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

February 2006

March 2006

April 2006

May 2006

June 2006

July 2006

August 2006

September 2006

January 2004—December 2005

Previous game data

January 2006

February 2006

March 2006

April 2006

May 2006

June 2006

July 2006

August 2006

September 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

February: Laura Tidone

March: Mike Rice

April: Martin Garvey

May: Neil Trentham

June: Martin Garvey

July: Neil Trentham

August: John Therkelsen

September: Willie Whitaker

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 Scores

Last updated: Wed 04 Oct 2006 01:02 (UK time)

Date	South			West			North			East
2006-09-01	Chris Dixon	62		Eric Sieg	-82		Fabrizio Farnesi	-7		Annabella Palma	27
2006-09-02	Martin Garvey	-185		Fabio Lo Presti	244		Chris Dixon	-289		Francesco Mazzadi	230
2006-09-02	Guy Campbell	-157		David Adler	169		Martin Garvey	-128		Michael Wilkinson	116
2006-09-02	Martin Garvey	-118		David Adler	-196		Neil Trentham	512		David Beer	-198
2006-09-02	Martin Garvey	18		Laura de Laurentiis	272		Luca Cesati Cassin	-101		Craig Ganzer	-189
2006-09-02	Martin Garvey	210		Laura de Laurentiis	-198		Neil Trentham	-159		Fabio Lo Presti	147
2006-09-03	Noble Shore	136		Jason Rosenfeld	-221		Matt Meckstroth	-75		Susie Korbel	160
2006-09-03	Martin Garvey	230		Willie Whitaker	222		Fabrizio Farnesi	-368		David Adler	-84
2006-09-03	Martin Garvey	56		Fabrizio Farnesi	149		David Adler	-187		Willie Whitaker	-18
2006-09-03	Chris Dixon	-200		Fabrizio Farnesi	61		David Beer	190		Martin Garvey	-51
2006-09-03	Martin Garvey	-57		Laura de Laurentiis	-27		Luca Cesati Cassin	90		Fabio Lo Presti	-6
2006-09-03	Martin Garvey	-194		Laura de Laurentiis	-140		Luca Cesati Cassin	397		Willie Whitaker	-63
2006-09-03	Martin Garvey	-206		Armando Pontecorvo	235		Ed Levy	-162		Willie Whitaker	133
2006-09-04	Martin Garvey	1		Michael Wilkinson	183		Fabio Lo Presti	-73		Ed Levy	-111
2006-09-04	Chris Dixon	120		Eric Sieg	74		Neil Trentham	224		Ed Levy	-418
2006-09-05	Tony Nunn	98		Martin Garvey	115		Laura Tidone	37		Sally Woolsey	-250
2006-09-05	Martin Garvey	178		Eric Sieg	-265		Ed Levy	269		Craig Ganzer	-182
2006-09-05	Neil Trentham	144		Martin Garvey	-32		Ed Levy	-42		Sally Woolsey	-70
2006-09-06	Laura Tidone	185		Armando Pontecorvo	149		Martin Garvey	32		Annabella Palma	-366
2006-09-06	Chris Dixon	244		Fabio Lo Presti	-21		Laura Tidone	83		Carlo Fogaroli	-306
2006-09-06	Chris Dixon	-3		Michael Wilkinson	6		Sally Woolsey	160		Annabella Palma	-163
2006-09-06	Neil Trentham	-5		Eric Sieg	48		David Beer	-27		Sally Woolsey	-16
2006-09-07	Tony Nunn	233		Armando Pontecorvo	-37		Laura Tidone	-1		Lew Stansby	-195
2006-09-07	Martin Garvey	18		Ed Levy	84		Neil Trentham	9		Willie Whitaker	-111
2006-09-07	Armando Pontecorvo	87		Massoun M ejjeh	-268		Annabella Palma	27		Fabio Lo Presti	154
2006-09-08	Tony Nunn	-320		Ed Levy	162		Laura Tidone	-12		Mike Rice	170
2006-09-08	Tony Nunn	32		Michael Wilkinson	-48		Anne Jackson	66		Mike Rice	-50
2006-09-08	Neil Trentham	142		Dan Korbel	44		Laura Tidone	55		David Beer	-241
2006-09-08	Neil Trentham	-336		Francesco Mazzadi	229		Tony Nunn	107		Fabio Lo Presti	0
2006-09-08	Chris Dixon	-122		Massoun M ejjeh	112		Fabio Lo Presti	-248		Michael Wilkinson	258
2006-09-09	Neil Trentham	142		Laura de Laurentiis	-209		Fabrizio Farnesi	56		Luca Cesati Cassin	11
2006-09-09	Neil Trentham	93		Laura de Laurentiis	-80		Francesco Mazzadi	116		Luca Cesati Cassin	-129
2006-09-09	Martin Garvey	327		Laura de Laurentiis	113		Laura Tidone	-81		Ed Levy	-359
2006-09-09	Martin Garvey	242		Willie Whitaker	-196		Andy Bowles	-153		Sally Woolsey	107
2006-09-09	Martin Garvey	161		Laura de Laurentiis	-12		Francesco Mazzadi	-143		Willie Whitaker	-6
2006-09-09	Martin Garvey	-65		Laura de Laurentiis	38		Armando Pontecorvo	84		Willie Whitaker	-57
2006-09-10	Martin Garvey	240		Anne Jackson	-386		Laura Tidone	226		Carlo Fogaroli	-80
2006-09-10	Martin Garvey	356		Ed Levy	-95		Armando Pontecorvo	-121		Laura de Laurentiis	-140
2006-09-10	Martin Garvey	-117		Ed Levy	-22		Fabrizio Farnesi	61		Laura Tidone	78
2006-09-10	Martin Garvey	93		Ed Levy	76		Fabrizio Farnesi	-80		Laura Tidone	-89
2006-09-10	Martin Garvey	296		Annabella Palma	-148		Fabio Lo Presti	-240		Willie Whitaker	92
2006-09-10	Armando Pontecorvo	-58		Ed Levy	100		Annabella Palma	-42		Laura de Laurentiis	0
2006-09-10	Neil Trentham	138		Armando Pontecorvo	-49		Ed Levy	-99		Sally Woolsey	10
2006-09-11	Neil Trentham	-58		Armando Pontecorvo	-11		Carlo Fogaroli	-29		Sally Woolsey	98
2006-09-11	Neil Trentham	68		Laura de Laurentiis	152		Martin Garvey	-46		Ed Levy	-174
2006-09-11	Eric Sieg	-314		Armando Pontecorvo	165		Craig Ganzer	9		Annabella Palma	140
2006-09-12	David Beer	222		Nicholas Cheung	-8		Anne Jackson	111		Craig Ganzer	-325
2006-09-12	Laura Tidone	3		Ed Levy	-27		Carlo Fogaroli	-8		Sally Woolsey	32
2006-09-12	Martin Garvey	65		Armando Pontecorvo	-81		Fabio Lo Presti	120		Francesco Mazzadi	-104
2006-09-13	Eric Sieg	-26		Kit Woolsey	14		Anne Jackson	-61		Sally Woolsey	73
2006-09-13	Martin Garvey	101		Kit Woolsey	114		Neil Trentham	-281		Sally Woolsey	66
2006-09-13	Neil Trentham	62		Annabella Palma	-48		Martin Garvey	126		David Beer	-140
2006-09-13	Neil Trentham	139		Martin Garvey	43		Annabella Palma	-173		David Beer	-9
2006-09-14	Chris Dixon	36		Ed Levy	-1		Joel Wooldridge	-108		Armando Pontecorvo	73
2006-09-14	Laura Tidone	180		Michael Wilkinson	237		Ed Levy	-316		Anne Jackson	-101
2006-09-14	Neil Trentham	-55		Fabio Lo Presti	122		Craig Ganzer	-159		Francesco Mazzadi	92
2006-09-14	Neil Trentham	22		Carlo Fogaroli	-153		Laura Tidone	-45		Fabio Lo Presti	176
2006-09-15	Neil Trentham	107		Laura de Laurentiis	-10		Fabrizio Farnesi	-26		Luca Cesati Cassin	-71
2006-09-15	Martin Garvey	-63		Kit Woolsey	90		Fabio Lo Presti	-165		Sally Woolsey	138
2006-09-15	Martin Garvey	-104		Sally Woolsey	-71		Neil Trentham	202		Willie Whitaker	-27
2006-09-15	Martin Garvey	184		Willie Whitaker	185		Ed Levy	-347		Craig Ganzer	-22
2006-09-16	Laura Tidone	63		Ed Levy	29		Anne Jackson	-180		Fabrizio Farnesi	88
2006-09-16	JoAnna Stansby	-33		John Therkelsen	-46		Fabio Lo Presti	-339		Martin Garvey	418
2006-09-16	Armando Pontecorvo	278		Laura de Laurentiis	-7		Francesco Mazzadi	-151		Annabella Palma	-120
2006-09-16	Martin Garvey	-90		Fabrizio Farnesi	24		Fabio Lo Presti	48		Neil Trentham	18
2006-09-16	Neil Trentham	149		Massoun M ejjeh	-232		Laura Tidone	149		Carlo Fogaroli	-66
2006-09-17	Martin Garvey	21		John Therkelsen	-43		Fabio Lo Presti	222		Sally Woolsey	-200
2006-09-17	Martin Garvey	-44		Armando Pontecorvo	-79		Laura de Laurentiis	46		Willie Whitaker	77
2006-09-17	Martin Garvey	19		Laura de Laurentiis	-132		Neil Trentham	-268		Willie Whitaker	381
2006-09-17	Laura Tidone	-143		Sally Woolsey	164		Neil Trentham	-53		Willie Whitaker	32
2006-09-18	Martin Garvey	-66		Sally Woolsey	17		Fabrizio Farnesi	122		Ed Levy	-73
2006-09-18	John Therkelsen	-28		Fabrizio Farnesi	259		Ed Levy	-241		Anne Jackson	10
2006-09-18	Neil Trentham	133		Annabella Palma	49		David Adler	61		Ed Levy	-243
2006-09-18	Laura Tidone	141		Armando Pontecorvo	-65		Neil Trentham	-85		Ed Levy	9
2006-09-18	Neil Trentham	31		Carlo Fogaroli	167		Fabrizio Farnesi	-21		Laura Tidone	-177
2006-09-18	Laura Tidone	13		Laura de Laurentiis	78		Fabrizio Farnesi	187		Ed Levy	-278
2006-09-18	Martin Garvey	-246		Guy Campbell	-329		John Therkelsen	361		Fabio Lo Presti	214
2006-09-18	Martin Garvey	-1		John Therkelsen	-93		Neil Trentham	180		Willie Whitaker	-86
2006-09-18	Armando Pontecorvo	14		Laura de Laurentiis	19		Annabella Palma	-155		Fabio Lo Presti	122
2006-09-18	John Therkelsen	39		Willie Whitaker	-20		Neil Trentham	-109		Laura de Laurentiis	90
2006-09-19	JoAnna Stansby	296		Junyi Zhu	-220		Joel Wooldridge	86		Lew Stansby	-162
2006-09-19	Neil Trentham	-56		Luca Cesati Cassin	-24		Laura Tidone	21		Armando Pontecorvo	59
2006-09-19	Martin Garvey	-130		Mike Rice	309		Ed Levy	-366		Sally Woolsey	187
2006-09-19	Martin Garvey	10		Neil Trentham	-386		Annabella Palma	118		Sally Woolsey	258
2006-09-20	Martin Garvey	315		Kit Woolsey	-94		Guy Campbell	-163		Sally Woolsey	-58
2006-09-20	Neil Trentham	291		Annabella Palma	-275		David Beer	-21		Martin Garvey	5
2006-09-21	Martin Garvey	-53		Annabella Palma	111		Ed Levy	77		Fabio Lo Presti	-135
2006-09-21	Martin Garvey	164		Ed Levy	-523		David Beer	270		Annabella Palma	89
2006-09-22	Shireen Mohandes	23		Kit Woolsey	100		Fabio Lo Presti	107		Sally Woolsey	-230
2006-09-22	Neil Trentham	-6		Gerben Dirksen	-247		Shireen Mohandes	82		Sally Woolsey	171
2006-09-23	Martin Garvey	41		Carlo Fogaroli	97		Fabrizio Farnesi	23		Laura Tidone	-161
2006-09-23	Neil Trentham	67		Carlo Fogaroli	135		Laura Tidone	-139		Annabella Palma	-63
2006-09-23	Neil Trentham	-430		Tony Nunn	184		Annabella Palma	-78		Francesco Mazzadi	324
2006-09-23	Martin Garvey	39		Kit Woolsey	-124		Tony Nunn	205		Sally Woolsey	-120
2006-09-23	Martin Garvey	175		Tony Nunn	-203		Neil Trentham	-225		Willie Whitaker	253
2006-09-23	Martin Garvey	95		Willie Whitaker	-1		Sally Woolsey	-142		Ed Levy	48
2006-09-23	Martin Garvey	-436		Ed Levy	85		David Beer	356		Willie Whitaker	-5
2006-09-23	Martin Garvey	96		David Beer	-127		Ed Levy	-134		Laura Tidone	165
2006-09-24	Neil Trentham	40		Fabrizio Farnesi	-168		Martin Garvey	12		Laura Tidone	116
2006-09-24	Neil Trentham	-100		Fabrizio Farnesi	29		Martin Garvey	109		Laura Tidone	-38
2006-09-24	Martin Garvey	-90		Fabio Lo Presti	89		Ed Levy	-22		David Adler	23
2006-09-24	Martin Garvey	-16		Laura de Laurentiis	182		Luca Cesati Cassin	-48		Ed Levy	-118
2006-09-24	Martin Garvey	68		Laura de Laurentiis	73		Neil Trentham	73		Ed Levy	-214
2006-09-25	Martin Garvey	250		Armando Pontecorvo	86		Fabrizio Farnesi	-435		Francesco Mazzadi	99
2006-09-25	Martin Garvey	-57		Armando Pontecorvo	-285		Laura Tidone	1		Fabrizio Farnesi	341
2006-09-25	Martin Garvey	185		Fabrizio Farnesi	-135		Fabio Lo Presti	-70		Armando Pontecorvo	20
2006-09-25	Martin Garvey	-128		Neil Trentham	102		Laura Tidone	69		Sally Woolsey	-43
2006-09-25	Armando Pontecorvo	164		Laura de Laurentiis	70		Annabella Palma	-316		Ed Levy	82
2006-09-26	Neil Trentham	14		Armando Pontecorvo	0		Laura Tidone	-13		Fabio Lo Presti	-1
2006-09-26	Neil Trentham	114		Armando Pontecorvo	-25		Fabio Lo Presti	-2		Laura Tidone	-87
2006-09-26	Martin Garvey	-60		John Therkelsen	-65		Kit Woolsey	-86		Sally Woolsey	211
2006-09-27	Martin Garvey	139		Laura de Laurentiis	225		Fabrizio Farnesi	-8		Luca Cesati Cassin	-356
2006-09-27	Martin Garvey	-13		Kit Woolsey	163		Neil Trentham	-138		Sally Woolsey	-12
2006-09-27	Martin Garvey	92		John Therkelsen	-81		Mike Rice	-109		Willie Whitaker	98
2006-09-27	David Beer	-62		Annabella Palma	18		Willie Whitaker	-84		John Therkelsen	128
2006-09-27	David Beer	-76		Annabella Palma	-11		Neil Trentham	-86		Willie Whitaker	173
2006-09-27	David Beer	28		Michael Wilkinson	138		Willie Whitaker	-79		Martin Garvey	-87
2006-09-28	Martin Garvey	-198		Ed Levy	31		Neil Trentham	-47		Willie Whitaker	214
2006-09-28	Neil Trentham	-123		Fabrizio Farnesi	89		Laura Tidone	-53		Armando Pontecorvo	87
2006-09-28	Neil Trentham	18		Annabella Palma	-113		Laura Tidone	69		Armando Pontecorvo	26
2006-09-28	Neil Trentham	115		Armando Pontecorvo	39		Ed Levy	-42		Laura Tidone	-112
2006-09-28	John Therkelsen	35		Martin Garvey	-29		Neil Trentham	-279		David Beer	273
2006-09-29	Tony Nunn	63		Laura de Laurentiis	47		Laura Tidone	-174		John Therkelsen	64
2006-09-29	Shireen Mohandes	-133		Michael Wilkinson	154		Neil Trentham	110		John Therkelsen	-131
2006-09-29	John Therkelsen	-113		Willie Whitaker	298		Neil Trentham	-74		Sally Woolsey	-111
2006-09-29	Neil Trentham	-12		Anne Jackson	-142		Willie Whitaker	236		Sally Woolsey	-82
2006-09-30	Michael Wilkinson	349		Armando Pontecorvo	-114		Neil Trentham	-50		Annabella Palma	-185
2006-09-30	Martin Garvey	264		Giles Woodruff	-206		Neil Trentham	-305		Willie Whitaker	247
2006-09-30	Martin Garvey	55		Willie Whitaker	180		Michael Wilkinson	-272		John Therkelsen	37
2006-10-01	Martin Garvey	165		Michael Wilkinson	-43		Willie Whitaker	-28		Andy Bowles	-94