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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 2017

February 2017

2004-2016

Previous game data

January 2017

February 2017

2003-2016

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

February: 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, February 2017

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 28 February 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	1136.6	123.6	42	36%	60.8	364	-336	64%	76.2	137.0
2	Neil Trentham	1133.2	144.1	23	35%	67.7	390	-298	65%	80.9	148.6
3	John Parsons	1118.5	103.4	79	34%	56.4	426	-430	67%	62.1	118.5
4	Dean Pokorny	1103.5	118.6	32	28%	11.4	248	-380	53%	94.6	106.1
5	Migry Zur Campanile	1103.3	129.3	51	29%	11.5	391	-309	47%	91.8	103.3
6	Dana Berkowitz	1096.3	102.9	17	29%	36.3	172	-173	65%	88.7	125.0
7	Joan Clark	1091.4	88.5	14	43%	74.6	278	-242	71%	60.3	134.8
8	Stan Schenker	1090.9	81.6	17	53%	57.2	332	-132	53%	60.7	117.9
9	Simon Hunter	1089.0	90.5	30	20%	33.1	191	-259	63%	59.0	92.1
10	Doron Limor	1086.5	139.8	28	25%	-12.2	297	-341	54%	103.0	90.8
11	Anne Jackson	1074.5	111.0	48	21%	-22.0	319	-491	46%	96.6	74.6
12	Tracey B	1072.2	95.0	22	23%	10.1	283	-276	55%	71.8	82.0
13	Krisztina Ormay	1070.8	72.9	20	25%	24.3	294	-312	65%	59.7	84.0
14	Goran Cekol	1069.0	96.4	44	30%	-0.4	310	-412	55%	69.6	69.2
15	Kit Woolsey	1066.9	124.0	9	44%	55.8	170	-298	78%	85.0	140.8
16	Vedran Zoric	1061.2	60.9	45	27%	-7.1	369	-290	51%	68.3	61.3
17	Dan Hoffenberg	1060.0	94.9	23	13%	-10.1	186	-344	61%	77.1	67.0
18	Fabio Quai	1058.3	60.5	49	14%	-6.9	319	-365	53%	65.2	58.4
19	Paolo Catoni	1042.4	19.1	43	26%	-17.1	340	-507	53%	59.6	42.5
-	Giles Woodruff	1040.1	70.4	4	25%	130.3	453	-87	75%	49.7	179.9
20	Steven De Donder	1040.0	136.0	9	22%	22.7	217	-377	56%	61.4	84.1
-	David Adler	1038.2	80.3	4	25%	114.8	352	-42	75%	56.6	171.3
21	Chris Dixon	1035.8	102.4	13	31%	-13.7	272	-389	54%	69.4	55.7
-	Chris Willenken	1034.0	106.8	5	20%	5.0	132	-125	60%	118.2	123.2
-	Michael Wilkinson	1029.7	110.8	4	25%	60.3	332	-165	75%	73.1	133.4
22	Richard Probst	1027.2	110.3	6	33%	1.2	263	-405	50%	81.5	82.6
-	Kent Goulding	1012.2	105.4	2	50%	80.5	137	24	100%	27.9	108.4
-	Sally Woolsey	1010.3	59.9	3	0%	-12.7	164	-247	67%	74.2	61.6
-	Caterina Burgio	1004.8	-58.5	1	0%	3.0	3	3	100%	83.0	86.0
23	Mark Gray	1001.7	31.3	7	29%	-2.9	217	-158	57%	7.4	4.5
-	Carlo Fogaroli	1000.3	52.4	1	0%	-45.0	-45	-45	0%	50.0	5.0
24	Ben Handley-Pritchard	995.0	147.6	7	0%	-103.4	109	-214	14%	90.3	-13.2
-	Michael Kamil	992.8	-17.0	1	0%	-213.0	-213	-213	0%	85.9	-127.1
25	Enrico Bongiorno	992.6	-31.1	29	21%	-64.1	273	-435	34%	56.4	-7.7
26	Jennifer Mourgues	990.7	27.2	6	17%	-73.8	215	-370	50%	45.6	-28.3
27	Liz Goulding-Gray	984.8	-56.4	11	0%	-80.0	86	-255	27%	53.1	-26.9
-	Andrea Beretta	980.1	-48.1	1	0%	-402.0	-402	-402	0%	48.4	-353.6
-	Gary Southard	965.5	-113.7	4	0%	-223.5	-63	-478	0%	68.4	-155.1
28	Beryl Dorscht	933.1	-37.6	54	6%	-134.1	167	-499	19%	67.2	-66.9

Hall of Fame, February 2017

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Giles Woodruff	453
	John Parsons	426
	Migry Zur Campanile	391
	Neil Trentham	390
	Vedran Zoric	369

Hall of Shame, February 2017

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Paolo Catoni	-507
	Beryl Dorscht	-499
	Anne Jackson	-491
	Paolo Catoni	-484
	Gary Southard	-478