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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 2019

February 2019

March 2019

April 2019

May 2019

June 2019

2004-2018

Previous game data

January 2019

February 2019

March 2019

April 2019

May 2019

June 2019

2003-2018

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2019

January: Dan Hoffenberg

February: Ben Kristensen

March: Migry Zur Campanile

April: Zach Grossack

May: Fabio Quai

June: Tracey B

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, June 2019

This competition finished on the last day of June 2019. Congratulations to Tracey B.

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	Tracey B	1094.6	87.0	48	44%	51.0	394	-410	67%	43.6	94.6
2	Fabio Quai	1087.9	99.2	55	31%	45.5	358	-349	67%	42.4	87.9
3	Mark Tynkov	1083.1	93.2	27	33%	38.0	271	-156	59%	50.1	88.0
4	Joan Clark	1079.3	70.1	42	36%	26.9	221	-351	69%	52.6	79.5
5	Migry Zur Campanile	1075.7	106.6	16	19%	40.9	352	-172	69%	61.1	102.0
6	Zach Grossack	1072.6	102.7	13	38%	64.4	234	-227	69%	48.7	113.1
7	Anne Jackson	1062.6	82.4	29	14%	20.6	269	-223	59%	44.6	65.2
8	Enrico Bongiorno	1062.3	42.5	36	25%	11.8	280	-329	56%	51.3	63.0
9	Sami Casanova	1053.1	59.4	16	31%	11.4	243	-368	63%	60.0	71.5
10	Stan Schenker	1045.8	56.3	37	22%	7.8	170	-183	62%	38.4	46.2
11	Jennifer Mourgues	1037.7	55.6	6	50%	50.5	224	-158	67%	64.4	114.9
12	Tamara Hoylaerts	1033.2	31.3	23	9%	-16.9	152	-479	57%	53.9	37.0
-	Richard Probst	1028.9	85.2	4	50%	91.3	307	-32	50%	38.4	129.7
13	Krisztina Ormay	1027.3	73.9	8	38%	24.9	287	-103	63%	38.9	63.8
-	Massoun M ejjeh	1026.7	51.4	3	33%	84.3	222	14	100%	74.6	158.9
14	Dana Berkowitz	1025.8	84.5	11	9%	-17.1	145	-177	45%	62.8	45.7
-	Steven De Donder	1025.1	136.1	2	50%	167.0	269	65	100%	56.2	223.2
-	Adam Grossack	1021.4	50.5	2	100%	129.5	179	80	100%	61.1	190.6
-	John Parsons	1020.6	99.5	5	60%	27.2	310	-443	60%	47.2	74.4
-	Dan Hoffenberg	1018.1	97.1	4	25%	39.8	207	-113	50%	41.5	81.3
-	Alessio Isaia	1014.2	122.3	1	100%	164.0	164	164	100%	87.2	251.2
-	Ben Handley-Pritchard	1013.5	112.8	1	100%	142.0	142	142	100%	97.9	239.9
15	Paolo Catoni	1005.5	35.2	6	33%	-52.8	232	-332	33%	69.5	16.6
-	Dean Pokorny	1002.0	110.3	1	0%	-46.0	-46	-46	0%	81.8	35.8
-	Steve Altus	1001.9	90.9	1	0%	-52.0	-52	-52	0%	86.3	34.3
16	Francesco Mazzadi	997.2	67.6	7	14%	-44.4	132	-226	43%	37.2	-7.3
-	Sally Woolsey	995.7	41.0	1	0%	-157.0	-157	-157	0%	80.4	-76.6
17	Filippo Lagostena	993.9	-16.8	29	10%	-54.2	216	-380	34%	47.8	-6.3
-	Todd MacMullin	992.8	20.5	1	0%	-154.0	-154	-154	0%	25.6	-128.4
18	Beryl Dorscht	935.2	-57.8	50	10%	-122.7	278	-541	32%	57.9	-64.8
19	Giorgio Peterlongo	926.0	-82.1	23	4%	-134.1	205	-339	4%	51.5	-82.5

Hall of Fame, June 2019

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Tracey B	394
	Fabio Quai	358
	Migry Zur Campanile	352
	Fabio Quai	329
	Fabio Quai	326

Hall of Shame, June 2019

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Beryl Dorscht	-541
	Beryl Dorscht	-497
	Beryl Dorscht	-486
	Tamara Hoylaerts	-479
	Beryl Dorscht	-455