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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, 2017

January: Ben Kristensen

Annual winners, 2003-16

2016 ladder: Neil Trentham

2016 “Zester”: Dan Hoffenberg

2015 ladder: Alessio Isaia

2015 “Zester”: Dan Hoffenberg

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

Ladder, January 2017

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31 January 2017. Congratulations to Ben Kristensen.

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 Kristensen	1129.4	113.5	51	41%	56.7	464	-302	59%	72.7	129.4
2	Doron Limor	1124.2	150.3	18	28%	47.5	276	-229	78%	108.3	155.8
3	Richard Probst	1123.5	115.2	26	38%	84.6	443	-340	62%	47.6	132.2
4	Anne Jackson	1118.4	99.7	38	26%	28.4	293	-213	55%	90.8	119.2
5	Migry Zur Campanile	1109.7	115.3	68	25%	21.4	378	-375	57%	88.3	109.7
6	Neil Trentham	1102.3	122.0	27	37%	39.1	344	-369	63%	69.3	108.4
7	Joan Clark	1101.9	84.2	23	39%	50.3	257	-230	65%	63.4	113.7
8	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1101.7	157.9	16	31%	60.9	271	-228	75%	76.2	137.0
9	Tracey B	1097.2	91.8	40	23%	32.9	481	-295	60%	64.8	97.7
10	Krisztina Ormay	1081.2	72.6	27	33%	33.8	287	-338	59%	52.2	86.0
11	Dan Hoffenberg	1079.4	98.0	44	36%	11.0	299	-533	59%	68.5	79.5
12	Simon Hunter	1077.5	91.1	37	30%	19.8	415	-486	57%	58.4	78.2
13	Dana Berkowitz	1072.8	99.3	47	28%	-11.5	305	-379	45%	84.3	72.8
14	Dean Pokorny	1070.1	121.2	15	27%	11.9	205	-324	47%	86.6	98.6
15	Stan Schenker	1069.7	72.0	31	23%	6.8	494	-401	52%	64.9	71.7
16	Chris Dixon	1065.5	107.3	12	58%	30.2	304	-557	67%	78.3	108.4
17	Vedran Zoric	1059.6	58.2	26	12%	2.6	410	-237	54%	61.2	63.8
18	Steven De Donder	1057.8	141.2	6	67%	103.5	357	-113	67%	72.4	175.9
19	John Parsons	1054.9	78.6	53	25%	5.2	301	-284	49%	49.7	54.9
20	Fabio Quai	1037.9	43.8	72	22%	0.6	374	-343	46%	37.3	37.9
-	Chris Willenken	1032.2	105.4	4	25%	52.5	235	-65	75%	91.9	144.4
-	Kit Woolsey	1024.7	123.3	3	67%	55.0	211	-138	67%	91.8	146.8
-	Jennifer Mourgues	1019.6	29.3	5	0%	-21.2	125	-189	40%	92.3	71.1
-	Sally Woolsey	1015.3	61.2	3	0%	-11.3	113	-142	33%	102.2	90.9
-	Michael Wilkinson	1011.5	100.4	2	50%	47.5	127	-32	50%	54.9	102.4
21	Beryl Dorscht	1009.6	-27.1	44	14%	-41.0	221	-461	48%	50.6	9.6
22	Mark Gray	1002.5	34.8	10	10%	-15.4	92	-198	50%	20.1	4.7
-	Giles Woodruff	1001.9	69.3	3	33%	-13.3	177	-178	33%	24.5	11.2
-	Carlo Fogaroli	1001.2	53.6	1	0%	-8.0	-8	-8	0%	28.7	20.7
-	Giuseppe Failla	1001.0	42.9	1	0%	-83.0	-83	-83	0%	101.0	18.0
-	Cinzia Giordano	999.6	56.6	3	33%	-65.7	79	-240	33%	63.0	-2.6
-	Steve Altus	998.2	94.0	2	0%	-119.5	21	-260	50%	103.6	-15.9
-	Kent Goulding	994.9	106.6	4	0%	-43.8	125	-241	50%	20.9	-22.8
23	Andrea Beretta	992.0	-13.7	7	0%	-83.6	84	-319	43%	62.5	-21.1
24	Pat Civale	990.9	56.4	6	0%	-130.2	28	-329	17%	102.4	-27.8
25	Paolo Catoni	982.5	-10.8	71	15%	-73.5	226	-451	34%	56.0	-17.5
-	Caterina Burgio	977.5	-56.0	1	0%	-513.0	-513	-513	0%	113.7	-399.3
26	Goran Cekol	975.0	99.5	9	0%	-143.1	146	-573	33%	90.6	-52.5
-	Gonçalo Abreu	974.2	-13.9	2	0%	-332.0	-287	-377	0%	102.6	-229.4
27	Francisco Placido	966.8	-15.7	6	0%	-156.5	15	-538	33%	55.4	-101.1
28	Liz Goulding-Gray	959.9	-63.8	15	0%	-117.4	102	-365	13%	61.0	-56.4
29	Enrico Bongiorno	933.4	-79.4	17	12%	-130.6	124	-464	24%	44.3	-86.4

Hall of Fame, January 2017

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Stan Schenker	494
	Tracey B	481
	Ben Kristensen	464
	Richard Probst	443
	Simon Hunter	415

Hall of Shame, January 2017

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Goran Cekol	-573
	Chris Dixon	-557
	Francisco Placido	-538
	Dan Hoffenberg	-533
	Caterina Burgio	-513

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