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 (8)

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

May: Fabrizio Farnesi

June: Neil Trentham

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: Sat 05 Jul 2008 10:37 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2008-06-01 Fabrizio Farnesi -67 Alex Werner 30 Anne Jackson -80 Fabio Lo Presti 117
2008-06-01 Fabrizio Farnesi 201 Steve Altus 81 T.C. Altus 7 Sally Woolsey -289
2008-06-01 Joan Clark -221 Jon Rice 61 Andrew Garnett -127 Mike Rice 287
2008-06-01 Anne Jackson -5 Neil Trentham 380 Fabio Lo Presti -413 Mike Rice 38
2008-06-01 Fabrizio Farnesi -6 Neil Trentham -134 Ed Levy -90 Andrew Garnett 230
2008-06-02 Andrew Garnett -333 Neil Trentham 168 Jon Rice 42 Mike Rice 123
2008-06-02 Andrew Garnett -197 Jon Rice -173 Ben Handley-Pritchard 229 Fabrizio Farnesi 141
2008-06-02 Andrew Garnett 60 Jon Rice 76 Fabrizio Farnesi -7 Mike Rice -129
2008-06-02 Andrew Garnett -37 Jon Rice 102 Fabrizio Farnesi 11 Leonardo Cima -76
2008-06-02 Andrew Garnett 116 Fabrizio Farnesi 159 Neil Trentham 203 Leonardo Cima -478
2008-06-02 Mike Rice -63 Jon Rice 298 Fabio Lo Presti 29 Sally Woolsey -264
2008-06-03 Joan Clark 151 Jon Rice 123 Andrew Garnett 40 Mike Rice -314
2008-06-03 Fabrizio Farnesi 36 Fabio Lo Presti 146 Laura de Laurentiis 10 Annabella Palma -192
2008-06-03 Andrew Garnett 31 Neil Trentham -42 Mike Rice 331 Sally Woolsey -320
2008-06-03 Fabrizio Farnesi -182 Fabio Lo Presti 46 Andrew Garnett -2 Ben Handley-Pritchard 138
2008-06-03 Fabrizio Farnesi 1 Neil Trentham 208 Mike Rice 19 Andrew Garnett -228
2008-06-04 Andrew Garnett -354 Jon Rice 197 Neil Trentham 84 Fabrizio Farnesi 73
2008-06-05 Fabrizio Farnesi 12 Annabella Palma -160 Laura de Laurentiis 141 Armando Pontecorvo 7
2008-06-05 Fabrizio Farnesi 92 Annabella Palma -313 Laura de Laurentiis 38 Mike Rice 183
2008-06-05 Andrew Garnett -110 Neil Trentham 243 Jon Rice -217 Mike Rice 84
2008-06-06 Fabrizio Farnesi -41 Andrew Garnett 79 Ben Handley-Pritchard 176 Mike Rice -214
2008-06-06 Andrew Garnett -387 Jon Rice 342 Mike Rice 203 Sally Woolsey -158
2008-06-07 Andrew Garnett 57 Alex Hydes -158 Fabrizio Farnesi 227 Sally Woolsey -126
2008-06-07 Fabrizio Farnesi 240 Jon Rice 18 Ben Handley-Pritchard -255 Mike Rice -3
2008-06-07 Andrew Garnett -245 Willie Whitaker 90 Laura de Laurentiis -84 Fabio Lo Presti 239
2008-06-07 Andrew Garnett 11 Ben Handley-Pritchard 13 Laura de Laurentiis -88 Willie Whitaker 64
2008-06-07 Andrew Garnett 26 Prahalad Rajkumar -213 Ed Levy 178 Ben Handley-Pritchard 9
2008-06-07 Neil Trentham -12 Michael Wilkinson -249 Fabrizio Farnesi 243 Mike Rice 18
2008-06-07 Andrew Garnett -219 Ben Handley-Pritchard -193 Ed Levy 125 Neil Trentham 287
2008-06-08 Fabrizio Farnesi 107 Jon Rice -41 Andrew Garnett -44 Neil Trentham -22
2008-06-08 Fabrizio Farnesi 9 Neil Trentham 135 Andrew Garnett -352 Jon Rice 208
2008-06-08 Fabrizio Farnesi -41 Neil Trentham 84 Ed Levy 65 Doris Denny -108
2008-06-08 Fabrizio Farnesi 101 Prahalad Rajkumar 58 Laura de Laurentiis -117 Jon Rice -42
2008-06-08 Andrew Garnett 189 Neil Trentham 168 Ben Handley-Pritchard -290 Sally Woolsey -67
2008-06-08 Andrew Garnett 41 Mike Rice 105 Prahalad Rajkumar -260 Sally Woolsey 114
2008-06-08 Andrew Garnett -50 Raghavendra Rajkumar -67 Laura de Laurentiis 30 Prahalad Rajkumar 87
2008-06-08 Fabrizio Farnesi -348 Neil Trentham 151 Andrew Garnett 189 Laura de Laurentiis 8
2008-06-08 Fabrizio Farnesi -69 Anne Jackson 186 Laura de Laurentiis 24 Andrew Garnett -141
2008-06-08 Fabrizio Farnesi -71 Andrew Garnett -49 Mike Rice 258 Alex Hydes -138
2008-06-09 Andrew Garnett -334 Jon Rice -111 Raghavendra Rajkumar 169 Mike Rice 276
2008-06-09 Andrew Garnett -136 Jon Rice -29 Mike Rice 212 Anne Jackson -47
2008-06-09 Anne Jackson 93 Neil Trentham 92 Jon Rice 49 Mike Rice -234
2008-06-09 Andrew Garnett 188 Fabrizio Farnesi -446 Anne Jackson 146 Fabio Lo Presti 112
2008-06-09 Andrew Garnett 57 Fabrizio Farnesi -169 Anne Jackson 89 Kit Woolsey 23
2008-06-09 Andrew Garnett -10 Neil Trentham 297 Fabrizio Farnesi -313 Sally Woolsey 26
2008-06-10 Andrew Garnett -96 Jon Rice -100 Anne Jackson 70 Mike Rice 126
2008-06-10 Andrew Garnett -66 Jon Rice -159 Mike Rice 142 JoAnna Stansby 83
2008-06-10 Andrew Garnett -350 Jon Rice 230 Laura de Laurentiis 182 Fabio Lo Presti -62
2008-06-10 Andrew Garnett -160 Fabio Lo Presti 24 Jon Rice -44 Mike Rice 180
2008-06-10 Anne Jackson 78 Doron Limor -153 Ed Levy 50 Mike Rice 25
2008-06-10 Andrew Garnett -180 Kit Woolsey 52 JoAnna Stansby 86 Mike Rice 42
2008-06-11 JoAnna Stansby 259 Jon Rice -64 Andrew Garnett -226 Mike Rice 31
2008-06-11 Anne Jackson -77 Jon Rice 83 Ed Levy -64 Mike Rice 58
2008-06-11 Anne Jackson -84 Jon Rice -5 Ed Levy -14 Mike Rice 103
2008-06-12 Andrew Garnett -232 Jon Rice 318 Mike Rice 30 Anne Jackson -116
2008-06-12 Andrew Garnett 206 Doris Denny -92 Ben Handley-Pritchard -67 Chris Dixon -47
2008-06-12 Andrew Garnett -39 Jon Rice -66 Mike Rice 267 Sally Woolsey -162
2008-06-12 Andrew Garnett 136 Jon Rice 125 Ben Handley-Pritchard -370 Sally Woolsey 109
2008-06-12 Andrew Garnett -7 Kit Woolsey -230 Mike Rice 149 Sally Woolsey 88
2008-06-12 Andrew Garnett -215 Jon Rice 356 Anne Jackson -43 Mike Rice -98
2008-06-12 Andrew Garnett -5 Nicholas Cheung -134 Jon Rice 41 Mike Rice 98
2008-06-12 Andrew Garnett -130 Jon Rice 220 Mike Rice 36 Joan Clark -126
2008-06-13 Andrew Garnett 69 Guy Campbell 22 Anne Jackson -83 Joan Clark -8
2008-06-13 Andrew Garnett 313 Ed Levy 70 Anne Jackson 85 Doris Denny -468
2008-06-13 Andrew Garnett -16 Anne Jackson 173 Doris Denny -81 Joan Clark -76
2008-06-13 Andrew Garnett -122 Lew Stansby 80 Alex Werner 32 JoAnna Stansby 10
2008-06-13 Andrew Garnett 130 Jon Rice -93 David Grainger -114 Mike Rice 77
2008-06-13 Joan Clark -98 Michael Wilkinson -102 Laura de Laurentiis -58 Sally Woolsey 258
2008-06-13 Joan Clark -187 Guy Campbell 24 Michael Wilkinson 278 Kit Woolsey -115
2008-06-13 Andrew Garnett 93 Jon Rice -232 Mike Rice 17 JoAnna Stansby 122
2008-06-13 Andrew Garnett -104 Laura de Laurentiis 38 Guy Campbell 46 JoAnna Stansby 20
2008-06-14 Andrew Garnett 101 Jon Rice -218 Kit Woolsey -52 Sally Woolsey 169
2008-06-14 Andrew Garnett -245 Jon Rice -224 Raghavendra Rajkumar 241 Anne Jackson 228
2008-06-14 Jon Rice -15 Andrew Garnett 27 Raghavendra Rajkumar 94 Mike Rice -106
2008-06-14 Joan Clark 31 Leonardo Cima 124 Laura de Laurentiis -93 Sally Woolsey -62
2008-06-14 Andrew Garnett 9 Anne Jackson -226 Martin Garvey 246 Doris Denny -29
2008-06-14 Andrew Garnett -116 Martin Garvey 239 Doris Denny -199 Joan Clark 76
2008-06-15 JoAnna Stansby 53 Jon Rice -5 Anne Jackson 62 Mike Rice -110
2008-06-15 Andrew Garnett -6 Jon Rice 38 Fabrizio Farnesi -154 Anne Jackson 122
2008-06-15 Andrew Garnett -242 Jon Rice -50 Mike Rice 262 Joan Clark 30
2008-06-15 Joan Clark 44 Anne Jackson -152 Mike Rice 40 Doris Denny 68
2008-06-15 Andrew Garnett -33 Anne Jackson -145 Joan Clark 116 Doris Denny 62
2008-06-15 Andrew Garnett 377 Fabrizio Farnesi -92 Anne Jackson -249 Jon Rice -36
2008-06-15 JoAnna Stansby -251 Leonardo Cima 111 Kit Woolsey 141 Mike Rice -1
2008-06-15 Andrew Garnett -285 Mike Rice 159 Fabrizio Farnesi -14 Joan Clark 140
2008-06-16 Mike Rice -62 Andrew Garnett 37 Jon Rice -43 Fabrizio Farnesi 68
2008-06-16 Anne Jackson -12 Jon Rice 36 Andrew Garnett -172 Sally Woolsey 148
2008-06-16 Joan Clark 0 Fabrizio Farnesi 70 Armando Pontecorvo 16 Laura de Laurentiis -86
2008-06-16 Anne Jackson -194 Armando Pontecorvo -53 Laura de Laurentiis 108 Fabrizio Farnesi 139
2008-06-16 Anne Jackson 61 Michael Wilkinson 12 Laura de Laurentiis -286 Fabrizio Farnesi 213
2008-06-16 Laura de Laurentiis 101 Fabrizio Farnesi -73 Guy Campbell -23 Mike Rice -5
2008-06-16 Mike Rice -87 Fabrizio Farnesi 192 Andrew Garnett -67 Anne Jackson -38
2008-06-16 Sally Woolsey -155 Mike Rice 190 Doris Denny 34 Andrew Garnett -69
2008-06-16 Anne Jackson 85 Fabrizio Farnesi -206 Martin Garvey -119 Sally Woolsey 240
2008-06-17 Joan Clark -131 Doris Denny -122 Andrew Garnett 338 Anne Jackson -85
2008-06-17 Andrew Garnett 20 Neil Trentham 355 Fabrizio Farnesi -5 Sally Woolsey -370
2008-06-17 Andrew Garnett -127 Neil Trentham -85 Laura de Laurentiis 150 Fabrizio Farnesi 62
2008-06-17 Anne Jackson 91 Sally Woolsey -53 Willie Whitaker 108 Mike Rice -146
2008-06-17 Andrew Garnett -274 Neil Trentham 138 Willie Whitaker 193 Fabrizio Farnesi -57
2008-06-17 Willie Whitaker 291 Jon Rice -27 Mike Rice 55 Fabrizio Farnesi -319
2008-06-17 Sally Woolsey 226 Fabrizio Farnesi -285 Willie Whitaker 88 Laura de Laurentiis -29
2008-06-18 Joan Clark -144 Sally Woolsey -72 Mike Rice -52 Armando Pontecorvo 268
2008-06-18 Andrew Garnett 228 Neil Trentham -67 Mike Rice 90 Fabrizio Farnesi -251
2008-06-18 Andrew Garnett -8 Jon Rice -8 Fabrizio Farnesi -210 Joan Clark 226
2008-06-18 Andrew Garnett -322 Fabrizio Farnesi 222 Alex Werner -230 Mike Rice 330
2008-06-18 Willie Whitaker -123 Jon Rice 145 Sally Woolsey -83 Fabrizio Farnesi 61
2008-06-19 Willie Whitaker -127 Mike Rice -58 Fabrizio Farnesi 215 Sally Woolsey -30
2008-06-19 Andrew Garnett -247 Jon Rice 75 Fabrizio Farnesi 208 Mike Rice -36
2008-06-19 Joan Clark -4 Armando Pontecorvo 7 Fabrizio Farnesi 24 Sally Woolsey -27
2008-06-19 Andrew Garnett 168 Jon Rice 31 Sally Woolsey -92 Fabrizio Farnesi -107
2008-06-19 Anne Jackson -3 Mike Rice 134 Fabrizio Farnesi 139 Sally Woolsey -270
2008-06-19 Andrew Garnett -97 Jon Rice 59 Fabrizio Farnesi -2 Sally Woolsey 40
2008-06-20 Anne Jackson 40 Jon Rice -55 Doris Denny -216 Mike Rice 231
2008-06-20 Joan Clark 44 Neil Trentham 28 Fabrizio Farnesi 113 Michael Wilkinson -185
2008-06-20 Andrew Garnett 353 Fabrizio Farnesi -322 Neil Trentham 91 Mike Rice -122
2008-06-20 Andrew Garnett 113 Jon Rice -116 Fabrizio Farnesi -48 Anne Jackson 51
2008-06-20 Andrew Garnett 186 Neil Trentham 56 Fabrizio Farnesi -385 Jon Rice 143
2008-06-20 Andrew Garnett -346 JoAnna Stansby 100 Joan Clark 93 Fabrizio Farnesi 153
2008-06-20 Anne Jackson 20 Jon Rice -143 Fabrizio Farnesi 113 Mike Rice 10
2008-06-21 JoAnna Stansby 180 Jon Rice -266 Mike Rice 124 Joan Clark -38
2008-06-21 Andrew Garnett 221 Jon Rice -56 Mike Rice 178 Doris Denny -343
2008-06-21 JoAnna Stansby -310 Jon Rice 162 Lew Stansby 54 Sally Woolsey 94
2008-06-21 Anne Jackson -51 Luca Cesati Cassin -36 Laura de Laurentiis -101 Mike Rice 188
2008-06-21 Joan Clark 193 Neil Trentham 22 Fabrizio Farnesi 167 Doris Denny -382
2008-06-21 Anne Jackson -85 Fabrizio Farnesi -75 Laura de Laurentiis 161 Andrew Garnett -1
2008-06-21 Anne Jackson 35 Neil Trentham -229 Fabrizio Farnesi 100 Joan Clark 94
2008-06-21 Andrew Garnett -274 Lew Stansby 310 Anne Jackson -206 JoAnna Stansby 170
2008-06-21 Martin Garvey 290 Neil Trentham -12 Joan Clark 26 Anne Jackson -304
2008-06-22 Martin Garvey -97 Leonardo Cima -135 Fabrizio Farnesi 30 Anne Jackson 202
2008-06-22 Anne Jackson 6 Mike Rice -191 Laura de Laurentiis 124 Fabrizio Farnesi 61
2008-06-22 Martin Garvey 210 Neil Trentham 161 Jon Rice -272 Mike Rice -99
2008-06-22 Anne Jackson -22 Guy Campbell -262 Fabrizio Farnesi 140 JoAnna Stansby 144
2008-06-23 Anne Jackson 154 Jon Rice 101 Laura de Laurentiis 79 Fabrizio Farnesi -334
2008-06-23 Joan Clark -183 Jon Rice 175 Alex Werner -170 JoAnna Stansby 178
2008-06-23 Anne Jackson -6 Laura de Laurentiis -194 Fabrizio Farnesi -206 Armando Pontecorvo 406
2008-06-23 Joan Clark -125 Laura de Laurentiis 185 Fabrizio Farnesi 67 Armando Pontecorvo -127
2008-06-23 Anne Jackson -2 Jon Rice -172 Fabrizio Farnesi 150 Mike Rice 24
2008-06-24 Andrew Garnett -236 Fabrizio Farnesi -101 Jon Rice 276 Mike Rice 61
2008-06-24 Andrew Garnett 263 Fabrizio Farnesi -424 Laura de Laurentiis 112 Armando Pontecorvo 49
2008-06-24 Andrew Garnett -194 Jon Rice 261 Fabrizio Farnesi -22 Mike Rice -45
2008-06-24 Andrew Garnett 260 Jon Rice 186 Mike Rice -85 Joan Clark -361
2008-06-24 Andrew Garnett -87 Neil Trentham -13 Fabrizio Farnesi 135 Anne Jackson -35
2008-06-24 Joan Clark 2 Jon Rice 114 Laura de Laurentiis -38 Armando Pontecorvo -78
2008-06-24 Martin Garvey -134 Willie Whitaker 113 Fabrizio Farnesi -77 Jon Rice 98
2008-06-25 Anne Jackson 75 Kit Woolsey 188 Fabrizio Farnesi -59 Sally Woolsey -204
2008-06-25 Martin Garvey -27 Alex Hydes -62 Willie Whitaker 126 Fabrizio Farnesi -37
2008-06-26 Anne Jackson 274 Willie Whitaker 51 Fabrizio Farnesi -295 Martin Garvey -30
2008-06-26 Andrew Garnett 163 Jon Rice -73 Fabrizio Farnesi -182 Mike Rice 92
2008-06-26 Andrew Garnett -13 Lew Stansby 34 Anne Jackson 93 JoAnna Stansby -114
2008-06-26 Andrew Garnett -464 Neil Trentham 94 Fabrizio Farnesi 150 Willie Whitaker 220
2008-06-26 Joan Clark 116 Jon Rice 178 Fabrizio Farnesi -168 Alex Hydes -126
2008-06-26 Anne Jackson 95 Armando Pontecorvo -322 Willie Whitaker 155 Fabrizio Farnesi 72
2008-06-26 Anne Jackson 30 Neil Trentham 167 Willie Whitaker 127 Fabrizio Farnesi -324
2008-06-27 Anne Jackson -22 Kit Woolsey 129 Sally Woolsey -93 Joan Clark -14
2008-06-27 Anne Jackson -22 Laura de Laurentiis 145 Fabrizio Farnesi 167 Mike Rice -290
2008-06-27 Martin Garvey 111 Jon Rice -96 Fabrizio Farnesi -16 Mike Rice 1
2008-06-28 Joan Clark -81 Jon Rice 42 Anne Jackson 150 Mike Rice -111
2008-06-28 Joan Clark 0 Kit Woolsey 193 Anne Jackson 190 Sally Woolsey -383
2008-06-28 Andrew Garnett -206 Fabrizio Farnesi 24 Laura de Laurentiis 155 Luca Cesati Cassin 27
2008-06-28 Andrew Garnett 23 Jon Rice 54 Anne Jackson 146 Mike Rice -223
2008-06-28 Anne Jackson 191 Neil Trentham -451 Fabrizio Farnesi 170 Joan Clark 90
2008-06-28 Anne Jackson -23 Neil Trentham 33 Fabrizio Farnesi -57 Kit Woolsey 47
2008-06-28 Andrew Garnett 222 Jon Rice 8 Anne Jackson -186 Mike Rice -44
2008-06-28 Andrew Garnett 162 Mike Rice 159 Fabrizio Farnesi -417 Martin Garvey 96
2008-06-29 Anne Jackson 105 Jon Rice -313 Fabrizio Farnesi 117 Andrew Garnett 91
2008-06-29 Jon Rice -71 Anne Jackson -141 Fabrizio Farnesi 63 Mike Rice 149
2008-06-29 Andrew Garnett 146 Jon Rice 4 Fabrizio Farnesi -273 Leonardo Cima 123
2008-06-29 Joan Clark 113 Jon Rice -92 Fabrizio Farnesi 143 Anne Jackson -164
2008-06-29 Andrew Garnett -221 Jon Rice 56 Anne Jackson 213 Joan Clark -48
2008-06-29 Joan Clark 162 Laura de Laurentiis 12 Fabrizio Farnesi 37 Leonardo Cima -211
2008-06-30 Anne Jackson -265 Mike Rice 155 Laura de Laurentiis 17 Fabrizio Farnesi 93
2008-06-30 Anne Jackson 111 Jon Rice -26 Mike Rice 24 Sally Woolsey -109
2008-06-30 Joan Clark -15 Fabrizio Farnesi -21 Willie Whitaker -75 Laura de Laurentiis 111
2008-06-30 Andrew Garnett -113 Fabio Lo Presti 266 Laura de Laurentiis -325 Fabrizio Farnesi 172
2008-06-30 Anne Jackson -8 Armando Pontecorvo -54 Laura de Laurentiis -46 Fabrizio Farnesi 108
2008-06-30 Anne Jackson -65 Neil Trentham 471 Willie Whitaker -302 Armando Pontecorvo -104
2008-06-30 Martin Garvey 20 Anne Jackson -28 Fabrizio Farnesi -70 Willie Whitaker 78
2008-07-01 Martin Garvey 38 Kit Woolsey 369 Willie Whitaker -378 Sally Woolsey -29