Home

Barbu Rules

Online Barbu

Online Barbu Ladder

Barbu History

Barbu Articles

Barbu Events

Links, Trivia, Photos

Online Barbu Ladder

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 2018

February 2018

March 2018

2004-2017

Previous game data

January 2018

February 2018

March 2018

2003-2017

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

Monthly winners, 2018

January: Dana Berkowitz

February: Francesco Mazzadi

March: Ben Kristensen

Annual winners, 2003-17

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, March 2018

This competition finished on the last day of March 2018. Congratulations to Ben Kristensen.

Minimum games to qualify: 6.

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	1135.1	111.1	61	39%	63.8	354	-303	67%	71.3	135.1
2	Anne Jackson	1118.4	90.8	27	33%	43.9	283	-298	74%	81.6	125.5
3	Tracey B	1116.5	78.1	56	32%	47.0	309	-620	68%	69.5	116.5
4	Migry Zur Campanile	1104.9	89.6	34	32%	17.7	400	-530	47%	89.0	106.7
5	Neil Trentham	1093.2	110.3	15	20%	53.5	310	-133	60%	77.5	131.0
6	Dan Hoffenberg	1078.4	88.1	15	20%	60.1	250	-266	67%	50.2	110.3
7	Fabio Quai	1074.5	89.7	74	28%	3.3	363	-401	51%	71.2	74.5
8	Stan Schenker	1063.3	80.7	39	31%	-4.2	313	-262	49%	67.9	63.6
9	Dana Berkowitz	1052.2	85.0	18	22%	-12.6	324	-373	39%	78.1	65.5
10	Francesco Mazzadi	1043.9	96.6	19	16%	-16.6	159	-246	47%	70.0	53.5
11	Joan Clark	1042.6	56.4	29	14%	-32.6	174	-571	48%	77.0	44.4
12	Adam Grossack	1041.2	14.6	6	33%	62.3	221	-125	67%	63.0	125.3
13	Chris Willenken	1038.5	97.1	17	6%	-33.2	384	-202	29%	83.2	50.0
-	Matthias Huberschwiller	1035.9	19.2	4	25%	104.8	200	0	75%	56.4	161.2
14	Mark Tynkov	1026.4	89.8	6	17%	5.5	79	-168	83%	74.8	80.3
-	Kit Woolsey	1024.6	110.9	1	100%	367.0	367	367	100%	68.7	435.7
-	Alessio Isaia	1024.3	120.0	1	100%	350.0	350	350	100%	80.9	430.9
15	Zach Grossack	1024.0	55.9	37	19%	-45.4	395	-611	46%	69.7	24.3
16	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1023.4	133.2	8	0%	-19.9	146	-164	38%	74.5	54.7
-	Steven De Donder	1022.4	127.7	5	40%	21.2	118	-175	80%	59.7	80.9
17	Anne_Laure Huberschwiller	1022.2	33.9	11	36%	-15.9	251	-410	36%	55.3	39.4
-	Mark Gray	1017.7	17.1	1	100%	314.0	314	314	100%	-0.7	313.3
18	Doron Limor	1014.6	115.7	12	8%	-66.3	163	-386	17%	90.4	24.2
-	Dan Korbel	1006.9	77.8	1	0%	79.0	79	79	100%	44.1	123.1
-	Sally Woolsey	1006.4	53.1	2	0%	-20.5	8	-49	50%	77.1	56.6
-	Dean Pokorny	1005.3	105.4	1	0%	-2.0	-2	-2	0%	96.3	94.3
19	Jennifer Mourgues	1002.6	18.8	7	14%	-58.0	231	-353	29%	64.7	6.7
-	Dave Beer	1001.8	61.9	1	0%	-56.0	-56	-56	0%	88.7	32.7
-	Aymeric Lebatteaux	1001.5	48.0	1	0%	-61.0	-61	-61	0%	87.9	26.9
-	Mike Rice	999.0	113.2	1	0%	-99.0	-99	-99	0%	80.7	-18.3
-	Richard Probst	993.6	93.3	1	0%	-197.0	-197	-197	0%	84.0	-113.0
-	Liz Goulding-Gray	984.7	-55.2	1	0%	-292.0	-292	-292	0%	20.9	-271.1
20	Paolo Catoni	982.3	18.4	14	7%	-106.6	119	-360	14%	80.4	-26.2
21	Beryl Dorscht	968.1	-32.4	42	14%	-110.3	219	-532	29%	78.2	-32.0

Hall of Fame, March 2018

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Migry Zur Campanile	400
	Zach Grossack	395
	Chris Willenken	384
	Kit Woolsey	367
	Fabio Quai	363

Hall of Shame, March 2018

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Tracey B	-620
	Zach Grossack	-611
	Joan Clark	-571
	Beryl Dorscht	-532
	Migry Zur Campanile	-530