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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 2013

February 2013

January 2004-December 2012

Previous game data

January 2013

February 2013

January 2003-December 2012

Barbu Heroes

Largest number of monthly ladder wins

Neil Trentham (18)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

Kit Woolsey: +275 at Dominoes, subsequently equalled by Jon Rice

Winners, 2013

January: Alan Epley

February: Ben Handley-Pritchard

Winners, 2003-12

2012 ladder: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2012 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

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), Steven De Donder (twice), Alan Epley (twice), Fabrizio Farnesi, Franco Garbosi, Martin Garvey (five times), Ben Handley-Pritchard (13 times), Graham Hazel, Anne Jackson (twice), Doron Limor (seven 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 (18 times), Willie Whitaker (10 times), Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (four times), Sally Woolsey

Ladder, February 2013

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 28th February 2013. Congratulations to Ben Handley-Pritchard.

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	1179.2	155.1	46	43%	107.6	416	-386	76%	71.8	179.4
2	Dean Pokorny	1128.2	112.8	106	33%	49.7	348	-337	67%	78.5	128.2
3	Goran Cekol	1119.7	96.0	28	39%	44.8	459	-454	54%	81.0	125.7
4	Chris Willenken	1118.3	99.0	16	38%	93.6	380	-220	69%	65.8	159.3
5	Federico Iavicoli	1114.8	106.9	28	39%	46.2	238	-316	71%	74.3	120.6
6	Doron Limor	1104.4	136.6	24	29%	15.3	369	-269	50%	99.4	114.6
7	Alan Epley	1096.1	118.5	32	34%	19.7	420	-336	56%	78.7	98.4
8	Chris Dixon	1093.5	110.5	21	38%	36.3	344	-388	62%	72.1	108.4
9	Dana Berkowitz	1087.4	78.3	19	26%	32.1	296	-243	53%	74.4	106.5
10	Anne Jackson	1084.6	77.3	39	18%	5.2	427	-319	49%	79.9	85.1
11	Migry Zur Campanile	1075.9	90.5	38	21%	-8.6	219	-502	55%	85.1	76.5
12	Sally Woolsey	1071.5	86.9	13	38%	17.0	265	-297	62%	94.4	111.4
13	Neil Trentham	1065.2	128.2	7	43%	107.7	353	-66	57%	64.0	171.7
14	Steven De Donder	1061.9	130.4	11	27%	45.2	141	-120	73%	64.6	109.8
15	Richard Probst	1052.9	86.9	27	22%	-27.3	210	-379	44%	83.3	56.0
16	Tomislav Bosnjak	1050.0	108.4	9	22%	24.3	261	-164	67%	80.8	105.1
17	Stan Schenker	1041.7	74.5	11	27%	7.6	148	-417	82%	66.4	74.0
18	Joan Clark	1033.9	69.2	31	16%	-33.2	304	-334	39%	68.1	34.9
19	Michael Wilkinson	1028.3	85.3	8	0%	-4.4	64	-135	63%	70.5	66.2
20	Cinzia Giordano	1027.9	43.9	17	29%	-28.8	157	-241	53%	65.0	36.2
21	Alessio Isaia	1025.2	103.1	6	17%	-3.0	184	-177	50%	79.8	76.8
-	Marco Prestini	1023.6	102.4	2	50%	147.5	291	4	100%	62.4	209.9
-	Rita Smith	1023.6	70.5	2	100%	188.5	249	128	100%	21.4	209.9
22	John Parsons	1018.0	45.5	7	0%	-29.7	177	-223	29%	77.2	47.5
23	Una Pecina-Milisavljevic	1018.0	18.3	28	7%	-71.6	285	-388	36%	90.5	18.9
-	Manuela Schiano	1016.1	43.9	2	50%	99.0	240	-42	50%	44.4	143.4
24	Carlo Fogaroli	1012.0	54.9	15	20%	-55.2	221	-329	33%	72.1	16.9
25	Pat Civale	1012.0	48.4	9	11%	-59.3	172	-371	33%	84.5	25.1
-	Fabio Lo Presti	1011.0	129.5	4	0%	-51.5	75	-173	50%	100.9	49.4
-	Vedran Zoric	1010.8	60.8	1	0%	95.0	95	95	100%	97.2	192.2
26	Spiros Liarakos	1010.4	78.1	12	17%	-65.0	117	-301	42%	82.2	17.2
27	Sandra Probst	1009.6	54.4	11	27%	-67.7	214	-253	36%	84.7	17.0
-	Alessandro Vanoglio	1008.2	79.6	3	0%	2.7	29	-50	67%	46.1	48.8
-	Giuseppe Failla	1007.9	44.2	1	0%	38.0	38	38	100%	101.6	139.6
-	Branko Spiljak	1007.2	33.8	2	0%	-28.5	37	-94	50%	92.4	63.9
-	Sabina Schiano	1007.2	-38.5	2	0%	-25.0	14	-64	50%	88.7	63.7
28	Kit Woolsey	1004.9	94.2	10	20%	-79.2	104	-393	50%	88.7	9.5
-	Alex Hydes	1001.8	49.2	1	0%	-36.0	-36	-36	0%	68.7	32.7
29	Laura Tidone	1000.9	99.5	6	0%	-70.8	22	-123	17%	73.7	2.8
-	Franco Garbosi	1000.9	108.9	1	0%	1.0	1	1	100%	15.2	16.2
30	Andrea Bulgari	1000.1	-41.8	22	14%	-87.0	268	-322	41%	87.1	0.1
-	Gergely Szentandrási	998.2	-52.2	1	0%	-116.0	-116	-116	0%	84.1	-31.9
-	Jovana Marinkovic	998.1	2.6	1	0%	-114.0	-114	-114	0%	80.5	-33.5
-	Matthias Huberschwiller	995.2	24.7	1	0%	-128.0	-128	-128	0%	43.5	-84.5
-	Theodore Hwa	994.7	-12.4	3	33%	-94.3	229	-391	33%	62.6	-31.7
-	Tomislav Sasek	991.1	-16.8	5	0%	-100.8	99	-458	20%	68.6	-32.2
-	Beatrice Dixon	981.5	-31.4	1	0%	-403.0	-403	-403	0%	75.6	-327.4
31	Kiril Marinovski	981.1	-59.0	6	0%	-143.0	4	-572	33%	85.5	-57.5
-	Irene Baroni	974.1	18.3	2	0%	-304.0	-246	-362	0%	73.6	-230.4
32	Doris Denny	972.5	-4.2	8	0%	-119.3	94	-388	13%	55.0	-64.3
33	Beryl Dorscht	965.2	-92.2	15	7%	-119.8	143	-525	40%	70.9	-48.9
-	Daryu Aliotuus	964.2	-50.7	2	0%	-398.0	-312	-484	0%	79.3	-318.7
34	Joseph Schmitz	961.7	-54.4	17	6%	-108.4	209	-600	35%	58.6	-49.7

Hall of Fame, February 2013

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Goran Cekol	459
	Anne Jackson	427
	Alan Epley	420
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	416
	Chris Willenken	380

Hall of Shame, February 2013

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Joseph Schmitz	-600
	Kiril Marinovski	-572
	Beryl Dorscht	-525
	Migry Zur Campanile	-502
	Daryu Aliotuus	-484