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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

March 2017

2004-2016

Previous game data

January 2017

February 2017

March 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

March: Neil Trentham

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, March 2017

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 31 March 2017. Congratulations to Neil Trentham.

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	Neil Trentham	1141.8	134.1	21	33%	102.2	302	-219	71%	62.2	164.4
2	Chris Dixon	1137.7	113.4	14	50%	133.8	431	-272	86%	69.4	203.2
3	Goran Cekol	1115.5	100.6	20	40%	65.1	315	-228	70%	72.0	137.1
4	Migry Zur Campanile	1109.5	114.7	39	26%	22.0	375	-440	56%	88.1	110.1
5	Ben Kristensen	1100.0	119.0	45	27%	45.2	317	-400	62%	55.0	100.1
6	Stan Schenker	1099.6	85.1	27	26%	42.0	407	-380	67%	63.6	105.6
7	Dan Hoffenberg	1099.5	97.3	37	32%	43.8	447	-365	57%	56.7	100.4
8	Dean Pokorny	1093.4	122.6	12	42%	62.9	360	-227	58%	91.7	154.6
9	Simon Hunter	1086.6	95.3	37	19%	30.9	359	-259	57%	56.5	87.4
10	Doron Limor	1086.3	138.1	17	35%	5.2	340	-349	59%	106.7	111.9
11	Richard Probst	1085.8	119.7	7	57%	166.6	373	-50	71%	59.5	226.1
12	Anne Jackson	1084.4	95.1	22	27%	5.8	375	-270	50%	90.1	95.9
13	Tracey B	1067.2	90.2	25	28%	-3.2	390	-376	52%	76.0	72.9
14	Dana Berkowitz	1058.3	105.4	17	24%	7.6	306	-309	59%	68.1	75.7
15	Vedran Zoric	1057.1	64.6	13	31%	21.9	271	-323	54%	67.1	89.0
16	Branko Spiljak	1048.4	75.1	19	11%	-2.5	256	-473	47%	61.4	58.9
-	Kit Woolsey	1047.5	126.7	5	40%	67.6	209	-139	80%	104.1	171.7
17	Fabio Quai	1044.0	58.0	61	23%	-3.6	346	-521	56%	47.6	44.0
-	Krisztina Ormay	1043.8	75.5	4	50%	135.8	205	64	100%	61.1	196.9
18	Enrico Bongiorno	1040.9	-0.8	17	24%	6.0	246	-361	53%	47.0	53.0
19	John Parsons	1033.0	89.4	26	38%	-31.5	270	-385	50%	66.9	35.4
20	Paolo Catoni	1029.8	21.5	24	25%	-29.2	240	-542	58%	61.9	32.7
21	Jennifer Mourgues	1028.2	31.5	7	29%	20.3	246	-250	71%	53.9	74.2
-	Michael Wilkinson	1011.7	103.0	3	0%	15.7	75	-28	33%	54.2	69.8
-	Joan Clark	1010.2	88.0	3	33%	3.0	122	-201	67%	57.9	60.9
-	Alessio Isaia	1010.0	126.0	1	0%	68.0	68	68	100%	109.8	177.8
-	Adam Grossack	1007.7	1.1	1	0%	30.0	30	30	100%	106.0	136.0
-	Pat Civale	1006.9	62.2	1	0%	5.0	5	5	100%	117.3	122.3
-	Chris Willenken	1006.6	108.1	1	0%	2.0	2	2	100%	115.5	117.5
-	C Lynn Handford	1006.4	-58.5	3	0%	-29.7	104	-224	67%	67.7	38.0
-	Francisco Placido	1002.0	-15.2	2	0%	-77.0	-16	-138	0%	94.6	17.6
-	Cinzia Giordano	999.4	60.0	1	0%	-73.0	-73	-73	0%	62.9	-10.1
-	JoAnna Stansby	999.3	107.3	1	0%	-137.0	-137	-137	0%	124.3	-12.7
-	Kent Goulding	998.3	105.3	1	0%	-69.0	-69	-69	0%	39.4	-29.6
-	Caterina Burgio	994.8	-57.8	4	0%	-96.5	123	-418	50%	73.1	-23.4
-	Mark Gray	992.7	28.3	3	0%	-62.7	-1	-149	0%	18.9	-43.7
-	Giuseppe Failla	991.4	39.5	1	0%	-253.0	-253	-253	0%	100.4	-152.6
22	David Adler	986.1	71.6	7	14%	-115.6	150	-325	29%	78.9	-36.7
23	Liz Goulding-Gray	979.2	-53.1	6	17%	-124.2	143	-340	17%	61.0	-63.2
-	Stephen Frechette	978.6	-6.8	2	0%	-293.0	-265	-321	0%	103.0	-190.0
24	Beryl Dorscht	951.5	-39.2	45	9%	-124.6	251	-518	22%	76.0	-48.6
25	Gary Southard	856.2	-152.0	22	5%	-226.5	148	-595	14%	63.1	-163.4

Hall of Fame, March 2017

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Dan Hoffenberg	447
	Chris Dixon	431
	Stan Schenker	407
	Tracey B	390
	Chris Dixon	381

Hall of Shame, March 2017

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Gary Southard	-595
	Paolo Catoni	-542
	Gary Southard	-527
	Fabio Quai	-521
	Beryl Dorscht	-518