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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 2018

February 2018

March 2018

April 2018

2004-2017

Previous game data

January 2018

February 2018

March 2018

April 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

April: Dana Berkowitz

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, April 2018

This competition finished on the last day of April 2018. Congratulations to Dana Berkowitz.

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	Dana Berkowitz	1122.4	94.0	43	35%	44.2	301	-229	67%	78.5	122.7
2	Tracey B	1118.2	91.5	61	25%	44.7	372	-310	62%	73.5	118.2
3	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1111.8	130.4	33	33%	32.8	385	-231	48%	81.3	114.1
4	Chris Willenken	1108.7	102.3	72	24%	33.9	482	-498	58%	74.7	108.7
5	Ben Kristensen	1089.8	104.3	74	32%	14.6	359	-285	51%	75.2	89.8
6	Mark Tynkov	1088.0	97.6	11	27%	87.0	220	-64	82%	69.3	156.3
7	Migry Zur Campanile	1085.4	88.3	55	27%	1.0	302	-377	53%	84.4	85.4
8	Zach Grossack	1083.1	70.2	86	34%	10.8	483	-508	56%	72.3	83.1
9	Neil Trentham	1074.2	112.1	11	45%	57.0	310	-161	64%	74.7	131.7
10	Anne Jackson	1069.4	85.7	42	19%	-16.2	174	-242	52%	85.8	69.6
11	Stan Schenker	1062.1	77.7	25	16%	0.3	231	-255	52%	67.0	67.3
12	Fabio Quai	1059.9	79.1	74	23%	-16.6	333	-446	47%	76.6	59.9
13	Dan Korbel	1056.5	78.1	11	36%	38.7	313	-326	64%	61.6	100.3
14	Dan Hoffenberg	1042.3	89.9	10	20%	0.7	440	-389	40%	80.6	81.3
15	Anne_Laure Huberschwiller	1038.1	44.2	17	24%	-14.3	198	-305	53%	63.7	49.4
16	Jennifer Mourgues	1038.0	25.8	21	14%	-30.6	214	-382	52%	74.6	44.0
17	Joan Clark	1031.0	51.6	41	20%	-47.8	284	-476	39%	78.9	31.1
18	Paolo Catoni	1028.6	22.8	52	17%	-49.2	279	-422	50%	77.8	28.7
-	Richard Probst	1024.2	94.9	3	67%	63.3	458	-470	67%	80.8	144.1
-	Enrico Bongiorno	1022.5	36.6	3	33%	77.3	225	-45	67%	56.8	134.2
19	Matthias Huberschwiller	1019.2	24.5	10	20%	-25.9	203	-296	50%	62.7	36.8
-	Dean Pokorny	1018.8	104.7	2	50%	89.0	149	29	100%	78.2	167.2
20	Francesco Mazzadi	1015.4	90.6	17	18%	-38.5	141	-470	35%	58.5	20.0
-	Sylvia Shi	1010.9	36.9	3	0%	-11.7	137	-117	33%	76.3	64.6
-	Sami Casanova	1010.2	52.9	2	0%	15.5	97	-66	50%	75.3	90.8
-	Dave Beer	1005.6	62.2	1	0%	5.0	5	5	100%	95.2	100.2
-	Kit Woolsey	1002.3	113.3	1	0%	-17.0	-17	-17	0%	58.2	41.2
-	Mike Rice	1001.2	112.4	1	0%	-71.0	-71	-71	0%	93.0	22.0
-	Goran Cekol	999.7	93.2	1	0%	-113.0	-113	-113	0%	108.5	-4.5
-	Michael Kamil	999.3	-29.1	3	0%	-82.7	-40	-110	0%	78.7	-4.0
-	Joe Elleson	996.0	21.6	1	0%	-149.0	-149	-149	0%	77.3	-71.7
21	Adam Grossack	989.0	7.0	15	13%	-88.6	376	-375	20%	73.1	-15.5
-	Pat Civale	987.2	46.4	3	0%	-168.3	72	-361	33%	92.1	-76.2
-	Oren Kriegel	969.2	-82.7	2	0%	-332.0	-193	-471	0%	57.9	-274.1
22	Beryl Dorscht	952.5	-37.6	9	0%	-169.0	83	-314	22%	69.2	-99.8

Hall of Fame, April 2018

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Zach Grossack	483
	Chris Willenken	482
	Richard Probst	458
	Dan Hoffenberg	440
	Chris Willenken	402

Hall of Shame, April 2018

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Zach Grossack	-508
	Chris Willenken	-498
	Joan Clark	-476
	Oren Kriegel	-471
	Francesco Mazzadi	-470