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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

December 2018

2018 annual

2004-2018

Previous game data

December 2018

2003-2018

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2018

January: Dana Berkowitz

February: Francesco Mazzadi

March: Ben Kristensen

April: Dana Berkowitz

May: Migry Zur Campanile

June: Migry Zur Campanile

July: Fabio Quai

August: Zach Grossack

September: Steven De Donder

October: Anne Jackson

November: Ben Kristensen

December: Fabio Quai

Annual winners, 2003-18

2018 ladder: Mark Tynkov

2017 ladder: Doron Limor

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, 2018

This competition finished on the last day of 2018. Congratulations to Mark Tynkov.

Minimum games to qualify: 100.

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
-	Steven De Donder	1127.7	131.8	62	45%	82.3	399	-354	76%	45.4	127.7
1	Mark Tynkov	1110.7	101.5	100	28%	45.7	348	-373	65%	65.0	110.7
2	Ben Kristensen	1108.3	118.0	520	33%	44.3	472	-476	61%	64.0	108.3
3	Migry Zur Campanile	1105.2	113.7	412	32%	27.7	457	-530	58%	77.5	105.2
4	Neil Trentham	1104.9	107.8	204	32%	40.1	477	-384	63%	64.8	104.9
5	Chris Willenken	1104.4	108.7	135	24%	26.9	482	-498	58%	77.5	104.4
6	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1101.5	115.8	156	28%	22.4	385	-390	58%	79.1	101.5
7	Dan Hoffenberg	1100.0	102.7	244	32%	38.0	460	-440	63%	62.0	100.0
8	Fabio Quai	1099.3	115.1	783	32%	41.9	463	-446	63%	57.4	99.3
9	John Parsons	1098.6	93.6	192	35%	48.2	418	-520	64%	50.4	98.6
10	Tracey B	1092.7	90.1	583	28%	28.4	493	-620	58%	64.4	92.7
-	Kit Woolsey	1092.6	112.7	24	25%	27.5	367	-355	46%	74.3	101.7
11	Anne Jackson	1090.9	93.0	324	23%	14.5	332	-527	56%	76.4	90.9
-	Ophir Reshef	1090.9	75.9	15	47%	59.9	287	-235	67%	67.9	127.8
12	Zach Grossack	1084.5	90.1	515	30%	14.3	483	-644	55%	70.2	84.5
13	Francesco Mazzadi	1082.0	93.4	193	24%	14.7	426	-470	56%	67.4	82.0
14	Dana Berkowitz	1079.9	73.9	262	29%	5.8	467	-417	54%	74.0	79.9
-	Alessio Isaia	1076.1	124.0	11	36%	53.7	374	-377	64%	81.3	135.0
-	Doron Limor	1067.3	120.4	32	22%	-22.7	293	-386	41%	91.6	68.9
-	Jennifer Mourgues	1067.2	42.6	52	19%	-6.6	365	-382	48%	73.8	67.2
-	Sami Casanova	1066.9	59.1	30	17%	-3.3	315	-511	53%	72.6	69.3
-	Dave Beer	1065.3	62.2	43	30%	5.2	324	-312	53%	60.3	65.5
15	Stan Schenker	1062.6	53.1	347	24%	4.2	464	-448	51%	58.3	62.6
-	Dan Korbel	1061.7	78.1	12	33%	42.1	313	-326	67%	60.1	102.2
-	Enrico Bongiorno	1059.8	48.0	70	16%	0.8	406	-322	50%	58.9	59.8
-	Dean Pokorny	1057.4	113.4	6	33%	89.0	374	-26	67%	85.7	174.7
16	Joan Clark	1054.5	55.8	446	20%	-9.4	422	-571	50%	64.0	54.5
-	Adam Grossack	1043.7	40.6	77	18%	-20.2	376	-382	48%	63.9	43.7
-	Matthias Huberschwiller	1038.6	21.9	19	16%	-12.4	203	-391	53%	59.5	47.1
-	Steve Altus	1036.5	96.1	5	20%	39.2	217	-351	80%	92.8	132.0
-	Mark Gray	1035.8	17.1	3	67%	201.3	327	-37	67%	11.9	213.2
-	Carlo Fogaroli	1035.2	54.6	5	40%	48.6	289	-162	40%	78.7	127.3
-	Anne_Laure Huberschwiller	1031.4	36.0	39	21%	-31.3	251	-410	41%	62.8	31.6
-	Richard Probst	1030.9	86.7	38	21%	-33.6	458	-470	37%	64.8	31.1
17	Paolo Catoni	1028.6	31.3	266	14%	-38.7	429	-511	43%	67.2	28.6
-	Jon Rice	1021.9	95.3	2	50%	111.0	330	-108	50%	83.6	194.6
-	David Adler	1017.8	69.8	1	0%	267.0	267	267	100%	48.4	315.4
-	Vedran Zoric	1014.7	62.1	1	100%	147.0	147	147	100%	113.6	260.6
-	Krisztina Ormay	1012.7	75.9	10	20%	-41.3	183	-312	30%	65.7	24.4
-	Sandra Probst	1012.6	54.6	1	100%	266.0	266	266	100%	-41.6	224.4
-	Laura Tidone	1012.5	106.1	1	100%	112.0	112	112	100%	109.6	221.6
-	Michael Wilkinson	1012.4	103.7	2	0%	26.0	38	14	100%	84.4	110.4
-	Sylvia Shi	1010.9	36.9	3	0%	-11.7	137	-117	33%	76.3	64.6
-	JoAnna Stansby	1009.5	110.0	1	100%	70.0	70	70	100%	98.4	168.4
-	Manuela Schiano	1008.6	67.6	1	0%	106.0	106	106	100%	46.0	152.0
-	Nicholas Cheung	1007.8	4.1	2	0%	-27.0	224	-278	50%	96.6	69.6
-	Corey Robinson	1004.9	11.5	2	50%	14.5	120	-91	50%	28.7	43.2
-	Armando Pontecorvo	1004.6	74.8	1	0%	38.0	38	38	100%	44.1	82.1
-	Branko Spiljak	1004.2	59.4	1	0%	-40.0	-40	-40	0%	113.9	73.9
-	Aymeric Lebatteaux	1002.2	55.4	4	25%	-75.0	230	-492	50%	84.7	9.7
-	Francisco Placido	1002.1	-17.1	1	0%	30.0	30	30	100%	7.6	37.6
-	Mike Rice	1000.9	116.6	3	0%	-77.3	-62	-99	0%	82.9	5.5
-	Christian Jolly	993.7	-12.6	1	0%	-165.0	-165	-165	0%	53.6	-111.4
18	Todd MacMullin	991.1	0.7	145	17%	-70.8	408	-696	35%	61.9	-8.9
-	Michael Kamil	990.5	-43.4	4	0%	-113.5	-40	-206	0%	70.9	-42.6
-	Goran Cekol	988.6	96.7	3	0%	-152.0	-51	-292	0%	84.3	-67.7
-	Gonçalo Abreu	986.2	-27.3	1	0%	-326.0	-326	-326	0%	81.6	-244.4
-	Sally Woolsey	982.5	46.2	28	7%	-88.5	187	-402	32%	70.2	-18.3
-	Wouter Van den hove	979.3	13.1	1	0%	-433.0	-433	-433	0%	65.3	-367.7
-	Joe Elleson	969.9	21.6	8	0%	-139.6	93	-382	13%	69.4	-70.2
-	Pat Civale	969.2	48.5	8	0%	-155.3	72	-361	13%	83.4	-71.9
-	Oren Kriegel	969.2	-82.7	2	0%	-332.0	-193	-471	0%	57.9	-274.1
19	Beryl Dorscht	962.0	-26.5	482	10%	-108.4	354	-701	29%	70.4	-38.0
-	Liz Goulding-Gray	961.9	-55.2	3	0%	-259.7	-76	-411	0%	32.6	-227.1
20	Yael Chonin	959.9	-34.6	158	16%	-91.3	410	-1023	35%	51.1	-40.1
21	Giorgio Peterlongo	916.8	-73.5	220	7%	-146.8	204	-821	21%	63.6	-83.2
-	Filippo Lagostena	903.1	-90.6	82	4%	-155.0	200	-639	15%	58.0	-96.9

Hall of Fame, 2018

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Tracey B	493
	Zach Grossack	483
	Chris Willenken	482
	Neil Trentham	477
	Ben Kristensen	472

Hall of Shame, 2018

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Yael Chonin	-1023
	Giorgio Peterlongo	-821
	Giorgio Peterlongo	-730
	Yael Chonin	-706
	Beryl Dorscht	-701