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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 2020

February 2020

2004-2019

Previous game data

January 2020

February 2020

2003-2019

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2020

January: Dean Pokorny

February: Steven De Donder

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, February 2020

This competition finished on the last day of February 2020. Congratulations to Steven De Donder.

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	Steven De Donder	1153.9	140.2	46	48%	85.8	452	-149	65%	68.3	154.1
2	Dean Pokorny	1124.3	130.3	57	30%	44.8	518	-298	60%	79.6	124.3
3	Zachary Grossack	1122.8	110.0	26	31%	78.8	440	-400	69%	52.6	131.5
4	Dana Berkowitz	1118.1	100.1	50	36%	57.0	432	-384	68%	61.1	118.1
5	Alessio Isaia	1115.8	120.1	24	29%	47.4	284	-349	58%	79.8	127.2
6	Ben Kristensen	1112.9	128.9	20	45%	74.3	254	-243	85%	59.7	133.9
7	Krisztina Ormay	1107.0	99.6	39	33%	40.1	350	-322	51%	67.6	107.7
8	Tracey B	1104.6	87.9	66	26%	23.3	522	-396	55%	81.3	104.6
9	Fabio Quai	1099.6	104.5	73	33%	31.5	262	-299	60%	68.1	99.6
10	Chris Dixon	1094.6	104.9	20	35%	58.4	404	-337	65%	53.9	112.3
11	Nicole Gilmore	1091.7	66.6	23	39%	45.4	201	-314	65%	56.9	102.3
12	Goran Cekol	1089.1	97.1	24	17%	27.2	292	-273	54%	70.7	97.9
13	Enrico Bongiorno	1084.4	55.1	44	41%	24.5	318	-402	55%	60.0	84.5
14	Doron Limor	1073.5	122.6	8	38%	76.4	204	-24	75%	95.1	171.5
15	Mark Tynkov	1057.2	108.6	12	33%	39.9	305	-90	50%	54.7	94.7
16	John Parsons	1056.8	76.3	54	22%	-10.5	299	-464	57%	67.3	56.8
17	Federico Bianchi	1052.8	44.5	47	21%	-10.8	373	-348	40%	63.7	52.9
18	Sami Casanova	1045.3	56.8	18	22%	-3.9	316	-326	50%	60.8	56.9
19	Stan Schenker	1042.7	70.4	12	17%	12.5	413	-307	33%	58.3	70.8
20	Anne Jackson	1041.1	80.2	34	15%	-28.1	260	-401	41%	70.0	41.8
21	Branko Spiljak	1040.4	58.6	38	18%	-34.8	329	-591	37%	75.6	40.7
22	Migry Zur Campanile	1039.1	84.8	24	17%	-28.3	320	-303	46%	71.2	43.0
23	Dan Hoffenberg	1028.6	89.4	6	33%	40.0	344	-201	50%	46.9	86.9
24	Dave Beer	1025.8	64.4	6	0%	-3.7	132	-194	50%	82.2	78.6
25	Michael Wilkinson	1024.1	100.0	7	14%	-10.4	132	-289	57%	73.8	63.4
26	Richard Probst	1019.8	88.6	8	25%	-26.9	251	-252	38%	73.2	46.3
-	Liz Goulding-Gray	1016.5	-34.9	5	0%	14.4	177	-194	60%	45.4	59.8
-	Paola Silvia Colombo	1014.6	128.5	1	100%	176.0	176	176	100%	82.3	258.3
27	John Rebardo	1013.6	56.1	11	9%	-35.4	191	-145	45%	59.5	24.1
-	Wouter Van den hove	1012.3	15.8	3	0%	14.3	84	-66	67%	59.1	73.4
28	Stephen Frechette	1012.2	12.3	23	22%	-54.7	244	-382	39%	68.3	13.6
-	Kit Woolsey	1011.7	115.1	4	0%	-7.0	155	-310	75%	59.3	52.3
29	John McAllister	1008.7	-37.8	14	29%	-43.6	165	-279	43%	56.5	12.9
30	Giles Woodruff	1006.2	75.8	7	0%	-42.3	102	-384	71%	58.6	16.3
-	James Krot	1004.0	-191.6	1	0%	72.0	72	72	100%	-0.4	71.6
-	Corey Robinson	1003.3	12.2	4	0%	-6.0	138	-141	50%	20.7	14.7
-	Nicholas Cheung	1003.1	2.7	1	0%	-4.0	-4	-4	0%	59.3	55.3
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	1000.3	23.3	2	0%	-56.5	-33	-80	0%	59.5	3.0
-	Steve Altus	998.6	95.2	2	0%	-72.5	-11	-134	0%	60.4	-12.1
31	Todd MacMullin	998.4	33.1	9	0%	-62.8	138	-400	44%	59.5	-3.3
-	Beppe Mistretta	997.5	49.0	2	0%	-128.0	-62	-194	0%	105.4	-22.6
-	Francesco Mazzadi	995.7	49.9	2	0%	-114.0	69	-297	50%	75.7	-38.3
32	Paolo Catoni	992.6	23.8	22	14%	-72.0	222	-304	36%	63.7	-8.4
33	Joan Clark	990.8	62.9	27	15%	-80.1	193	-412	33%	70.3	-9.8
-	Adam Grossack	990.7	46.5	3	33%	-112.7	187	-291	33%	57.1	-55.6
-	Keiran Crowe-Mai	981.8	-159.1	1	0%	-374.0	-374	-374	0%	50.7	-323.3
-	Francisco Castro	980.9	-131.0	3	0%	-137.0	-7	-311	0%	23.5	-113.5
34	Filippo Lagostena	980.1	-8.1	9	22%	-115.2	170	-554	44%	73.3	-41.9
-	Mark Gray	980.0	21.3	4	25%	-107.3	122	-336	50%	17.4	-89.9
35	Giorgio Peterlongo	976.6	-51.0	39	10%	-92.0	235	-564	41%	68.4	-23.6
36	Harrison Luba	967.7	-25.8	26	19%	-95.3	278	-439	31%	60.8	-34.6
37	Beryel Dorscht	937.1	-35.8	37	8%	-120.9	308	-543	32%	57.5	-63.5

Hall of Fame, February 2020

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Tracey B	522
	Dean Pokorny	518
	Steven De Donder	452
	Zachary Grossack	440
	Dean Pokorny	434

Hall of Shame, February 2020

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Branko Spiljak	-591
	Giorgio Peterlongo	-564
	Filippo Lagostena	-554
	Beryel Dorscht	-543
	Giorgio Peterlongo	-504