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, David Beer, Lew Stansby, Neil Trentham and Giles Woodruff, for providing advice and comments.

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

April: Neil Trentham

May: Neil Trentham

June: David Adler

July: Jérome Rombaut

August: Jérome Rombaut

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

Last updated: Thu 01 Sep 2005 09:00 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2005-08-01 Chris Dixon 214 Annabella Palma 141 Jon Rice -216 Mike Rice -139
2005-08-01 Fabrizio Farnesi 176 Tony Nunn -347 Annabella Palma 104 Chris Dixon 67
2005-08-01 Fabrizio Farnesi 149 David Beer -222 Neil Trentham 96 Guy Campbell -23
2005-08-01 Fabrizio Farnesi -97 Michael Wilkinson -120 Tony Nunn 481 Tong Choo -264
2005-08-01 Martin Garvey -23 Willie Whitaker 64 Chris Dixon -9 Fabio Lo Presti -32
2005-08-01 Neil Trentham 75 Lionel Sebbane 39 Jérome Rombaut 133 Manu Prunier -247
2005-08-01 Martin Garvey -241 Willie Whitaker 379 Jérome Rombaut 82 Chris Dixon -220
2005-08-01 David Beer -148 John Therkelsen 36 Guy Campbell 165 Neil Trentham -53
2005-08-02 Fabrizio Farnesi 99 Vincent Prospert -450 Jérome Rombaut 214 Chris Dixon 137
2005-08-02 Fabrizio Farnesi 150 Dan Hoffenberg -73 Nicholas Cheung -11 Annabella Palma -66
2005-08-02 Jon Rice 130 Mike Rice -370 Jérome Rombaut -39 Dan Hoffenberg 279
2005-08-02 Neil Trentham 80 John Therkelsen -125 David Beer 148 Dan Hoffenberg -103
2005-08-02 John Therkelsen 10 David Beer 32 Guy Campbell -178 Neil Trentham 136
2005-08-02 Martin Garvey -66 Michael Wilkinson 284 Jon Rice 32 Mike Rice -250
2005-08-02 Andy Bowles 46 Eric Mayefsky 141 Willie Whitaker -83 David Beer -104
2005-08-03 Fabrizio Farnesi 59 Tong Choo 239 Doris Denny -380 Nicholas Cheung 82
2005-08-03 Fabrizio Farnesi -58 Annabella Palma -178 Massoun M ejjeh 142 Chris Dixon 94
2005-08-03 Fabrizio Farnesi -236 Annabella Palma 251 Chris Dixon 132 Massoun M ejjeh -147
2005-08-03 Chris Dixon -249 Eric Mayefsky 321 Neil Trentham 131 Michael Wilkinson -203
2005-08-03 Fabrizio Farnesi 152 Annabella Palma 87 Neil Trentham 34 Martin Garvey -273
2005-08-04 Chris Dixon 18 Leonardo Cima 45 Ben Chosid -46 Massoun M ejjeh -17
2005-08-04 Chris Dixon -67 Susie Harbour -163 Martin Garvey 116 Leonardo Cima 114
2005-08-06 Fabrizio Farnesi -68 Kit Woolsey 158 Neil Trentham 159 Sally Woolsey -249
2005-08-06 Fabrizio Farnesi -154 Tong Choo 55 Neil Trentham -118 David Adler 217
2005-08-06 Fabrizio Farnesi 163 Tong Choo 91 Prahalad Rajkumar -180 Neil Trentham -74
2005-08-06 Laura Tidone 287 Guy Campbell -66 Neil Trentham 60 Sally Woolsey -281
2005-08-06 Laura Tidone 176 Martin Garvey 107 Neil Trentham -90 Sally Woolsey -193
2005-08-07 Fabrizio Farnesi 155 Kit Woolsey -299 Sally Woolsey 52 Doris Denny 92
2005-08-07 Martin Garvey 285 Doris Denny 6 Laura Tidone -236 Tony Nunn -55
2005-08-07 Fabrizio Farnesi -26 Annabella Palma -219 Fabio Lo Presti 99 Tony Nunn 146
2005-08-07 Neil Trentham 166 Michael Wilkinson 120 Willie Whitaker -40 Martin Garvey -246
2005-08-07 Neil Trentham -181 Willie Whitaker 29 Martin Garvey 107 Armando Pontecorvo 45
2005-08-08 Fabrizio Farnesi -182 Leonardo Cima 9 Laura Tidone 138 Tong Choo 35
2005-08-08 Laura Tidone 23 Armando Pontecorvo 112 Neil Trentham 60 Doris Denny -195
2005-08-08 Laura Tidone 150 Massoun M ejjeh 82 Neil Trentham 20 Eric Mayefsky -252
2005-08-09 Laura Tidone 200 Ben Chosid 158 Neil Trentham -204 Massoun M ejjeh -154
2005-08-09 Fabrizio Farnesi -198 Neil Trentham -225 Tony Nunn 203 Laura Tidone 220
2005-08-09 Neil Trentham 27 John Therkelsen 59 Guy Campbell -174 Martin Garvey 88
2005-08-10 Laura Tidone 182 Leonardo Cima -83 Tong Choo 60 Doris Denny -159
2005-08-10 Martin Garvey -2 Eric Mayefsky 336 Neil Trentham -156 Guy Campbell -178
2005-08-12 Fabrizio Farnesi -177 Annabella Palma -194 Tony Nunn 55 Michael Wilkinson 316
2005-08-12 Fabrizio Farnesi 109 Laura Tidone 86 Michael Wilkinson 108 Tony Nunn -303
2005-08-12 Neil Trentham 290 Laura Tidone 41 Sally Woolsey -116 Kit Woolsey -215
2005-08-13 Ben Chosid 42 Tong Choo -92 Sally Woolsey -57 Doris Denny 107
2005-08-13 Fabrizio Farnesi 166 Prahalad Rajkumar 110 Neil Trentham -233 Doris Denny -43
2005-08-13 Ben Chosid 210 Michael Wilkinson 89 Sally Woolsey 99 Doris Denny -398
2005-08-13 Laura Tidone 41 Fabrizio Farnesi 11 Neil Trentham 415 Carlo Fogaroli -467
2005-08-14 Fabrizio Farnesi -142 Neil Trentham 234 Tony Nunn -39 Michael Wilkinson -53
2005-08-14 Fabrizio Farnesi 0 Michael Wilkinson -137 Tony Nunn 262 Annabella Palma -125
2005-08-14 Fabrizio Farnesi 63 Annabella Palma -43 Michael Wilkinson -75 Tony Nunn 55
2005-08-14 Fabrizio Farnesi 101 Prahalad Rajkumar 15 Tony Nunn 44 David Adler -160
2005-08-14 Chris Dixon -43 Michael Wilkinson 372 David Beer -31 Doris Denny -298
2005-08-15 Fabrizio Farnesi 298 Annabella Palma -6 Dan Hoffenberg -73 Prahalad Rajkumar -219
2005-08-15 Fabrizio Farnesi 153 Prahalad Rajkumar -145 Annabella Palma -57 Doris Denny 49
2005-08-15 Laura Tidone 244 Carlo Fogaroli 69 David Beer -68 Doris Denny -245
2005-08-15 Martin Garvey 128 Laura Tidone -75 Neil Trentham 68 Carlo Fogaroli -121
2005-08-15 Martin Garvey -214 John Therkelsen 232 David Beer -101 Fabrizio Farnesi 83
2005-08-15 Fabrizio Farnesi -24 John Therkelsen 35 Neil Trentham -139 David Beer 128
2005-08-16 Neil Trentham -26 John Therkelsen 113 Massoun M ejjeh 2 Doris Denny -89
2005-08-17 Fabrizio Farnesi 142 Annabella Palma 46 Laura Tidone 124 Dan Hoffenberg -312
2005-08-17 Fabrizio Farnesi -78 Dan Hoffenberg 66 Leonardo Cima 44 Annabella Palma -32
2005-08-17 Neil Trentham -98 Michael Wilkinson -8 Prahalad Rajkumar 397 Nicholas Cheung -291
2005-08-17 Neil Trentham -43 Doris Denny 14 Annabella Palma 57 Martin Garvey -28
2005-08-18 Fabrizio Farnesi -77 Annabella Palma -13 Jérome Rombaut -58 Leonardo Cima 148
2005-08-18 Laura Tidone -172 Carlo Fogaroli 175 Neil Trentham -102 Jérome Rombaut 99
2005-08-18 Neil Trentham 49 Laura Tidone -227 John Therkelsen 17 Carlo Fogaroli 161
2005-08-19 Fabrizio Farnesi -118 Leonardo Cima 126 Laura Tidone 133 Doris Denny -141
2005-08-19 Fabrizio Farnesi 189 Sally Woolsey -356 Jérome Rombaut -115 Annabella Palma 282
2005-08-19 Fabrizio Farnesi -266 Jérome Rombaut 130 Sally Woolsey 60 Annabella Palma 76
2005-08-19 Laura Tidone 133 Eric Mayefsky 78 Fabio Lo Presti -330 Jon Rice 119
2005-08-20 Fabrizio Farnesi 127 Kit Woolsey 44 Sally Woolsey 179 Dan Hoffenberg -350
2005-08-20 Fabrizio Farnesi -92 John Therkelsen 43 Laura Tidone 35 Mike Rice 14
2005-08-20 John Therkelsen -371 Massoun M ejjeh 60 David Beer 118 Kit Woolsey 193
2005-08-20 Eric Mayefsky 229 Steve Altus -149 Sally Woolsey -55 Mike Rice -25
2005-08-21 Fabrizio Farnesi 332 John Therkelsen 163 Luca Cesati Cassin -12 Dan Hoffenberg -483
2005-08-21 Fabrizio Farnesi 212 Michael Wilkinson -26 Neil Trentham 81 Paula Leslie -267
2005-08-21 Laura Tidone -41 John Therkelsen 42 David Beer 96 Sally Woolsey -97
2005-08-22 Chris Dixon -125 Ben Chosid 344 Laura Tidone 112 Michael Wilkinson -331
2005-08-22 Fabrizio Farnesi -70 Laura de Laurentiis -46 Jérome Rombaut 4 Luca Cesati Cassin 112
2005-08-22 Neil Trentham 102 Massoun M ejjeh -90 Sally Woolsey 59 Kit Woolsey -71
2005-08-22 Martin Garvey 163 Neil Trentham -209 Sally Woolsey 115 Guy Campbell -69
2005-08-23 Eric Mayefsky -166 Nicholas Cheung -60 Steve Altus -123 Prahalad Rajkumar 349
2005-08-23 David Beer -99 John Therkelsen -47 Dan Hoffenberg 202 Nicholas Cheung -56
2005-08-23 Tony Nunn 133 Michael Wilkinson 217 Laura Tidone 74 Chris Dixon -424
2005-08-23 Laura Tidone 96 John Therkelsen -162 Sally Woolsey 116 Chris Dixon -50
2005-08-23 Laura Tidone -209 John Therkelsen 26 Sally Woolsey 51 Michael Wilkinson 132
2005-08-23 Laura Tidone 105 John Therkelsen -151 David Beer 190 Joel Wooldridge -144
2005-08-23 Andy Bowles -111 Michael Wilkinson 83 Edouard Moret -292 Jérome Rombaut 320
2005-08-24 David Beer 135 Prahalad Rajkumar 72 Jon Rice -216 Dan Hoffenberg 9
2005-08-24 Chris Dixon -205 Ben Chosid -179 Jérome Rombaut 78 Fabrizio Farnesi 306
2005-08-24 Martin Garvey -45 John Therkelsen -58 Neil Trentham 97 Sally Woolsey 6
2005-08-24 Martin Garvey -12 Chris Dixon -222 John Therkelsen 220 Sally Woolsey 14
2005-08-25 Fabrizio Farnesi -106 Annabella Palma -23 Neil Trentham 84 Jérome Rombaut 45
2005-08-25 Fabrizio Farnesi 200 Annabella Palma -172 Neil Trentham -217 Jérome Rombaut 189
2005-08-25 Fabrizio Farnesi 132 Tony Nunn 125 Neil Trentham -108 Jérome Rombaut -149
2005-08-25 Martin Garvey 180 Michael Wilkinson -218 John Therkelsen -11 Chris Dixon 49
2005-08-25 Martin Garvey -251 John Therkelsen 32 Doris Denny -88 Chris Dixon 307
2005-08-26 Fabrizio Farnesi -62 Niccolò Fossi 114 Jérome Rombaut -41 Tony Nunn -11
2005-08-26 Chris Dixon -201 Prahalad Rajkumar 120 Kit Woolsey 130 Sally Woolsey -49
2005-08-26 Neil Trentham 116 John Therkelsen 103 Sally Woolsey -43 Doris Denny -176
2005-08-26 David Beer -26 Lionel Sebbane 164 Jérome Rombaut 174 Edouard Moret -312
2005-08-27 Neil Trentham -28 Vincent Prospert 268 Jérome Rombaut 20 Lionel Sebbane -260
2005-08-27 Fabrizio Farnesi 32 Nicholas Cheung -168 Martin Garvey -68 Shireen Mohandes 204
2005-08-27 Fabrizio Farnesi -129 Neil Trentham -84 David Beer 22 Martin Garvey 191
2005-08-27 Sally Woolsey 163 Kit Woolsey -243 Jon Rice 23 Chris Dixon 57
2005-08-27 Martin Garvey -244 Ben Chosid -33 Neil Trentham 267 Sally Woolsey 10
2005-08-28 Nicholas Cheung 27 Dan Hoffenberg 89 Doris Denny -21 Sally Woolsey -95
2005-08-28 Martin Garvey 17 Willie Whitaker -65 Doris Denny 178 Chris Dixon -130
2005-08-28 Martin Garvey -39 Chris Dixon -141 Willie Whitaker -94 Doris Denny 274
2005-08-28 Neil Trentham -614 Laura de Laurentiis 141 Massoun M ejjeh 151 Luca Cesati Cassin 322
2005-08-28 Martin Garvey -172 Laura de Laurentiis 75 Luca Cesati Cassin 13 Neil Trentham 84
2005-08-29 Fabrizio Farnesi -215 Massoun M ejjeh -171 Jérome Rombaut 269 Dan Hoffenberg 117
2005-08-29 Laura Tidone -17 John Therkelsen -210 Doris Denny 69 Massoun M ejjeh 158
2005-08-29 Neil Trentham -112 Massoun M ejjeh 26 David Beer -116 Chris Dixon 202
2005-08-29 Giles Woodruff -146 Michael Wilkinson -223 Martin Garvey 210 John Therkelsen 159
2005-08-29 Neil Trentham 69 Jon Rice 172 David Beer -150 Carlo Fogaroli -91
2005-08-30 Nicholas Cheung 158 John Therkelsen -244 Doris Denny 8 Dan Hoffenberg 78
2005-08-30 Fabrizio Farnesi 367 Annabella Palma -305 Luca Cesati Cassin 19 Jérome Rombaut -81
2005-08-30 Fabrizio Farnesi 248 Ben Chosid -74 Laura Tidone 75 Niccolò Fossi -249
2005-08-30 Fabrizio Farnesi 130 Leonardo Cima -3 Ben Chosid 234 Niccolò Fossi -361
2005-08-30 Neil Trentham 2 Massoun M ejjeh 184 Sally Woolsey -338 John Therkelsen 152
2005-08-30 Martin Garvey 49 Jon Rice -70 Dan Hoffenberg -14 Sally Woolsey 35
2005-08-31 Fabrizio Farnesi 209 Luca Cesati Cassin -373 Laura Tidone 54 Niccolò Fossi 110
2005-08-31 Fabrizio Farnesi 150 Chris Dixon 17 Niccolò Fossi -117 Laura Tidone -50
2005-08-31 Fabrizio Farnesi 127 Nicholas Cheung -90 Laura Tidone -38 Chris Dixon 1
2005-08-31 Fabrizio Farnesi -96 Armando Pontecorvo 336 Annabella Palma 12 Niccolò Fossi -252
2005-08-31 Fabrizio Farnesi -7 Armando Pontecorvo 477 Niccolò Fossi -258 Nicholas Cheung -212
2005-08-31 Neil Trentham 86 Armando Pontecorvo -66 John Therkelsen 73 Doris Denny -93
2005-08-31 Martin Garvey -109 Neil Trentham -40 John Therkelsen 28 Sally Woolsey 121