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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

March 2013

January 2004-December 2012

Previous game data

January 2013

February 2013

March 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

March: 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, March 2013

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st March 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	1171.0	160.8	29	48%	87.3	329	-265	76%	90.9	178.2
2	Doron Limor	1151.9	142.6	28	29%	59.8	341	-356	71%	99.7	159.5
3	Goran Cekol	1136.9	101.4	39	28%	40.3	313	-303	62%	97.4	137.7
4	Dean Pokorny	1113.0	117.3	88	30%	29.1	420	-468	57%	83.9	113.0
5	Dana Berkowitz	1096.2	85.0	26	19%	21.2	180	-210	65%	81.8	103.0
6	Federico Iavicoli	1093.7	108.2	18	28%	49.3	219	-159	61%	68.3	117.6
7	Chris Dixon	1086.5	112.4	16	38%	61.5	294	-304	63%	55.1	116.6
8	Anne Jackson	1086.0	89.7	25	24%	12.9	218	-411	60%	80.3	93.2
9	Branko Spiljak	1085.7	88.7	66	27%	-7.4	314	-353	47%	93.1	85.7
10	Richard Probst	1076.8	91.9	11	36%	47.1	287	-190	45%	89.3	136.4
11	Alan Epley	1074.6	120.3	15	47%	30.1	232	-343	60%	74.8	104.9
12	Chris Willenken	1073.8	101.1	16	25%	13.9	254	-253	50%	85.5	99.5
13	Steven De Donder	1071.4	131.3	11	45%	70.0	273	-162	82%	56.8	126.8
14	Migry Zur Campanile	1053.9	91.7	15	27%	-1.7	181	-263	53%	77.4	75.8
15	Spiros Liarakos	1050.6	81.1	10	10%	-7.3	177	-205	30%	104.6	97.3
16	Joan Clark	1047.3	69.2	27	22%	-8.4	253	-221	56%	58.5	50.1
17	Stan Schenker	1045.2	71.1	24	33%	11.8	217	-248	54%	37.9	49.6
18	Carlo Fogaroli	1041.3	58.9	9	33%	12.4	234	-210	56%	74.4	86.9
19	John Parsons	1037.5	50.3	20	20%	-25.6	332	-622	55%	70.0	44.5
20	Cinzia Giordano	1036.3	50.6	10	20%	6.3	215	-123	40%	63.5	69.8
21	Michael Wilkinson	1030.9	86.3	8	25%	-20.5	142	-458	63%	92.6	72.1
-	Sally Woolsey	1028.2	90.2	4	25%	29.5	279	-123	50%	97.3	126.8
22	Rita Smith	1025.9	66.6	25	32%	23.1	266	-372	60%	5.0	28.1
23	Kit Woolsey	1025.3	103.1	6	33%	-21.7	250	-269	33%	98.8	77.1
-	Franco Garbosi	1024.8	112.3	2	50%	115.0	240	-10	50%	105.8	220.8
-	Leonardo Cima	1019.5	24.3	3	33%	53.3	125	-4	67%	62.8	116.2
-	Laura Tidone	1016.6	99.8	3	0%	22.7	68	-45	67%	76.2	98.9
-	Beatrice Dixon	1012.5	-30.3	5	0%	-12.2	116	-133	40%	57.3	45.1
-	Neil Trentham	1010.7	127.7	1	0%	131.0	131	131	100%	59.3	190.3
-	Manuela Schiano	1006.4	46.5	1	100%	17.0	17	17	100%	96.3	113.3
-	Thomas Joannès	1005.4	71.4	1	0%	8.0	8	8	100%	88.4	96.4
-	Irene Baroni	1004.7	16.6	1	0%	4.0	4	4	100%	79.8	83.8
-	Fabio Lo Presti	1004.1	130.5	1	0%	-12.0	-12	-12	0%	85.4	73.4
-	Umberto Prestini	1003.1	-5.9	1	0%	9.0	9	9	100%	46.4	55.4
-	Giuseppe Failla	999.8	42.2	2	0%	-75.5	-33	-118	0%	74.0	-1.5
-	Daryu Aliotuus	997.8	-50.5	1	0%	-123.0	-123	-123	0%	84.7	-38.3
-	Pat Civale	995.4	48.6	1	0%	-137.0	-137	-137	0%	56.2	-80.8
-	Tomislav Bosnjak	988.3	71.2	2	0%	-190.5	-130	-251	0%	86.0	-104.5
-	Leonardo Rafat	984.2	18.1	1	0%	-361.0	-361	-361	0%	81.2	-279.8
-	Kiril Marinovski	982.1	-50.6	5	0%	-146.4	-103	-234	0%	81.6	-64.8
-	Sabina Schiano	981.8	-39.6	1	0%	-425.0	-425	-425	0%	102.5	-322.5
-	Roger Berry	980.3	-87.7	3	0%	-144.7	15	-295	33%	27.4	-117.3
24	Andrea Bulgari	979.4	-33.8	20	0%	-85.8	78	-288	30%	61.3	-24.4
25	Joseph Schmitz	975.4	-50.3	16	13%	-79.2	254	-384	38%	46.1	-33.1
26	Doris Denny	971.2	-5.4	21	10%	-56.0	121	-359	48%	22.6	-33.4
-	Kizo Kita	968.4	-94.7	3	0%	-280.0	-149	-368	0%	91.7	-188.3
27	Una Pecina-Milisavljevic	956.7	0.8	10	0%	-171.3	-49	-296	0%	88.1	-83.2
28	Beryl Dorscht	926.3	-84.6	29	10%	-126.7	255	-492	28%	49.8	-76.8

Hall of Fame, March 2013

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Dean Pokorny	420
	Doron Limor	341
	John Parsons	332
	Ben Handley-Pritchard	329
	Dean Pokorny	324

Hall of Shame, March 2013

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	John Parsons	-622
	Beryl Dorscht	-492
	Dean Pokorny	-468
	Michael Wilkinson	-458
	Sabina Schiano	-425