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

March 2009

January 2004—December 2008

Previous game data

January 2009

February 2009

March 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

March: Doron Limor

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, March 2009

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st March 2009. Congratulations to Doron Limor on his first win.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Doron Limor	1068.7	41.2	38	37%	66	405	-297	66%	1069.2
2		Neil Trentham	1062.0	41.9	30	33%	56	315	-331	67%	1064.2
3		Joan Clark	1036.4	-9.3	18	33%	55	212	-203	67%	1045.7
4		Kit Woolsey	1019.3	13.3	8	25%	46	306	-118	38%	1045.0
5		Anne Jackson	1015.4	-4.5	28	18%	11	428	-252	43%	1016.2
6		Willie Whitaker	1009.8	21.1	28	25%	-2	242	-376	50%	1010.3
-		Raghavendra Rajkumar	1009.3	-22.8	1	100%	154	154	154	100%	1164.2
-		Fabio Lo Presti	1006.7	30.8	3	33%	30	230	-93	33%	1039.8
7		Giles Woodruff	1006.4	-3.4	10	20%	7	246	-376	60%	1012.2
-		Jon Rice	1005.2	11.5	1	100%	80	80	80	100%	1091.8
8		John Therkelsen	1004.9	27.2	21	33%	3	402	-371	52%	1005.7
-		Charlie Garrod	1001.7	-14.4	1	0%	36	36	36	100%	1030.3
-		Martin Garvey	1000.5	9.9	1	0%	-3	-3	-3	0%	1009.2
-		Fabrizio Farnesi	994.0	-13.1	1	0%	-7	-7	-7	0%	894.1
9		Leonardo Cima	989.2	-60.3	8	38%	-24	290	-386	50%	974.9
10		Ben Handley-Pritchard	987.8	29.5	10	10%	-36	145	-325	40%	976.5
-		Ben Chosid	986.4	-38.0	2	0%	-106	-25	-187	0%	879.1
11		Mike Rice	981.2	37.4	14	14%	-43	238	-343	29%	972.3
12		Sally Woolsey	977.0	-18.2	22	18%	-31	297	-505	41%	973.9
-		Tony Nunn	973.6	-1.1	2	0%	-233	-112	-354	0%	764.9
-		Mac Argo	971.5	-205.0	2	50%	-235	142	-611	50%	746.6
-		Nicholas Cheung	971.2	-56.6	1	0%	-483	-483	-483	0%	489.8
13		Doris Denny	958.2	-107.0	6	17%	-117	211	-350	33%	872.8
-		Andrew Quinton	957.5	-41.0	3	0%	-252	-213	-290	0%	747.3
14		Cheryl Frizzell	941.7	-90.7	13	0%	-103	47	-348	23%	909.2

Hall of Fame, March 2009

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Anne Jackson	428
	Doron Limor	405
	John Therkelsen	402
	Doron Limor	366
	Anne Jackson	334

Hall of Shame, March 2009

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Mac Argo	-611
	Sally Woolsey	-505
	Nicholas Cheung	-483
	Leonardo Cima	-386
	Willie Whitaker	-376