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 2009

January 2004—December 2008

Previous game data

January 2009

January 2003—December 2007

Barbu Heroes

Largest number of ladder wins

Neil Trentham (11)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

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

Winners, 2009

January: Mike Rice

Winners, 2003-8

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

Ladder, January 2009

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st January 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	1078.9	41.2	48	48%	80	392	-313	73%	1079.0
2		Kit Woolsey	1075.0	12.7	22	45%	97	386	-248	68%	1085.2
3		Ben Handley-Pritchard	1050.1	34.4	16	38%	53	306	-322	63%	1067.5
4		Fabio Lo Presti	1048.8	32.0	14	43%	75	320	-247	71%	1072.0
5		John Therkelsen	1035.8	27.1	4	75%	175	335	-49	75%	1160.7
-		Chris Dixon	1015.8	12.2	3	67%	82	354	-253	67%	1094.0
6		Anne Jackson	1014.8	1.1	24	21%	2	189	-269	54%	1016.2
7		Neil Trentham	1012.0	38.0	42	21%	9	324	-379	50%	1012.1
-		Laura Tidone	1008.6	-11.3	2	50%	92	172	11	100%	1076.7
-		Ben Chosid	1003.6	-35.3	1	0%	69	69	69	100%	1064.1
8		Jon Rice	1002.9	9.9	51	24%	6	319	-313	49%	1002.9
9		Willie Whitaker	1001.0	14.9	37	19%	-5	211	-308	46%	1001.0
10		JoAnna Stansby	1000.7	11.9	5	40%	5	208	-237	60%	1002.7
11		Martin Garvey	998.7	6.2	11	18%	-13	181	-159	55%	997.7
-		Charlie Garrod	997.6	-15.4	2	50%	-1	206	-208	50%	978.5
-		David Grainger	997.5	36.7	1	0%	-42	-42	-42	0%	955.1
12		Joan Clark	996.7	-12.9	46	22%	6	238	-223	50%	996.7
-		Dan Korbel	995.2	21.5	3	0%	-29	8	-93	33%	971.7
-		Laura de Laurentiis	995.2	-12.5	1	0%	-110	-110	-110	0%	915.2
-		Doron Limor	991.7	26.6	1	0%	-134	-134	-134	0%	852.7
13		T.C. Altus	990.8	9.0	7	0%	-24	119	-165	29%	975.8
14		Sally Woolsey	990.4	-20.8	29	24%	-1	324	-340	41%	990.0
-		Guy Campbell	985.6	-27.9	3	0%	-84	27	-293	67%	914.1
-		Annabella Palma	983.8	-74.1	1	0%	-279	-279	-279	0%	713.1
15		Nicholas Cheung	983.0	-52.9	7	43%	-40	275	-443	43%	955.2
16		Raghavendra Rajkumar	983.0	-24.9	4	0%	-69	-18	-168	0%	923.5
-		Alex Werner	982.7	-70.8	2	50%	-157	286	-599	50%	846.2
17		Giles Woodruff	982.4	-7.6	5	40%	-68	276	-257	40%	936.3
18		Lew Stansby	979.5	23.3	4	0%	-84	64	-250	50%	908.1
19		Andrew Garnett	973.6	-34.4	63	19%	-31	362	-360	38%	973.6
-		Richard Probst	968.5	-25.3	3	0%	-181	7	-333	33%	812.6
20		Prahalad Rajkumar	963.9	-24.2	4	0%	-170	-52	-291	0%	838.0
21		Steve Altus	949.9	10.7	8	25%	-116	178	-371	38%	883.2
22		Leonardo Cima	928.7	-60.7	9	0%	-145	153	-501	33%	850.1
23		Doris Denny	908.7	-102.5	13	0%	-131	134	-501	23%	857.8

Hall of Fame, January 2009

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Mike Rice	392
	Kit Woolsey	386
	Andrew Garnett	362
	Andrew Garnett	357
	Mike Rice	355

Hall of Shame, January 2009

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Alex Werner	-599
	Doris Denny	-501
	Leonardo Cima	-501
	Nicholas Cheung	-443
	Doris Denny	-388