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

September: Armando Pontecorvo

October: Joon Pahk

November: Kit Woolsey

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 Dec 2005 13:18 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2005-11-01 Martin Garvey 429 Steve Altus -274 Chris Dixon 68 T.C. Altus -223
2005-11-01 Joon Pahk 190 Dan Korbel 83 Susie Korbel -113 David Grainger -160
2005-11-01 T.C. Altus -47 Dan Korbel 6 David Grainger -164 Josh Donn 205
2005-11-01 Steve Altus -214 Kit Woolsey 101 T.C. Altus 13 Sally Woolsey 100
2005-11-01 Laura Tidone 141 Laura de Laurentiis 27 Carlo Fogaroli -68 Luca Cesati Cassin -100
2005-11-01 Chris Dixon -308 Laura de Laurentiis 143 Dan Hoffenberg -243 Armando Pontecorvo 408
2005-11-01 Martin Garvey -126 Laura de Laurentiis 10 Guy Campbell 37 Luca Cesati Cassin 79
2005-11-01 Martin Garvey 203 Laura de Laurentiis -10 Luca Cesati Cassin -42 Annabella Palma -151
2005-11-01 Martin Garvey -188 Laura de Laurentiis 25 T.C. Altus 216 Dan Korbel -53
2005-11-02 Andrew Quinton -250 Fabrizio Farnesi 145 T.C. Altus 9 Joel Wooldridge 96
2005-11-02 Martin Garvey 23 Kit Woolsey 295 Sally Woolsey -277 Massoun M ejjeh -41
2005-11-02 Chris Dixon 187 Annabella Palma -325 Massoun M ejjeh 59 Neil Trentham 79
2005-11-03 T.C. Altus 87 Kit Woolsey 59 Steve Altus -46 Sally Woolsey -100
2005-11-03 Martin Garvey 57 Guy Campbell 22 T.C. Altus -58 Chris Dixon -21
2005-11-03 T.C. Altus 63 Kit Woolsey 82 Sally Woolsey -164 Martin Garvey 19
2005-11-04 T.C. Altus 152 C. Lynn Handford -358 Dan Korbel 26 Susie Korbel 180
2005-11-04 Joon Pahk 354 Kit Woolsey -179 Sally Woolsey -294 David Grainger 119
2005-11-04 T.C. Altus -110 Jennifer Lin 6 David Adler -14 Andrew Quinton 118
2005-11-04 Chris Dixon 99 Laura de Laurentiis 141 Massoun M ejjeh -185 T.C. Altus -55
2005-11-05 T.C. Altus -132 Kit Woolsey 106 Neil Trentham 283 Andrew Quinton -257
2005-11-05 Neil Trentham -437 Laura de Laurentiis 59 Luca Cesati Cassin 295 Michael Wilkinson 83
2005-11-06 Steve Altus -92 Kit Woolsey -127 T.C. Altus 300 Sally Woolsey -81
2005-11-06 Steve Altus -93 Kit Woolsey 399 T.C. Altus -346 Sally Woolsey 40
2005-11-06 Martin Garvey -258 Willie Whitaker 162 Laura Tidone 314 Chris Dixon -218
2005-11-06 Chris Dixon -18 Laura de Laurentiis 133 Luca Cesati Cassin -127 Armando Pontecorvo 12
2005-11-06 Armando Pontecorvo 54 Laura de Laurentiis 236 Luca Cesati Cassin -156 Chris Dixon -134
2005-11-06 Laura Tidone -24 Laura de Laurentiis -17 Carlo Fogaroli 4 Luca Cesati Cassin 37
2005-11-06 Laura Tidone -100 Laura de Laurentiis -149 Carlo Fogaroli 74 Luca Cesati Cassin 175
2005-11-07 Steve Altus 82 Chris Dixon -234 T.C. Altus 28 Martin Garvey 124
2005-11-07 T.C. Altus -180 Dan Korbel 84 Susie Korbel 144 Sally Woolsey -48
2005-11-07 T.C. Altus 385 Neil Trentham 69 Sally Woolsey -353 Susie Korbel -101
2005-11-08 T.C. Altus -184 Steve Altus 67 Kit Woolsey 235 JoAnna Stansby -118
2005-11-08 Kenny Colloran 29 David Beer 13 C. Lynn Handford -275 Jennifer Lin 233
2005-11-08 Chris Dixon 197 Shireen Mohandes 2 Laura Tidone 244 JoAnna Stansby -443
2005-11-08 Chris Dixon 58 Shireen Mohandes -479 Neil Trentham 177 JoAnna Stansby 244
2005-11-08 Neil Trentham 124 Willie Whitaker -146 Massoun M ejjeh -79 Sally Woolsey 101
2005-11-09 Laura de Laurentiis -98 Annabella Palma 196 Laura Tidone -171 Chris Dixon 73
2005-11-09 Michael Wilkinson 83 Shireen Mohandes -41 Neil Trentham 122 JoAnna Stansby -164
2005-11-09 Andy Bowles -72 David Beer 114 Sally Woolsey 131 JoAnna Stansby -173
2005-11-09 Neil Trentham 51 Armando Pontecorvo 214 Laura Tidone 179 Annabella Palma -444
2005-11-10 Steve Altus 164 Jennifer Lin -459 T.C. Altus 305 David Beer -10
2005-11-10 Chris Dixon 47 Annabella Palma 55 Laura Tidone 50 Tony Nunn -152
2005-11-10 T.C. Altus -171 Neil Trentham 147 Laura Tidone -35 JoAnna Stansby 59
2005-11-11 Steve Altus -3 Charlie Garrod 70 T.C. Altus -115 JoAnna Stansby 48
2005-11-11 Chris Dixon -153 Fabrizio Farnesi -111 Tony Nunn 179 Federico Di Noto 85
2005-11-11 Chris Dixon -106 Laura de Laurentiis -19 Tony Nunn 105 JoAnna Stansby 20
2005-11-11 Andy Bowles 249 Willie Whitaker 7 Neil Trentham 30 JoAnna Stansby -286
2005-11-11 Neil Trentham 37 Willie Whitaker -64 David Beer -44 Annabella Palma 71
2005-11-12 Steve Altus -352 T.C. Altus 126 Kenny Colloran 159 Jennifer Lin 67
2005-11-12 Steve Altus 110 Kenny Colloran -1 Joon Pahk -334 JoAnna Stansby 225
2005-11-12 Chris Dixon -10 Laura de Laurentiis -341 Luca Cesati Cassin 261 Annabella Palma 90
2005-11-12 Neil Trentham -151 Nicholas Cheung 61 Andy Bowles -207 JoAnna Stansby 297
2005-11-13 Steve Altus 267 Jennifer Lin -306 T.C. Altus 90 Guy Campbell -51
2005-11-13 Steve Altus 52 Guy Campbell -31 T.C. Altus 193 Jennifer Lin -214
2005-11-13 Steve Altus 43 T.C. Altus -154 David Beer -2 JoAnna Stansby 113
2005-11-13 Armando Pontecorvo 99 Laura de Laurentiis -28 Luca Cesati Cassin -118 Steve Altus 47
2005-11-14 Joon Pahk 161 T.C. Altus -337 David Beer 7 JoAnna Stansby 169
2005-11-14 T.C. Altus 323 Shireen Mohandes 75 Gerben Dirksen -449 JoAnna Stansby 51
2005-11-14 Neil Trentham -4 David Beer -38 Martin Garvey -223 Tony Nunn 265
2005-11-14 Neil Trentham 164 Armando Pontecorvo -223 Chris Dixon 73 Dan Korbel -14
2005-11-14 Chris Dixon -165 Joe Eskinazi 97 David Beer 22 Willie Whitaker 46
2005-11-15 David Beer -278 Joel Wooldridge 360 Joon Pahk -147 JoAnna Stansby 65
2005-11-15 T.C. Altus 366 Eric Mayefsky -319 Steve Altus 116 Andrew Quinton -163
2005-11-15 Chris Dixon 122 Neil Trentham 373 Luke Pebody -242 David Walker -253
2005-11-15 Martin Garvey 8 Willie Whitaker 136 Guy Campbell -227 Armando Pontecorvo 83
2005-11-15 Neil Trentham 238 Willie Whitaker -173 Annabella Palma -127 Massoun M ejjeh 62
2005-11-15 Neil Trentham -35 Willie Whitaker 166 Annabella Palma -216 Andrew Quinton 85
2005-11-16 T.C. Altus 135 Annabella Palma 194 C. Lynn Handford 10 Luke Pebody -339
2005-11-16 Laura Tidone 54 Armando Pontecorvo -19 Andy Bowles -204 Nicholas Cheung 169
2005-11-16 Neil Trentham 228 Martin Garvey -57 Luke Pebody -380 Sally Woolsey 209
2005-11-16 T.C. Altus 84 Dan Korbel 0 Susie Korbel -169 Annabella Palma 85
2005-11-17 T.C. Altus -13 Joel Wooldridge -14 David Beer -49 Andrew Quinton 76
2005-11-17 T.C. Altus 273 Jennifer Lin -78 Steve Altus -215 Andrew Quinton 20
2005-11-17 Andy Bowles -288 Michael Wilkinson 174 T.C. Altus -188 Mike Rice 302
2005-11-18 Ben Chosid 213 Chris Dixon -108 Fabrizio Farnesi -9 Massoun M ejjeh -96
2005-11-19 T.C. Altus 180 Jennifer Lin 2 Joel Wooldridge -171 Susie Korbel -11
2005-11-19 Martin Garvey 41 Armando Pontecorvo -197 Ben Chosid 172 C. Lynn Handford -16
2005-11-19 Neil Trentham -208 Armando Pontecorvo 112 Martin Garvey 88 Ben Chosid 8
2005-11-20 Ben Chosid 27 Joe Eskinazi -157 Martin Garvey 283 Doris Denny -153
2005-11-20 Chris Dixon 92 Neil Trentham 130 Laura Tidone -312 Armando Pontecorvo 90
2005-11-20 Neil Trentham 179 Carlo Fogaroli -345 Laura Tidone 111 C. Lynn Handford 55
2005-11-20 Laura Tidone 25 Annabella Palma 164 Elisabetta Palma 10 Carlo Fogaroli -199
2005-11-21 Ben Chosid -324 Armando Pontecorvo 299 Fabrizio Farnesi 107 Doris Denny -82
2005-11-21 Neil Trentham -25 Annabella Palma -187 Joon Pahk 208 Tony Nunn 4
2005-11-22 Chris Dixon 43 Laura de Laurentiis 106 Luca Cesati Cassin 158 Guy Campbell -307
2005-11-22 Neil Trentham 78 Guy Campbell 156 Laura Tidone 124 Joon Pahk -358
2005-11-22 Chris Dixon -218 Annabella Palma 36 Neil Trentham 37 Massoun M ejjeh 145
2005-11-22 Martin Garvey -12 Guy Campbell -200 David Beer 230 Susie Korbel -18
2005-11-22 Chris Dixon 145 Annabella Palma -161 Neil Trentham 163 Armando Pontecorvo -147
2005-11-23 Chris Dixon 129 Guy Campbell -70 Neil Trentham 141 Massoun M ejjeh -200
2005-11-23 Neil Trentham 131 Willie Whitaker 242 Martin Garvey -151 Luke Pebody -222
2005-11-24 Martin Garvey 28 Zevi Altus -285 Prahalad Rajkumar 320 Sally Woolsey -63
2005-11-24 Neil Trentham 89 Laura de Laurentiis 34 Luca Cesati Cassin -190 David Adler 67
2005-11-25 Neil Trentham 132 Fabrizio Farnesi 33 Tony Nunn -115 Nicholas Cheung -50
2005-11-25 Neil Trentham 79 Willie Whitaker 222 Tony Nunn -276 Fabrizio Farnesi -25
2005-11-25 Laura Tidone -131 Laura de Laurentiis -37 Tony Nunn 198 Michael Wilkinson -30
2005-11-25 Laura Tidone 197 Willie Whitaker -8 Neil Trentham -220 Shireen Mohandes 31
2005-11-25 Laura Tidone -35 Laura de Laurentiis -174 Neil Trentham -19 Willie Whitaker 228
2005-11-25 Laura Tidone 276 Laura de Laurentiis 176 Neil Trentham -273 Armando Pontecorvo -179
2005-11-26 John Therkelsen 229 C. Lynn Handford -96 David Beer 59 Kenny Colloran -192
2005-11-26 Shireen Mohandes -180 Armando Pontecorvo 77 C. Lynn Handford -78 Sally Woolsey 181
2005-11-26 C. Lynn Handford -60 Willie Whitaker 57 Neil Trentham -68 Sally Woolsey 71
2005-11-26 David Adler -154 Willie Whitaker 155 Neil Trentham 167 David Beer -168
2005-11-27 John Therkelsen 169 C. Lynn Handford 0 Andrew Quinton -145 Sally Woolsey -24
2005-11-27 Laura Tidone -166 Neil Trentham 191 Carlo Fogaroli 22 Doris Denny -47
2005-11-27 Neil Trentham 70 Laura de Laurentiis -42 Luca Cesati Cassin -60 Armando Pontecorvo 32
2005-11-27 Neil Trentham -123 Armando Pontecorvo 102 Luca Cesati Cassin -159 Laura de Laurentiis 180
2005-11-27 Laura Tidone -139 Annabella Palma -11 Neil Trentham 373 Elisabetta Palma -223
2005-11-28 Steve Altus 160 C. Lynn Handford -8 Doris Denny -146 Sally Woolsey -6
2005-11-28 T.C. Altus 275 David Beer -41 Steve Altus 101 Sally Woolsey -335
2005-11-28 T.C. Altus -161 Sally Woolsey -101 Steve Altus 162 John Therkelsen 100
2005-11-28 T.C. Altus 335 Neil Trentham -44 David Grainger -113 Joon Pahk -178
2005-11-29 Chris Dixon 25 Laura de Laurentiis -18 Laura Tidone -165 Armando Pontecorvo 158
2005-11-29 Laura Tidone -29 Armando Pontecorvo 102 Joon Pahk -229 Carlo Fogaroli 156
2005-11-29 Andy Bowles -51 Sally Woolsey 102 Luca Cesati Cassin -57 David Beer 6
2005-11-29 Chris Dixon 32 Willie Whitaker -28 Michael Wilkinson 94 Doris Denny -98
2005-11-29 Laura Tidone 14 Laura de Laurentiis -65 Carlo Fogaroli -187 Luca Cesati Cassin 238
2005-11-29 Chris Dixon 102 Willie Whitaker -136 Martin Garvey 280 David Beer -246
2005-11-29 Joon Pahk -49 Kit Woolsey 254 Sally Woolsey -168 Mike Rice -37
2005-11-29 Laura Tidone -49 Laura de Laurentiis 211 Carlo Fogaroli -49 Luca Cesati Cassin -113
2005-11-30 T.C. Altus 126 Kit Woolsey -148 Steve Altus 153 Sally Woolsey -131
2005-11-30 T.C. Altus -67 Jennifer Lin 31 Steve Altus -13 Sally Woolsey 49
2005-11-30 Steve Altus 121 Jennifer Lin -195 C. Lynn Handford -246 T.C. Altus 320
2005-11-30 Martin Garvey 21 Sally Woolsey 203 Doris Denny -219 David Adler -5
2005-11-30 David Beer 79 Annabella Palma -134 Joon Pahk 36 Willie Whitaker 19
2005-11-30 Chris Dixon -224 Laura de Laurentiis 270 Luca Cesati Cassin -58 David Adler 12
2005-11-30 Annabella Palma -31 Willie Whitaker 77 Neil Trentham 9 David Beer -55
2005-12-01 Steve Altus -291 Annabella Palma 39 Joe Eskinazi 93 T.C. Altus 159