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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.

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

April: Chris Dixon

May: Neil Trentham

June: Ben Handley-Pritchard

July: Ben Handley-Pritchard

August: Ben Handley-Pritchard

September: Willie Whitaker

October: Sally Woolsey

November: Ben Handley-Pritchard

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, November 2010

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 30th November 2010. Congratulations to Ben Handley-Pritchard.

Pos Name Rating Current
playing
strength
Games Wins Avg.
score
Highest
score
Lowest
score
Positive
scores
Rating
(old
method)
1Ben Handley-Pritchard1065.540.03336%73401-18867%1066.8
2Fabio Lo Presti1062.626.51644%90297-11881%1084.4
3Kit Woolsey1043.027.2650%136343-9783%1130.7
4Alan Epley1042.712.12343%60288-23265%1047.7
5Neil Trentham1042.523.14745%54342-33772%1042.6
6JoAnna Stansby1024.218.71145%51287-23164%1043.0
7Steve Altus1023.913.8560%116269-15780%1086.7
8Willie Whitaker1017.622.13020%25412-30160%1018.2
9Lew Stansby1013.99.31233%30200-21458%1023.1
-Shireen Mohandes1009.5-45.010%157157157100%1169.2
10Dean Pokorny1005.6-50.7425%24157-21575%1025.2
-Mike Rice1003.930.6250%7312323100%1034.6
-Nicholas Cheung1002.9-66.910%575757100%1050.6
11Doris Denny1002.2-104.250%30115-2860%1007.9
-Jon Rice1001.518.1250%619130100%1013.4
-Richard Probst1000.2-27.230%-560-6533%1001.3
12Doron Limor998.130.51127%-3219-28255%996.7
-Pat Civale997.9-72.010%-46-46-460%963.0
13Larry Ascher995.2-57.340%1394-7150%978.4
14Anne Jackson994.6-16.33027%-1211-34647%994.4
-Justin Lall991.1-6.510%-183-183-1830%841.7
15Laura Tidone987.0-3.43327%-3213-30755%986.8
16Chris Dixon985.611.52818%-4213-37557%984.8
-Francois Picard984.7-40.310%-261-261-2610%728.5
-James Krot983.2-257.610%-305-305-3050%702.1
17Sally Woolsey981.01.41217%-23319-26533%968.5
-Keiran Crowe-Mai978.8-222.910%-350-350-3500%623.3
18Jay Korobow978.2-0.61932%-22232-36342%973.4
19Joan Clark976.0-10.81533%-27220-26647%966.2
-Leonardo Cima971.8-94.110%-507-507-5070%499.1
-Andrew Garnett969.8-28.320%-263-209-3170%731.0
20Ed Levy965.5-43.940%-156-22-3780%845.3
21Rita Smith964.7-37.23811%-33276-25039%964.4
-Kevin Epley964.4-224.220%-323-249-3960%683.0
22Carlo Fogaroli953.7-41.0140%-73109-33650%931.8
23Tom Townsend951.1-80.280%-10596-33325%885.8
24Michael Wilkinson943.1-22.880%-10995-41538%867.1
25Christophe Grosset937.4-77.8140%-80154-30636%907.6
26Diana Tenery-Ascher922.6-120.11916%-91151-31632%905.7


Hall of Fame, November 2010

Highest scores achieved over the period:

Name Result
 Willie Whitaker412
 Ben Handley-Pritchard401
 Ben Handley-Pritchard356
 Kit Woolsey343
 Neil Trentham342


Hall of Shame, November 2010

Lowest scores over the period:

Name Result
 Leonardo Cima-507
 Michael Wilkinson-415
 Kevin Epley-396
 Ed Levy-378
 Chris Dixon-375