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 (10)

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

August: Chris Dixon

September: John Therkelsen

October: Neil Trentham

November: 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: Mon 01 Dec 2008 19:39 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2008-11-01 Joan Clark -168 Jon Rice 0 Fabrizio Farnesi 131 Sally Woolsey 37
2008-11-01 Anne Jackson 157 Neil Trentham 110 Leonardo Cima -290 Doron Limor 23
2008-11-01 Joan Clark -16 Nicholas Cheung -29 Leonardo Cima -162 Lew Stansby 207
2008-11-02 Joan Clark 141 Sally Woolsey -361 Andrew Garnett 123 Fabrizio Farnesi 97
2008-11-02 Anne Jackson 15 Laura de Laurentiis 202 Joan Clark -109 Carlo Fogaroli -108
2008-11-03 Joan Clark -27 Guy Campbell 354 Anne Jackson -67 Kit Woolsey -260
2008-11-04 Joan Clark -228 Nicholas Cheung 187 Kit Woolsey 229 Sally Woolsey -188
2008-11-04 John Therkelsen -122 Sally Woolsey 91 Prahalad Rajkumar 68 Mike Rice -37
2008-11-04 Andy Bowles -18 Kit Woolsey -181 Anne Jackson -3 Neil Trentham 202
2008-11-05 Joan Clark 27 Neil Trentham 116 Anne Jackson 39 Shireen Mohandes -182
2008-11-07 Anne Jackson 261 Neil Trentham 23 Chris Dixon -310 Doron Limor 26
2008-11-08 Joan Clark -211 Doron Limor -11 Andrew Garnett 97 JoAnna Stansby 125
2008-11-10 Joan Clark -53 Kit Woolsey 198 Anne Jackson -222 Sally Woolsey 77
2008-11-11 Joan Clark 38 Nicholas Cheung -165 Anne Jackson 26 JoAnna Stansby 101
2008-11-12 Anne Jackson 156 Chris Dixon 162 Andrew Garnett -220 Doron Limor -98
2008-11-12 Joan Clark 153 Nicholas Cheung 4 Lew Stansby -79 Anne Jackson -78
2008-11-12 Anne Jackson 247 Neil Trentham 234 Andrew Garnett -320 Shireen Mohandes -161
2008-11-13 Joan Clark 136 Lew Stansby 68 Anne Jackson -251 JoAnna Stansby 47
2008-11-16 Joan Clark 81 Anne Jackson -91 Doron Limor 47 Doris Denny -37
2008-11-16 Joan Clark 150 Neil Trentham 6 Anne Jackson 109 Carlo Fogaroli -265
2008-11-18 Joan Clark 254 Fabio Lo Presti -208 Laura de Laurentiis 24 Anne Jackson -70
2008-11-18 Anne Jackson -25 Guy Campbell 2 Kit Woolsey 37 Chris Dixon -14
2008-11-20 Joan Clark 44 Sally Woolsey 6 Anne Jackson -106 Doris Denny 56
2008-11-20 Joan Clark 75 Kit Woolsey -245 Neil Trentham 70 Anne Jackson 100
2008-11-21 Martin Garvey -6 Carlo Fogaroli -76 Chris Dixon 211 Sally Woolsey -129
2008-11-21 Joan Clark -18 Doris Denny -48 Anne Jackson 0 Sally Woolsey 66
2008-11-21 Anne Jackson -24 Neil Trentham -28 Doron Limor 35 Sally Woolsey 17
2008-11-22 Neil Trentham 41 Martin Garvey -168 Joan Clark 118 Alex Hydes 9
2008-11-22 Neil Trentham 73 Willie Whitaker 10 Chris Dixon -120 Nicholas Cheung 37
2008-11-23 Neil Trentham 102 Anne Jackson 245 Leonardo Cima 29 Sally Woolsey -376
2008-11-24 Martin Garvey 263 Carlo Fogaroli -407 Chris Dixon 245 Leonardo Cima -101
2008-11-25 Joan Clark 217 Nicholas Cheung -203 Ed Levy -26 Anne Jackson 12
2008-11-27 Anne Jackson 108 Carlo Fogaroli 73 Laura de Laurentiis -114 Willie Whitaker -67
2008-11-27 Neil Trentham 67 Anne Jackson 239 Doron Limor -28 Carlo Fogaroli -278
2008-11-28 Neil Trentham 171 Martin Garvey -155 Ben Handley-Pritchard -68 Doron Limor 52
2008-11-28 Neil Trentham 163 Ben Handley-Pritchard 261 Chris Dixon -86 Martin Garvey -338
2008-11-29 Martin Garvey -79 Carlo Fogaroli 116 Willie Whitaker -86 Ben Handley-Pritchard 49
2008-11-29 Neil Trentham 200 Doron Limor -48 Willie Whitaker -420 Ben Handley-Pritchard 268
2008-11-30 Joan Clark 2 Doris Denny 106 Doron Limor 188 Anne Jackson -296
2008-11-30 Joan Clark 23 Leonardo Cima -41 Anne Jackson -40 Nicholas Cheung 58
2008-11-30 Joan Clark -36 Doron Limor 98 Anne Jackson 57 Guy Campbell -119
2008-11-30 Joan Clark -55 Alex Werner -186 Doron Limor 382 Guy Campbell -141