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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.

Chris Dixon, for sorting out the problem with serving that had been causing anguish for five years.

Steve Altus, David Beer, Lew Stansby, Neil Trentham and Giles Woodruff, for providing advice and comments on the ranking system.

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 2010

Previous game data

January 2003—December 2010

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, 2003-10

2010 ladder: Steve Altus

2010 “Zester”: Andrew Garnett

2010 “Apple core”: Steve Altus

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

Ladder, 2010

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st December 2010. Congratulations to Steve Altus, and bad luck to Ben Handley-Pritchard.

Pos	Name	Ladder score	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Avg. playing strengh of opponents	Avg. score adj. for opponents' strength
1	Steve Altus	1053.4	20.6	39	41%	60.2	313	-174	62%	-6.5	53.7
2	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1050.4	45.1	163	31%	59.8	493	-337	68%	-9.4	50.4
-	Tony Nunn	1045.9	14.6	5	80%	179.6	364	-39	80%	-13.5	166.1
3	Kit Woolsey	1031.8	25.0	93	33%	35.7	477	-476	66%	-3.9	31.8
-	Armando Pontecorvo	1030.1	0.5	4	50%	134.0	174	85	100%	1.3	135.3
4	JoAnna Stansby	1029.0	20.2	153	33%	34.1	369	-419	61%	-5.2	29.0
5	Jon Rice	1028.7	20.0	85	32%	38.4	381	-363	56%	-9.8	28.7
6	Laura de Laurentiis	1026.4	12.4	17	29%	40.5	334	-164	59%	-6.3	34.3
7	Fabio Lo Presti	1025.0	28.4	61	38%	36.4	375	-399	70%	-11.4	25.0
8	Neil Trentham	1020.6	24.9	461	34%	38.7	380	-437	64%	-18.1	20.6
9	Willie Whitaker	1019.1	23.1	262	29%	28.7	412	-382	58%	-9.6	19.1
10	Chris Dixon	1016.2	14.8	298	34%	26.7	373	-375	57%	-10.5	16.2
11	Sally Woolsey	1013.0	5.8	153	33%	17.2	436	-611	55%	-4.3	13.0
-	Andrew Quinton	1010.7	-32.1	5	60%	86.0	344	-133	60%	-47.4	38.6
-	Matt Lahut	1009.4	-103.2	1	0%	161.0	161	161	100%	5.9	166.9
-	Susie Korbel	1006.1	-8.4	1	0%	118.0	118	118	100%	-9.4	108.6
-	Maciej Szczerczak	1004.9	27.9	1	0%	70.0	70	70	100%	17.2	87.2
12	Alan Epley	1004.7	8.2	139	25%	8.7	396	-451	52%	-4.0	4.7
13	Laura Tidone	1004.6	-0.5	154	29%	16.2	318	-438	57%	-11.6	4.6
-	Neil Allerton	1002.6	54.6	1	0%	42.0	42	42	100%	4.4	46.4
14	Doron Limor	1001.8	21.6	95	25%	12.6	356	-320	53%	-10.8	1.8
-	Ben Chosid	1001.8	-23.9	1	0%	72.0	72	72	100%	-40.3	31.7
-	Lawrence Xu	1001.6	-174.0	2	0%	30.5	78	-17	50%	-16.1	14.4
-	Pete Whipple	999.5	-79.4	1	0%	43.0	43	43	100%	-52.6	-9.6
-	Dan Korbel	999.1	30.2	1	0%	13.0	13	13	100%	-29.1	-16.1
-	Andy Bowles	998.6	-3.0	1	0%	-42.0	-42	-42	0%	17.4	-24.6
-	Claudio Marini	998.0	-65.7	1	0%	-28.0	-28	-28	0%	-8.0	-36.0
-	Kamalini Trentham	997.1	7.1	1	0%	-92.0	-92	-92	0%	40.9	-51.1
-	Mark Abraham	996.5	-0.5	1	0%	-53.0	-53	-53	0%	-8.7	-61.7
-	Jason Rosenfeld	995.4	-44.2	1	0%	-86.0	-86	-86	0%	3.5	-82.5
-	Ognjen Stanicic	993.5	-5.8	2	0%	-72.0	52	-196	50%	13.9	-58.1
15	Jay Korobow	993.4	-4.0	101	33%	2.1	274	-363	56%	-8.7	-6.6
-	Richard Probst	993.0	-29.5	6	17%	-19.7	244	-184	33%	-1.6	-21.2
-	Larry Ascher	992.6	-55.4	5	0%	11.6	94	-71	60%	-38.2	-26.6
16	Lew Stansby	992.3	2.4	95	26%	-2.8	304	-522	53%	-4.9	-7.7
17	Massoun M ejjeh	991.9	-21.4	18	22%	-2.3	250	-303	56%	-7.8	-10.2
-	Prahalad Rajkumar	991.3	-13.9	4	0%	-40.8	152	-223	50%	1.8	-38.9
-	Drew Hoskins	991.2	-31.2	2	0%	-58.5	-44	-73	0%	-19.8	-78.3
18	Joan Clark	990.1	-9.4	280	25%	1.9	389	-409	54%	-11.8	-9.9
-	Jenni Hartsman Carmichael	989.4	-30.6	1	0%	-177.0	-177	-177	0%	-11.2	-188.2
19	Anne Jackson	989.1	-9.8	321	22%	-1.5	312	-430	50%	-9.4	-10.9
20	T.C. Altus	988.2	5.0	23	17%	-10.6	311	-241	48%	-2.6	-13.2
21	Shireen Mohandes	987.9	-45.3	20	15%	-10.3	224	-245	30%	-4.1	-14.3
-	Simon Hodgkin	987.8	-25.9	1	0%	-257.0	-257	-257	0%	40.9	-216.1
-	Alex Werner	985.0	-60.0	4	25%	-75.8	104	-364	50%	8.5	-67.3
-	Francois Picard	984.7	-38.5	1	0%	-261.0	-261	-261	0%	-10.5	-271.5
-	Charlie Garrod	984.4	1.7	1	0%	-235.0	-235	-235	0%	-42.2	-277.2
-	Alex Hydes	983.7	-43.2	7	0%	-41.4	83	-175	43%	-1.4	-42.8
22	Michael Wilkinson	982.9	-20.3	62	23%	-8.0	259	-415	50%	-9.1	-17.1
-	Justin Lall	981.6	-14.9	2	0%	-176.0	-169	-183	0%	12.8	-163.2
-	Jennifer Lin	980.7	-72.9	4	25%	-91.3	21	-160	25%	4.5	-86.8
-	Giles Woodruff	979.7	-0.6	9	11%	-37.8	227	-284	44%	-4.9	-42.7
23	Mike Rice	977.0	31.2	15	27%	-8.5	123	-213	40%	-23.8	-32.3
24	Andrew Garnett	973.4	-25.9	164	21%	-21.4	477	-726	47%	-5.2	-26.6
-	Ellena Moskovsky	973.2	-93.8	1	0%	-475.0	-475	-475	0%	0.0	-475.0
25	Rita Smith	962.1	-33.0	463	15%	-30.4	325	-563	42%	-7.5	-37.9
-	James Krot	957.5	-255.8	3	0%	-226.7	-184	-305	0%	-26.5	-253.2
26	Carlo Fogaroli	955.0	-44.0	86	16%	-41.9	291	-354	44%	-3.1	-45.0
-	Sophie King	953.3	-157.9	4	0%	-204.3	-104	-326	0%	-5.2	-209.5
-	Dave Brower	951.6	-132.9	5	0%	-146.8	-9	-308	0%	-28.3	-175.1
27	Dean Pokorny	951.1	-44.0	54	15%	-50.4	251	-416	35%	1.5	-48.9
28	Pat Civale	945.3	-70.1	16	6%	-61.1	129	-208	31%	-12.6	-73.7
-	Adam Grossack	944.1	-101.9	9	0%	-115.6	72	-360	22%	-2.1	-117.6
-	Nicholas Cheung	943.2	-66.7	7	14%	-135.6	117	-500	29%	-14.0	-149.6
-	Keiran Crowe-Mai	938.0	-221.1	5	0%	-210.2	-103	-350	0%	-14.1	-224.3
29	Christophe Grosset	932.9	-76.0	22	0%	-63.1	154	-306	36%	-13.2	-76.3
30	Tom Townsend	926.8	-74.1	29	7%	-73.0	240	-333	38%	-3.3	-76.2
31	Ed Levy	924.8	-42.7	30	10%	-79.6	307	-378	27%	1.8	-77.8
-	Kevin Epley	913.8	-309.6	5	0%	-308.4	-40	-475	0%	-3.6	-312.0
32	Leonardo Cima	908.5	-96.7	97	13%	-89.1	287	-564	39%	-2.4	-91.5
33	Doris Denny	896.6	-107.6	80	9%	-84.6	215	-380	25%	-18.8	-103.4
34	Diana Tenery-Ascher	871.5	-131.1	32	16%	-130.0	217	-682	28%	-1.6	-131.6
35	Mac Argo	851.3	-131.7	59	3%	-134.9	325	-571	12%	-13.8	-148.7

Hall of Fame, 2010

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	493
	Kit Woolsey	477
	Andrew Garnett	477
	Andrew Garnett	463
	Sally Woolsey	436

Hall of Shame, 2010

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Andrew Garnett	-726
	Diana Tenery-Ascher	-682
	Sally Woolsey	-611
	Mac Argo	-571
	Leonardo Cima	-564