%	987.5
19		Anne Jackson	986.7	-17.5	327	19%	-8	428	-387	49%	986.7
-		Tony Nunn	985.7	0.7	6	17%	-42	152	-354	50%	956.5
-		Dan Hoffenberg	985.3	-28.7	2	0%	-131	-53	-208	0%	869.4
-		Ben Chosid	985.1	-34.1	11	36%	-11	167	-508	55%	973.6
-		Annabella Palma	983.8	-71.9	1	0%	-279	-279	-279	0%	713.1
-		Lawrence Xu	979.3	-193.4	2	0%	-177	-49	-305	0%	815.6
-		Armando Pontecorvo	978.5	-2.9	5	0%	-70	69	-234	20%	922.3
20		Lew Stansby	972.5	15.8	27	22%	-10	295	-270	56%	970.8
-		Jimb Esser	965.6	-120.8	1	0%	-569	-569	-569	0%	389.7
-		Prahalad Rajkumar	965.3	-22.4	6	17%	-108	179	-291	17%	894.4
21		JoAnna Stansby	964.1	5.0	19	32%	-34	245	-391	47%	956.3
22		Cheryl Frizzell	959.7	-28.2	364	17%	-35	389	-634	45%	959.7
-		Andrew Quinton	957.5	-39.9	3	0%	-252	-213	-290	0%	747.2
-		Alex Werner	957.3	-76.3	6	17%	-125	286	-599	33%	870.1
-		Steve Altus	949.9	12.9	8	25%	-116	178	-371	38%	883.1
-		Richard Probst	938.5	-29.4	6	17%	-189	67	-493	33%	812.9
23		Nicholas Cheung	892.4	-63.4	20	20%	-115	275	-483	30%	872.3
24		Doris Denny	880.4	-109.0	102	6%	-98	223	-501	25%	880.4
25		Leonardo Cima	876.3	-91.6	87	14%	-122	396	-527	29%	876.3
26		Mac Argo	870.5	-144.2	97	12%	-112	253	-778	29%	870.5

Hall of Fame, 2009

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Doron Limor	494
	Doron Limor	480
	Anne Jackson	428
	Doron Limor	411
	Neil Trentham	409

Hall of Shame, 2009

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Mac Argo	-778
	Cheryl Frizzell	-634
	Mac Argo	-611
	Mac Argo	-604
	Alex Werner	-599