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

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Halls of Shame & Fame

Game data

This year

Ladder

Zester and Apple Core Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Previous ladders

January 2010

January 2004—December 2009

Previous game data

January 2010

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, 2010

January: Kit Woolsey

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, January 2010

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st January 2010. Congratulations to Kit Woolsey.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		Kit Woolsey	1056.0	26.8	13	31%	86	477	-221	69%	1087.3
2		Neil Trentham	1041.1	36.2	34	38%	54	299	-337	65%	1041.8
3		Chris Dixon	1028.9	11.4	24	50%	33	285	-300	58%	1031.8
4		JoAnna Stansby	1026.9	8.1	20	20%	40	369	-189	60%	1032.0
5		Lew Stansby	1019.3	17.5	12	42%	40	304	-522	75%	1031.9
-		Andrew Quinton	1016.2	-38.4	1	100%	344	344	344	100%	1287.1
6		Sally Woolsey	1010.0	-11.2	23	39%	14	304	-387	52%	1011.2
7		Ben Handley-Pritchard	1007.5	29.5	6	0%	24	187	-337	83%	1022.9
-		Alex Werner	1006.3	-70.9	1	100%	104	104	104	100%	1111.8
-		Laura de Laurentiis	1005.3	-10.3	2	0%	57	93	20	100%	1046.9
-		Giles Woodruff	1000.3	-4.4	1	0%	17	17	17	100%	1005.7
8		Fabio Lo Presti	1000.1	24.0	24	29%	15	303	-309	67%	1000.1
-		Shireen Mohandes	996.6	-52.7	1	0%	-7	-7	-7	0%	940.3
-		Steve Altus	996.6	10.2	1	0%	-52	-52	-52	0%	939.8
9		Mac Argo	996.2	-138.3	4	25%	-16	208	-101	25%	983.0
10		Laura Tidone	995.9	-10.8	16	19%	6	277	-245	63%	994.5
11		Michael Wilkinson	995.8	-21.2	6	0%	5	85	-54	33%	987.1
12		Anne Jackson	995.5	-15.5	32	22%	6	228	-430	63%	995.4
13		Willie Whitaker	994.1	18.5	42	19%	0	323	-382	55%	994.1
14		Andrew Garnett	993.5	-24.3	19	16%	-4	311	-215	26%	992.1
15		Joan Clark	990.9	-12.1	24	29%	13	213	-253	54%	990.0
-		Mike Rice	980.0	35.1	3	0%	-99	-37	-213	0%	881.0
16		Doron Limor	979.7	36.1	15	20%	-13	182	-163	27%	971.5
17		Carlo Fogaroli	978.4	-39.1	17	24%	-26	291	-241	41%	972.0
18		Doris Denny	973.4	-107.8	6	0%	-56	132	-327	50%	918.9
-		Nicholas Cheung	971.1	-66.2	2	0%	-245	-197	-293	0%	743.3
19		Leonardo Cima	955.6	-81.2	33	27%	-42	287	-432	55%	954.7
20		Jon Rice	951.2	1.4	9	11%	-92	106	-194	11%	897.4
21		Cheryl Frizzell	926.6	-40.5	45	16%	-65	193	-418	29%	926.4

Hall of Fame, January 2010

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Kit Woolsey	477
	JoAnna Stansby	369
	Andrew Quinton	344
	Willie Whitaker	323
	JoAnna Stansby	312

Hall of Shame, January 2010

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Lew Stansby	-522
	Leonardo Cima	-432
	Anne Jackson	-430
	Cheryl Frizzell	-418
	Leonardo Cima	-417