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

March: Ben Handley-Pritchard

April: Armando Pontecorvo

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: Thu 08 May 2008 14:27 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2008-04-01 JoAnna Stansby 220 Michael Wilkinson -120 Charlie Garrod -21 Joan Clark -79
2008-04-01 Ben Handley-Pritchard 223 Annabella Palma -148 Laura de Laurentiis -48 Doron Limor -27
2008-04-01 Ben Handley-Pritchard 294 Neil Trentham 0 Anne Jackson -202 Annabella Palma -92
2008-04-01 Ben Handley-Pritchard -30 Laura de Laurentiis -20 Sally Woolsey -143 Fabrizio Farnesi 193
2008-04-01 Ben Handley-Pritchard -180 Fabrizio Farnesi 153 Laura de Laurentiis -16 Sally Woolsey 43
2008-04-01 Anne Jackson -41 Joan Clark -31 Doron Limor 51 T.C. Altus 21
2008-04-01 Martin Garvey -96 Annabella Palma 73 Fabrizio Farnesi 42 T.C. Altus -19
2008-04-01 Martin Garvey 147 Alex Werner -275 Fabrizio Farnesi 0 Annabella Palma 128
2008-04-02 Joan Clark -58 JoAnna Stansby -258 T.C. Altus 194 Charlie Garrod 122
2008-04-02 T.C. Altus 16 Kit Woolsey 206 Steve Altus 108 Sally Woolsey -330
2008-04-02 Joan Clark -7 Ed Levy 34 Laura de Laurentiis -196 Fabrizio Farnesi 169
2008-04-02 Joan Clark -227 Neil Trentham -434 Ben Handley-Pritchard 216 Ed Levy 445
2008-04-02 Anne Jackson 154 Ben Handley-Pritchard 125 Laura de Laurentiis -277 Chris Dixon -2
2008-04-02 Martin Garvey -206 Annabella Palma -20 Fabrizio Farnesi 293 Anne Jackson -67
2008-04-03 Anne Jackson -36 Charlie Garrod -196 Laura de Laurentiis 132 Fabrizio Farnesi 100
2008-04-03 Joan Clark -13 Ben Handley-Pritchard 129 T.C. Altus -112 Charlie Garrod -4
2008-04-03 T.C. Altus 376 Kit Woolsey -135 Steve Altus 14 Sally Woolsey -255
2008-04-03 JoAnna Stansby -102 T.C. Altus -72 Charlie Garrod 214 Sally Woolsey -40
2008-04-03 Fabrizio Farnesi -49 Neil Trentham -352 Annabella Palma 135 Ben Handley-Pritchard 266
2008-04-03 Fabrizio Farnesi -63 Neil Trentham 40 Ben Handley-Pritchard 89 Anne Jackson -66
2008-04-03 Fabrizio Farnesi -89 Alex Werner -38 Joan Clark 62 T.C. Altus 65
2008-04-03 Fabrizio Farnesi 5 Annabella Palma 93 Guy Campbell -227 Martin Garvey 129
2008-04-04 Fabrizio Farnesi 164 Annabella Palma -97 Guy Campbell -191 Martin Garvey 124
2008-04-04 Joan Clark -150 Steve Altus 103 Sally Woolsey -63 JoAnna Stansby 110
2008-04-04 Joan Clark 32 Neil Trentham 190 Ben Handley-Pritchard 92 Fabrizio Farnesi -314
2008-04-04 Joan Clark 151 Fabrizio Farnesi -86 Doron Limor -4 Anne Jackson -61
2008-04-04 Ben Handley-Pritchard -104 Anne Jackson -188 Doron Limor -30 Fabrizio Farnesi 322
2008-04-04 JoAnna Stansby -157 Kit Woolsey 80 Ben Handley-Pritchard 342 Martin Garvey -265
2008-04-05 JoAnna Stansby -226 Kit Woolsey 211 Joan Clark 128 Sally Woolsey -113
2008-04-05 JoAnna Stansby 32 Steve Altus 197 Sally Woolsey 57 T.C. Altus -286
2008-04-05 Martin Garvey -14 Neil Trentham -130 Fabrizio Farnesi -102 Federico Di Noto 246
2008-04-05 Joan Clark -223 Annabella Palma 177 Laura de Laurentiis -81 Carlo Fogaroli 127
2008-04-05 Martin Garvey -173 Ben Handley-Pritchard 283 Fabrizio Farnesi -9 Sally Woolsey -101
2008-04-05 Martin Garvey -42 Annabella Palma -117 Neil Trentham 31 Ben Handley-Pritchard 128
2008-04-06 Joan Clark 224 Annabella Palma -135 Laura Tidone -65 Fabio Lo Presti -24
2008-04-06 Ben Handley-Pritchard 173 Michael Wilkinson -254 Anne Jackson -168 Joan Clark 249
2008-04-06 Martin Garvey 84 Andy Bowles 23 Fabrizio Farnesi -48 Laura Tidone -59
2008-04-06 Martin Garvey -129 Federico Di Noto -115 Laura de Laurentiis 69 Fabrizio Farnesi 175
2008-04-06 Martin Garvey -186 Ben Handley-Pritchard -22 Fabrizio Farnesi 115 Neil Trentham 93
2008-04-06 Anne Jackson -187 Doron Limor -118 Ben Handley-Pritchard 159 Fabrizio Farnesi 146
2008-04-06 Anne Jackson 162 Luca Cesati Cassin -45 Laura de Laurentiis 58 Charlie Garrod -175
2008-04-06 Martin Garvey 206 Anne Jackson -20 Laura de Laurentiis -52 Ben Handley-Pritchard -134
2008-04-06 Martin Garvey -101 Annabella Palma 35 T.C. Altus 208 Charlie Garrod -142
2008-04-06 Fabrizio Farnesi 77 Annabella Palma -76 T.C. Altus -49 Steve Altus 48
2008-04-06 T.C. Altus 200 Kit Woolsey -103 Steve Altus -47 Sally Woolsey -50
2008-04-07 Joan Clark 13 Steve Altus 44 Nicholas Cheung -17 T.C. Altus -40
2008-04-07 Steve Altus 69 Kit Woolsey -310 T.C. Altus 270 Sally Woolsey -29
2008-04-07 JoAnna Stansby 107 Kit Woolsey 108 Steve Altus -65 Sally Woolsey -150
2008-04-07 Fabrizio Farnesi 44 Anne Jackson -49 Doron Limor 32 Ben Handley-Pritchard -27
2008-04-07 Joan Clark -15 Ben Handley-Pritchard -7 Ed Levy -112 Fabrizio Farnesi 134
2008-04-07 Fabrizio Farnesi 73 Ed Levy -361 Joan Clark -52 Neil Trentham 340
2008-04-08 Anne Jackson -105 Laura de Laurentiis -151 Ben Handley-Pritchard 40 Fabrizio Farnesi 216
2008-04-08 Anne Jackson 157 Annabella Palma -167 Guy Campbell -85 Sally Woolsey 95
2008-04-08 Anne Jackson -166 Charlie Garrod -21 Fabrizio Farnesi 227 JoAnna Stansby -40
2008-04-08 Joan Clark -140 Annabella Palma -88 Armando Pontecorvo 416 Ben Handley-Pritchard -188
2008-04-08 Fabrizio Farnesi -78 Annabella Palma -225 Kit Woolsey 125 Sally Woolsey 178
2008-04-08 Anne Jackson 97 Annabella Palma -126 Guy Campbell -7 Martin Garvey 36
2008-04-09 Joan Clark -144 Annabella Palma -177 Richard Probst 0 Ben Handley-Pritchard 321
2008-04-09 Anne Jackson 89 Michael Wilkinson 80 T.C. Altus -237 Ben Handley-Pritchard 68
2008-04-09 Anne Jackson -107 Michael Wilkinson 52 Nicholas Cheung 29 Joan Clark 26
2008-04-09 Fabrizio Farnesi -187 Ed Levy 95 Laura de Laurentiis -46 Armando Pontecorvo 138
2008-04-09 Fabrizio Farnesi -46 Ed Levy -200 Laura de Laurentiis 43 Armando Pontecorvo 203
2008-04-09 Anne Jackson -130 Neil Trentham 55 Ben Handley-Pritchard -121 Joan Clark 196
2008-04-09 Anne Jackson 32 Fabrizio Farnesi 71 Laura de Laurentiis 4 Ed Levy -107
2008-04-09 Joan Clark -10 Kit Woolsey 167 Sally Woolsey -251 Anne Jackson 94
2008-04-10 Joan Clark -76 Annabella Palma -33 T.C. Altus 73 Charlie Garrod 36
2008-04-10 Fabrizio Farnesi 93 Anne Jackson 116 Ed Levy 0 Federico Di Noto -209
2008-04-10 Fabrizio Farnesi -93 Alex Werner 162 Joan Clark 39 Federico Di Noto -108
2008-04-10 Fabrizio Farnesi 168 Armando Pontecorvo -189 Laura de Laurentiis -98 Annabella Palma 119
2008-04-10 Fabrizio Farnesi -65 Annabella Palma -47 Laura de Laurentiis -42 Joan Clark 154
2008-04-10 Fabrizio Farnesi 162 Martin Garvey -86 Ben Handley-Pritchard -26 T.C. Altus -50
2008-04-10 Fabrizio Farnesi 150 T.C. Altus -28 Joan Clark -222 JoAnna Stansby 100
2008-04-11 Anne Jackson 80 Annabella Palma -87 Sally Woolsey 1 Kit Woolsey 6
2008-04-11 Fabrizio Farnesi 165 Ed Levy 201 Laura de Laurentiis -141 Annabella Palma -225
2008-04-11 Ben Handley-Pritchard 187 Ed Levy -329 Laura de Laurentiis 203 Laura Tidone -61
2008-04-11 Ben Handley-Pritchard -62 Richard Probst 103 Fabrizio Farnesi -154 Martin Garvey 113
2008-04-11 Fabrizio Farnesi 57 Ben Handley-Pritchard -7 Ed Levy -69 Laura de Laurentiis 19
2008-04-11 Fabrizio Farnesi 63 Ed Levy -136 Doron Limor -68 Mike Rice 141
2008-04-11 Fabrizio Farnesi 27 Doron Limor 3 T.C. Altus 213 JoAnna Stansby -243
2008-04-11 Fabrizio Farnesi -91 Neil Trentham 6 Doron Limor -86 JoAnna Stansby 171
2008-04-12 Ben Handley-Pritchard -24 Ed Levy 103 Laura de Laurentiis 192 T.C. Altus -271
2008-04-12 JoAnna Stansby -70 Kit Woolsey 179 Sally Woolsey -201 T.C. Altus 92
2008-04-12 Fabrizio Farnesi 188 Laura Tidone -93 Martin Garvey -197 David Adler 102
2008-04-12 Ben Handley-Pritchard 39 Anne Jackson 124 Laura de Laurentiis 199 Fabrizio Farnesi -362
2008-04-12 Fabrizio Farnesi -482 Neil Trentham 194 Ben Handley-Pritchard 230 Martin Garvey 58
2008-04-12 Martin Garvey -31 Ben Handley-Pritchard 26 Anne Jackson -143 Joan Clark 148
2008-04-13 Anne Jackson 72 Doron Limor -106 Ed Levy 180 Kit Woolsey -146
2008-04-13 JoAnna Stansby -7 Alex Werner -105 Lew Stansby -14 Fabrizio Farnesi 126
2008-04-13 Fabrizio Farnesi -8 Fabio Lo Presti 65 Ben Handley-Pritchard 2 Ed Levy -59
2008-04-13 Fabrizio Farnesi 111 Guy Campbell -131 Laura de Laurentiis 48 Laura Tidone -28
2008-04-13 Fabrizio Farnesi -23 Doron Limor -47 Anne Jackson 63 Joan Clark 7
2008-04-14 JoAnna Stansby -162 Kit Woolsey -115 Lew Stansby 185 Sally Woolsey 92
2008-04-14 Joan Clark 30 Carlo Fogaroli 17 Alex Werner -155 Ben Handley-Pritchard 108
2008-04-14 JoAnna Stansby 152 Neil Trentham -174 Doron Limor 206 Fabrizio Farnesi -184
2008-04-14 JoAnna Stansby -173 Guy Campbell -139 Anne Jackson 52 Kit Woolsey 260
2008-04-15 JoAnna Stansby 145 Kit Woolsey -162 Steve Altus -118 Sally Woolsey 135
2008-04-15 Fabrizio Farnesi -212 Annabella Palma -179 Laura de Laurentiis 73 Armando Pontecorvo 318
2008-04-15 Fabrizio Farnesi 167 Annabella Palma 89 Laura de Laurentiis -143 Michael Wilkinson -113
2008-04-15 Fabrizio Farnesi 73 Annabella Palma -57 Laura de Laurentiis -73 Armando Pontecorvo 57
2008-04-15 Fabrizio Farnesi 40 Doron Limor -289 Anne Jackson 133 Ben Handley-Pritchard 116
2008-04-15 Joan Clark 165 Guy Campbell -166 Doron Limor 148 Anne Jackson -147
2008-04-15 Joan Clark -195 Neil Trentham -55 Doron Limor 189 T.C. Altus 61
2008-04-16 Joan Clark -148 Michael Wilkinson 117 Doron Limor 184 Anne Jackson -153
2008-04-16 Fabrizio Farnesi -28 Ben Handley-Pritchard 54 Doron Limor 74 Laura de Laurentiis -100
2008-04-17 Anne Jackson -121 Ben Handley-Pritchard 117 Laura de Laurentiis -263 Neil Trentham 267
2008-04-17 Anne Jackson 20 Neil Trentham -140 Doron Limor 52 Joan Clark 68
2008-04-17 Anne Jackson -473 Ed Levy 163 Doron Limor 134 Ben Handley-Pritchard 176
2008-04-17 JoAnna Stansby 114 Ben Handley-Pritchard -38 Martin Garvey -119 Leonardo Cima 43
2008-04-18 Fabrizio Farnesi 174 Ben Handley-Pritchard -135 Laura de Laurentiis -31 Joan Clark -8
2008-04-18 Fabrizio Farnesi -78 Ben Handley-Pritchard 284 Laura de Laurentiis -557 Mike Rice 351
2008-04-18 Fabrizio Farnesi 98 Doron Limor -156 T.C. Altus 57 Steve Altus 1
2008-04-18 Fabrizio Farnesi 235 Ed Levy -193 Laura de Laurentiis -76 Mike Rice 34
2008-04-18 Fabrizio Farnesi -30 Guy Campbell 97 Laura de Laurentiis 55 Laura Tidone -122
2008-04-18 Fabrizio Farnesi 222 JoAnna Stansby 12 Laura de Laurentiis -85 Laura Tidone -149
2008-04-18 Fabrizio Farnesi -59 Mike Rice 277 Doron Limor -138 Richard Probst -80
2008-04-18 Fabrizio Farnesi 26 Richard Probst -216 Doron Limor 164 JoAnna Stansby 26
2008-04-18 Joan Clark 19 Doron Limor 23 Laura de Laurentiis -247 Chris Dixon 205
2008-04-18 JoAnna Stansby 124 Laura de Laurentiis 138 Ben Handley-Pritchard -318 Chris Dixon 56
2008-04-18 Anne Jackson -175 Doron Limor -57 Laura Tidone 181 JoAnna Stansby 51
2008-04-19 Joan Clark -67 Ed Levy 13 Laura de Laurentiis 178 Luca Cesati Cassin -124
2008-04-19 JoAnna Stansby 77 Ed Levy 49 Laura de Laurentiis -176 Joan Clark 50
2008-04-20 Joan Clark -63 Steve Altus 95 Lew Stansby 24 JoAnna Stansby -56
2008-04-20 Joan Clark -83 David Adler -94 Fabrizio Farnesi 137 Martin Garvey 40
2008-04-20 Anne Jackson 143 Guy Campbell -1 Laura de Laurentiis -100 Chris Dixon -42
2008-04-20 Anne Jackson -96 Fabio Lo Presti -12 Laura Tidone 4 Doron Limor 104
2008-04-21 Joan Clark -50 Annabella Palma -77 Ed Levy 97 Guy Campbell 30
2008-04-21 Anne Jackson 222 Chris Dixon -354 Laura de Laurentiis 172 Ed Levy -40
2008-04-21 Joan Clark -91 Neil Trentham 41 Anne Jackson 43 Mike Rice 7
2008-04-21 JoAnna Stansby -106 Anne Jackson 33 Guy Campbell -184 Lew Stansby 257
2008-04-22 Joan Clark -94 Lew Stansby 13 JoAnna Stansby 195 Mike Rice -114
2008-04-22 Joan Clark 107 Laura Tidone -232 Laura de Laurentiis 305 Mike Rice -180
2008-04-22 Ben Handley-Pritchard 48 Ed Levy 9 Laura de Laurentiis -58 Mike Rice 1
2008-04-23 JoAnna Stansby -95 Kit Woolsey -46 Lew Stansby 178 Sally Woolsey -37
2008-04-23 Joan Clark -5 Neil Trentham 143 Kit Woolsey 162 Sally Woolsey -300
2008-04-24 Ben Handley-Pritchard -122 Ed Levy 133 Laura de Laurentiis -96 Mike Rice 85
2008-04-24 Joan Clark 137 Mike Rice -93 Ed Levy -99 Ben Handley-Pritchard 55
2008-04-24 Ben Handley-Pritchard 187 JoAnna Stansby -148 Doron Limor -150 Sally Woolsey 111
2008-04-25 JoAnna Stansby 329 Kit Woolsey -163 Lew Stansby -266 Sally Woolsey 100
2008-04-25 Ben Handley-Pritchard -217 Ed Levy -20 Fabrizio Farnesi -55 Neil Trentham 292
2008-04-25 Joan Clark 96 Mike Rice -80 Ben Handley-Pritchard 155 Laura Tidone -171
2008-04-25 JoAnna Stansby -91 Kit Woolsey 318 Mike Rice 12 Sally Woolsey -239
2008-04-26 Joan Clark -106 Lew Stansby 7 Ben Handley-Pritchard -60 JoAnna Stansby 159
2008-04-26 Steve Altus -86 Kit Woolsey 315 Sally Woolsey -127 JoAnna Stansby -102
2008-04-26 Ben Handley-Pritchard 206 Ed Levy -210 Doron Limor -92 Mike Rice 96
2008-04-26 Ben Handley-Pritchard 175 Neil Trentham 43 Ed Levy -25 Sally Woolsey -193
2008-04-27 JoAnna Stansby 244 Kit Woolsey -142 Ben Handley-Pritchard -93 Mike Rice -9
2008-04-27 Joan Clark 109 Neil Trentham 239 Mike Rice -252 David Adler -96
2008-04-27 JoAnna Stansby 158 Kit Woolsey -102 Ben Handley-Pritchard -118 Sally Woolsey 62
2008-04-28 Joan Clark 1 Laura de Laurentiis -29 Ed Levy 89 Ben Handley-Pritchard -61
2008-04-29 Joan Clark 38 Mike Rice 67 Laura de Laurentiis -80 Ben Handley-Pritchard -25
2008-04-29 Joan Clark -183 Mike Rice -8 Ed Levy 244 Sally Woolsey -53
2008-04-30 Joan Clark 62 Kit Woolsey 15 Sally Woolsey -160 JoAnna Stansby 83
2008-04-30 Steve Altus 39 Kit Woolsey 6 T.C. Altus -217 Sally Woolsey 172
2008-04-30 Leonardo Cima -307 Kit Woolsey 207 Sally Woolsey -56 JoAnna Stansby 156
2008-05-01 T.C. Altus -11 Kit Woolsey -388 Steve Altus 218 Sally Woolsey 181
2008-05-01 T.C. Altus -61 Kit Woolsey 25 Steve Altus 83 Sally Woolsey -47
2008-05-01 T.C. Altus -128 Kit Woolsey -152 Steve Altus 77 Sally Woolsey 203