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 (12)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

Kit Woolsey: +275 at Dominoes, subsequently equalled by Jon Rice

Winners, 2009

January: Mike Rice

February: Willie Whitaker

March: Doron Limor

April: Willie Whitaker

May: Martin Garvey

June: Neil Trentham

July: Doron Limor

August: Anne Jackson and Doron Limor

September: Neil Trentham

October: Doron Limor

November: Doron Limor

Winners, 2003-8

2008 ladder: John Therkelsen

2008 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2008 “Apple core”: Fabio Lo Presti

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 (twice), Graham Hazel, Martin Garvey (four times), Ben Handley-Pritchard (twice), Fabrizio Farnesi, Francesco Mazzadi (twice), Joon Pahk, Armando Pontecorvo (three times), Richard Probst, Jérome Rombaut (twice), Jon Rice, Mike Rice (five times), JoAnna Stansby (twice), Lew Stansby (three times), John Therkelsen (five times), Laura Tidone (twice), Neil Trentham (eleven times), Willie Whitaker (four times), Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (twice)

Barbu Ladder - input data

Barbu Ladder Scores

Last updated: Mon 07 Dec 2009 19:52 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2009-11-01 Joan Clark -24 Nicholas Cheung 67 Doron Limor -90 Neil Trentham 47
2009-11-01 Joan Clark 30 Lew Stansby 70 Doron Limor -118 Alex Hydes 18
2009-11-03 Joan Clark 209 Michael Wilkinson -2 Doron Limor 63 Lew Stansby -270
2009-11-04 Joan Clark 83 Willie Whitaker -83 Doron Limor 146 Neil Trentham -146
2009-11-05 Joan Clark -63 Cheryl Frizzell 251 Doron Limor -5 Leonardo Cima -183
2009-11-05 Anne Jackson 128 Cheryl Frizzell -108 Doron Limor 101 Sally Woolsey -121
2009-11-07 Neil Trentham -126 Doron Limor -181 Cheryl Frizzell 240 Sally Woolsey 67
2009-11-07 Joan Clark 130 Leonardo Cima 101 Doron Limor 152 Neil Trentham -383
2009-11-08 Anne Jackson -58 Leonardo Cima 14 Doron Limor -45 Joan Clark 89
2009-11-10 Joan Clark 96 Neil Trentham 96 Cheryl Frizzell -11 Doron Limor -181
2009-11-11 Joan Clark 8 Neil Trentham -89 Cheryl Frizzell -93 Mac Argo 174
2009-11-11 Anne Jackson 65 Cheryl Frizzell -200 Willie Whitaker 12 Neil Trentham 123
2009-11-12 Joan Clark 45 Cheryl Frizzell 28 Mac Argo -44 Neil Trentham -29
2009-11-12 Joan Clark -105 Doron Limor 144 Cheryl Frizzell 21 Sally Woolsey -60
2009-11-13 Anne Jackson -105 Mac Argo 2 Cheryl Frizzell 23 Neil Trentham 80
2009-11-14 Neil Trentham -150 Cheryl Frizzell -11 Doron Limor -24 Anne Jackson 185
2009-11-14 Anne Jackson -71 Mac Argo -180 Doron Limor 121 Joan Clark 130
2009-11-14 Joan Clark -222 Kit Woolsey 74 Doron Limor 59 Sally Woolsey 89
2009-11-15 Anne Jackson -80 Leonardo Cima -288 Doron Limor 145 Doris Denny 223
2009-11-16 Joan Clark 178 Mac Argo 51 Cheryl Frizzell -21 Doris Denny -208
2009-11-16 Doron Limor 310 Mac Argo -64 Cheryl Frizzell 85 Doris Denny -331
2009-11-16 Joan Clark 217 Willie Whitaker 32 Cheryl Frizzell -201 Lew Stansby -48
2009-11-16 Anne Jackson -117 Neil Trentham -32 Doron Limor 136 Cheryl Frizzell 13
2009-11-16 Neil Trentham -266 Kit Woolsey 304 Anne Jackson 30 Sally Woolsey -68
2009-11-17 Joan Clark 4 Neil Trentham 141 Cheryl Frizzell -358 Doron Limor 213
2009-11-17 Anne Jackson -106 Doron Limor 70 Cheryl Frizzell 25 Leonardo Cima 11
2009-11-18 Joan Clark -3 Kit Woolsey 213 Nicholas Cheung -384 Cheryl Frizzell 174
2009-11-18 Neil Trentham 86 Anne Jackson -187 Willie Whitaker -63 Sally Woolsey 164
2009-11-19 Michael Wilkinson -135 Kit Woolsey 81 Doron Limor -75 Ben Handley-Pritchard 129
2009-11-19 Neil Trentham 238 Joan Clark 44 Cheryl Frizzell 133 Mac Argo -415
2009-11-19 Anne Jackson -317 Willie Whitaker 238 Doron Limor 127 Cheryl Frizzell -48
2009-11-19 Doron Limor -44 Kit Woolsey 26 Cheryl Frizzell -3 Sally Woolsey 21
2009-11-20 Doron Limor 59 Cheryl Frizzell -152 Willie Whitaker 3 Chris Dixon 90
2009-11-20 Anne Jackson -50 Doron Limor 151 Cheryl Frizzell -267 Kit Woolsey 166
2009-11-21 Neil Trentham 18 Chris Dixon 64 Willie Whitaker 142 Sally Woolsey -224
2009-11-21 Anne Jackson -156 Willie Whitaker 132 Cheryl Frizzell -121 Chris Dixon 145
2009-11-22 Joan Clark -535 Doron Limor 198 Leonardo Cima 214 Anne Jackson 123
2009-11-22 Neil Trentham 61 Cheryl Frizzell 1 Doron Limor -11 Chris Dixon -51
2009-11-23 Neil Trentham 145 Anne Jackson -34 Doron Limor 55 Cheryl Frizzell -166
2009-11-23 Neil Trentham 274 Doron Limor -116 Willie Whitaker -77 Kit Woolsey -81
2009-11-24 Joan Clark -124 Cheryl Frizzell 80 Doron Limor 177 Anne Jackson -133
2009-11-25 Anne Jackson 88 Cheryl Frizzell -89 Doron Limor 75 Willie Whitaker -74
2009-11-26 Doron Limor 122 Kit Woolsey -54 Cheryl Frizzell 91 Sally Woolsey -159
2009-11-27 Neil Trentham -35 Anne Jackson -285 Willie Whitaker 274 Cheryl Frizzell 46
2009-11-28 Neil Trentham 238 Mac Argo -2 Cheryl Frizzell -192 Doris Denny -44
2009-11-29 Joan Clark 263 Leonardo Cima -125 Cheryl Frizzell -75 Mac Argo -63
2009-12-01 Anne Jackson -317 Sally Woolsey -27 Doron Limor 411 Joan Clark -67