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

March: Mike Rice

April: Martin Garvey

May: Neil Trentham

June: Martin Garvey

July: Neil Trentham

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: Tue 01 Aug 2006 12:54 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2006-07-01 JoAnna Stansby -87 Neil Trentham -10 Jon Rice 209 Andrew Garnett -112
2006-07-01 Martin Garvey 203 Laura de Laurentiis -385 Chris Dixon 31 Fabrizio Farnesi 151
2006-07-01 Martin Garvey 77 Laura de Laurentiis -257 Fabrizio Farnesi 152 Neil Trentham 28
2006-07-01 Martin Garvey -166 Laura de Laurentiis 239 Fabrizio Farnesi 24 David Adler -97
2006-07-01 Martin Garvey 270 Fabrizio Farnesi -119 David Adler -141 Laura de Laurentiis -10
2006-07-01 Martin Garvey -89 David Beer 38 John Therkelsen 21 Willie Whitaker 30
2006-07-01 Chris Dixon 305 Annabella Palma -66 JoAnna Stansby -137 David Adler -102
2006-07-02 Martin Garvey 207 David Adler -8 Neil Trentham -75 Sally Woolsey -124
2006-07-02 JoAnna Stansby -101 David Adler 235 Lew Stansby -105 Sally Woolsey -29
2006-07-03 Neil Trentham 117 Guy Campbell -215 Laura Tidone 246 Jon Rice -148
2006-07-03 John Therkelsen 86 Dan Korbel 181 Craig Ganzer -25 Mike Rice -242
2006-07-04 Neil Trentham -92 Jon Rice 182 Fabrizio Farnesi 28 Laura Tidone -118
2006-07-04 Chris Dixon -291 Fabrizio Farnesi 159 Laura Tidone 66 Neil Trentham 66
2006-07-04 Martin Garvey -90 Kit Woolsey -128 John Therkelsen 116 Guy Campbell 102
2006-07-05 Martin Garvey 223 John Therkelsen 109 Neil Trentham -491 Mike Rice 159
2006-07-06 John Therkelsen 115 Neil Trentham -10 Fabrizio Farnesi 108 Doris Denny -213
2006-07-06 Chris Dixon 214 Kit Woolsey -68 Laura Tidone -73 Sally Woolsey -73
2006-07-06 Chris Dixon -40 John Therkelsen -122 Neil Trentham 91 Willie Whitaker 71
2006-07-06 Chris Dixon -306 JoAnna Stansby 102 Willie Whitaker 180 John Therkelsen 24
2006-07-07 JoAnna Stansby -230 Kit Woolsey -196 John Therkelsen 143 Lew Stansby 283
2006-07-07 Laura de Laurentiis -263 Massoun M ejjeh 170 Laura Tidone 5 Sally Woolsey 88
2006-07-07 Laura Tidone 116 Sally Woolsey 163 Doris Denny -244 Fabrizio Farnesi -35
2006-07-07 Laura Tidone 71 Kit Woolsey -14 Fabrizio Farnesi -93 Carlo Fogaroli 36
2006-07-07 Laura Tidone -41 Fabrizio Farnesi 234 Carlo Fogaroli -125 Mike Rice -68
2006-07-07 Neil Trentham 94 Laura de Laurentiis -235 Jon Rice 108 Sally Woolsey 33
2006-07-08 Martin Garvey -149 Laura de Laurentiis 133 Laura Tidone 48 Carlo Fogaroli -32
2006-07-08 Laura Tidone 66 Laura de Laurentiis 155 Fabrizio Farnesi -205 Carlo Fogaroli -16
2006-07-08 Martin Garvey -170 Fabrizio Farnesi 76 Laura Tidone 77 Laura de Laurentiis 17
2006-07-08 Martin Garvey 195 Neil Trentham 73 Fabrizio Farnesi -241 Prahalad Rajkumar -27
2006-07-08 Martin Garvey -158 Willie Whitaker 105 Neil Trentham 224 Andrew Garnett -171
2006-07-08 Martin Garvey -174 Andrew Garnett -86 Jon Rice 227 Willie Whitaker 33
2006-07-09 Martin Garvey -95 Fabio Lo Presti -81 Laura Tidone 90 Chris Dixon 86
2006-07-09 Neil Trentham 144 Laura Tidone -174 Fabrizio Farnesi -133 Chris Dixon 163
2006-07-09 Neil Trentham 283 Fabrizio Farnesi -280 Laura Tidone -8 Chris Dixon 5
2006-07-09 Laura Tidone -128 Guy Campbell -230 Fabrizio Farnesi 212 David Adler 146
2006-07-09 Laura Tidone 42 Laura de Laurentiis -91 Fabrizio Farnesi -95 Guy Campbell 144
2006-07-10 Laura Tidone -6 Laura de Laurentiis 50 Carlo Fogaroli 64 Luca Cesati Cassin -108
2006-07-10 Laura Tidone -264 Laura de Laurentiis 266 Carlo Fogaroli -191 Luca Cesati Cassin 189
2006-07-10 Martin Garvey 19 JoAnna Stansby -267 Neil Trentham 159 David Beer 89
2006-07-11 John Therkelsen 122 Guy Campbell -45 Fabrizio Farnesi 93 David Beer -170
2006-07-11 Chris Dixon 7 Laura de Laurentiis -217 Armando Pontecorvo 120 Laura Tidone 90
2006-07-11 Neil Trentham 112 Laura de Laurentiis -195 Fabio Lo Presti 21 Armando Pontecorvo 62
2006-07-11 Martin Garvey -74 Fabio Lo Presti 123 Willie Whitaker -292 Sally Woolsey 243
2006-07-12 Martin Garvey -189 Laura de Laurentiis -15 Laura Tidone 287 Armando Pontecorvo -83
2006-07-12 Martin Garvey -83 Laura Tidone -20 Fabrizio Farnesi -47 Andrew Garnett 150
2006-07-12 Martin Garvey -194 Andrew Garnett 191 Fabrizio Farnesi -3 Laura Tidone 6
2006-07-12 Chris Dixon 228 Massoun M ejjeh 136 Martin Garvey -376 Willie Whitaker 12
2006-07-12 Martin Garvey -131 Laura de Laurentiis -217 Laura Tidone 167 Willie Whitaker 181
2006-07-12 Martin Garvey 4 Willie Whitaker 122 Laura Tidone -24 Laura de Laurentiis -102
2006-07-12 Martin Garvey 236 Armando Pontecorvo 152 David Beer -212 Willie Whitaker -176
2006-07-13 Neil Trentham 121 Laura de Laurentiis -176 Fabrizio Farnesi -32 Guy Campbell 87
2006-07-13 Neil Trentham -90 Fabrizio Farnesi 82 Laura Tidone 241 Laura de Laurentiis -233
2006-07-13 Laura Tidone -62 Laura de Laurentiis -205 Martin Garvey 263 Andrew Garnett 4
2006-07-13 Chris Dixon -7 Laura de Laurentiis -141 Fabio Lo Presti 63 Andrew Garnett 85
2006-07-14 Laura de Laurentiis 66 Fabrizio Farnesi 115 Laura Tidone -8 Michael Wilkinson -173
2006-07-14 Laura de Laurentiis -63 Armando Pontecorvo -80 Fabrizio Farnesi 78 Laura Tidone 65
2006-07-15 Chris Dixon 71 Martin Garvey -294 Laura Tidone 132 Laura de Laurentiis 91
2006-07-15 Martin Garvey 43 Neil Trentham 279 Fabrizio Farnesi -150 Chris Dixon -172
2006-07-15 Martin Garvey -31 Fabrizio Farnesi -399 Neil Trentham 404 Chris Dixon 26
2006-07-15 Martin Garvey -84 Willie Whitaker -140 Neil Trentham 66 Fabrizio Farnesi 158
2006-07-15 Martin Garvey 64 Chris Dixon 15 Fabrizio Farnesi 252 Willie Whitaker -331
2006-07-15 Chris Dixon 332 Laura de Laurentiis -103 Laura Tidone -116 Martin Garvey -113
2006-07-16 Martin Garvey -77 Laura de Laurentiis -2 Massoun M ejjeh 263 Chris Dixon -184
2006-07-16 Martin Garvey 145 Neil Trentham -198 Fabrizio Farnesi -51 David Adler 104
2006-07-16 Neil Trentham 69 Guy Campbell -205 Fabrizio Farnesi -44 Willie Whitaker 180
2006-07-16 Martin Garvey -70 Willie Whitaker 151 Guy Campbell 16 Chris Dixon -97
2006-07-16 Chris Dixon -87 Fabrizio Farnesi -175 Martin Garvey 319 Willie Whitaker -57
2006-07-16 Chris Dixon 71 Sally Woolsey 196 Guy Campbell -109 Willie Whitaker -158
2006-07-17 Laura de Laurentiis -123 Fabrizio Farnesi 106 Laura Tidone -23 Chris Dixon 40
2006-07-17 Martin Garvey -2 David Beer 52 Guy Campbell -7 Craig Ganzer -43
2006-07-18 Laura Tidone 126 Andrew Garnett -3 Fabrizio Farnesi 21 Carlo Fogaroli -144
2006-07-18 Laura Tidone 138 Fabio Lo Presti 285 Fabrizio Farnesi 139 Andrew Garnett -562
2006-07-18 Laura Tidone -13 Laura de Laurentiis 77 Massoun M ejjeh -45 Carlo Fogaroli -19
2006-07-18 Neil Trentham -251 Carlo Fogaroli 12 Laura Tidone -175 Martin Garvey 414
2006-07-19 Neil Trentham 360 Laura de Laurentiis -487 Guy Campbell -57 Armando Pontecorvo 184
2006-07-19 Neil Trentham 195 Fabrizio Farnesi -245 Laura Tidone 36 Andrew Garnett 14
2006-07-19 Laura Tidone 139 Laura de Laurentiis -291 Fabrizio Farnesi -87 Andrew Garnett 239
2006-07-19 Laura Tidone -97 Neil Trentham 345 Fabrizio Farnesi 20 Sally Woolsey -268
2006-07-19 Martin Garvey 312 Sally Woolsey -86 David Beer -141 Willie Whitaker -85
2006-07-20 Chris Dixon -174 Martin Garvey 223 Fabio Lo Presti -108 Sally Woolsey 59
2006-07-20 Chris Dixon 28 Shireen Mohandes -17 Laura Tidone 2 Doris Denny -13
2006-07-20 Laura Tidone 93 Armando Pontecorvo -240 Fabrizio Farnesi 118 Annabella Palma 29
2006-07-20 Martin Garvey -160 Laura de Laurentiis -174 Neil Trentham 62 Willie Whitaker 272
2006-07-20 Martin Garvey -149 Craig Ganzer 137 Willie Whitaker -10 Chris Dixon 22
2006-07-23 Neil Trentham 95 Andrew Garnett -170 Fabrizio Farnesi 32 David Adler 43
2006-07-23 Guy Campbell 29 David Adler -115 Andrew Garnett 97 Sally Woolsey -11
2006-07-23 Neil Trentham 72 Massoun M ejjeh -129 Andrew Garnett 39 Sally Woolsey 18
2006-07-23 Chris Dixon 192 Andrew Garnett -133 Guy Campbell 37 Sally Woolsey -96
2006-07-25 JoAnna Stansby 279 Kit Woolsey 24 David Beer 3 Sally Woolsey -306
2006-07-25 Guy Campbell -4 Neil Trentham -156 Neil Allerton 39 Jeffrey Allerton 121
2006-07-25 Guy Campbell -188 Chris Dixon 18 Fabrizio Farnesi 30 Andrew Garnett 140
2006-07-25 Guy Campbell 65 Fabrizio Farnesi -49 David Beer -7 Andrew Garnett -9
2006-07-25 Neil Trentham 63 Guy Campbell 71 Fabrizio Farnesi 47 Andrew Garnett -181
2006-07-25 Guy Campbell 163 Neil Trentham -4 Neil Allerton 180 Martin Garvey -339
2006-07-26 JoAnna Stansby 113 Fabrizio Farnesi -217 Andrew Garnett 43 David Beer 61
2006-07-27 JoAnna Stansby -33 Kit Woolsey 28 Lew Stansby -58 Sally Woolsey 63
2006-07-27 Chris Dixon -5 Fabrizio Farnesi 165 Tony Nunn 43 Armando Pontecorvo -203
2006-07-27 Neil Trentham 83 Andrew Garnett -191 David Beer -3 Martin Garvey 111
2006-07-27 David Beer 104 Annabella Palma -166 Fabrizio Farnesi -82 Andrew Garnett 144
2006-07-28 JoAnna Stansby 310 Dave Brower -117 David Beer -212 McKenzie Myers 19
2006-07-28 Chris Dixon -174 Andrew Garnett 178 Fabrizio Farnesi 198 Tony Nunn -202
2006-07-29 Chris Dixon 207 Massoun M ejjeh -188 Martin Garvey -47 Willie Whitaker 28
2006-07-29 Neil Trentham -51 Guy Campbell -528 Martin Garvey 287 David Adler 292
2006-07-29 Chris Dixon 115 Kit Woolsey 164 John Therkelsen -270 Sally Woolsey -9
2006-07-30 Guy Campbell -73 Massoun M ejjeh -21 David Beer 44 Andrew Garnett 50
2006-07-31 JoAnna Stansby -264 Kit Woolsey 246 David Beer -27 Sally Woolsey 45
2006-07-31 David Beer 5 T.C. Altus 49 Steve Altus 102 Sally Woolsey -156
2006-07-31 Chris Dixon -124 John Therkelsen 23 Neil Trentham 112 Andrew Garnett -11
2006-07-31 Chris Dixon -53 John Therkelsen 227 Neil Trentham -171 Willie Whitaker -3
2006-07-31 John Therkelsen 262 Guy Campbell 167 David Beer -287 Sally Woolsey -142