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Submitting results

Ladder results should be sent to results@barbu.co.uk

 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”).

Each player’s name should either be a recognised alias, their full name, or an abbreviation which will be understood by the software.  The existing players already use a name which will be understood by the software, so there will rarely be any need to change the names.  If you send us a result that involves a new player, please let us know.

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 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

January 2004-December 2011

Previous game data

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

January 2003-December 2011

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, 2012

January: Ben Handley-Pritchard

February: Steven De Donder

March: Ben Handley-Pritchard

April: Neil Trentham

May: Ben Handley-Pritchard

Winners, 2003-11

2011 ladder: Fabio Lo Presti

2011 “Zester”: Willie Whitaker

2011 “Apple core”: Steve Altus

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 (four times), Alan Epley (twice), Fabrizio Farnesi, Martin Garvey (five times), Ben Handley-Pritchard (10 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 (four times), Lew Stansby (three times), John Therkelsen (five times), Laura Tidone (twice), Neil Trentham (16 times), Willie Whitaker (10 times), Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (three times), Sally Woolsey

Ladder, May 2005

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st May 2012. Congratulations to Ben Handley-Pritchard.

(Two missing results were added on 10th June 2012.)

Pos	Name	Ladder score	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	High score	Low score	Positive scores	Avg. playing strengh of oppo	Avg. score adj. for oppo's strength
1	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1042.8	49.1	50	42%	82.8	502	-268	74%	-40.0	42.8
2	Anne Jackson	1033.0	5.9	43	37%	65.7	317	-318	74%	-32.6	33.1
3	Michael Wilkinson	1028.6	-14.6	7	43%	115.1	259	-9	86%	-39.7	75.4
4	Richard Probst	1016.9	-9.1	12	42%	68.6	253	-298	75%	-40.6	28.0
5	Chris Dixon	1013.5	17.1	56	30%	53.2	461	-237	68%	-39.7	13.5
-	Irene Baroni	1002.7	-50.2	4	25%	54.8	146	-74	75%	-42.8	11.9
-	Jay Korobow	1002.6	3.0	4	50%	55.8	168	-34	75%	-44.1	11.6
-	Nicholas Cheung	1002.5	-49.5	2	50%	68.0	116	20	100%	-46.0	22.0
-	Daryu Aliotuus	1002.0	-124.5	4	25%	95.3	348	-191	75%	-86.4	8.9
-	Tom Townsend	999.9	-9.8	4	25%	17.5	293	-101	25%	-18.0	-0.5
6	Fabrizio Farnesi	999.7	-9.1	63	33%	48.0	478	-271	62%	-48.3	-0.3
-	Shireen Mohandes	998.1	-35.5	1	0%	25.0	25	25	100%	-58.9	-33.9
-	Armando Pontecorvo	997.4	8.0	2	0%	-26.0	-9	-43	0%	3.0	-23.0
-	Raf Vermeiren	996.9	-162.2	1	0%	-30.0	-30	-30	0%	-25.4	-55.4
7	Goran Cekol	996.3	-35.2	27	22%	46.0	304	-340	70%	-50.0	-4.0
8	Kit Woolsey	996.2	21.2	9	33%	55.0	337	-233	56%	-62.9	-7.9
9	Alan Epley	995.5	18.0	11	36%	49.3	409	-186	64%	-57.2	-7.9
-	Fabio Lo Presti	993.4	28.2	4	50%	3.5	197	-280	75%	-33.0	-29.5
-	Steve De Roos	991.5	-37.0	2	0%	-23.0	8	-54	50%	-52.6	-75.6
10	Carlo Fogaroli	990.7	-26.4	36	28%	24.1	412	-307	56%	-33.5	-9.4
-	Vedran Zoric	990.4	-31.1	1	0%	-82.0	-82	-82	0%	-88.6	-170.6
-	John Rebardo	990.4	-20.3	1	0%	-85.0	-85	-85	0%	-85.7	-170.7
11	Alessio Isaia	990.3	-13.8	45	31%	48.6	324	-219	64%	-58.3	-9.7
12	Giuseppe Delle Cave	989.6	-31.2	17	59%	65.2	235	-167	59%	-78.7	-13.5
-	Ed Levy	988.7	-19.1	2	50%	-54.5	161	-270	50%	-45.8	-100.3
-	Aldo Gerli	987.9	-140.9	1	0%	-142.0	-142	-142	0%	-72.9	-214.9
13	Nicole Gilmore	987.7	-33.7	9	11%	38.1	300	-230	67%	-63.9	-25.8
14	Steven De Donder	985.2	25.7	20	35%	24.2	394	-316	65%	-41.7	-17.5
-	Una Pecina-Milisavljevic	983.8	-42.5	2	0%	-127.5	-72	-183	0%	-16.4	-143.9
15	Chris Willenken	983.7	-34.5	14	29%	17.2	265	-300	64%	-41.2	-24.0
16	Alessandro Vanoglio	982.5	-32.1	68	32%	31.3	388	-471	65%	-48.8	-17.5
-	Bryan Delfs	982.1	-88.9	4	25%	-37.8	126	-219	50%	-42.6	-80.3
-	Beryl Dorscht	982.0	-211.9	2	0%	-123.5	121	-368	50%	-36.7	-160.2
17	Dean Pokorny	981.5	-38.7	75	33%	20.5	350	-532	59%	-39.0	-18.5
18	Federico Iavicoli	980.0	-43.9	85	35%	49.4	365	-336	62%	-69.4	-20.0
19	Joan Clark	979.9	-19.1	28	25%	29.5	371	-236	43%	-50.6	-21.1
-	Steve Altus	979.3	24.4	3	33%	-60.3	117	-229	33%	-62.8	-123.2
-	Alessio Di Cesare	979.2	14.4	1	0%	-286.0	-286	-286	0%	-83.6	-369.6
20	Laura Tidone	976.0	-2.1	36	14%	12.6	318	-298	56%	-36.9	-24.3
21	John Parsons	973.6	-41.8	51	31%	28.8	406	-467	53%	-55.2	-26.4
-	Matthias Huberschwiller	973.1	-40.3	2	0%	-199.5	29	-428	50%	-39.9	-239.4
22	Marco Prestini	972.1	-45.6	18	33%	8.2	235	-338	61%	-43.1	-35.0
23	Thomas Joannès	971.4	-47.0	14	29%	5.2	178	-436	64%	-47.5	-42.2
24	Dana Berkowitz	970.0	-69.8	15	27%	22.7	227	-171	60%	-65.0	-42.2
25	Krisztina Ormay	968.2	-68.7	32	25%	7.0	458	-358	56%	-39.5	-32.5
26	Pat Civale	967.8	-36.5	34	24%	36.3	350	-226	65%	-69.0	-32.7
-	Pietro Campanile	967.0	-147.7	3	0%	-153.0	-4	-396	0%	-43.5	-196.5
27	Georgio Sigon	965.0	-61.4	11	36%	-10.8	251	-366	55%	-51.4	-62.2
28	Franco Garbosi	964.3	-93.7	7	14%	-8.1	169	-115	43%	-86.0	-94.1
29	Spiros Liarakos	962.2	-47.1	9	22%	-36.7	195	-341	33%	-42.9	-79.6
30	Leonardo Cima	961.6	-80.3	27	33%	16.6	350	-391	63%	-57.3	-40.7
-	Corey Robinson	959.5	-89.6	5	0%	-57.4	59	-202	40%	-89.2	-146.6
31	Neil Trentham	958.8	29.3	39	23%	-0.4	364	-355	51%	-41.1	-41.4
32	Sally Woolsey	955.1	-1.4	9	11%	-24.3	214	-146	33%	-70.1	-94.5
-	Anaranjaverde	950.8	-171.9	1	0%	-776.0	-776	-776	0%	-96.0	-872.0
33	Theodore Hwa	945.8	-112.9	9	0%	-52.3	142	-318	33%	-61.7	-114.0
34	Andrea Dato	945.1	-59.8	6	0%	-108.5	73	-268	17%	-58.4	-166.9
35	Umberto Prestini	943.4	-77.0	31	26%	2.7	244	-476	55%	-60.9	-58.3
36	Migry Zur Campanile	943.4	-53.4	66	21%	-5.1	243	-393	52%	-51.5	-56.6
-	Bob Drijver	939.7	-171.0	2	0%	-517.5	-471	-564	0%	-19.1	-536.6
37	Rita Smith	935.3	-37.2	44	20%	13.5	260	-306	57%	-78.3	-64.8
38	Mauro Stivoli	915.6	-59.9	18	22%	-35.0	288	-410	50%	-70.9	-105.9
39	Andrea Bulgari	904.7	-179.0	8	0%	-171.3	-56	-381	0%	-51.3	-222.5
40	Cinzia Giordano	896.5	-99.8	66	15%	-60.8	324	-454	35%	-42.7	-103.5
41	Doris Denny	886.6	-100.1	24	13%	-41.0	185	-517	54%	-83.6	-124.5
42	Roger Berry	880.1	-194.1	10	0%	-153.6	11	-552	10%	-76.7	-230.3
43	Manuela Schiano	877.6	-120.1	92	15%	-66.4	292	-439	38%	-56.0	-122.4
44	Joseph Schmitz	861.5	-169.6	23	9%	-118.0	134	-652	35%	-36.5	-154.5
45	Stan Schenker	859.0	-121.3	54	13%	-82.7	258	-370	31%	-58.3	-141.1
46	Beatrice Dixon	846.2	-170.4	54	7%	-106.4	165	-659	39%	-47.4	-153.8
47	Sabina Schiano	835.2	-222.2	16	0%	-158.6	159	-565	25%	-63.4	-222.0

Hall of Fame, May 2012

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	502
	Fabrizio Farnesi	478
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	466
	Fabrizio Farnesi	462
	Chris Dixon	461

Hall of Shame, May 2012

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Anaranjaverde	-776
	Beatrice Dixon	-659
	Joseph Schmitz	-652
	Joseph Schmitz	-641
	Sabina Schiano	-565