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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

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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 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, 2015

January: Ben Handley-Pritchard

February: John Parsons

March: Krisztina Ormay

April: Alessio Isaia

May: Migry Zur Campanile

June: Alessio Isaia

July: Dan Hoffenberg

August: Joan Clark

September: Neil Trentham

October: Ben Handley-Pritchard

November: Neil Trentham

December: Alessio Isaia

2015: Alessio Isaia

Winners, 2003-14

2014 ladder: Doron Limor

2014 “Zester”: Dean Pokorny

2013 ladder: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2013 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

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, Goran Cekol (twice), Chris Dixon (four times), Steven De Donder (five times), Alan Epley (three times), Fabrizio Farnesi, Franco Garbosi, Martin Garvey (five times), Ben Handley-Pritchard (15 times), Graham Hazel, Anne Jackson (five times), Doron Limor (10 times), Francesco Mazzadi (twice), Joon Pahk, John Parsons, Dean Pokorny (five times), 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 (20 times), Willie Whitaker (10 times), Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (four times), Sally Woolsey, Migry Zur Campanile (twice)

Ladder, 2015

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31st December 2015. Congratulations to Alessio Isaia.

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
-	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1171.8	157.4	89	40%	77.0	415	-312	64%	94.8	171.8
-	Doron Limor	1142.5	147.5	28	32%	29.1	468	-258	54%	120.6	149.6
1	Alessio Isaia	1141.0	130.0	175	39%	65.8	559	-395	68%	75.2	141.0
-	Steven De Donder	1120.9	146.5	17	41%	90.9	432	-195	82%	66.0	156.9
2	Neil Trentham	1112.5	124.4	212	32%	31.9	423	-391	56%	80.7	112.5
-	Richard Probst	1107.2	102.4	52	25%	21.4	403	-488	60%	85.8	107.2
3	John Parsons	1104.6	94.5	336	30%	28.5	474	-420	57%	76.1	104.6
4	Migry Zur Campanile	1103.6	107.0	546	27%	18.7	481	-535	60%	85.0	103.6
-	Dean Pokorny	1101.7	119.6	92	21%	1.6	424	-321	49%	100.0	101.7
-	Cinzia Giordano	1100.7	58.9	32	22%	32.6	273	-131	56%	70.6	103.2
5	Simon Hunter	1099.4	103.6	278	28%	27.4	434	-563	56%	72.0	99.4
-	Michael Wilkinson	1098.7	94.8	57	26%	30.0	337	-304	58%	68.8	98.7
-	Kit Woolsey	1090.6	106.1	68	25%	7.1	440	-349	54%	83.4	90.6
6	Anne Jackson	1090.4	92.1	438	25%	5.6	404	-425	52%	84.8	90.4
-	JoAnna Stansby	1085.5	103.3	28	21%	1.3	341	-283	46%	88.5	89.8
7	Sally Woolsey	1083.2	79.3	107	26%	-5.6	352	-438	48%	88.8	83.2
8	Joan Clark	1082.7	86.8	332	23%	8.3	380	-426	55%	74.4	82.7
9	Ed Levy	1082.7	73.2	150	25%	5.1	448	-407	48%	77.6	82.7
-	Krisztina Ormay	1082.1	67.3	90	33%	5.4	337	-520	51%	76.7	82.1
10	Dana Berkowitz	1081.5	82.4	130	25%	-1.0	350	-324	49%	82.5	81.5
-	Goran Cekol	1081.0	117.1	27	22%	-2.0	412	-278	48%	87.9	85.8
11	Dan Hoffenberg	1081.0	81.7	440	29%	20.3	443	-478	56%	60.7	81.0
-	Fabio Lo Presti	1079.6	124.4	17	35%	1.2	325	-271	47%	102.1	103.3
12	Rita Smith	1074.7	76.8	126	29%	40.0	296	-364	63%	34.7	74.7
13	Stan Schenker	1072.7	71.0	423	27%	7.6	393	-425	54%	65.1	72.7
-	Chris Willenken	1068.9	92.8	13	23%	17.8	163	-176	54%	89.6	107.4
-	Steve Altus	1050.9	95.0	6	33%	61.0	254	-67	67%	93.8	154.8
-	Pat Civale	1050.7	49.5	62	18%	-31.6	216	-352	39%	82.3	50.7
14	Tracey B	1047.2	48.6	633	20%	-27.1	427	-660	47%	74.2	47.2
-	Alan Epley	1041.0	123.5	3	33%	136.0	332	30	100%	108.3	244.3
-	Carlo Fogaroli	1034.8	60.0	7	29%	20.3	338	-233	43%	71.5	91.8
-	Laura Tidone	1025.4	102.3	3	33%	59.3	160	-41	67%	92.0	151.3
-	Adam Grossack	1018.9	-51.4	2	50%	96.0	260	-68	50%	72.2	168.2
-	Franco Garbosi	1015.6	114.8	4	50%	-13.5	206	-404	50%	83.6	70.1
-	Ophir Reshef	1011.0	64.7	4	25%	-50.5	102	-209	25%	100.1	49.6
-	Bryan Delfs	1010.6	21.1	5	0%	-53.2	115	-160	20%	91.7	38.5
-	Pietro Campanile	1009.2	-51.4	10	20%	-70.6	231	-400	30%	88.3	17.7
-	Daryu Aliotuus	1006.0	-53.2	1	100%	48.0	48	48	100%	58.8	106.8
-	Aymeric Lebatteaux	1006.0	27.9	12	25%	-51.6	299	-227	42%	61.5	9.9
-	Andy Bowles	1005.1	52.0	1	0%	-30.0	-30	-30	0%	120.2	90.2
-	Neil Allerton	1003.7	86.3	1	0%	-31.0	-31	-31	0%	97.1	66.1
-	Wouter Van den hove	1002.5	12.0	26	4%	-76.3	151	-388	38%	79.1	2.7
-	Sabina Schiano	1001.6	-42.2	1	0%	-49.0	-49	-49	0%	77.0	28.0
-	Shireen Mohandes	1001.5	18.5	1	0%	-55.0	-55	-55	0%	80.7	25.7
-	Corey Robinson	1001.3	10.6	1	0%	-12.0	-12	-12	0%	34.6	22.6
-	Thomas Joannès	1000.3	69.7	1	0%	-77.0	-77	-77	0%	83.0	6.0
-	Nicholas Cheung	999.3	3.3	2	0%	-80.0	-23	-137	0%	73.9	-6.1
-	Wilfried Libbrecht	999.0	-0.3	1	0%	-101.0	-101	-101	0%	82.5	-18.5
-	Joe Eskinazi	998.0	-11.0	1	0%	-128.0	-128	-128	0%	92.2	-35.8
-	David Adler	997.3	61.6	5	0%	-71.4	58	-176	20%	61.8	-9.6
-	Griff Ware	996.0	-14.3	2	50%	-109.5	102	-321	50%	73.5	-36.0
-	Francesco Mazzadi	992.6	109.8	1	0%	-229.0	-229	-229	0%	98.4	-130.6
-	Stephen Frechette	992.5	3.7	11	9%	-77.6	203	-422	27%	64.4	-13.3
-	Matthias Huberschwiller	991.0	12.7	11	0%	-82.5	122	-313	36%	66.5	-16.0
-	C Lynn Handford	990.6	-65.2	11	18%	-93.0	182	-363	36%	76.3	-16.7
-	Armando Pontecorvo	982.4	76.9	1	0%	-431.0	-431	-431	0%	119.1	-311.9
15	Jennifer Mourgues	979.8	-13.3	120	13%	-94.7	350	-676	38%	74.6	-20.2
-	Andrea Bulgari	979.2	-13.0	6	0%	-150.0	-2	-387	0%	86.6	-63.4
-	Roger Berry	972.8	-85.8	5	0%	-155.6	-51	-297	0%	57.1	-98.5
16	Beryl Dorscht	958.3	-40.2	232	10%	-119.4	295	-741	28%	77.6	-41.7
17	Doris Denny	956.4	-35.7	148	11%	-104.6	243	-667	29%	61.1	-43.6

Hall of Fame, 2015

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Alessio Isaia	559
	Migry Zur Campanile	481
	John Parsons	474
	Doron Limor	468
	Ed Levy	448

Hall of Shame, 2015

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Beryl Dorscht	-741
	Jennifer Mourgues	-676
	Doris Denny	-667
	Tracey B	-660
	Beryl Dorscht	-639

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