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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

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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.

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2020

January: Dean Pokorny

Annual winners, 2003-19

2019 ladder: Steven De Donder

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, January 2020

This competition finished on the last day of January 2020. Congratulations to Dean Pokorny.

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	Dean Pokorny	1137.3	127.4	100	34%	65.3	557	-336	67%	72.1	137.3
2	Migry Zur Campanile	1134.0	90.8	30	33%	59.3	329	-200	63%	79.4	138.7
3	Ben Kristensen	1125.9	128.4	29	41%	66.2	308	-193	76%	65.0	131.2
4	Steven De Donder	1121.1	133.4	41	44%	56.6	357	-435	68%	65.0	121.6
5	Goran Cekol	1098.4	95.3	48	29%	32.4	264	-363	69%	66.0	98.4
6	Joan Clark	1097.6	77.0	18	33%	58.1	274	-247	67%	64.3	122.5
7	Giles Woodruff	1093.2	75.1	13	38%	101.8	268	-4	85%	43.3	145.2
8	Fabio Quai	1092.0	106.6	87	24%	22.4	317	-454	62%	69.6	92.0
9	Beppe Mistretta	1086.4	51.7	19	32%	62.7	277	-145	84%	42.6	105.3
10	Dana Berkowitz	1083.6	90.7	45	29%	22.8	353	-450	58%	60.9	83.7
11	Krisztina Ormay	1082.5	90.9	59	25%	16.2	311	-302	61%	66.3	82.5
12	Anne Jackson	1077.0	88.9	30	23%	1.7	281	-355	53%	78.0	79.7
13	Tracey B	1077.0	77.8	91	24%	10.8	387	-429	60%	66.3	77.0
14	Mark Tynkov	1074.6	108.9	11	27%	71.3	195	-44	82%	61.2	132.5
15	Todd MacMullin	1074.3	37.9	32	28%	16.8	293	-341	56%	59.3	76.1
16	Zachary Grossack	1072.0	102.8	27	30%	24.0	372	-285	48%	52.4	76.3
17	Branko Spiljak	1067.8	66.6	77	34%	-7.2	424	-483	55%	74.9	67.8
18	John Parsons	1058.1	81.5	47	21%	1.1	281	-358	53%	57.0	58.1
19	Nicole Gilmore	1057.5	58.3	14	21%	41.1	207	-129	71%	43.7	84.8
20	Federico Bianchi	1040.4	34.6	78	21%	-27.1	308	-493	47%	67.5	40.4
-	Paola Silvia Colombo	1032.9	104.9	4	50%	70.0	203	-145	75%	77.8	147.8
21	Enrico Bongiorno	1027.3	37.5	38	13%	-34.2	362	-347	42%	61.7	27.5
-	Kit Woolsey	1026.9	108.6	3	0%	63.7	91	38	100%	96.3	160.0
22	Stan Schenker	1026.2	66.0	13	15%	-13.8	218	-284	46%	54.7	40.8
23	Dave Beer	1022.5	64.5	7	29%	-2.9	146	-178	57%	62.0	59.2
24	Chris Dixon	1022.3	96.0	7	0%	2.0	147	-122	43%	56.8	58.8
25	Mark Gray	1021.6	28.3	6	17%	37.5	176	-130	83%	28.1	65.6
-	Alessio Isaia	1017.7	123.1	1	100%	300.0	300	300	100%	13.6	313.6
26	Dan Hoffenberg	1016.4	93.1	9	11%	-30.9	153	-224	44%	65.5	34.6
27	Liz Goulding-Gray	1015.5	-40.5	6	17%	-4.8	117	-149	50%	51.9	47.0
28	Francesco Mazzadi	1014.7	51.0	16	25%	-34.4	217	-356	56%	54.2	19.8
-	Theodore Hwa	1013.0	-15.5	1	100%	131.0	131	131	100%	100.2	231.2
29	Paolo Catoni	1009.4	27.6	37	22%	-49.6	243	-440	38%	59.1	9.5
30	Stephen Frechette	1004.8	10.7	42	12%	-50.8	335	-354	43%	55.6	4.8
31	Tamara Hoylaerts	1004.7	25.8	6	17%	-63.0	126	-284	33%	77.4	14.4
-	Vedran Zoric	1004.4	62.9	4	25%	-38.3	154	-259	50%	58.0	19.8
-	Doron Limor	1002.4	118.4	3	0%	-85.7	-16	-139	0%	100.1	14.4
-	Shireen Mohandes	1000.6	20.9	2	0%	3.0	62	-56	50%	2.6	5.6
-	Chris Willenken	998.1	105.5	1	0%	-130.0	-130	-130	0%	95.9	-34.1
-	Adam Grossack	997.0	50.4	4	25%	-68.3	106	-253	50%	54.9	-13.4
32	Sami Casanova	993.5	55.7	8	25%	-70.8	179	-280	25%	55.6	-15.1
-	John Rebardo	991.6	57.0	3	33%	-88.3	128	-276	33%	38.3	-50.0
33	Filippo Lagostena	991.2	-5.7	28	18%	-71.8	266	-413	36%	62.6	-9.2
-	Donatella Buzzatti	989.5	-30.4	2	0%	-153.0	-125	-181	0%	59.3	-93.7
-	Ben Handley-Pritchard	983.4	110.7	1	0%	-387.0	-387	-387	0%	91.9	-295.1
34	Corey Robinson	983.2	6.6	7	14%	-68.6	129	-299	43%	24.3	-44.3
35	Giorgio Peterlongo	980.6	-62.0	32	16%	-80.6	265	-381	25%	60.8	-19.8
-	David Adler	980.2	68.3	2	0%	-251.5	-59	-444	0%	75.6	-175.9
-	Francisco Castro	974.2	-77.6	3	0%	-224.7	-29	-334	0%	71.2	-153.5
36	Beryel Dorscht	958.1	-33.0	54	19%	-97.9	321	-568	30%	56.0	-41.9
37	John McAllister	949.8	-66.0	30	7%	-104.1	166	-497	33%	52.2	-51.9

Hall of Fame, January 2020

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Dean Pokorny	557
	Dean Pokorny	488
	Dean Pokorny	430
	Branko Spiljak	424
	Branko Spiljak	400

Hall of Shame, January 2020

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Beryel Dorscht	-568
	John McAllister	-497
	Federico Bianchi	-493
	Federico Bianchi	-486
	Branko Spiljak	-483

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Ladder, January 2020

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