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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

April 2017

2004-2016

Previous game data

January 2017

February 2017

March 2017

April 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

April: Dan Hoffenberg

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, April 2017

This competition finished at midnight (UK time) on 30 April 2017. Congratulations to Dan Hoffenberg.

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	Dan Hoffenberg	1133.7	101.7	21	38%	86.9	474	-288	71%	68.2	155.1
2	Migry Zur Campanile	1121.7	113.5	40	35%	38.0	310	-412	65%	84.3	122.2
3	Dana Berkowitz	1109.4	93.0	25	44%	48.9	286	-386	64%	69.7	118.5
4	Anne Jackson	1091.4	93.5	19	26%	21.7	221	-198	53%	89.6	111.4
5	Fabio Quai	1088.0	65.7	77	22%	24.1	311	-291	61%	64.0	88.0
6	Enrico Bongiorno	1087.2	32.9	30	20%	24.2	534	-323	57%	66.1	90.3
7	Stan Schenker	1084.4	78.0	34	32%	21.3	378	-323	56%	64.5	85.8
8	Ben Kristensen	1081.3	101.1	59	36%	22.0	410	-329	58%	59.4	81.3
9	Neil Trentham	1074.0	125.7	19	42%	15.4	391	-295	58%	74.8	90.2
10	Goran Cekol	1056.1	92.8	11	27%	26.3	203	-157	73%	73.3	99.6
11	Chris Dixon	1049.2	100.6	18	11%	2.5	203	-270	50%	59.2	61.7
12	Richard Probst	1037.5	116.0	6	50%	51.7	254	-188	67%	62.4	114.1
13	Caterina Burgio	1032.8	13.0	7	57%	52.4	283	-434	57%	34.1	86.5
14	Paolo Catoni	1032.0	22.9	40	15%	-33.1	248	-314	43%	65.3	32.2
15	Tracey B	1021.9	83.2	11	18%	-53.8	293	-250	18%	92.6	38.8
-	Jennifer Mourgues	1020.2	33.6	4	25%	40.8	168	-103	50%	49.9	90.6
16	Branko Spiljak	1014.2	54.4	23	17%	-49.9	182	-398	35%	65.7	15.8
-	Zach Grossack	1014.1	45.1	4	25%	0.0	88	-100	50%	63.5	63.5
-	Kit Woolsey	1012.6	127.6	1	0%	167.0	167	167	100%	57.0	224.0
-	Pat Civale	1012.5	58.8	2	0%	7.0	91	-77	50%	104.4	111.4
-	JoAnna Stansby	1010.7	107.5	1	0%	83.0	83	83	100%	106.4	189.4
-	Kent Goulding	1010.1	95.9	3	33%	52.0	121	2	100%	8.1	60.1
-	Alessio Isaia	1009.3	123.1	2	50%	-16.0	80	-112	50%	98.4	82.4
-	Mark Gray	1009.2	30.3	5	40%	5.2	171	-253	60%	28.0	33.2
-	Vedran Zoric	1006.7	62.9	1	100%	51.0	51	51	100%	68.2	119.2
-	Joan Clark	1005.7	88.7	1	0%	3.0	3	3	100%	97.8	100.8
17	Doron Limor	1005.2	134.4	6	0%	-89.0	29	-282	17%	104.9	15.9
-	Adam Grossack	1004.6	-1.2	1	0%	31.0	31	31	100%	51.0	82.0
-	Krisztina Ormay	1004.4	70.7	3	0%	-40.0	211	-216	33%	66.4	26.4
-	Dean Pokorny	1003.2	119.8	2	0%	-35.5	38	-109	50%	64.0	28.5
-	Corey Robinson	1002.6	12.8	1	0%	-5.0	-5	-5	0%	50.8	45.8
-	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1001.7	148.4	1	0%	-50.0	-50	-50	0%	80.1	30.1
-	Tom Dixon	1000.3	2.4	1	0%	-74.0	-74	-74	0%	78.8	4.8
-	Chris Willenken	998.5	96.0	1	0%	-94.0	-94	-94	0%	67.4	-26.6
-	Sally Woolsey	995.6	56.5	3	0%	-118.7	-8	-306	0%	92.7	-25.9
-	Giuseppe Failla	990.2	34.4	2	0%	-195.0	-157	-233	0%	107.8	-87.2
-	C Lynn Handford	983.8	-60.3	1	0%	-351.0	-351	-351	0%	63.0	-288.0
18	Liz Goulding-Gray	974.7	-56.6	8	0%	-118.3	90	-514	25%	59.1	-59.1
-	Simon Hunter	972.8	81.9	5	0%	-173.6	22	-413	20%	75.2	-98.4
19	Beryl Dorscht	967.2	-44.5	45	9%	-102.6	164	-506	33%	69.8	-32.9

Hall of Fame, April 2017

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Enrico Bongiorno	534
	Dan Hoffenberg	474
	Ben Kristensen	410
	Neil Trentham	391
	Stan Schenker	378

Hall of Shame, April 2017

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Liz Goulding-Gray	-514
	Beryl Dorscht	-506
	Beryl Dorscht	-471
	Beryl Dorscht	-461
	Caterina Burgio	-434