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.

This month

Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Game data

This year

Ladder

Zester and Apple Core Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Previous ladders

January 2006

January 2004—December 2005

Previous game data

January 2006

January 2003—December 2005

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, 2006

January: JoAnna Stansby

Winners, 2003-5

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

Monthly/bimonthly/quarterly ladders: David Adler, Neil Allerton (twice), Steve Altus (twice), Giovanni Bobbio, Graham Hazel, Francesco Mazzadi, Joon Pahk, Armando Pontecorvo (twice), Jérome Rombaut (twice), Mike Rice, JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby (three times), Laura Tidone, Neil Trentham (twice) Willie Whitaker, Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (twice)

Barbu Ladder - input data

Barbu Ladder Scores

Last updated: Wed 01 Feb 2006 16:35 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2006-01-01 Jennifer Lin 87 JoAnna Stansby -93 Kit Woolsey -78 Sally Woolsey 84
2006-01-01 Chris Dixon -363 Carlo Fogaroli -30 Laura Tidone 45 Martin Garvey 348
2006-01-02 T.C. Altus -28 Kit Woolsey 167 Sally Woolsey -254 JoAnna Stansby 115
2006-01-02 Chris Dixon -103 Annabella Palma 160 Laura Tidone -125 Doris Denny 68
2006-01-02 Chris Dixon 237 Dan Korbel 64 Martin Garvey -51 Doris Denny -250
2006-01-02 Martin Garvey -303 T.C. Altus 360 Neil Trentham 117 Camilla Colli -174
2006-01-02 Martin Garvey 91 Kit Woolsey -85 Steve Altus 6 Sally Woolsey -12
2006-01-03 Steve Altus 169 Kit Woolsey 188 T.C. Altus 140 Joel Wooldridge -497
2006-01-03 David Beer -369 Joel Wooldridge 237 Sally Woolsey 260 Andrew Quinton -128
2006-01-03 Steve Altus 25 Kit Woolsey 124 T.C. Altus 198 Sally Woolsey -347
2006-01-03 Neil Trentham -95 Laura Tidone 262 Chris Dixon -307 Sally Woolsey 140
2006-01-03 Martin Garvey 69 Prahalad Rajkumar 153 Neil Trentham -53 David Adler -169
2006-01-04 Steve Altus 45 Kit Woolsey -85 T.C. Altus 256 Sally Woolsey -216
2006-01-04 Joel Wooldridge -106 Josh Donn 104 Joon Pahk 112 Andrew Quinton -110
2006-01-04 Neil Trentham -174 Annabella Palma -44 Martin Garvey 446 Willie Whitaker -228
2006-01-04 Martin Garvey -59 Willie Whitaker 156 Annabella Palma -327 Mike Rice 230
2006-01-04 Neil Trentham -48 Jon Rice 101 Laura Tidone 62 Andrew Quinton -115
2006-01-05 Joel Wooldridge 267 Joon Pahk -235 Josh Donn 35 David Grainger -67
2006-01-05 Neil Trentham -347 Laura de Laurentiis 16 Jon Rice 294 Andrew Quinton 37
2006-01-05 Laura Tidone 226 Guy Campbell -6 Fabio Lo Presti -166 Joon Pahk -54
2006-01-06 Joel Wooldridge 4 Andrew Garnett -132 Josh Donn 189 T.C. Altus -61
2006-01-06 Neil Trentham 40 Nicholas Cheung -96 Jon Rice -85 Andrew Quinton 141
2006-01-06 Neil Trentham 13 T.C. Altus 90 Jon Rice 15 Andrew Quinton -118
2006-01-07 Neil Trentham -187 Laura de Laurentiis -121 Luca Cesati Cassin 93 Laura Tidone 215
2006-01-07 Neil Trentham 116 Mac Argo -52 Doris Denny -101 Mike Rice 37
2006-01-07 Martin Garvey 306 T.C. Altus -134 Laura Tidone -188 Mike Rice 16
2006-01-07 Martin Garvey -11 Willie Whitaker 69 Kit Woolsey -33 Sally Woolsey -25
2006-01-07 Neil Trentham -221 Willie Whitaker 92 Doris Denny 76 Sally Woolsey 53
2006-01-07 Martin Garvey -155 Shireen Mohandes -190 Andy Bowles 162 Kit Woolsey 183
2006-01-08 Steve Altus 202 Jennifer Lin 36 T.C. Altus -300 Mike Rice 62
2006-01-08 Steve Altus 159 Jennifer Lin -145 T.C. Altus -66 Mike Rice 52
2006-01-08 Steve Altus 125 Jennifer Lin -258 T.C. Altus 2 Josh Donn 131
2006-01-08 Martin Garvey -66 Chris Dixon -114 T.C. Altus -106 Guy Campbell 286
2006-01-08 Armando Pontecorvo 6 Laura de Laurentiis 13 Luca Cesati Cassin -34 Sally Woolsey 15
2006-01-08 Martin Garvey 32 Kit Woolsey 273 T.C. Altus -95 Chris Dixon -210
2006-01-08 Martin Garvey 153 T.C. Altus 88 Laura Tidone -166 Mac Argo -75
2006-01-09 Steve Altus -73 Kit Woolsey -141 JoAnna Stansby 84 Sally Woolsey 130
2006-01-09 Chris Dixon -3 Armando Pontecorvo 317 Willie Whitaker -14 Joe Eskinazi -300
2006-01-10 T.C. Altus -82 Jon Rice 126 Andrew Quinton -94 Mike Rice 50
2006-01-10 T.C. Altus -607 Kit Woolsey 457 Sally Woolsey -25 JoAnna Stansby 175
2006-01-10 Martin Garvey 310 Willie Whitaker -36 Fabio Lo Presti -314 JoAnna Stansby 40
2006-01-10 Martin Garvey -279 Willie Whitaker -235 Kit Woolsey 254 Neil Trentham 260
2006-01-11 David Beer -63 Kit Woolsey -46 T.C. Altus -51 Sally Woolsey 160
2006-01-11 Martin Garvey -28 Guy Campbell 37 Kit Woolsey -60 Sally Woolsey 51
2006-01-11 Martin Garvey 236 Neil Trentham 57 Annabella Palma 93 Mac Argo -386
2006-01-12 Steve Altus 190 Kit Woolsey 7 T.C. Altus -186 Sally Woolsey -11
2006-01-12 Steve Altus 157 Joel Wooldridge -239 Jennifer Lin 55 T.C. Altus 27
2006-01-12 Martin Garvey -75 Laura de Laurentiis 13 T.C. Altus 54 Francesco Mazzadi 8
2006-01-13 Martin Garvey -207 T.C. Altus 200 Kit Woolsey 36 Sally Woolsey -29
2006-01-14 Steve Altus -72 Massoun M ejjeh 35 T.C. Altus -156 Sally Woolsey 193
2006-01-14 Armando Pontecorvo 19 Martin Garvey 146 Michael Wilkinson 134 Paula Leslie -299
2006-01-15 Joel Wooldridge 225 Josh Donn 82 Jon Rice -222 Jennifer Lin -85
2006-01-15 Martin Garvey 61 Carlo Fogaroli -10 Laura Tidone 257 Mike Rice -308
2006-01-15 Martin Garvey 30 Carlo Fogaroli -197 Laura Tidone 127 Mike Rice 40
2006-01-15 Martin Garvey 232 Mac Argo -85 Doris Denny -158 David Adler 11
2006-01-15 Martin Garvey 6 Annabella Palma -40 Guy Campbell 51 Willie Whitaker -17
2006-01-16 Martin Garvey -82 Willie Whitaker -207 T.C. Altus 159 Annabella Palma 130
2006-01-16 Steve Altus -332 Joel Wooldridge 122 T.C. Altus 135 Jennifer Lin 75
2006-01-16 Steve Altus -256 Tami Jones -344 T.C. Altus 270 Sally Woolsey 330
2006-01-16 Martin Garvey 75 Kit Woolsey 37 Jon Rice -27 JoAnna Stansby -85
2006-01-17 T.C. Altus 135 Sally Woolsey 40 Steve Altus -134 JoAnna Stansby -41
2006-01-17 Steve Altus -182 Kit Woolsey 10 T.C. Altus 237 Sally Woolsey -65
2006-01-17 Tony Nunn -361 Michael Wilkinson 116 Joel Wooldridge 308 Annabella Palma -63
2006-01-17 Martin Garvey -124 Fabio Lo Presti 101 Kit Woolsey -40 Annabella Palma 63
2006-01-18 T.C. Altus 20 Kit Woolsey -153 Sally Woolsey -119 JoAnna Stansby 252
2006-01-18 Martin Garvey -126 David Beer 87 T.C. Altus -45 Guy Campbell 84
2006-01-18 Martin Garvey 135 Kit Woolsey 194 T.C. Altus -7 Sally Woolsey -322
2006-01-19 Steve Altus -139 Kit Woolsey 38 T.C. Altus -39 Sally Woolsey 140
2006-01-19 Steve Altus 172 T.C. Altus 139 Sally Woolsey -74 JoAnna Stansby -237
2006-01-19 Armando Pontecorvo -164 Laura de Laurentiis 119 T.C. Altus 41 Luca Cesati Cassin 4
2006-01-19 T.C. Altus 26 Annabella Palma -196 Prahalad Rajkumar 197 Joel Wooldridge -27
2006-01-19 T.C. Altus -147 Kit Woolsey 31 Steve Altus 107 JoAnna Stansby 9
2006-01-20 Joel Wooldridge 127 Dan Hoffenberg -309 Jennifer Lin 193 Armando Pontecorvo -11
2006-01-21 JoAnna Stansby 68 Fabio Lo Presti -151 Kit Woolsey 29 Sally Woolsey 54
2006-01-21 Steve Altus -89 Kit Woolsey 52 T.C. Altus -158 JoAnna Stansby 195
2006-01-21 Steve Altus 205 T.C. Altus -17 Sally Woolsey -164 JoAnna Stansby -24
2006-01-22 Steve Altus 146 Joel Wooldridge -19 Pete Whipple -206 Mike Rice 79
2006-01-22 T.C. Altus 223 Pete Whipple -362 Joel Wooldridge 8 Mike Rice 131
2006-01-22 Steve Altus 324 T.C. Altus -123 Sally Woolsey -156 JoAnna Stansby -45
2006-01-22 Steve Altus 209 Kit Woolsey 212 Sally Woolsey -281 JoAnna Stansby -140
2006-01-22 Steve Altus -27 T.C. Altus -41 Martin Garvey -49 Kit Woolsey 117
2006-01-22 Armando Pontecorvo -114 Annabella Palma 116 Laura Tidone 60 Carlo Fogaroli -62
2006-01-23 Joel Wooldridge 275 Annabella Palma -136 David Beer -143 David Grainger 4
2006-01-24 Steve Altus -18 Sally Woolsey -104 T.C. Altus 68 JoAnna Stansby 54
2006-01-24 Martin Garvey 207 Willie Whitaker -286 Jon Rice 283 Dan Hoffenberg -204
2006-01-24 Martin Garvey -336 Willie Whitaker 200 Kit Woolsey 146 Sally Woolsey -10
2006-01-25 T.C. Altus 200 Kit Woolsey -222 Sally Woolsey -114 JoAnna Stansby 136
2006-01-25 T.C. Altus 40 Annabella Palma 3 Nicholas Cheung -68 Mike Rice 25
2006-01-26 Steve Altus -213 Nicholas Cheung -77 T.C. Altus 248 JoAnna Stansby 42
2006-01-26 Chris Dixon -85 Annabella Palma 224 Laura Tidone -193 Mike Rice 54
2006-01-27 Chris Dixon -117 Mike Rice 78 Laura Tidone -43 Sally Woolsey 82
2006-01-28 Steve Altus -103 T.C. Altus -87 Sally Woolsey 25 JoAnna Stansby 165
2006-01-28 Chris Dixon -96 Laura de Laurentiis 60 Luca Cesati Cassin 17 Laura Tidone 19
2006-01-29 Andrew Quinton 148 Pete Whipple -18 T.C. Altus 60 Steve Altus -190
2006-01-29 Steve Altus 147 Eric Mayefsky 2 David Beer -229 JoAnna Stansby 80
2006-01-29 Andy Bowles 123 Doris Denny -313 Martin Garvey 206 Dan Hoffenberg -16
2006-01-29 Martin Garvey -27 Armando Pontecorvo 5 Mike Rice -240 Chris Dixon 262
2006-01-29 Giles Woodruff -254 Laura de Laurentiis 136 Luca Cesati Cassin -202 Annabella Palma 320
2006-01-29 Martin Garvey 257 Laura de Laurentiis 13 Luca Cesati Cassin -242 Annabella Palma -28
2006-01-29 Laura Tidone -174 Laura de Laurentiis 135 Carlo Fogaroli -399 Luca Cesati Cassin 438
2006-01-30 T.C. Altus 20 Annabella Palma -68 Martin Garvey -106 JoAnna Stansby 154
2006-01-30 T.C. Altus -60 Kit Woolsey 197 JoAnna Stansby -127 Sally Woolsey -10
2006-01-30 T.C. Altus -218 Kit Woolsey 103 Steve Altus 24 Sally Woolsey 91
2006-01-30 T.C. Altus 48 Kit Woolsey 72 Eric Mayefsky -187 Sally Woolsey 67
2006-01-30 T.C. Altus -17 David Beer -132 Sally Woolsey 105 Joel Wooldridge 44
2006-01-30 T.C. Altus -124 Kit Woolsey 287 Jennifer Lin -253 Joel Wooldridge 90
2006-01-30 Steve Altus 217 Prahalad Rajkumar 2 Kit Woolsey -183 David Beer -36
2006-01-30 T.C. Altus 39 Eric Mayefsky -113 Sally Woolsey -45 JoAnna Stansby 119
2006-01-30 Martin Garvey -177 Laura de Laurentiis 7 Luca Cesati Cassin -27 JoAnna Stansby 197
2006-01-30 Martin Garvey -85 Laura de Laurentiis -78 Annabella Palma 16 Luca Cesati Cassin 147
2006-01-31 David Beer -34 Prahalad Rajkumar -156 Kit Woolsey -49 JoAnna Stansby 239
2006-01-31 Chris Dixon 193 Nicholas Cheung -255 Lew Stansby 26 JoAnna Stansby 36
2006-01-31 Martin Garvey 144 Annabella Palma -360 Joe Eskinazi -36 Chris Dixon 252
2006-02-01 T.C. Altus 147 Kit Woolsey -181 Guy Campbell 278 Sally Woolsey -244