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

July: Jon Rice

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 03 Aug 2008 23:23 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2008-07-01 Ben Handley-Pritchard 138 Neil Trentham -25 Doris Denny -117 Mike Rice 4
2008-07-01 Ben Handley-Pritchard -25 Jon Rice -229 Fabrizio Farnesi 198 Armando Pontecorvo 56
2008-07-01 Ben Handley-Pritchard -79 Kit Woolsey 51 Anne Jackson -55 Sally Woolsey 83
2008-07-01 Anne Jackson 98 Jon Rice 120 Willie Whitaker -173 Fabrizio Farnesi -45
2008-07-02 JoAnna Stansby 80 Doris Denny -228 Lew Stansby 125 Joan Clark 23
2008-07-02 Martin Garvey -43 Ed Levy 36 Chris Dixon -12 Fabrizio Farnesi 19
2008-07-02 Anne Jackson 59 Jon Rice 237 Ed Levy -276 Armando Pontecorvo -20
2008-07-03 Joan Clark -70 Jon Rice 157 Fabrizio Farnesi -173 Mike Rice 86
2008-07-03 Ben Handley-Pritchard -289 Jon Rice -49 Fabrizio Farnesi 76 Armando Pontecorvo 262
2008-07-03 Anne Jackson 29 Neil Trentham -91 Ed Levy -247 Chris Dixon 309
2008-07-03 Joan Clark -404 Ben Handley-Pritchard 200 Anne Jackson 115 Mike Rice 89
2008-07-04 Ben Handley-Pritchard -115 Armando Pontecorvo -134 Laura de Laurentiis 108 Fabrizio Farnesi 141
2008-07-04 Ben Handley-Pritchard 95 Fabrizio Farnesi 18 Anne Jackson -157 Sally Woolsey 44
2008-07-04 Ben Handley-Pritchard 246 Laura de Laurentiis -362 Fabrizio Farnesi -174 Armando Pontecorvo 290
2008-07-04 Ben Handley-Pritchard -297 Chris Dixon 394 Laura de Laurentiis 38 Armando Pontecorvo -135
2008-07-04 Anne Jackson 90 Jon Rice 217 Fabrizio Farnesi -171 Mike Rice -136
2008-07-05 Martin Garvey 72 Chris Dixon -186 Laura Tidone -66 Joan Clark 180
2008-07-05 Anne Jackson 117 Jon Rice 141 Fabrizio Farnesi -136 Leonardo Cima -122
2008-07-06 Joan Clark 81 Mike Rice -91 Anne Jackson -189 Sally Woolsey 199
2008-07-06 Joan Clark 39 Doron Limor -187 Fabrizio Farnesi -23 Jon Rice 171
2008-07-06 Anne Jackson 29 Leonardo Cima -65 Fabrizio Farnesi 62 Fabio Lo Presti -26
2008-07-06 Martin Garvey 68 Luca Cesati Cassin -153 Laura de Laurentiis 116 Fabrizio Farnesi -31
2008-07-06 Martin Garvey 25 Fabrizio Farnesi 305 Laura de Laurentiis -229 Luca Cesati Cassin -101
2008-07-06 Martin Garvey 193 Jon Rice -150 Fabrizio Farnesi -6 Laura de Laurentiis -37
2008-07-07 Ben Handley-Pritchard -215 Neil Trentham 148 Fabrizio Farnesi -64 Jon Rice 131
2008-07-07 Joan Clark -98 Anne Jackson 141 Ben Handley-Pritchard 276 Sally Woolsey -319
2008-07-07 Anne Jackson -152 Jon Rice 155 Ben Handley-Pritchard -105 Mike Rice 102
2008-07-08 JoAnna Stansby -327 Kit Woolsey 129 Joel Wooldridge -92 Sally Woolsey 290
2008-07-08 Ben Handley-Pritchard 50 Fabrizio Farnesi -109 Kit Woolsey -28 Chris Dixon 87
2008-07-08 Ben Handley-Pritchard 530 Martin Garvey 63 Fabrizio Farnesi -719 Mike Rice 126
2008-07-08 Joan Clark -63 Ben Handley-Pritchard 127 Alex Werner 5 Fabrizio Farnesi -69
2008-07-09 Joan Clark -170 Mike Rice 93 Fabrizio Farnesi -50 Armando Pontecorvo 127
2008-07-09 Andrew Garnett -17 Armando Pontecorvo 0 Fabrizio Farnesi 209 Laura de Laurentiis -192
2008-07-09 Andrew Garnett 10 Jon Rice 92 Sally Woolsey 9 Ben Handley-Pritchard -111
2008-07-09 Andrew Garnett 31 Mike Rice -127 Anne Jackson 184 Joan Clark -88
2008-07-10 Anne Jackson -84 Neil Allerton 42 Jon Rice 248 Sally Woolsey -206
2008-07-10 Martin Garvey 9 Jon Rice -232 Fabrizio Farnesi 85 Mike Rice 138
2008-07-11 Ben Handley-Pritchard 176 Jon Rice 16 Fabrizio Farnesi -357 Mike Rice 165
2008-07-12 Ben Handley-Pritchard 256 Joan Clark -78 Fabrizio Farnesi -90 Mike Rice -88
2008-07-12 Ben Handley-Pritchard -233 Doron Limor -83 Fabrizio Farnesi 92 Jon Rice 224
2008-07-12 Anne Jackson 167 JoAnna Stansby 116 Lew Stansby -216 Joan Clark -67
2008-07-12 Fabrizio Farnesi -25 Jon Rice 107 Alex Werner -253 Mike Rice 171
2008-07-13 Doron Limor -47 Mike Rice 113 Fabrizio Farnesi 136 Fabio Lo Presti -202
2008-07-13 Anne Jackson 26 Neil Trentham -146 Fabrizio Farnesi 68 Joan Clark 52
2008-07-13 Martin Garvey 150 Andrew Garnett 60 Laura de Laurentiis 13 Leonardo Cima -223
2008-07-13 Martin Garvey 64 Ben Handley-Pritchard 111 Fabrizio Farnesi -126 Mike Rice -49
2008-07-13 Anne Jackson -16 Chris Dixon -102 Fabrizio Farnesi 82 Jon Rice 36
2008-07-13 Anne Jackson 248 Neil Trentham -241 Jon Rice 221 Mike Rice -228
2008-07-13 Martin Garvey 306 Alex Werner -295 Fabrizio Farnesi 59 Andrew Garnett -70
2008-07-14 Joan Clark 17 Anne Jackson -30 Andrew Garnett 57 Mike Rice -44
2008-07-14 Joan Clark -8 Andrew Garnett 42 Laura de Laurentiis 224 Fabrizio Farnesi -258
2008-07-14 Ben Handley-Pritchard 414 Leonardo Cima -477 Laura de Laurentiis -12 Mike Rice 75
2008-07-14 Martin Garvey -124 Luca Cesati Cassin 148 Fabrizio Farnesi -85 Laura de Laurentiis 61
2008-07-14 Martin Garvey -132 Luca Cesati Cassin 59 Laura de Laurentiis -149 Fabrizio Farnesi 222
2008-07-15 Anne Jackson -36 Neil Trentham 36 Fabrizio Farnesi 76 Jon Rice -76
2008-07-15 Anne Jackson 32 Leonardo Cima -66 Fabrizio Farnesi 48 Joan Clark -14
2008-07-15 Anne Jackson -392 Neil Trentham 199 Doron Limor 102 Chris Dixon 91
2008-07-16 Joan Clark 94 Anne Jackson -538 Doron Limor 280 Fabrizio Farnesi 164
2008-07-16 Luca Cesati Cassin -115 Leonardo Cima -121 Laura de Laurentiis 102 Fabrizio Farnesi 134
2008-07-16 Laura de Laurentiis 299 Leonardo Cima 46 Fabrizio Farnesi -44 Luca Cesati Cassin -301
2008-07-17 Joan Clark 152 Jon Rice -191 Doron Limor 80 Mike Rice -41
2008-07-17 Doron Limor 10 Luca Cesati Cassin -99 Laura de Laurentiis 198 Fabrizio Farnesi -109
2008-07-17 Joan Clark -46 Neil Trentham -291 Doron Limor 208 Fabrizio Farnesi 129
2008-07-18 Alex Werner 53 Leonardo Cima -205 Laura de Laurentiis 230 Fabrizio Farnesi -78
2008-07-19 Joan Clark 35 Neil Trentham -318 Laura de Laurentiis 300 Fabrizio Farnesi -17
2008-07-19 Anne Jackson -104 Neil Trentham 175 Fabrizio Farnesi 81 Alex Hydes -152
2008-07-20 Martin Garvey -127 Fabrizio Farnesi -158 Joan Clark 19 David Adler 266
2008-07-20 Martin Garvey 275 Neil Trentham 314 Fabrizio Farnesi -308 Leonardo Cima -281
2008-07-20 Martin Garvey 119 Neil Trentham -95 Fabrizio Farnesi -128 Anne Jackson 104
2008-07-20 Joan Clark -348 Doron Limor 56 Laura de Laurentiis 60 Fabrizio Farnesi 232
2008-07-20 Anne Jackson 168 Martin Garvey -224 Laura de Laurentiis 21 Fabrizio Farnesi 35
2008-07-21 Steve Altus 21 Jennifer Lin 67 T.C. Altus -67 Charlie Garrod -21
2008-07-21 Ben Handley-Pritchard -1 Ed Levy 128 Fabrizio Farnesi -87 Doris Denny -40
2008-07-21 Ben Handley-Pritchard 145 Laura de Laurentiis 84 Fabrizio Farnesi -23 Joan Clark -206
2008-07-21 Anne Jackson 98 Neil Trentham 18 Armando Pontecorvo -317 Fabrizio Farnesi 201
2008-07-21 Ben Handley-Pritchard -71 Ed Levy 82 Laura de Laurentiis 48 Fabrizio Farnesi -59
2008-07-21 Ben Handley-Pritchard -271 Ed Levy 214 Fabrizio Farnesi 102 Laura de Laurentiis -45
2008-07-21 Martin Garvey -62 Ben Handley-Pritchard 137 Laura de Laurentiis -82 Fabrizio Farnesi 7
2008-07-21 Martin Garvey 352 Leonardo Cima -450 Fabrizio Farnesi 67 Laura de Laurentiis 31
2008-07-23 Joan Clark 61 Neil Trentham 159 Fabrizio Farnesi -466 Anne Jackson 246
2008-07-23 Anne Jackson 162 Neil Trentham -224 Fabrizio Farnesi 36 Leonardo Cima 26
2008-07-24 Anne Jackson -61 Neil Trentham 111 Fabrizio Farnesi -176 Joan Clark 126
2008-07-26 Anne Jackson -120 Ed Levy -64 Doron Limor 80 Fabrizio Farnesi 104
2008-07-26 Anne Jackson 157 Neil Trentham 95 Fabrizio Farnesi 79 Leonardo Cima -331
2008-07-26 Martin Garvey -10 Neil Trentham 189 Anne Jackson 216 Leonardo Cima -395
2008-07-27 Anne Jackson 123 Neil Trentham 57 Chris Dixon -189 Fabrizio Farnesi 9
2008-07-27 Martin Garvey -69 Doron Limor 277 Fabrizio Farnesi -203 Leonardo Cima -5
2008-07-28 Joan Clark 41 Ed Levy -177 Fabrizio Farnesi 338 Doron Limor -202
2008-07-29 Anne Jackson 157 Doron Limor 219 Fabrizio Farnesi -107 Laura de Laurentiis -269
2008-07-29 Joan Clark -17 Mike Rice -134 Doron Limor 88 Fabrizio Farnesi 63
2008-07-29 Martin Garvey 16 Doron Limor 77 Fabrizio Farnesi -126 John Therkelsen 33
2008-07-30 Joan Clark -82 Jon Rice -11 Doron Limor -2 Fabrizio Farnesi 95
2008-07-30 Anne Jackson 87 Doron Limor 101 Fabrizio Farnesi -146 Joan Clark -42
2008-07-30 Andrew Garnett -223 Neil Trentham -184 Doron Limor 359 Sally Woolsey 48
2008-07-30 Martin Garvey -57 Jon Rice 124 Andrew Garnett 69 Mike Rice -136
2008-07-31 Andrew Garnett -145 Jon Rice 120 Fabrizio Farnesi -144 Mike Rice 169
2008-07-31 Anne Jackson -22 Neil Trentham 41 Doron Limor -63 Fabrizio Farnesi 44
2008-07-31 Andrew Garnett -167 Neil Trentham 38 Fabrizio Farnesi 135 Joan Clark -6
2008-07-31 Joan Clark 171 Neil Trentham 279 Doron Limor -130 Fabrizio Farnesi -320