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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, December 2018

This competition finished on the last day of December 2018. Congratulations to Fabio Quai.

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	Fabio Quai	1122.9	115.1	85	42%	92.3	463	-274	75%	30.6	122.9
2	Ben Kristensen	1118.8	118.0	26	27%	84.7	395	-190	77%	42.5	127.2
3	Zach Grossack	1113.4	90.1	35	40%	58.8	448	-370	66%	56.1	114.9
4	Francesco Mazzadi	1106.1	93.4	21	33%	71.7	422	-90	62%	51.3	123.1
5	John Parsons	1099.3	93.6	54	35%	57.7	339	-292	63%	41.7	99.3
6	Migry Zur Campanile	1098.6	113.7	42	36%	36.2	339	-297	60%	62.7	98.9
7	Dan Hoffenberg	1093.1	102.7	41	29%	45.8	292	-353	71%	47.6	93.4
8	Tracey B	1075.1	90.1	54	31%	25.1	342	-542	63%	50.1	75.1
9	Neil Trentham	1074.4	107.8	11	36%	112.7	477	-292	73%	19.4	132.1
10	Enrico Bongiorno	1062.4	48.0	24	13%	17.1	406	-317	54%	51.4	68.5
11	Joan Clark	1050.8	55.8	50	28%	3.5	369	-383	54%	47.3	50.8
12	Steven De Donder	1042.6	131.8	11	36%	44.0	336	-111	73%	31.6	75.6
13	Adam Grossack	1035.2	40.6	11	18%	20.4	231	-150	55%	42.1	62.4
14	Todd MacMullin	1029.4	0.7	50	20%	-18.9	330	-460	50%	48.4	29.4
-	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1028.6	115.8	3	33%	85.0	146	-18	67%	85.1	170.1
15	Dana Berkowitz	1026.6	73.9	8	38%	-1.6	267	-279	50%	63.8	62.2
-	Jennifer Mourgues	1024.0	42.6	1	100%	365.0	365	365	100%	60.5	425.5
-	Vedran Zoric	1014.7	62.1	1	100%	147.0	147	147	100%	113.6	260.6
16	Stan Schenker	1014.4	53.1	36	19%	-28.9	375	-353	36%	43.5	14.6
-	Sami Casanova	1012.7	59.1	2	50%	82.5	109	56	100%	30.8	113.3
-	Chris Willenken	1006.7	108.7	1	0%	52.0	52	52	100%	66.2	118.2
-	Corey Robinson	1004.9	11.5	2	50%	14.5	120	-91	50%	28.7	43.2
17	Mark Tynkov	1002.3	101.5	6	0%	-19.7	74	-114	50%	26.6	6.9
-	Anne Jackson	994.5	93.0	5	0%	-103.4	60	-198	20%	83.4	-20.0
18	Paolo Catoni	994.4	31.3	17	6%	-77.1	70	-271	29%	69.9	-7.2
-	Kit Woolsey	981.5	112.7	2	0%	-242.0	-129	-355	0%	77.5	-164.5
-	Sally Woolsey	980.2	46.2	3	0%	-171.7	40	-300	33%	53.7	-117.9
19	Beryl Dorscht	978.7	-26.5	73	12%	-74.7	227	-483	41%	53.4	-21.3
20	Yael Chonin	952.1	-34.6	43	14%	-105.3	410	-706	35%	57.2	-48.1
21	Filippo Lagostena	944.6	-90.6	27	4%	-107.9	200	-639	15%	49.2	-58.7
22	Giorgio Peterlongo	913.6	-73.5	51	6%	-141.0	166	-596	18%	54.6	-86.4

Hall of Fame, December 2018

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Neil Trentham	477
	Fabio Quai	463
	Zach Grossack	448
	Francesco Mazzadi	422
	Yael Chonin	410

Hall of Shame, December 2018

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Yael Chonin	-706
	Filippo Lagostena	-639
	Giorgio Peterlongo	-596
	Yael Chonin	-582
	Tracey B	-542