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 (7)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

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

Winners, 2008

January: Willie Whitaker

Winners, 2003-7

2007 ladder: Mike Rice

2007 “Zester”: Martin Garvey

2007 “Apple core”: Tony Nunn

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

Barbu Ladder - input data

Barbu Ladder Scores

Last updated: Tue 05 Feb 2008 21:26 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2008-01-01 Joan Clark 70 Doron Limor -98 Martin Garvey -11 Anne Jackson 39
2008-01-01 Martin Garvey -50 Lew Stansby 31 Joan Clark -30 JoAnna Stansby 49
2008-01-01 T.C. Altus -60 Lew Stansby 63 Steve Altus 189 JoAnna Stansby -192
2008-01-01 T.C. Altus -284 Kit Woolsey 106 Steve Altus 232 Sally Woolsey -54
2008-01-01 Martin Garvey 174 Neil Trentham -148 Joan Clark 116 Nicholas Cheung -142
2008-01-01 Martin Garvey 171 Doron Limor 98 Willie Whitaker -305 Joan Clark 36
2008-01-02 Anne Jackson 137 Lew Stansby 95 Junyi Zhu -315 JoAnna Stansby 83
2008-01-02 T.C. Altus 211 Kit Woolsey -338 Steve Altus 118 Martin Garvey 9
2008-01-02 T.C. Altus 208 Kit Woolsey 82 Steve Altus -101 Sally Woolsey -189
2008-01-02 Ben Handley-Pritchard 81 Doron Limor 15 Willie Whitaker 173 Andrew Quinton -269
2008-01-02 Anne Jackson 145 Annabella Palma -46 Doron Limor -39 Martin Garvey -60
2008-01-02 Joan Clark -208 Doron Limor -252 Laura de Laurentiis 150 Willie Whitaker 310
2008-01-03 Joan Clark -60 Annabella Palma 59 Willie Whitaker -6 Anne Jackson 7
2008-01-03 Joan Clark -29 Willie Whitaker -6 Ed Levy 108 Anne Jackson -73
2008-01-03 Chris Dixon 76 Annabella Palma 105 Anne Jackson -151 Doron Limor -30
2008-01-03 Ben Handley-Pritchard 84 Annabella Palma -3 Doron Limor 227 Neil Trentham -308
2008-01-04 Joan Clark -69 Richard Probst -132 Doron Limor 106 Anne Jackson 95
2008-01-05 Steve Altus -83 Kit Woolsey 87 T.C. Altus 184 Sally Woolsey -188
2008-01-05 Steve Altus 31 Kit Woolsey 1 T.C. Altus -129 Sally Woolsey 97
2008-01-05 Chris Dixon 268 Anne Jackson -19 Laura de Laurentiis -148 Laura Tidone -101
2008-01-05 Joan Clark -172 Carlo Fogaroli 212 Doron Limor 103 Sally Woolsey -143
2008-01-05 Joan Clark 120 Annabella Palma 14 Doron Limor -86 Junyi Zhu -48
2008-01-06 Steve Altus 223 Kit Woolsey -301 T.C. Altus 83 Sally Woolsey -5
2008-01-06 Steve Altus 87 Kit Woolsey 34 T.C. Altus 92 Sally Woolsey -213
2008-01-06 Joan Clark 87 Junyi Zhu 17 Ben Handley-Pritchard -124 Laura de Laurentiis 20
2008-01-07 Joan Clark 12 Kit Woolsey 416 Alex Werner -123 Sally Woolsey -305
2008-01-07 Chris Dixon 17 Armando Pontecorvo 3 Ben Handley-Pritchard 260 Annabella Palma -280
2008-01-07 Joan Clark 61 Giuseppe Failla -118 Ben Handley-Pritchard 13 Chris Dixon 44
2008-01-07 Ben Handley-Pritchard -117 Laura de Laurentiis 306 Willie Whitaker -16 Luca Cesati Cassin -173
2008-01-07 Steve Altus -261 Kit Woolsey 22 T.C. Altus 126 Sally Woolsey 113
2008-01-07 Ben Handley-Pritchard 42 Willie Whitaker 141 Laura de Laurentiis -79 Luca Cesati Cassin -104
2008-01-07 Ben Handley-Pritchard 199 Willie Whitaker 38 Laura de Laurentiis -15 Luca Cesati Cassin -222
2008-01-08 Steve Altus 282 Kit Woolsey -264 T.C. Altus -140 Sally Woolsey 122
2008-01-08 Ben Handley-Pritchard -110 Annabella Palma 138 Laura de Laurentiis 210 Armando Pontecorvo -238
2008-01-08 Ben Handley-Pritchard -4 Neil Trentham -65 Joan Clark -76 Ed Levy 145
2008-01-09 Joan Clark -58 Armando Pontecorvo 3 Ben Handley-Pritchard 27 Laura de Laurentiis 28
2008-01-09 Ben Handley-Pritchard 36 Armando Pontecorvo 165 Laura de Laurentiis -116 Lara Ruso -85
2008-01-10 Ben Handley-Pritchard 197 Laura de Laurentiis -80 Laura Tidone -76 Joan Clark -41
2008-01-10 Ben Handley-Pritchard -83 Neil Trentham 129 Chris Dixon -95 Ed Levy 49
2008-01-10 Ben Handley-Pritchard -10 Ed Levy 106 Laura de Laurentiis -264 Lara Ruso 168
2008-01-11 Chris Dixon -55 Neil Trentham 246 Ben Handley-Pritchard -82 Richard Probst -109
2008-01-11 Chris Dixon 101 Neil Trentham -318 Laura Tidone 50 Ben Handley-Pritchard 167
2008-01-12 Ben Handley-Pritchard -369 Anne Jackson 207 Laura de Laurentiis 123 Richard Probst 39
2008-01-13 Anne Jackson -55 Ben Handley-Pritchard 299 Laura de Laurentiis 91 Luca Cesati Cassin -335
2008-01-13 Anne Jackson -180 Willie Whitaker 320 Laura de Laurentiis 5 Ben Handley-Pritchard -145
2008-01-14 Ben Handley-Pritchard -187 Annabella Palma -73 Laura de Laurentiis 52 Chris Dixon 208
2008-01-14 Chris Dixon -11 Neil Trentham 146 Laura Tidone 139 Carlo Fogaroli -274
2008-01-14 Ben Handley-Pritchard -28 Anne Jackson 70 Ed Levy 0 Chris Dixon -42
2008-01-14 Ben Handley-Pritchard 53 Anne Jackson -123 Laura de Laurentiis 91 Willie Whitaker -21
2008-01-14 Ben Handley-Pritchard -211 Willie Whitaker 68 Laura de Laurentiis 205 Annabella Palma -62
2008-01-15 Chris Dixon 143 Annabella Palma -288 Laura de Laurentiis -158 Laura Tidone 303
2008-01-15 Ben Handley-Pritchard 23 Anne Jackson -109 Laura de Laurentiis 1 Chris Dixon 85
2008-01-16 Martin Garvey -170 Willie Whitaker -143 Guy Campbell 282 Anne Jackson 31
2008-01-16 Ben Handley-Pritchard -17 Laura de Laurentiis -9 Laura Tidone 78 Annabella Palma -52
2008-01-16 Ben Handley-Pritchard -61 Laura de Laurentiis 6 Armando Pontecorvo 89 Annabella Palma -34
2008-01-17 Chris Dixon 201 Laura Tidone -268 Ed Levy 68 Laura de Laurentiis -1
2008-01-17 Anne Jackson 154 Willie Whitaker 80 Steve Altus -256 Ed Levy 22
2008-01-17 Chris Dixon 240 Kit Woolsey -129 Willie Whitaker 58 Martin Garvey -169
2008-01-18 Chris Dixon 60 Annabella Palma -1 Willie Whitaker 22 Anne Jackson -81
2008-01-18 Ben Handley-Pritchard 81 Neil Trentham 38 Joan Clark 104 Ed Levy -223
2008-01-18 Neil Trentham 43 Laura de Laurentiis -64 Ed Levy 71 Annabella Palma -50
2008-01-18 Chris Dixon -30 Ed Levy -12 Laura de Laurentiis -75 Willie Whitaker 117
2008-01-18 Anne Jackson 70 Kit Woolsey 218 Laura Tidone -74 Carlo Fogaroli -214
2008-01-19 Anne Jackson 90 Neil Trentham -91 Ed Levy -43 Chris Dixon 44
2008-01-19 Joan Clark 291 Carlo Fogaroli 134 Ed Levy -325 Anne Jackson -100
2008-01-20 Steve Altus 36 Kit Woolsey -82 T.C. Altus 82 Sally Woolsey -36
2008-01-20 Ben Handley-Pritchard 102 Ed Levy 82 Laura de Laurentiis -105 Laura Tidone -79
2008-01-20 Joan Clark -69 Ed Levy -100 Ben Handley-Pritchard 199 Anne Jackson -30
2008-01-20 Martin Garvey -89 Joan Clark -28 Anne Jackson -105 Ed Levy 222
2008-01-21 Steve Altus 103 Kit Woolsey 121 T.C. Altus -131 Sally Woolsey -93
2008-01-21 Neil Trentham 114 Annabella Palma 20 Ben Handley-Pritchard -286 Martin Garvey 152
2008-01-21 Joan Clark 44 Chris Dixon -168 Ben Handley-Pritchard 118 Fabio Lo Presti 6
2008-01-21 Ben Handley-Pritchard -6 Willie Whitaker -80 Laura de Laurentiis 134 Laura Tidone -48
2008-01-21 Anne Jackson -70 Ben Handley-Pritchard 154 Laura de Laurentiis 193 Richard Probst -277
2008-01-21 Willie Whitaker 297 Ed Levy -58 Laura de Laurentiis 60 Annabella Palma -299
2008-01-22 Joan Clark -397 Annabella Palma 53 Kit Woolsey 231 Anne Jackson 113
2008-01-22 Steve Altus 61 Kit Woolsey -349 T.C. Altus 131 Sally Woolsey 157
2008-01-22 Chris Dixon 76 Annabella Palma -18 Laura de Laurentiis -137 Laura Tidone 79
2008-01-22 Chris Dixon 37 Neil Trentham -11 Willie Whitaker 8 Ben Handley-Pritchard -34
2008-01-22 Joan Clark -135 Anne Jackson -111 Ben Handley-Pritchard 167 Chris Dixon 79
2008-01-22 Joan Clark 185 Alex Werner -481 Willie Whitaker 230 Kit Woolsey 66
2008-01-23 Steve Altus -52 Kit Woolsey -21 T.C. Altus 104 Sally Woolsey -31
2008-01-23 Ben Handley-Pritchard 183 Annabella Palma -237 Laura de Laurentiis 96 Chris Dixon -42
2008-01-23 Ben Handley-Pritchard 132 Chris Dixon -62 Anne Jackson -63 Armando Pontecorvo -7
2008-01-24 Joan Clark -69 Kit Woolsey -52 Ed Levy 130 Sally Woolsey -9
2008-01-24 Neil Trentham 87 Ed Levy -107 Laura de Laurentiis -32 Laura Tidone 52
2008-01-24 Ben Handley-Pritchard -257 Laura de Laurentiis -28 Willie Whitaker 184 Joan Clark 101
2008-01-24 Ben Handley-Pritchard 126 Richard Probst 50 Anne Jackson -248 Willie Whitaker 72
2008-01-24 Chris Dixon -139 Kit Woolsey 126 Willie Whitaker 46 Sally Woolsey -33
2008-01-24 Chris Dixon 187 Ben Handley-Pritchard -13 Neil Trentham -242 Willie Whitaker 68
2008-01-25 T.C. Altus 41 Kit Woolsey 85 Steve Altus -39 Sally Woolsey -87
2008-01-25 T.C. Altus 128 Kit Woolsey -142 Steve Altus 127 Sally Woolsey -113
2008-01-25 Joan Clark 59 Annabella Palma -160 Ben Handley-Pritchard 75 Anne Jackson 26
2008-01-25 Anne Jackson -11 Kit Woolsey 63 Willie Whitaker 129 Laura Tidone -181
2008-01-26 Ben Handley-Pritchard -205 Carlo Fogaroli 172 Laura Tidone -154 Fabio Lo Presti 187
2008-01-26 Neil Trentham 25 Luca Cesati Cassin -11 Laura de Laurentiis 117 Carlo Fogaroli -131
2008-01-26 Neil Trentham 123 Annabella Palma -166 Laura de Laurentiis 4 Carlo Fogaroli 39
2008-01-26 Anne Jackson 54 Ben Handley-Pritchard 121 Laura de Laurentiis 24 Carlo Fogaroli -199
2008-01-26 Joan Clark 220 Carlo Fogaroli -440 Ben Handley-Pritchard 88 Anne Jackson 132
2008-01-26 T.C. Altus 216 Kit Woolsey 38 Steve Altus -5 Martin Garvey -249
2008-01-26 Chris Dixon 1 Ben Handley-Pritchard 109 Alex Werner 53 Martin Garvey -163
2008-01-27 Chris Dixon -142 Laura Tidone -92 Martin Garvey 193 Ben Handley-Pritchard 41
2008-01-27 T.C. Altus -125 Kit Woolsey 124 Steve Altus -115 Sally Woolsey 116
2008-01-27 Joan Clark -134 Sally Woolsey 0 Ed Levy 12 Ben Handley-Pritchard 122
2008-01-27 Chris Dixon -140 Annabella Palma 248 Kit Woolsey -75 Alex Werner -33
2008-01-28 T.C. Altus -83 Charlie Garrod 138 Steve Altus 38 Richard Probst -93
2008-01-28 Chris Dixon 75 Armando Pontecorvo 20 Annabella Palma -1 Ben Handley-Pritchard -94
2008-01-28 Joan Clark -48 Annabella Palma -163 Ben Handley-Pritchard 27 Neil Trentham 184
2008-01-28 Joan Clark -149 Armando Pontecorvo 94 Laura Tidone -134 Ben Handley-Pritchard 189
2008-01-28 Ben Handley-Pritchard -295 Annabella Palma 128 Laura de Laurentiis 146 Willie Whitaker 21
2008-01-28 Ben Handley-Pritchard 229 Willie Whitaker -130 Laura de Laurentiis -305 Martin Garvey 206
2008-01-28 Joan Clark 147 Kit Woolsey -86 Laura de Laurentiis 80 Sally Woolsey -141
2008-01-29 Martin Garvey 44 Ed Levy -44 Ben Handley-Pritchard -63 Chris Dixon 63
2008-01-29 Martin Garvey 77 Neil Trentham 4 Laura Tidone 102 Carlo Fogaroli -183
2008-01-29 T.C. Altus 120 Kit Woolsey 5 Steve Altus -179 Sally Woolsey 54
2008-01-29 T.C. Altus -156 Kit Woolsey 105 Steve Altus -76 Sally Woolsey 127
2008-01-29 Chris Dixon -55 Annabella Palma -93 Neil Trentham 65 Ben Handley-Pritchard 83
2008-01-29 Joan Clark -105 Mike Rice 141 Ben Handley-Pritchard -39 Anne Jackson 3
2008-01-29 Ben Handley-Pritchard -48 Laura Tidone 104 Laura de Laurentiis -58 Joan Clark 2
2008-01-29 Martin Garvey -134 Kit Woolsey -1 Joan Clark -53 Richard Probst 188
2008-01-30 T.C. Altus 163 Kit Woolsey -61 Steve Altus -228 Sally Woolsey 126
2008-01-30 Chris Dixon -113 Annabella Palma -19 Ben Handley-Pritchard 37 Neil Trentham 95
2008-01-30 Laura Tidone 126 Annabella Palma -157 Laura de Laurentiis -3 Richard Probst 34
2008-01-30 Ben Handley-Pritchard -37 Anne Jackson 0 Laura de Laurentiis 69 Laura Tidone -32
2008-01-30 Joan Clark -107 Kit Woolsey 67 Anne Jackson 20 Sally Woolsey 20
2008-01-30 Chris Dixon -415 Sally Woolsey 201 Joan Clark 193 Mike Rice 21
2008-01-31 T.C. Altus 158 Kit Woolsey -289 Steve Altus 84 Sally Woolsey 47
2008-01-31 Neil Trentham 239 Annabella Palma -163 Laura de Laurentiis -37 Laura Tidone -39
2008-01-31 Ben Handley-Pritchard 62 Mike Rice 45 Anne Jackson -152 Laura Tidone 45
2008-01-31 Joan Clark -32 Guy Campbell -129 Richard Probst 201 Anne Jackson -40