Home

Barbu Rules

Online Barbu

Online Barbu Ladder

Barbu History

Barbu Articles

Barbu Events

Links, Trivia, Photos

Online Barbu Ladder

Submitting results

Ladder results are submitted automatically by the BarbuWeb server. Please do not send in any results manually.

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.

Stephen Frechette and Aashish Welling, for giving us a brand-new web-based version of the software in 2020.

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 2022

February 2022

March 2022

April 2022

May 2022

2004-2021

Previous game data

January 2022

February 2022

March 2022

April 2022

May 2022

2003-2021

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2022

January: Mark Tynkov

February: Kit Woolsey

March: Ben Kristensen

April: Steven De Donder

May: Ben Kristensen

Annual winners, 2003-21

2021 ladder: Steven De Donder

2020 ladder: Steven De Donder

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, May 2022

This competition finished on the last day of May 2022. Congratulations to Ben Kristensen.

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	Ben Kristensen	1127.0	99.5	38	47%	82.1	333	-361	71%	45.8	127.9
2	Dan Hoffenberg	1112.2	74.8	20	40%	95.0	228	-207	90%	38.2	133.2
3	Migry Zur Campanile	1101.4	81.9	19	32%	80.3	300	-128	68%	43.2	123.5
4	Geoff Hampson	1091.8	90.9	64	31%	47.5	314	-263	63%	44.3	91.8
5	Fabio Quai	1087.0	85.0	103	36%	53.4	363	-310	65%	33.6	87.0
6	David Halasi	1080.2	114.4	9	56%	146.4	344	-14	89%	22.3	168.7
7	Nicole Gilmore	1075.0	72.5	24	29%	32.5	295	-212	50%	49.9	82.4
8	Mike Rice	1070.6	100.2	11	64%	142.9	418	-93	91%	-17.7	125.2
9	John Diamond	1067.4	78.4	34	41%	28.9	299	-316	62%	39.7	68.6
10	Steven De Donder	1061.9	97.4	21	48%	46.2	315	-431	67%	25.5	71.7
11	Gaetano Damiata	1061.8	52.8	49	31%	33.1	341	-246	57%	28.7	61.9
-	Sally Woolsey	1059.5	-48.0	5	80%	191.8	433	49	100%	23.5	215.3
12	Fabrizio Farnesi	1048.5	49.2	164	25%	17.9	397	-465	52%	30.7	48.5
13	Jill Levin	1046.4	22.6	24	29%	9.3	346	-305	50%	41.6	51.0
14	Krisztina Ormay	1045.7	61.4	24	38%	12.6	371	-551	54%	37.5	50.2
15	Sami Casanova	1042.9	55.0	33	21%	6.1	312	-320	58%	37.7	43.8
16	Chris Dixon	1041.8	74.9	6	50%	75.3	238	-72	67%	51.9	127.2
17	Anne Jackson	1039.3	58.6	17	24%	-1.6	221	-311	47%	52.6	51.1
18	Kevin Zhou	1036.1	18.0	27	26%	-3.4	374	-316	44%	41.6	38.2
19	Federico Bianchi	1033.5	41.1	40	10%	-4.1	297	-317	50%	37.8	33.7
20	Alessio Isaia	1032.5	89.7	9	22%	27.7	261	-138	56%	40.8	68.4
21	Alessandro Colombo	1032.5	23.1	44	25%	2.4	268	-359	55%	30.1	32.6
22	Simon Hunter	1030.6	51.3	16	31%	3.2	318	-308	63%	37.9	41.2
23	Mark Tynkov	1029.0	77.3	6	33%	53.2	162	-58	83%	35.0	88.2
24	Beppe Mistretta	1028.3	34.9	50	20%	-9.3	290	-405	46%	37.6	28.3
25	Gianluca Lodato	1025.6	7.3	20	15%	-8.4	298	-299	55%	38.8	30.4
26	Francesco Mazzadi	1021.0	41.6	20	10%	-11.3	155	-524	70%	36.2	24.9
27	Rosalind Lin	1019.4	31.0	24	17%	-11.2	269	-382	63%	32.5	21.3
-	Clovis Dehaye	1019.0	65.4	5	20%	57.6	199	-76	60%	11.1	68.7
-	John Parsons	1018.4	41.1	5	40%	23.6	201	-135	40%	43.1	66.7
28	Josh Richards	1011.5	-1.0	7	29%	26.3	326	-385	71%	4.1	30.3
-	Aaron Jones	1011.0	17.3	2	0%	51.0	153	-51	50%	46.6	97.6
-	Stephen Frechette	1010.0	10.8	3	33%	18.7	329	-151	33%	40.9	59.6
-	Zachary Grossack	1009.0	91.1	5	20%	-34.0	233	-167	20%	66.7	32.7
-	John Rebardo	1008.6	30.1	3	33%	-4.0	124	-180	67%	55.2	51.2
29	Paolo Colombo	1005.0	-7.4	54	24%	-37.0	384	-563	50%	42.0	5.0
30	Stan Schenker	1002.4	15.8	53	21%	-31.1	212	-466	49%	33.6	2.4
31	Joan Clark	1001.1	37.0	27	11%	-25.9	145	-364	44%	27.1	1.2
-	Keiran Crowe-Mai	1000.6	-39.6	4	0%	-6.5	60	-146	75%	9.0	2.5
-	Richard Probst	999.1	68.8	2	0%	-14.0	232	-260	50%	6.2	-7.8
32	Giorgio Caccia	996.7	8.7	23	13%	-34.9	190	-404	43%	31.2	-3.7
33	Tamara Hoylaerts	990.7	-5.1	21	10%	-54.2	142	-292	43%	43.4	-10.8
-	Adam Grossack	990.1	36.4	2	0%	-128.0	-20	-236	0%	40.0	-88.0
-	Amit Zahar	989.9	-178.8	1	0%	-215.0	-215	-215	0%	35.4	-179.6
-	Paolo Catoni	988.9	18.9	4	0%	-85.5	60	-297	25%	35.9	-49.6
-	Kit Woolsey	988.1	87.4	3	0%	-104.0	-22	-182	0%	33.1	-70.9
34	Corey Robinson	987.4	-16.6	11	18%	-80.2	157	-508	36%	57.8	-22.4
35	Benoit Guiot	986.1	23.1	15	20%	-51.3	342	-547	33%	31.7	-19.6
36	Tracey B	980.9	42.5	12	17%	-63.1	321	-276	17%	31.5	-31.6
-	Irene Baroni	979.7	-13.5	2	0%	-216.5	-211	-222	0%	36.1	-180.4
37	Beryel Dorscht	972.8	-92.1	13	8%	-79.4	138	-363	15%	37.0	-42.4
38	Umberto Prestini	972.1	-20.1	34	12%	-77.2	199	-467	44%	48.8	-28.4
39	Bud Stuart	970.2	-45.0	6	17%	-66.2	152	-304	33%	-24.4	-90.6
-	Sarina Chaiken	970.0	-106.3	1	0%	-512.0	-512	-512	0%	-19.4	-531.4
40	Filippo Lagostena	968.2	-3.0	16	13%	-73.4	155	-287	50%	30.5	-42.9
41	Giorgio Peterlongo	928.1	-78.1	61	15%	-113.2	260	-495	26%	41.3	-71.9
42	Gabriel Feldstein	918.3	-64.0	18	0%	-138.1	71	-448	6%	35.6	-102.5
43	Nancy Stuart	908.4	-201.5	6	0%	-305.8	77	-568	17%	27.2	-278.7

Hall of Fame, May 2022

Highest scores achieved over the period:

	Name	Result
	Sally Woolsey	433
	Mike Rice	418
	Fabrizio Farnesi	397
	Paolo Colombo	384
	Kevin Zhou	374

Hall of Shame, May 2022

Lowest scores over the period:

	Name	Result
	Nancy Stuart	-568
	Paolo Colombo	-563
	Krisztina Ormay	-551
	Benoit Guiot	-547
	Francesco Mazzadi	-524