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

February: Ben Handley-Pritchard

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: Sun 09 Mar 2008 10:22 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2008-02-01 Ben Handley-Pritchard 97 Neil Trentham -218 Laura Tidone 115 Mike Rice 6
2008-02-01 Anne Jackson 34 Richard Probst -62 Joan Clark 36 Mike Rice -8
2008-02-02 T.C. Altus 83 Kit Woolsey 51 Steve Altus 74 Sally Woolsey -208
2008-02-02 T.C. Altus 134 Kit Woolsey 44 Steve Altus -260 Sally Woolsey 82
2008-02-02 T.C. Altus -136 Lew Stansby 140 Steve Altus 80 JoAnna Stansby -84
2008-02-02 Anne Jackson -56 Guy Campbell 147 Neil Trentham -180 Ed Levy 89
2008-02-03 Joan Clark 66 Annabella Palma 94 Laura de Laurentiis -55 Neil Trentham -105
2008-02-04 T.C. Altus -85 Kit Woolsey 256 Steve Altus -205 Sally Woolsey 34
2008-02-04 T.C. Altus -201 Kit Woolsey -35 Steve Altus 83 Sally Woolsey 153
2008-02-04 T.C. Altus -55 Neil Trentham -241 Charlie Garrod 272 Martin Garvey 24
2008-02-04 Neil Trentham 151 Martin Garvey 81 Laura Tidone 114 Mike Rice -346
2008-02-04 Ben Handley-Pritchard 16 Martin Garvey 132 Laura de Laurentiis 8 T.C. Altus -156
2008-02-04 Joan Clark -456 Annabella Palma 44 Laura de Laurentiis 212 Martin Garvey 200
2008-02-05 Joan Clark 148 Neil Trentham 49 Laura de Laurentiis -103 Anne Jackson -94
2008-02-05 Anne Jackson 218 Ed Levy 111 T.C. Altus -136 Richard Probst -193
2008-02-06 Joan Clark 150 Neil Trentham 214 Armando Pontecorvo 290 Lawrence Xu -654
2008-02-07 T.C. Altus 30 Kit Woolsey -167 Steve Altus 263 Sally Woolsey -126
2008-02-07 Joan Clark 143 Ed Levy 4 Lawrence Xu -106 Ben Handley-Pritchard -41
2008-02-09 Joan Clark -27 Ed Levy 149 Laura Tidone -13 T.C. Altus -109
2008-02-09 T.C. Altus -220 Kit Woolsey 218 Steve Altus 39 Sally Woolsey -37
2008-02-09 Chris Dixon 266 Annabella Palma -334 Neil Trentham 176 Carlo Fogaroli -108
2008-02-09 Joan Clark 72 Neil Trentham -174 Ed Levy 189 Chris Dixon -87
2008-02-09 Joan Clark -323 T.C. Altus 213 Steve Altus 233 Ed Levy -123
2008-02-10 Chris Dixon -375 Neil Trentham 122 Ben Handley-Pritchard 297 Laura Tidone -44
2008-02-10 Joan Clark 143 Alex Werner 85 Ed Levy -117 T.C. Altus -111
2008-02-10 T.C. Altus 17 Kit Woolsey -107 Steve Altus 63 Sally Woolsey 27
2008-02-10 T.C. Altus -229 Kit Woolsey 125 Steve Altus 41 Sally Woolsey 63
2008-02-10 T.C. Altus 33 Kit Woolsey 24 Steve Altus -213 Sally Woolsey 156
2008-02-11 T.C. Altus 1 Kit Woolsey 212 Steve Altus 64 Sally Woolsey -277
2008-02-11 Chris Dixon -33 Neil Trentham 111 Ben Handley-Pritchard 43 Ed Levy -121
2008-02-11 Joan Clark -52 Kit Woolsey -123 T.C. Altus 116 Sally Woolsey 59
2008-02-12 T.C. Altus 78 Guy Campbell -98 Laura Tidone -115 Fabio Lo Presti 135
2008-02-12 T.C. Altus -118 Kit Woolsey -158 Steve Altus 171 Sally Woolsey 105
2008-02-13 Joan Clark 7 Guy Campbell -73 Laura de Laurentiis 19 T.C. Altus 47
2008-02-14 Martin Garvey 165 Annabella Palma 11 Prahalad Rajkumar -65 Steve Altus -111
2008-02-15 Chris Dixon 267 Annabella Palma -84 Laura de Laurentiis -52 Laura Tidone -131
2008-02-15 Joan Clark -18 Neil Trentham 80 Fabrizio Farnesi -144 Armando Pontecorvo 82
2008-02-15 Chris Dixon 81 Carlo Fogaroli -214 Laura Tidone -69 Joan Clark 202
2008-02-16 Joan Clark 21 Annabella Palma -373 Neil Trentham 149 Martin Garvey 203
2008-02-17 Martin Garvey -69 Annabella Palma 30 Laura de Laurentiis 200 David Adler -161
2008-02-17 Martin Garvey 53 Neil Trentham 1 Annabella Palma 49 David Adler -103
2008-02-17 Joan Clark 78 Laura Tidone 129 Carlo Fogaroli -242 David Adler 35
2008-02-17 T.C. Altus 152 David Adler 46 Laura de Laurentiis -177 Joan Clark -21
2008-02-18 Joan Clark -69 Steve Altus 104 Alex Werner 155 T.C. Altus -190
2008-02-18 Chris Dixon -45 Neil Trentham 37 Joan Clark 63 David Adler -55
2008-02-18 Ben Handley-Pritchard 60 Annabella Palma 16 Laura de Laurentiis -95 T.C. Altus 19
2008-02-18 Ben Handley-Pritchard 51 Annabella Palma -324 Laura de Laurentiis 85 Martin Garvey 188
2008-02-18 Ben Handley-Pritchard 272 Annabella Palma 114 Laura de Laurentiis -342 T.C. Altus -44
2008-02-19 Chris Dixon 77 Ben Handley-Pritchard 104 Laura de Laurentiis -43 Annabella Palma -138
2008-02-19 Ben Handley-Pritchard -34 Neil Trentham 284 Laura de Laurentiis -52 Ed Levy -198
2008-02-19 Ben Handley-Pritchard 159 Neil Trentham 300 Laura Tidone -125 Laura de Laurentiis -334
2008-02-20 Ben Handley-Pritchard 321 Mike Rice 46 Laura de Laurentiis -115 Chris Dixon -252
2008-02-20 Joan Clark 79 Laura de Laurentiis 179 Ben Handley-Pritchard 101 Mike Rice -359
2008-02-20 Ben Handley-Pritchard -78 Anne Jackson 215 Laura de Laurentiis -216 Laura Tidone 79
2008-02-20 Martin Garvey 19 Neil Trentham -118 Anne Jackson -2 Mike Rice 101
2008-02-20 Martin Garvey 76 Kit Woolsey 52 Ben Handley-Pritchard 37 Anne Jackson -165
2008-02-21 Ben Handley-Pritchard -143 Fabrizio Farnesi 74 Laura de Laurentiis 2 Laura Tidone 67
2008-02-21 Chris Dixon 150 Fabrizio Farnesi 142 Ed Levy -13 Sally Woolsey -279
2008-02-22 JoAnna Stansby 164 Kit Woolsey -120 Dan Korbel 52 Sally Woolsey -96
2008-02-22 Ben Handley-Pritchard 201 Armando Pontecorvo 126 Laura de Laurentiis -155 Annabella Palma -172
2008-02-22 Joan Clark -69 Neil Trentham 113 Ben Handley-Pritchard -47 Laura de Laurentiis 3
2008-02-22 Anne Jackson 143 Richard Probst 33 Steve Altus 146 JoAnna Stansby -322
2008-02-23 Chris Dixon -49 Neil Trentham -18 Anne Jackson -32 Joan Clark 99
2008-02-24 Martin Garvey 38 Neil Trentham 156 Ben Handley-Pritchard 45 Annabella Palma -239
2008-02-24 Martin Garvey 158 Annabella Palma -260 Neil Trentham -136 Ben Handley-Pritchard 238
2008-02-24 Chris Dixon 52 Annabella Palma -20 Martin Garvey 98 Ben Handley-Pritchard -130
2008-02-24 Martin Garvey -411 Ben Handley-Pritchard 134 Anne Jackson 213 Charlie Garrod 64
2008-02-24 Martin Garvey 102 Ed Levy -190 Ben Handley-Pritchard 17 Anne Jackson 71
2008-02-25 T.C. Altus -70 Guy Campbell 109 Laura de Laurentiis -46 David Adler 7
2008-02-25 T.C. Altus 148 Kit Woolsey -70 Anne Jackson -175 Sally Woolsey 97
2008-02-25 T.C. Altus 90 Kit Woolsey 233 Steve Altus -216 Sally Woolsey -107
2008-02-25 T.C. Altus 195 Kit Woolsey 49 Steve Altus 9 Sally Woolsey -253
2008-02-25 Joan Clark -118 Neil Trentham 297 Ben Handley-Pritchard 103 Armando Pontecorvo -282
2008-02-25 Ben Handley-Pritchard -106 Anne Jackson 43 Laura de Laurentiis 179 T.C. Altus -116
2008-02-25 Joan Clark -51 Neil Trentham -15 Laura Tidone 83 T.C. Altus -17
2008-02-25 Martin Garvey -454 Annabella Palma 270 Laura de Laurentiis -72 Ben Handley-Pritchard 256
2008-02-25 Martin Garvey 195 T.C. Altus -193 Carlo Fogaroli 26 Annabella Palma -28
2008-02-25 Martin Garvey 55 Ben Handley-Pritchard -97 Anne Jackson 8 T.C. Altus 34
2008-02-26 Ben Handley-Pritchard 25 Armando Pontecorvo 188 Laura de Laurentiis -349 Annabella Palma 136
2008-02-26 Joan Clark 122 Neil Trentham -172 Anne Jackson -25 Ben Handley-Pritchard 75
2008-02-26 Chris Dixon 4 Guy Campbell -178 Joan Clark -42 T.C. Altus 216
2008-02-26 Martin Garvey -162 Anne Jackson 20 T.C. Altus 159 Mike Rice -17
2008-02-26 Martin Garvey 169 Annabella Palma -197 Joan Clark -154 Anne Jackson 182
2008-02-27 Joan Clark -6 Armando Pontecorvo -285 Ben Handley-Pritchard 203 Mike Rice 88
2008-02-27 Ben Handley-Pritchard 155 Neil Trentham -327 Anne Jackson 275 Guy Campbell -103
2008-02-28 Chris Dixon 216 Neil Trentham -124 Laura de Laurentiis -75 Mike Rice -17
2008-02-28 Ben Handley-Pritchard -37 Anne Jackson 18 Chris Dixon 103 Neil Trentham -84
2008-02-28 Anne Jackson -145 Ed Levy 50 Laura de Laurentiis -101 Ben Handley-Pritchard 196
2008-02-29 Chris Dixon 101 Neil Trentham 66 Laura Tidone -375 Ben Handley-Pritchard 208
2008-02-29 Anne Jackson 32 Neil Trentham 140 Joan Clark 0 Doron Limor -172
2008-02-29 T.C. Altus -38 Ed Levy -58 Ben Handley-Pritchard 50 Laura de Laurentiis 46
2008-02-29 T.C. Altus 220 Kit Woolsey -56 Steve Altus -309 Sally Woolsey 145