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, 2006

January: JoAnna Stansby

February: Laura Tidone

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: Thu 02 Mar 2006 23:53 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2006-02-01 T.C. Altus -137 Kit Woolsey 180 Sally Woolsey -17 JoAnna Stansby -26
2006-02-01 JoAnna Stansby -175 Kit Woolsey 307 Andy Bowles -174 Sally Woolsey 42
2006-02-01 Martin Garvey 324 Annabella Palma -147 T.C. Altus -81 Guy Campbell -96
2006-02-02 Steve Altus 98 JoAnna Stansby 49 T.C. Altus -117 David Beer -30
2006-02-02 T.C. Altus -168 Annabella Palma -251 Sally Woolsey 324 JoAnna Stansby 95
2006-02-02 Laura Tidone 291 Annabella Palma -237 Sally Woolsey 228 Kit Woolsey -282
2006-02-03 Steve Altus -206 T.C. Altus 115 Sally Woolsey -70 JoAnna Stansby 161
2006-02-03 Martin Garvey -174 Willie Whitaker 314 Fabio Lo Presti -350 Andrew Quinton 210
2006-02-04 Martin Garvey 219 Mac Argo -357 Guy Campbell 55 Doris Denny 83
2006-02-04 Martin Garvey 268 Willie Whitaker -64 T.C. Altus -176 JoAnna Stansby -28
2006-02-05 Martin Garvey 274 Giles Woodruff 141 Nicholas Cheung -134 David Adler -281
2006-02-05 T.C. Altus 161 Willie Whitaker 137 Pete Whipple -45 Chris Dixon -253
2006-02-05 Andrew Quinton -21 Laura de Laurentiis -86 Luca Cesati Cassin -143 David Adler 250
2006-02-05 Andrew Quinton 128 Pete Whipple -61 Annabella Palma -112 Giles Woodruff 45
2006-02-05 Laura Tidone -3 Laura de Laurentiis 35 Annabella Palma 74 Luca Cesati Cassin -106
2006-02-06 Steve Altus 134 Mike Rice -13 T.C. Altus 14 David Beer -135
2006-02-06 Chris Dixon 158 Armando Pontecorvo -178 Annabella Palma -119 Fabrizio Farnesi 139
2006-02-07 Martin Garvey -33 Annabella Palma 44 T.C. Altus 208 Andrew Quinton -219
2006-02-07 Steve Altus 193 Kit Woolsey -209 T.C. Altus -97 Sally Woolsey 113
2006-02-07 Steve Altus -141 David Beer 181 T.C. Altus 27 JoAnna Stansby -67
2006-02-07 JoAnna Stansby 48 Andy Bowles -374 Martin Garvey 294 Sally Woolsey 32
2006-02-08 T.C. Altus 198 Kit Woolsey -515 Sally Woolsey 229 JoAnna Stansby 88
2006-02-08 Steve Altus 19 Andrew Garnett 100 Kit Woolsey 251 Sally Woolsey -370
2006-02-09 Steve Altus 119 Kit Woolsey -195 T.C. Altus -225 JoAnna Stansby 301
2006-02-09 Martin Garvey 236 Willie Whitaker -5 Laura Tidone 55 JoAnna Stansby -286
2006-02-10 T.C. Altus -293 Kit Woolsey 57 Andrew Garnett 23 Sally Woolsey 213
2006-02-10 David Beer 8 Jennifer Lin -235 Sally Woolsey 285 JoAnna Stansby -58
2006-02-10 Laura Tidone 118 Annabella Palma 69 Aldo Ghilardi -305 Doris Denny 118
2006-02-12 Giles Woodruff 392 Laura de Laurentiis 96 Andy Bowles 14 Bill Heim -502
2006-02-13 Chris Dixon -126 Leonardo Cima 11 Laura Tidone 372 Annabella Palma -257
2006-02-13 Chris Dixon 5 Raghavendra Rajkumar 170 Prahalad Rajkumar -131 Annabella Palma -44
2006-02-13 Martin Garvey 232 David Beer -237 Annabella Palma -41 Mike Rice 46
2006-02-13 Martin Garvey 40 Armando Pontecorvo -103 John Therkelsen 144 Laura de Laurentiis -81
2006-02-14 Martin Garvey -18 Willie Whitaker -83 Jon Rice 76 JoAnna Stansby 25
2006-02-14 Martin Garvey 122 Willie Whitaker 118 Kit Woolsey 56 Sally Woolsey -296
2006-02-15 Steve Altus 52 Kit Woolsey -77 T.C. Altus 204 Sally Woolsey -179
2006-02-15 T.C. Altus 19 Steve Altus 110 Andrew Garnett -155 David Beer 26
2006-02-15 David Beer -168 JoAnna Stansby 184 Lew Stansby -6 Mike Rice -10
2006-02-16 Martin Garvey 110 Annabella Palma -230 Guy Campbell -71 Kit Woolsey 191
2006-02-16 Chris Dixon 375 Michael Wilkinson -189 Laura Tidone -55 Annabella Palma -131
2006-02-16 Chris Dixon 258 Michael Wilkinson -125 Annabella Palma 107 Laura Tidone -240
2006-02-16 Chris Dixon 199 Kit Woolsey 96 Guy Campbell -162 David Beer -133
2006-02-17 T.C. Altus 68 Kit Woolsey -82 Mike Rice 82 Sally Woolsey -68
2006-02-17 Laura Tidone 30 Armando Pontecorvo -97 Annabella Palma -8 Fabrizio Farnesi 75
2006-02-17 Nicholas Cheung -284 Doris Denny 8 Dan Hoffenberg 12 Mike Rice 264
2006-02-17 Nicholas Cheung -228 Mike Rice -179 Fabrizio Farnesi 256 Doris Denny 151
2006-02-18 Chris Dixon 177 Fabrizio Farnesi 24 Doris Denny -77 Laura de Laurentiis -124
2006-02-18 Giles Woodruff -129 Kit Woolsey 106 Willie Whitaker 101 Sally Woolsey -78
2006-02-18 Andy Bowles 226 Joel Wooldridge 23 Neil Trentham -70 Doris Denny -179
2006-02-18 T.C. Altus 23 John Therkelsen -103 Sally Woolsey 96 David Beer -16
2006-02-19 Martin Garvey -66 Fabrizio Farnesi 69 Chris Dixon -342 Armando Pontecorvo 339
2006-02-19 T.C. Altus -52 Steve Altus -38 Martin Garvey 119 John Therkelsen -29
2006-02-19 Giles Woodruff -15 David Beer -152 John Therkelsen 303 Martin Garvey -136
2006-02-19 Giles Woodruff -14 David Beer -25 Laura Tidone 61 Martin Garvey -22
2006-02-19 Chris Dixon 239 Laura de Laurentiis 2 Luca Cesati Cassin -205 Armando Pontecorvo -36
2006-02-20 Laura Tidone 132 Fabrizio Farnesi -107 John Therkelsen -157 Armando Pontecorvo 132
2006-02-20 Martin Garvey -41 Laura de Laurentiis 139 Luca Cesati Cassin -209 Mike Rice 111
2006-02-20 Martin Garvey 92 Jon Rice 170 Giles Woodruff -474 Mike Rice 212
2006-02-20 Chris Dixon 48 Annabella Palma -186 Guy Campbell 40 Sally Woolsey 98
2006-02-20 Martin Garvey -221 Kit Woolsey -158 John Therkelsen 109 Willie Whitaker 270
2006-02-21 Chris Dixon -44 Armando Pontecorvo 134 Laura Tidone 200 Leonardo Cima -290
2006-02-21 Andrew Garnett -229 Kit Woolsey 88 Jon Rice 191 Mike Rice -50
2006-02-21 Martin Garvey -172 Willie Whitaker 151 Kit Woolsey 76 Sally Woolsey -55
2006-02-21 Martin Garvey -3 Andrew Garnett 79 David Beer -51 Willie Whitaker -25
2006-02-22 John Therkelsen -10 Kit Woolsey 160 Massoun M ejjeh 23 Sally Woolsey -173
2006-02-23 Andrew Garnett -277 Kit Woolsey 185 Jon Rice 115 Sally Woolsey -23
2006-02-23 Armando Pontecorvo 25 Annabella Palma -274 Martin Garvey 121 Fabrizio Farnesi 128
2006-02-23 Laura Tidone 57 Fabrizio Farnesi 221 Leonardo Cima -121 Annabella Palma -157
2006-02-23 Martin Garvey -112 Nicholas Cheung -11 Doris Denny -26 Sally Woolsey 149
2006-02-23 Martin Garvey 271 Nicholas Cheung -149 Guy Campbell -5 Sally Woolsey -117
2006-02-24 Martin Garvey 229 Mac Argo -332 Kit Woolsey 103 Doris Denny 0
2006-02-24 Laura Tidone 16 Fabrizio Farnesi 100 Leonardo Cima 37 Doris Denny -153
2006-02-24 Laura Tidone -131 Fabrizio Farnesi -72 Leonardo Cima 326 Jon Rice -123
2006-02-24 Martin Garvey 130 Kit Woolsey -52 JoAnna Stansby -14 Sally Woolsey -64
2006-02-24 Martin Garvey 221 Kit Woolsey 52 Sally Woolsey -170 JoAnna Stansby -103
2006-02-25 Chris Dixon 277 Laura de Laurentiis 20 Martin Garvey -47 Doris Denny -250
2006-02-25 Chris Dixon -26 Martin Garvey -55 Guy Campbell 84 Doris Denny -3
2006-02-25 Martin Garvey 192 Laura de Laurentiis 56 Guy Campbell -30 Joel Wooldridge -218
2006-02-25 Martin Garvey 37 Laura de Laurentiis 14 Willie Whitaker -139 Luca Cesati Cassin 88
2006-02-25 Martin Garvey -222 Laura de Laurentiis 147 Luca Cesati Cassin 11 Willie Whitaker 64
2006-02-25 Martin Garvey 158 Laura de Laurentiis -230 Luca Cesati Cassin -119 Guy Campbell 191
2006-02-26 Martin Garvey 43 Doris Denny -84 Laura Tidone 70 Fabrizio Farnesi -29
2006-02-26 Martin Garvey -84 Neil Trentham -56 Laura Tidone 78 Carlo Fogaroli 62
2006-02-26 Martin Garvey -245 Guy Campbell -117 Laura Tidone 67 Mike Rice 295
2006-02-26 Martin Garvey 84 Laura Tidone -35 Jon Rice -33 David Adler -16
2006-02-26 Martin Garvey -163 David Adler -142 Laura Tidone 103 Andrew Quinton 202
2006-02-26 Martin Garvey 117 Giles Woodruff 112 Willie Whitaker 164 Mike Rice -393
2006-02-26 Martin Garvey -44 Mike Rice -9 Jon Rice -80 Willie Whitaker 133
2006-02-26 Martin Garvey 24 Pete Whipple 2 David Adler 277 Andrew Quinton -303
2006-02-26 Martin Garvey -35 Willie Whitaker -131 Laura Tidone -74 Mike Rice 240
2006-02-27 Martin Garvey 12 Fabrizio Farnesi -46 Doris Denny -172 Armando Pontecorvo 206
2006-02-27 Laura Tidone 3 Armando Pontecorvo 171 Mike Rice -66 Leonardo Cima -108
2006-02-27 Martin Garvey -166 Armando Pontecorvo 55 Jon Rice -39 Mike Rice 150
2006-02-27 T.C. Altus -206 Mike Rice 259 Jon Rice -26 Andrew Garnett -27
2006-02-27 Martin Garvey -58 Annabella Palma -53 Neil Trentham -81 Sally Woolsey 192
2006-02-27 Armando Pontecorvo -174 Kit Woolsey -22 Andy Bowles 219 Willie Whitaker -23
2006-02-28 Andrew Garnett -170 T.C. Altus -88 Jon Rice 267 Mike Rice -9
2006-02-28 Andrew Garnett -121 Kit Woolsey 237 Mike Rice 141 Sally Woolsey -257
2006-02-28 Martin Garvey -64 Kit Woolsey 134 Annabella Palma -146 Sally Woolsey 76
2006-02-28 Andrew Garnett 72 Armando Pontecorvo 31 Guy Campbell -214 JoAnna Stansby 111
2006-02-28 Martin Garvey 366 Annabella Palma -242 Sally Woolsey -7 Willie Whitaker -117