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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

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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.

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, January 2011

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st January 2011. Congratulations to Chris Dixon.

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	Chris Dixon	1067.3	23.6	24	54%	104.0	324	-132	83%	-30.1	73.9
2	Neil Trentham	1062.3	31.8	31	48%	75.4	367	-168	71%	-11.2	64.2
3	Willie Whitaker	1032.7	24.7	35	26%	42.0	332	-289	60%	-8.8	33.2
4	Steve Altus	1031.9	22.9	16	38%	40.4	260	-165	63%	2.6	43.0
5	Alan Epley	1027.0	14.6	36	33%	34.2	366	-369	53%	-6.9	27.3
6	Kit Woolsey	1025.0	25.4	20	25%	32.9	222	-166	60%	-3.2	29.6
7	JoAnna Stansby	1014.3	20.2	14	43%	34.9	359	-245	57%	-13.8	21.2
-	Ed Levy	1013.2	-41.3	3	67%	90.0	271	-195	67%	-11.2	78.8
-	Fabio Lo Presti	1010.7	29.1	2	50%	90.5	241	-60	50%	4.6	95.1
-	Richard Probst	1008.7	-27.9	2	0%	105.5	182	29	100%	-28.0	77.5
-	Larry Ascher	1006.3	-55.6	1	100%	158.0	158	158	100%	-46.9	111.1
-	Dave Brower	1003.8	-120.9	1	100%	59.0	59	59	100%	9.2	68.2
-	Dan Korbel	1000.7	20.7	1	0%	37.0	37	37	100%	-25.4	11.6
-	Doron Limor	998.3	21.1	1	0%	-33.0	-33	-33	0%	3.4	-29.6
-	Prahalad Rajkumar	995.5	-24.9	2	0%	-20.5	207	-248	50%	-19.9	-40.4
8	Lew Stansby	994.4	1.2	15	20%	-1.3	165	-153	47%	-6.6	-7.9
9	T.C. Altus	994.3	3.6	15	20%	-13.7	216	-208	53%	5.6	-8.0
-	Mike Rice	993.8	29.9	2	0%	-43.5	98	-185	50%	-11.6	-55.1
10	Anne Jackson	993.6	-9.5	27	22%	-6.4	216	-187	48%	-0.4	-6.8
-	Armando Pontecorvo	992.5	-0.6	3	33%	-49.7	104	-201	33%	5.0	-44.6
11	Ben Handley-Pritchard	992.2	33.9	30	20%	10.4	194	-256	57%	-18.5	-8.1
12	Laura Tidone	990.8	-3.1	50	26%	7.9	335	-258	52%	-17.2	-9.2
13	Joan Clark	989.3	-9.5	14	21%	9.6	161	-199	36%	-25.3	-15.7
14	Jay Korobow	985.5	-7.2	19	11%	-13.7	197	-323	63%	-4.0	-17.7
-	Andrew Garnett	985.1	-29.1	3	0%	-91.0	-23	-130	0%	2.2	-88.8
-	Kevin Epley	983.7	-307.1	1	0%	-298.0	-298	-298	0%	8.8	-289.2
15	Dean Pokorny	979.5	-38.4	22	32%	-18.1	331	-379	36%	-5.2	-23.3
16	Sally Woolsey	975.6	0.4	28	25%	-28.3	184	-348	50%	2.7	-25.6
-	Michael Wilkinson	973.5	-23.3	3	33%	-164.0	127	-364	33%	6.1	-157.9
17	Justin Lall	972.7	-28.5	10	20%	-45.9	200	-221	40%	-6.6	-52.5
18	Alex Hydes	970.1	-51.5	7	43%	-56.7	194	-372	43%	-22.2	-78.9
19	Doris Denny	963.2	-107.2	7	0%	-84.4	58	-207	14%	-12.5	-96.9
20	Carlo Fogaroli	961.3	-44.4	21	24%	-33.5	306	-303	52%	-11.4	-44.9
21	Tom Townsend	959.9	-56.9	29	17%	-35.4	349	-530	48%	-6.3	-41.7
22	Rita Smith	945.3	-39.0	47	9%	-46.0	172	-421	28%	-8.7	-54.7
23	Leonardo Cima	934.8	-98.4	11	0%	-112.5	115	-416	18%	-3.3	-115.8
24	Diana Tenery-Ascher	924.8	-131.5	11	0%	-116.8	117	-353	18%	-16.7	-133.6

Hall of Fame, January 2011

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Neil Trentham	367
	Alan Epley	366
	JoAnna Stansby	359
	Tom Townsend	349
	Laura Tidone	335

Hall of Shame, January 2011

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Tom Townsend	-530
	Rita Smith	-421
	Leonardo Cima	-416
	Dean Pokorny	-379
	Alex Hydes	-372

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