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

Neil Trentham (6; perhaps it’s time for another change to the ranking system?)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

Kit Woolsey: +275 at Dominoes, subsequently equalled by Jon Rice

Winners, 2007

January: Neil Trentham

February: John Therkelsen

March: John Therkelsen

April: Neil Trentham

May: Mike Rice

June: Mike Rice

July: Mike Rice

August: Willie Whitaker

September: Chris Dixon

Winners, 2003-6

2006 ladder: Francesco Mazzadi

2006 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2006 “Apple core”: David Grainger

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, Martin Garvey (three times), Francesco Mazzadi (twice), Joon Pahk, Armando Pontecorvo (twice), Jérome Rombaut (twice), Mike Rice (twice), JoAnna Stansby (twice), Lew Stansby (three times), John Therkelsen (twice), Laura Tidone (twice), Neil Trentham (four times), Willie Whitaker (twice), Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (twice)

Barbu Ladder - input data

Barbu Ladder Scores

Last updated: Tue 09 Oct 2007 08:06 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2007-09-01 Martin Garvey 95 Michael Wilkinson 176 Richard Probst -258 Ben Handley-Pritchard -13
2007-09-01 Anne Jackson 123 Annabella Palma 78 Richard Probst -280 Neil Trentham 79
2007-09-01 Anne Jackson -202 Ben Handley-Pritchard 218 Willie Whitaker 59 Sally Woolsey -75
2007-09-01 Anne Jackson 137 Richard Probst -124 Laura de Laurentiis 64 Ed Levy -77
2007-09-02 Chris Dixon 242 Ed Levy 194 Martin Garvey -176 Joan Clark -260
2007-09-02 Anne Jackson -168 Ed Levy 219 Laura Tidone 245 Joan Clark -296
2007-09-02 Michael Wilkinson 171 Paula Leslie 121 Ben Handley-Pritchard -226 Julian Foster -66
2007-09-02 Neil Trentham -308 Michael Wilkinson 172 Ben Handley-Pritchard 185 Martin Garvey -49
2007-09-02 Chris Dixon -125 Massoun M ejjeh -87 Martin Garvey 97 Sally Woolsey 115
2007-09-02 Laura Tidone -273 Carlo Fogaroli 175 Fabio Lo Presti -15 Sally Woolsey 113
2007-09-02 Laura Tidone -170 Annabella Palma -36 Richard Probst 108 Carlo Fogaroli 98
2007-09-02 Martin Garvey 196 Annabella Palma 125 Richard Probst -215 Ed Levy -106
2007-09-03 Anne Jackson -48 Sally Woolsey 89 Ben Handley-Pritchard 67 Joan Clark -108
2007-09-03 Ben Handley-Pritchard -95 Chris Dixon 74 Laura de Laurentiis -154 Richard Probst 175
2007-09-03 Ben Handley-Pritchard -90 Chris Dixon 282 Richard Probst -208 Joan Clark 16
2007-09-03 Anne Jackson -53 Armando Pontecorvo 154 Ed Levy -21 Joan Clark -80
2007-09-03 Anne Jackson 134 Ben Handley-Pritchard -97 Ed Levy -51 Joan Clark 14
2007-09-03 Laura Tidone 27 Willie Whitaker 227 Fabio Lo Presti -118 Ben Chosid -136
2007-09-03 Chris Dixon 98 Ben Handley-Pritchard -158 Guy Campbell -62 Ed Levy 122
2007-09-04 Ben Handley-Pritchard 82 Anne Jackson 87 Ed Levy -207 Joan Clark 38
2007-09-04 Chris Dixon -5 Joan Clark -126 Laura Tidone 136 Guy Campbell -5
2007-09-04 Anne Jackson 35 Guy Campbell 23 Willie Whitaker -99 Laura Tidone 41
2007-09-04 Anne Jackson 4 Guy Campbell 86 Joan Clark -112 Sally Woolsey 22
2007-09-05 Chris Dixon -115 Michael Wilkinson 207 Laura de Laurentiis -86 Laura Tidone -6
2007-09-05 Anne Jackson -193 Sally Woolsey -46 Laura Tidone 157 Joan Clark 82
2007-09-05 Anne Jackson 94 Ed Levy -240 Laura de Laurentiis 215 Neil Trentham -69
2007-09-05 Ed Levy -40 Kit Woolsey 57 Richard Probst 210 Andrew Garnett -227
2007-09-06 Anne Jackson 11 Kit Woolsey 113 Joan Clark 174 Ed Levy -298
2007-09-06 Ed Levy -207 Annabella Palma -95 Willie Whitaker 42 Guy Campbell 260
2007-09-06 Anne Jackson 69 Giuseppe Failla -181 Joan Clark -30 Kit Woolsey 142
2007-09-06 Neil Trentham 67 Willie Whitaker 202 Joan Clark 95 Mike Rice -364
2007-09-06 Anne Jackson -54 Kit Woolsey 158 Willie Whitaker 279 Mike Rice -383
2007-09-06 Anne Jackson 52 Willie Whitaker 103 Carlo Fogaroli -195 Andrew Garnett 40
2007-09-07 Martin Garvey 256 Annabella Palma -138 Joan Clark -34 Laura de Laurentiis -84
2007-09-07 Anne Jackson -190 Kit Woolsey -187 Laura de Laurentiis 144 Chris Dixon 233
2007-09-07 Anne Jackson -170 Michael Wilkinson -105 Mike Rice 144 Joan Clark 131
2007-09-07 Chris Dixon 18 Annabella Palma -35 Anne Jackson -329 Neil Trentham 346
2007-09-08 Neil Trentham 94 Michael Wilkinson 33 Joan Clark -155 Carlo Fogaroli 28
2007-09-08 Anne Jackson -88 Neil Trentham 67 Laura de Laurentiis -68 Mike Rice 89
2007-09-09 Martin Garvey -165 Neil Trentham -165 Michael Wilkinson 81 Chris Dixon 249
2007-09-09 Chris Dixon 91 Carlo Fogaroli -91 Anne Jackson 20 Tony Nunn -20
2007-09-09 Chris Dixon 226 Willie Whitaker 32 Anne Jackson -60 Joan Clark -198
2007-09-10 Laura Tidone 98 Giuseppe Failla 34 Laura de Laurentiis 168 Joan Clark -300
2007-09-10 Anne Jackson -99 Kit Woolsey 243 Joan Clark -57 Sally Woolsey -87
2007-09-10 Shireen Mohandes 125 Lew Stansby 85 Ed Levy -150 Joan Clark -60
2007-09-10 Martin Garvey -25 Willie Whitaker 166 Anne Jackson 66 Kit Woolsey -207
2007-09-10 Laura Tidone 77 Willie Whitaker 95 Guy Campbell 48 Carlo Fogaroli -220
2007-09-11 Chris Dixon -140 Anne Jackson 177 Joan Clark -296 Kit Woolsey 259
2007-09-11 Anne Jackson -86 Giuseppe Failla -174 Joan Clark 214 Laura Tidone 46
2007-09-11 Ben Handley-Pritchard 250 Annabella Palma -31 Joan Clark 71 Michael Wilkinson -290
2007-09-11 Ben Handley-Pritchard -180 Anne Jackson -51 Willie Whitaker 225 Sally Woolsey 6
2007-09-12 Chris Dixon -227 Michael Wilkinson -49 Laura de Laurentiis 100 Annabella Palma 176
2007-09-12 Chris Dixon 225 Armando Pontecorvo -209 Anne Jackson -195 Laura Tidone 179
2007-09-12 Anne Jackson 64 Ed Levy 73 Joan Clark 3 Sally Woolsey -140
2007-09-12 Chris Dixon 183 Michael Wilkinson -77 Willie Whitaker -72 Anne Jackson -34
2007-09-13 Chris Dixon 112 Annabella Palma -103 Laura de Laurentiis 157 Laura Tidone -166
2007-09-13 Laura Tidone 2 Carlo Fogaroli 42 Giuseppe Failla -67 Joan Clark 23
2007-09-13 Anne Jackson 56 Kit Woolsey 85 Carlo Fogaroli 100 Joan Clark -241
2007-09-14 Chris Dixon 27 Armando Pontecorvo -49 Laura Tidone -141 Laura de Laurentiis 163
2007-09-14 Anne Jackson 19 Armando Pontecorvo 49 Joan Clark 41 Laura Tidone -109
2007-09-14 Neil Trentham 149 Chris Dixon 31 Kit Woolsey -347 Sally Woolsey 167
2007-09-15 Laura Tidone 158 Annabella Palma -391 Carlo Fogaroli -33 Chris Dixon 266
2007-09-15 Laura Tidone 78 Annabella Palma 46 Carlo Fogaroli 68 Joan Clark -192
2007-09-15 Chris Dixon -136 Annabella Palma 66 Anne Jackson -143 Michael Wilkinson 213
2007-09-16 Neil Trentham -112 Carlo Fogaroli 6 Martin Garvey -112 Laura Tidone 218
2007-09-16 Anne Jackson -202 Kit Woolsey 235 Joan Clark 140 Sally Woolsey -173
2007-09-16 Martin Garvey 33 Annabella Palma 27 Willie Whitaker 131 Anne Jackson -191
2007-09-16 Martin Garvey 36 Kit Woolsey 18 Anne Jackson 0 Sally Woolsey -54
2007-09-16 Martin Garvey 56 Annabella Palma -66 Laura de Laurentiis 64 Luca Cesati Cassin -54
2007-09-16 Martin Garvey -50 Annabella Palma -94 Laura de Laurentiis -74 Luca Cesati Cassin 218
2007-09-16 Martin Garvey 176 Annabella Palma -118 Laura de Laurentiis 87 Anne Jackson -145
2007-09-17 Michael Wilkinson 44 Laura de Laurentiis 248 Ed Levy -72 Joan Clark -220
2007-09-17 Anne Jackson -115 Michael Wilkinson -43 Joan Clark 115 Ed Levy 43
2007-09-17 Chris Dixon 221 Michael Wilkinson 81 Anne Jackson -36 Neil Trentham -266
2007-09-17 Neil Trentham -31 Laura de Laurentiis 100 Laura Tidone -123 Fabio Lo Presti 54
2007-09-17 Chris Dixon -75 Annabella Palma 32 Anne Jackson -31 Martin Garvey 74
2007-09-18 Martin Garvey -86 Armando Pontecorvo 32 Laura de Laurentiis -132 Annabella Palma 186
2007-09-18 Chris Dixon -103 Laura de Laurentiis -11 Laura Tidone 213 Anne Jackson -99
2007-09-18 Anne Jackson -80 Armando Pontecorvo 26 Joan Clark 104 Kit Woolsey -50
2007-09-18 Martin Garvey 130 Kit Woolsey 150 Guy Campbell -101 Sally Woolsey -179
2007-09-18 Anne Jackson 32 Neil Trentham 0 Carlo Fogaroli 9 Laura Tidone -41
2007-09-18 Laura Tidone 80 Willie Whitaker 42 Carlo Fogaroli 17 Laura de Laurentiis -139
2007-09-18 Laura Tidone 166 Anne Jackson 41 Laura de Laurentiis -255 Carlo Fogaroli 48
2007-09-19 Laura Tidone 205 Michael Wilkinson -189 Laura de Laurentiis 38 Annabella Palma -54
2007-09-19 Michael Wilkinson 85 Willie Whitaker 51 Joan Clark -150 Armando Pontecorvo 14
2007-09-19 Chris Dixon 207 Annabella Palma -113 Laura Tidone -61 Willie Whitaker -33
2007-09-19 Laura Tidone 119 Annabella Palma 43 Willie Whitaker -73 Carlo Fogaroli -89
2007-09-20 Anne Jackson 172 Kit Woolsey 170 Martin Garvey -253 Joan Clark -89
2007-09-20 Laura Tidone 96 Armando Pontecorvo 142 Laura de Laurentiis -142 Sally Woolsey -96
2007-09-21 Anne Jackson -51 Armando Pontecorvo -179 Laura de Laurentiis 141 Laura Tidone 89
2007-09-21 Anne Jackson 93 Ed Levy 129 Ben Handley-Pritchard -21 Kit Woolsey -201
2007-09-21 Anne Jackson 48 Ed Levy -46 Laura Tidone 146 Carlo Fogaroli -148
2007-09-22 Anne Jackson 56 Neil Trentham -56 Willie Whitaker 127 Michael Wilkinson -127
2007-09-23 Neil Trentham 140 Carlo Fogaroli -141 Laura Tidone 128 Ben Handley-Pritchard -127
2007-09-23 Laura Tidone -140 Luca Cesati Cassin 72 Laura de Laurentiis 53 Carlo Fogaroli 15
2007-09-23 Laura Tidone 16 Luca Cesati Cassin 10 Laura de Laurentiis 50 Carlo Fogaroli -76
2007-09-23 Laura Tidone 102 Luca Cesati Cassin 224 Laura de Laurentiis -369 Carlo Fogaroli 43
2007-09-23 Neil Trentham 130 Annabella Palma -36 Kit Woolsey -66 Ben Handley-Pritchard -28
2007-09-24 Laura Tidone 197 Annabella Palma -64 Laura de Laurentiis -6 Ben Handley-Pritchard -127
2007-09-25 Laura Tidone 204 Annabella Palma 92 Laura de Laurentiis -251 Armando Pontecorvo -45
2007-09-25 Chris Dixon 109 Annabella Palma 46 Laura de Laurentiis 73 Laura Tidone -228
2007-09-25 Neil Trentham -151 Ben Handley-Pritchard -39 Laura de Laurentiis 128 Laura Tidone 62
2007-09-26 Laura Tidone -15 Armando Pontecorvo -18 Laura de Laurentiis -60 Annabella Palma 93
2007-09-26 Laura Tidone 110 Annabella Palma -312 Neil Trentham 141 Laura de Laurentiis 61
2007-09-26 Anne Jackson 69 Ed Levy -139 Ben Handley-Pritchard 158 Neil Trentham -88
2007-09-26 Chris Dixon 97 Annabella Palma 125 Laura de Laurentiis 63 Michael Wilkinson -285
2007-09-27 Laura Tidone -26 Armando Pontecorvo 141 Laura de Laurentiis 195 Michael Wilkinson -310
2007-09-27 Anne Jackson 148 Fabio Lo Presti -29 Carlo Fogaroli -115 Neil Trentham -4
2007-09-27 Charlie Garrod 14 Jennifer Lin 302 Steve Altus -234 Martin Garvey -82
2007-09-28 Neil Trentham 351 Armando Pontecorvo 163 Laura Tidone -78 Annabella Palma -436
2007-09-28 Neil Trentham 76 Ed Levy 48 Laura Tidone -74 Laura de Laurentiis -50
2007-09-28 Laura Tidone 116 Neil Trentham -231 Carlo Fogaroli 80 Annabella Palma 35
2007-09-28 Anne Jackson -40 Annabella Palma 74 Laura Tidone -36 Carlo Fogaroli 2
2007-09-29 Neil Trentham 229 Michael Wilkinson -139 Laura de Laurentiis 70 Carlo Fogaroli -160
2007-09-29 Anne Jackson -145 Neil Trentham 14 Laura de Laurentiis 102 Carlo Fogaroli 29
2007-09-30 Laura Tidone 49 Luca Cesati Cassin -43 Carlo Fogaroli 33 Laura de Laurentiis -39
2007-09-30 Anne Jackson -186 Neil Trentham 149 Laura Tidone -74 Carlo Fogaroli 111
2007-09-30 Laura Tidone -169 Luca Cesati Cassin 92 Laura de Laurentiis 21 Carlo Fogaroli 56
2007-09-30 Martin Garvey 83 Michael Wilkinson -349 Anne Jackson -65 Kit Woolsey 331
2007-09-30 Laura Tidone 74 Luca Cesati Cassin -109 Laura de Laurentiis 55 Carlo Fogaroli -20
2007-09-30 Laura Tidone -39 Luca Cesati Cassin -205 Laura de Laurentiis 87 Carlo Fogaroli 157
2007-09-30 Laura Tidone 105 Luca Cesati Cassin 218 Carlo Fogaroli 59 Laura de Laurentiis -382