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 2010

February 2010

March 2010

January 2004—December 2009

Previous game data

January 2010

February 2010

March 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

February: Doron Limor

March: JoAnna Stansby

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, March 2010

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 28th February 2010. Congratulations to JoAnna Stansby.

Pos		Name	Rating	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	Highest score	Lowest score	Positive scores	Rating (old method)
1		JoAnna Stansby	1035.1	16.3	18	50%	53	325	-333	61%	1044.1
2		Neil Trentham	1029.7	26.1	41	37%	71	371	-262	68%	1029.8
3		Jon Rice	1025.1	5.8	10	30%	55	200	-161	70%	1048.2
4		Willie Whitaker	1017.4	19.9	18	28%	36	300	-228	56%	1021.8
5		Laura de Laurentiis	1016.1	-7.2	4	50%	99	204	0	75%	1072.2
6		Sally Woolsey	1014.8	-13.3	7	29%	38	436	-236	57%	1039.0
-		Carlo Fogaroli	1011.7	-37.4	1	100%	242	242	242	100%	1207.9
-		Prahalad Rajkumar	1009.0	-22.2	1	0%	152	152	152	100%	1160.3
7		Doron Limor	1002.9	33.7	17	35%	26	356	-320	47%	1003.8
-		Fabio Lo Presti	1001.4	24.6	1	0%	22	22	22	100%	1024.3
-		Shireen Mohandes	1001.2	-52.0	1	0%	-2	-2	-2	0%	1021.6
-		Alex Werner	998.7	-67.7	2	0%	-22	29	-72	50%	988.1
8		Anne Jackson	994.5	-8.7	35	20%	11	219	-335	46%	994.5
9		Kit Woolsey	992.8	23.6	6	33%	-11	275	-296	67%	978.2
-		Lew Stansby	988.5	11.1	2	0%	-113	-63	-162	0%	897.7
10		Andrew Garnett	985.1	-20.5	20	20%	-9	434	-296	50%	982.3
-		Ben Handley-Pritchard	984.7	28.5	1	0%	-227	-227	-227	0%	728.9
11		Chris Dixon	972.2	4.1	8	25%	-50	178	-362	25%	935.2
12		Cheryl Frizzell	960.4	-42.6	42	26%	-13	297	-327	48%	960.3
13		Joan Clark	958.2	-15.9	17	6%	-28	242	-409	29%	945.7
14		Leonardo Cima	953.7	-80.9	6	17%	-130	184	-448	33%	859.2
15		Doris Denny	927.7	-102.8	18	22%	-57	147	-317	28%	909.3
16		Mac Argo	866.9	-142.6	24	4%	-126	325	-452	4%	853.8

Hall of Fame, March 2010

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Sally Woolsey	436
	Andrew Garnett	434
	Neil Trentham	371
	Doron Limor	356
	Neil Trentham	355

Hall of Shame, March 2010

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Mac Argo	-452
	Leonardo Cima	-448
	Joan Clark	-409
	Chris Dixon	-362
	Mac Argo	-351