Online Barbu Ladder

Submitting results

Ladder results should be sent to online.barbu.results@virgin.net. 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”), but with full names, abbreviations or aliases in place of the "handles" used during the game. 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.

Steve Altus, Lew Stansby, Neil Trentham and Giles Woodruff, for providing advice and comments, and for pointing out problems.

Barbu Heroes

Largest number of ladder wins

Lew Stansby (3)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

Kit Woolsey: +275 at Dominoes, subsequently equalled by Jon Rice

Winners, 2005

January: Armando Pontecorvo

February: Steve Altus

March: Mike Rice

Winners, 2003-4

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2004 “Zester”: Neil Trentham

2004 “Apple core”: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby

Monthly/bimonthly/quarterly ladders: Neil Allerton (twice), Steve Altus, Giovanni Bobbio, Graham Hazel, Francesco Mazzadi, JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby (three times), Laura Tidone, Willie Whitaker, Philip Wood

Barbu Ladder - input data

Barbu Ladder Scores

Date South West North East
2005-04-01 Kevin Shiue 144 Jennifer Lin -16 McKenzie Myers -135 Jon Rice 7
2005-04-01 Steve Altus 43 Kevin Shiue 126 Jon Rice -190 Prahalad Rajkumar 21
2005-04-01 Fabrizio Farnesi 35 Laura de Laurentiis -292 Laura Tidone 139 Fabio Lo Presti 118
2005-04-01 Laura Tidone 17 Laura de Laurentiis 116 Luca Cesati Cassin -28 Leonardo Cima -105
2005-04-01 Neil Trentham 2 David Beer -41 Jon Rice 116 Louis Levy -77
2005-04-02 Fabrizio Farnesi 128 Nicholas Cheung -1 Jon Rice -22 Fabio Lo Presti -105
2005-04-02 Fabrizio Farnesi 79 Fabio Lo Presti -40 Jon Rice 279 Martin Garvey -318
2005-04-02 Fabrizio Farnesi -12 Laura de Laurentiis -19 Tong Choo 126 Luca Cesati Cassin -95
2005-04-02 Fabrizio Farnesi -13 Laura de Laurentiis 54 Luca Cesati Cassin 115 Fabio Lo Presti -156
2005-04-02 Fabrizio Farnesi 113 Laura de Laurentiis -140 Michael Wilkinson -56 Tony Nunn 83
2005-04-02 Neil Trentham 380 Michael Wilkinson -301 Tony Nunn 57 Julian Foster -136
2005-04-02 Neil Trentham -101 Martin Garvey 350 Michael Wilkinson -46 Tony Nunn -203
2005-04-02 Fabrizio Farnesi 221 Jon Rice -102 Fabio Lo Presti -271 Tong Choo 152
2005-04-02 Martin Garvey 5 Nicholas Cheung -188 Neil Trentham 75 David Adler 108
2005-04-02 Andy Bowles 83 Prahalad Rajkumar -117 Jon Rice 83 Massoun M ejjeh -49
2005-04-03 Martin Garvey 13 Prahalad Rajkumar -69 Fabrizio Farnesi 104 David Adler -48
2005-04-03 Jennifer Lin 112 Kevin Shiue -172 Martin Garvey 90 Greg Ingolia -30
2005-04-03 Fabrizio Farnesi -28 Laura de Laurentiis -95 Laura Tidone -3 Luca Cesati Cassin 126
2005-04-03 Laura Tidone 114 Fabio Lo Presti 102 Tony Nunn 105 Carlo Fogaroli -321
2005-04-03 Martin Garvey 109 Michael Wilkinson -26 Raghavendra Rajkumar -126 Tony Nunn 43
2005-04-03 Martin Garvey -142 Tony Nunn 336 Michael Wilkinson -104 David Adler -90
2005-04-03 Martin Garvey 92 Laura de Laurentiis 0 Raghavendra Rajkumar -270 Louis Levy 178
2005-04-03 Andy Bowles 199 Raghavendra Rajkumar -12 Guy Campbell -151 Martin Garvey -36
2005-04-03 Martin Garvey 56 Fabio Lo Presti -19 Luca Cesati Cassin 140 Laura de Laurentiis -177
2005-04-03 Neil Trentham 158 Laura de Laurentiis 77 Fabio Lo Presti -234 Luca Cesati Cassin -1
2005-04-03 Neil Trentham 169 Laura de Laurentiis -62 David Beer 41 Luca Cesati Cassin -148
2005-04-03 Neil Trentham 177 Annabella Palma -18 Laura Tidone 49 Carlo Fogaroli -208
2005-04-04 Martin Garvey -32 Elisabetta Palma 100 Annabella Palma 35 David Adler -103
2005-04-04 Martin Garvey -112 Leonardo Cima -6 Luca Cesati Cassin 5 Laura Tidone 113
2005-04-04 Fabrizio Farnesi -271 Luca Cesati Cassin -38 Leonardo Cima 222 Martin Garvey 87
2005-04-04 Neil Trentham -270 Kit Woolsey 243 Sally Woolsey -58 Mike Rice 85
2005-04-04 Neil Trentham -5 Massoun M ejjeh 21 Jon Rice -196 Elisabetta Palma 180
2005-04-04 Neil Trentham -67 David Beer 200 Carlo Fogaroli -142 Sally Woolsey 9
2005-04-05 Fabrizio Farnesi -136 Laura de Laurentiis 261 Annabella Palma -73 Elisabetta Palma -52
2005-04-05 Fabrizio Farnesi 203 Elisabetta Palma -272 Annabella Palma -96 Laura de Laurentiis 165
2005-04-05 Martin Garvey -197 Fabio Lo Presti 287 Michael Wilkinson -96 Laura de Laurentiis 6
2005-04-05 Martin Garvey -115 Andy Bowles -131 David Beer 149 Mike Rice 97
2005-04-05 Neil Trentham 135 David Beer -6 Jon Rice 54 Guy Campbell -183
2005-04-05 Neil Trentham -76 Guy Campbell 114 Jon Rice -245 Raghavendra Rajkumar 207
2005-04-05 Neil Trentham 20 Massoun M ejjeh -223 Annabella Palma -5 Sally Woolsey 208
2005-04-06 Martin Garvey 246 Laura de Laurentiis -22 Luca Cesati Cassin -150 Massoun M ejjeh -74
2005-04-06 Martin Garvey 127 Laura de Laurentiis -106 Massoun M ejjeh -73 Luca Cesati Cassin 52
2005-04-06 Neil Trentham 186 Laura de Laurentiis -46 Jon Rice -75 Massoun M ejjeh -65
2005-04-06 David Beer -59 Fabio Lo Presti 112 Jon Rice -44 Prahalad Rajkumar -9
2005-04-07 Laura Tidone -83 Annabella Palma 186 Luca Cesati Cassin -64 Tony Nunn -39
2005-04-07 Tony Nunn 172 Annabella Palma -194 Laura Tidone -158 Carlo Fogaroli 180
2005-04-07 David Beer -486 Prahalad Rajkumar 205 Jon Rice 217 Raghavendra Rajkumar 64
2005-04-07 David Beer -213 Mike Rice -113 Jon Rice 91 Raghavendra Rajkumar 235
2005-04-07 Neil Trentham 80 Annabella Palma 244 Elisabetta Palma -68 Massoun M ejjeh -256
2005-04-08 Fabrizio Farnesi 10 Tong Choo 198 Annabella Palma -114 Raghavendra Rajkumar -94
2005-04-08 Fabrizio Farnesi 348 Laura de Laurentiis -170 Massoun M ejjeh 17 Leonardo Cima -195
2005-04-08 Laura Tidone -52 Laura de Laurentiis 183 Annabella Palma -152 Tony Nunn 21
2005-04-08 Laura Tidone -67 Laura de Laurentiis 21 Luca Cesati Cassin 194 Tony Nunn -148
2005-04-08 Tony Nunn -71 Michael Wilkinson 178 Sally Woolsey -107 Raghavendra Rajkumar 0
2005-04-08 Neil Trentham -120 Jon Rice -165 Guy Campbell 90 Massoun M ejjeh 195
2005-04-09 Giles Woodruff 136 Laura de Laurentiis 91 Luca Cesati Cassin -93 Massoun M ejjeh -134
2005-04-09 Fabrizio Farnesi -285 Tong Choo 27 Kit Woolsey 13 Sally Woolsey 245
2005-04-09 Fabrizio Farnesi -187 Andrew Garnett -163 Jon Rice 146 Massoun M ejjeh 204
2005-04-09 Fabrizio Farnesi -177 Laura de Laurentiis 0 Luca Cesati Cassin 184 Tony Nunn -7
2005-04-09 Fabrizio Farnesi -200 Tony Nunn 2 Luca Cesati Cassin -184 Laura de Laurentiis 382
2005-04-09 Fabrizio Farnesi -184 Tony Nunn 10 Neil Trentham 154 Laura de Laurentiis 20
2005-04-09 Neil Trentham -59 Laura de Laurentiis 18 Luca Cesati Cassin -50 David Adler 91
2005-04-09 Neil Trentham 120 David Beer 106 Guy Campbell -15 Michael Wilkinson -211
2005-04-09 Giles Woodruff -24 Guy Campbell 84 Neil Trentham -38 John Therkelsen -22
2005-04-10 Fabrizio Farnesi 150 Martin Garvey -259 Laura Tidone -22 Tony Nunn 131
2005-04-10 Martin Garvey 270 Jon Rice 72 Neil Trentham -111 Raghavendra Rajkumar -231
2005-04-10 Martin Garvey 97 Guy Campbell -235 Giles Woodruff 14 Louis Levy 124
2005-04-10 Laura Tidone 86 Laura de Laurentiis -247 Luca Cesati Cassin -171 Martin Garvey 332
2005-04-10 Andy Bowles 187 Raghavendra Rajkumar 59 Neil Trentham -257 Willie Whitaker 11
2005-04-10 Neil Trentham 284 Willie Whitaker -127 David Beer 37 Raghavendra Rajkumar -194
2005-04-10 Laura Tidone 253 Laura de Laurentiis -131 Carlo Fogaroli 0 Luca Cesati Cassin -122
2005-04-10 Laura Tidone -105 Laura de Laurentiis 180 Carlo Fogaroli 121 Luca Cesati Cassin -196
2005-04-11 Fabrizio Farnesi 233 Raghavendra Rajkumar -135 Annabella Palma -85 Fabio Lo Presti -13
2005-04-11 Neil Trentham 27 Fabio Lo Presti -67 Guy Campbell 128 Francesco Mazzadi -88
2005-04-11 Andy Bowles 246 Armando Pontecorvo 3 Neil Trentham -22 Willie Whitaker -227
2005-04-12 Fabrizio Farnesi 42 Annabella Palma 122 Guy Campbell -86 Tong Choo -78
2005-04-12 Martin Garvey -233 Laura de Laurentiis -225 Fabio Lo Presti 214 Francesco Mazzadi 244
2005-04-12 Laura Tidone 62 Elisabetta Palma -84 Luca Cesati Cassin -27 Annabella Palma 49
2005-04-12 Laura Tidone -34 Massoun M ejjeh -191 Luca Cesati Cassin 316 Tony Nunn -91
2005-04-12 Neil Trentham -86 Massoun M ejjeh 268 Kit Woolsey -199 Sally Woolsey 17
2005-04-12 Martin Garvey 195 Massoun M ejjeh 77 David Beer -307 Sally Woolsey 35
2005-04-12 Annabella Palma -84 Fabio Lo Presti 61 Guy Campbell 45 Francesco Mazzadi -22
2005-04-12 Martin Garvey -231 Sally Woolsey 238 Neil Trentham -39 David Beer 32
2005-04-13 Laura Tidone 20 Ben Chosid -161 Massoun M ejjeh 142 Elisabetta Palma -1
2005-04-13 Fabrizio Farnesi -2 Fabio Lo Presti -58 Elisabetta Palma 96 Francesco Mazzadi -36
2005-04-13 Martin Garvey 189 Andy Bowles -181 Michael Wilkinson -205 Massoun M ejjeh 197
2005-04-13 Martin Garvey -53 Willie Whitaker 198 Neil Trentham -22 Sally Woolsey -123
2005-04-13 Martin Garvey -327 Sally Woolsey 215 Neil Trentham 114 Willie Whitaker -2
2005-04-14 Laura Tidone 31 Luca Cesati Cassin -87 Massoun M ejjeh -138 Francesco Mazzadi 194
2005-04-14 Martin Garvey 360 Massoun M ejjeh -6 Laura Tidone 44 Luca Cesati Cassin -398
2005-04-14 Martin Garvey 243 Prahalad Rajkumar -2 Michael Wilkinson -275 Tony Nunn 34
2005-04-14 David Beer 10 Kit Woolsey 291 Guy Campbell -66 Sally Woolsey -235
2005-04-15 Fabrizio Farnesi 259 Massoun M ejjeh 251 Elisabetta Palma -320 Annabella Palma -190
2005-04-15 Fabrizio Farnesi -253 Elisabetta Palma 5 Fabio Lo Presti 111 Massoun M ejjeh 137
2005-04-15 Neil Trentham 33 David Beer -106 Laura Tidone -37 Massoun M ejjeh 110
2005-04-15 Neil Trentham -32 Massoun M ejjeh 123 Laura Tidone -92 Giles Woodruff 1
2005-04-16 Fabrizio Farnesi -342 Massoun M ejjeh 224 Guy Campbell 58 Tong Choo 60
2005-04-16 Andy Bowles -217 Fabio Lo Presti -58 Neil Trentham 265 Sally Woolsey 10
2005-04-16 Neil Trentham 80 Francesco Mazzadi -58 Laura Tidone 56 Fabio Lo Presti -78
2005-04-16 Neil Trentham 11 Massoun M ejjeh -38 Laura Tidone 79 David Beer -52
2005-04-17 Fabrizio Farnesi 2 Tong Choo 25 Fabio Lo Presti -220 Francesco Mazzadi 193
2005-04-17 Martin Garvey -145 Guy Campbell -4 Neil Trentham 84 Raghavendra Rajkumar 65
2005-04-17 Martin Garvey -187 Laura de Laurentiis 84 Guy Campbell 38 Luca Cesati Cassin 65
2005-04-17 Chris Dixon 51 Laura de Laurentiis 25 Luca Cesati Cassin -88 Giles Woodruff 12
2005-04-17 Chris Dixon 45 Laura de Laurentiis 95 David Beer -5 Luca Cesati Cassin -135
2005-04-17 Laura Tidone -82 David Adler 70 Annabella Palma 63 Francesco Mazzadi -51
2005-04-18 Fabrizio Farnesi -192 Tong Choo 174 Guy Campbell 181 Annabella Palma -163
2005-04-18 Neil Trentham -176 Fabrizio Farnesi 60 Jon Rice -26 Martin Garvey 142
2005-04-18 Martin Garvey -198 Chris Dixon 191 Fabrizio Farnesi -81 Tong Choo 88
2005-04-18 Neil Trentham 177 Massoun M ejjeh -195 Annabella Palma 141 Nicholas Cheung -123
2005-04-18 Martin Garvey 93 John Therkelsen 124 David Beer 41 Mike Rice -258
2005-04-19 Chris Dixon 95 John Therkelsen -39 Sally Woolsey -318 David Beer 262
2005-04-19 Chris Dixon -23 Annabella Palma -80 Luca Cesati Cassin 28 Francesco Mazzadi 75
2005-04-19 Martin Garvey -32 Luca Cesati Cassin -177 Laura Tidone 84 Chris Dixon 125
2005-04-19 Martin Garvey 196 Guy Campbell -434 Jon Rice 170 David Beer 68
2005-04-19 Martin Garvey -327 Massoun M ejjeh 239 Jon Rice 163 Neil Trentham -75
2005-04-19 Neil Trentham 190 Laura de Laurentiis -125 Guy Campbell 243 Massoun M ejjeh -308
2005-04-19 Laura Tidone -56 Laura de Laurentiis 79 Luca Cesati Cassin 265 Massoun M ejjeh -288
2005-04-20 Laura Tidone 112 Laura de Laurentiis 93 Elisabetta Palma 137 Massoun M ejjeh -342
2005-04-20 Neil Trentham -90 David Beer 186 Jon Rice 268 JoAnna Stansby -364
2005-04-20 Neil Trentham -35 Massoun M ejjeh 67 David Beer -186 Fabio Lo Presti 154
2005-04-20 Neil Trentham -39 Jon Rice 298 Guy Campbell -138 David Beer -121
2005-04-21 David Beer -34 Sally Woolsey -21 John Therkelsen 125 David Adler -70
2005-04-21 Prahalad Rajkumar -7 Guy Campbell 95 Jon Rice 74 Massoun M ejjeh -162
2005-04-21 Neil Trentham 141 Laura de Laurentiis 125 Luca Cesati Cassin -218 Annabella Palma -48
2005-04-21 Neil Trentham 22 Chris Dixon 106 Prahalad Rajkumar -78 David Beer -50
2005-04-21 Neil Trentham -7 Laura de Laurentiis -195 Luca Cesati Cassin -145 Jon Rice 347
2005-04-21 Giles Woodruff 77 Laura de Laurentiis 27 Neil Trentham -324 Luca Cesati Cassin 220
2005-04-22 Martin Garvey -112 Laura de Laurentiis 200 Massoun M ejjeh -67 Luca Cesati Cassin -21
2005-04-22 Martin Garvey -216 Tony Nunn 42 Michael Wilkinson 67 Chris Dixon 107
2005-04-22 Neil Trentham 124 Laura de Laurentiis -256 Tony Nunn -223 Michael Wilkinson 355
2005-04-22 Neil Trentham 193 Massoun M ejjeh -64 Tony Nunn -126 Laura de Laurentiis -3
2005-04-23 Neil Trentham 22 Laura de Laurentiis 79 Massoun M ejjeh -164 Luca Cesati Cassin 63
2005-04-23 Fabrizio Farnesi -68 Laura de Laurentiis -234 Neil Trentham 181 Massoun M ejjeh 121
2005-04-23 Neil Trentham -35 Massoun M ejjeh 150 Laura de Laurentiis 60 Chris Dixon -175
2005-04-23 Martin Garvey -57 Laura de Laurentiis -203 Neil Trentham 9 Raghavendra Rajkumar 251
2005-04-23 Martin Garvey 45 Prahalad Rajkumar 15 Neil Trentham 139 Raghavendra Rajkumar -199
2005-04-23 Martin Garvey 70 Massoun M ejjeh -172 Neil Trentham -154 Willie Whitaker 256
2005-04-23 Martin Garvey 204 Willie Whitaker 145 Giles Woodruff -149 Neil Trentham -200
2005-04-24 Andy Bowles 74 Michael Wilkinson -292 Massoun M ejjeh -23 Tony Nunn 241
2005-04-24 Fabrizio Farnesi 5 Laura de Laurentiis -37 Luca Cesati Cassin -50 Tony Nunn 82
2005-04-24 Martin Garvey -190 Jon Rice 130 Neil Trentham 14 Francesco Mazzadi 46
2005-04-24 Martin Garvey -44 Neil Trentham -179 Chris Dixon 225 Willie Whitaker -2
2005-04-24 Martin Garvey -60 Annabella Palma 198 Prahalad Rajkumar 173 Raghavendra Rajkumar -311
2005-04-25 Martin Garvey -100 Laura de Laurentiis -14 Luca Cesati Cassin 19 Massoun M ejjeh 95
2005-04-25 Martin Garvey 97 Laura de Laurentiis 114 Massoun M ejjeh -26 Elisabetta Palma -185
2005-04-25 Chris Dixon -236 Massoun M ejjeh -97 Martin Garvey 72 Laura de Laurentiis 261
2005-04-25 David Beer -468 Mike Rice -40 Massoun M ejjeh 366 Francesco Mazzadi 142
2005-04-25 Martin Garvey 107 David Beer 98 Fabio Lo Presti -240 Raghavendra Rajkumar 35
2005-04-25 Martin Garvey -186 Kit Woolsey -91 Neil Trentham 154 Sally Woolsey 123
2005-04-25 Martin Garvey -99 Massoun M ejjeh -279 Neil Trentham 138 Jon Rice 240
2005-04-26 Laura de Laurentiis 65 Guy Campbell 84 Luca Cesati Cassin -158 Francesco Mazzadi 9
2005-04-26 Chris Dixon 193 Massoun M ejjeh -150 John Therkelsen 236 Martin Garvey -279
2005-04-26 Martin Garvey 51 Willie Whitaker -58 Chris Dixon -137 Mike Rice 144
2005-04-26 Neil Trentham 50 David Beer 150 Jon Rice -427 Chris Dixon 227
2005-04-26 Martin Garvey 96 David Beer -15 Fabio Lo Presti -262 Jon Rice 181
2005-04-27 Neil Trentham 348 Laura de Laurentiis 40 Luca Cesati Cassin -59 Fabio Lo Presti -329
2005-04-27 Neil Trentham 150 Laura de Laurentiis -22 Laura Tidone 50 Elisabetta Palma -178
2005-04-27 Chris Dixon -489 Massoun M ejjeh 230 Laura de Laurentiis -38 Mike Rice 297
2005-04-27 Neil Trentham 153 Massoun M ejjeh -138 Jon Rice -41 Michael Wilkinson 26
2005-04-28 Chris Dixon 20 Tony Nunn -45 Fabio Lo Presti 93 Michael Wilkinson -68
2005-04-28 Chris Dixon 164 Michael Wilkinson 72 Tong Choo -57 Tony Nunn -179
2005-04-28 Neil Trentham 254 Massoun M ejjeh -188 Guy Campbell -186 Jon Rice 120
2005-04-29 Laura de Laurentiis 142 Luca Cesati Cassin 204 Laura Tidone -454 Fabio Lo Presti 108
2005-04-29 Laura de Laurentiis -91 Tony Nunn -120 Laura Tidone -30 Luca Cesati Cassin 241
2005-04-29 Andy Bowles 273 Guy Campbell -182 Neil Trentham -4 Willie Whitaker -87
2005-04-29 Neil Trentham 88 Laura de Laurentiis -92 Luca Cesati Cassin -182 Fabio Lo Presti 186
2005-04-29 Neil Trentham 35 Laura de Laurentiis 101 Luca Cesati Cassin 186 Fabio Lo Presti -322
2005-04-30 Neil Trentham 42 Laura de Laurentiis 114 Luca Cesati Cassin -7 Fabio Lo Presti -149
2005-04-30 Martin Garvey 235 Laura de Laurentiis 114 Luca Cesati Cassin -223 Annabella Palma -126
2005-04-30 Martin Garvey -40 Annabella Palma 195 Laura Tidone 96 John Therkelsen -251
2005-04-30 Martin Garvey -2 Nicholas Cheung 185 Sally Woolsey -383 Prahalad Rajkumar 200
2005-04-30 Martin Garvey 218 Neil Trentham 123 Andy Bowles -441 Prahalad Rajkumar 100
2005-05-01 Martin Garvey 171 David Adler -229 Laura Tidone 114 John Therkelsen -56