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

February 2009

January 2004—December 2008

Previous game data

January 2009

February 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

February: Willie Whitaker

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, February 2009

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 28th February 2009. Congratulations to Willie Whitaker.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Willie Whitaker	1062.5	23.5	25	36%	61	338	-219	72%	1067.8
2		John Therkelsen	1041.0	30.4	10	40%	74	278	-143	70%	1078.8
3		Mike Rice	1040.5	43.9	9	33%	78	271	-187	78%	1085.2
4		Neil Trentham	1024.8	36.5	24	25%	20	287	-325	71%	1027.2
5		Martin Garvey	1021.8	8.7	15	27%	22	277	-233	60%	1030.7
6		Sally Woolsey	1018.1	-17.2	9	22%	37	159	-241	67%	1038.0
-		Doron Limor	1015.6	28.3	3	33%	76	186	-64	67%	1092.6
7		Giles Woodruff	1015.3	-4.9	7	57%	37	250	-256	57%	1040.3
8		Ben Handley-Pritchard	1008.1	33.4	9	33%	4	303	-444	56%	1017.0
-		Chris Dixon	1006.8	12.9	2	50%	38	138	-63	50%	1060.5
9		Fabio Lo Presti	1006.7	30.4	12	33%	2	235	-375	58%	1011.1
10		Jon Rice	1001.7	9.7	6	0%	-7	116	-239	50%	1005.2
-		Laura Tidone	1001.7	-11.0	2	0%	0	132	-132	50%	1014.9
-		Laura de Laurentiis	999.7	-12.4	2	0%	-20	40	-79	50%	997.5
-		Massoun M ejjeh	998.1	-23.7	1	0%	-57	-57	-57	0%	965.4
11		Kit Woolsey	997.7	11.3	13	23%	-5	267	-463	54%	996.4
-		Guy Campbell	995.5	-28.2	1	0%	-87	-87	-87	0%	920.0
-		Nicholas Cheung	992.6	-53.4	1	0%	-143	-143	-143	0%	868.6
12		Joan Clark	963.3	-16.8	13	15%	-66	120	-366	31%	942.8
13		Leonardo Cima	962.5	-63.1	7	29%	-111	396	-480	29%	901.1
14		Anne Jackson	956.5	-8.7	33	12%	-54	259	-387	42%	955.6
15		Doris Denny	951.5	-106.1	4	0%	-226	-33	-411	0%	782.3

Hall of Fame, February 2009

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Leonardo Cima	396
	Willie Whitaker	338
	Willie Whitaker	318
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	303
	Leonardo Cima	302

Hall of Shame, February 2009

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Leonardo Cima	-480
	Kit Woolsey	-463
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	-444
	Doris Denny	-411
	Anne Jackson	-387