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 (14)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

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

Winners, 2010

January: Kit Woolsey

February: Doron Limor

Winners, 2003-9

2009 ladder: Mike Rice

2009 “Zester”: Doron Limor

2009 “Apple core”: Michael Wilkinson

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

Barbu Ladder - input data

Barbu Ladder Scores

Last updated: Fri 05 Mar 2010 00:09 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2010-02-01 Neil Trentham 380 Cheryl Frizzell -148 Willie Whitaker 44 Leonardo Cima -276
2010-02-01 JoAnna Stansby 152 Anne Jackson 139 Willie Whitaker -204 Fabio Lo Presti -87
2010-02-02 JoAnna Stansby 11 Kit Woolsey -191 Anne Jackson -80 Sally Woolsey 260
2010-02-02 Neil Trentham 5 Willie Whitaker 76 Cheryl Frizzell 99 Anne Jackson -180
2010-02-03 Joan Clark -42 Willie Whitaker 110 Cheryl Frizzell -8 Neil Trentham -60
2010-02-03 JoAnna Stansby 309 Neil Trentham 79 Willie Whitaker -152 Anne Jackson -236
2010-02-04 JoAnna Stansby 8 Lew Stansby -166 Anne Jackson 123 Michael Wilkinson 35
2010-02-04 Andrew Garnett -147 Kit Woolsey 238 Joan Clark -138 Sally Woolsey 47
2010-02-04 Joan Clark -112 Neil Trentham 54 Cheryl Frizzell -130 Willie Whitaker 188
2010-02-04 Anne Jackson -112 Fabio Lo Presti 132 Doron Limor 32 Andrew Garnett -52
2010-02-04 Joan Clark 35 Kit Woolsey -172 Doron Limor 109 Willie Whitaker 28
2010-02-04 JoAnna Stansby 48 Doron Limor 329 Willie Whitaker -307 Kit Woolsey -70
2010-02-05 Joan Clark 155 Neil Trentham -10 Cheryl Frizzell -141 Doris Denny -4
2010-02-05 Anne Jackson 64 Cheryl Frizzell -58 Willie Whitaker -153 Neil Trentham 147
2010-02-05 Neil Trentham 86 Kit Woolsey 14 Cheryl Frizzell -3 Sally Woolsey -97
2010-02-06 Joan Clark 77 JoAnna Stansby -105 Andrew Garnett -101 Lew Stansby 129
2010-02-06 JoAnna Stansby 40 Kit Woolsey 307 Andrew Garnett -270 Sally Woolsey -77
2010-02-06 JoAnna Stansby -255 Doron Limor 18 Leonardo Cima 118 Fabio Lo Presti 119
2010-02-06 JoAnna Stansby 103 Willie Whitaker -229 Andrew Garnett 123 Lew Stansby 3
2010-02-06 Neil Trentham -161 Kit Woolsey -110 Andrew Garnett 158 Sally Woolsey 113
2010-02-06 Andrew Garnett 165 Sally Woolsey -136 Doron Limor -177 Ben Handley-Pritchard 148
2010-02-07 Andrew Garnett -80 Kit Woolsey 313 Doron Limor 52 Sally Woolsey -285
2010-02-07 Andrew Garnett 28 Lew Stansby -3 Doron Limor 92 JoAnna Stansby -117
2010-02-08 Neil Trentham 177 Cheryl Frizzell -121 Chris Dixon -189 Jon Rice 133
2010-02-08 Andrew Garnett -189 Cheryl Frizzell 63 Willie Whitaker -83 Chris Dixon 209
2010-02-08 Andrew Garnett -369 Cheryl Frizzell 263 Willie Whitaker 186 JoAnna Stansby -80
2010-02-08 Andrew Garnett 52 Cheryl Frizzell 10 Leonardo Cima 121 Doris Denny -183
2010-02-08 Andrew Garnett 102 Doron Limor -121 Leonardo Cima -96 JoAnna Stansby 115
2010-02-08 JoAnna Stansby -106 Kit Woolsey -110 Alex Hydes 5 Willie Whitaker 211
2010-02-08 Andrew Garnett 116 Neil Trentham -315 Leonardo Cima 188 Lew Stansby 11
2010-02-09 Joan Clark 89 Chris Dixon 22 Neil Trentham 4 Doron Limor -115
2010-02-09 Leonardo Cima -87 Kit Woolsey -162 Ben Handley-Pritchard 285 Alex Hydes -36
2010-02-10 Neil Trentham 221 Cheryl Frizzell -87 Willie Whitaker 2 Joan Clark -136
2010-02-10 JoAnna Stansby 50 Kit Woolsey 152 Leonardo Cima -285 Ben Handley-Pritchard 83
2010-02-11 Andrew Garnett -87 Cheryl Frizzell 44 Joan Clark -76 Jon Rice 119
2010-02-11 Neil Trentham -66 Ben Handley-Pritchard -282 Willie Whitaker 328 Chris Dixon 20
2010-02-11 Neil Trentham 28 Cheryl Frizzell -130 Willie Whitaker 101 Sally Woolsey 1
2010-02-13 Neil Trentham 9 Willie Whitaker -74 Cheryl Frizzell -137 Leonardo Cima 202
2010-02-13 JoAnna Stansby 156 Leonardo Cima -404 Willie Whitaker 167 Doron Limor 81
2010-02-13 JoAnna Stansby 275 Willie Whitaker 71 Doron Limor 85 Leonardo Cima -431
2010-02-14 Andrew Garnett 87 Cheryl Frizzell -207 Chris Dixon 109 Leonardo Cima 11
2010-02-14 Andrew Garnett -196 Doron Limor 11 Joan Clark 198 JoAnna Stansby -13
2010-02-15 Joan Clark 2 Cheryl Frizzell 143 Chris Dixon -199 Anne Jackson 54
2010-02-15 Andrew Garnett -170 Leonardo Cima -40 Chris Dixon 130 Willie Whitaker 80
2010-02-15 Andrew Garnett -419 Neil Trentham -340 Willie Whitaker 266 Ben Handley-Pritchard 493
2010-02-15 Andrew Garnett 406 Jon Rice -211 Willie Whitaker -105 Laura de Laurentiis -90
2010-02-15 Andrew Garnett 100 Jon Rice 216 Laura de Laurentiis -140 Willie Whitaker -176
2010-02-16 Anne Jackson 107 Neil Trentham -126 Willie Whitaker -79 Ben Handley-Pritchard 98
2010-02-16 Neil Trentham 124 Cheryl Frizzell -289 Willie Whitaker 269 Joan Clark -104
2010-02-16 JoAnna Stansby -62 Kit Woolsey 259 Neil Trentham -157 Michael Wilkinson -40
2010-02-17 Andrew Garnett 200 Willie Whitaker -102 Joan Clark -61 Lew Stansby -37
2010-02-17 JoAnna Stansby 295 Michael Wilkinson -133 Andrew Garnett 30 Sally Woolsey -192
2010-02-17 JoAnna Stansby 28 Michael Wilkinson 30 Joan Clark -79 Lew Stansby 21
2010-02-17 Anne Jackson 9 Neil Trentham -250 Cheryl Frizzell 137 Ben Handley-Pritchard 104
2010-02-17 Neil Trentham -41 Doron Limor 175 Ben Handley-Pritchard 169 Cheryl Frizzell -303
2010-02-17 JoAnna Stansby -26 Kit Woolsey -238 Andrew Garnett 80 Sally Woolsey 184
2010-02-17 JoAnna Stansby -54 Lew Stansby -142 Andrew Garnett 91 Sally Woolsey 105
2010-02-18 Neil Trentham 179 Anne Jackson 119 Willie Whitaker 89 Cheryl Frizzell -387
2010-02-18 Anne Jackson 6 Cheryl Frizzell 96 Chris Dixon -103 Kit Woolsey 1
2010-02-19 Andrew Garnett -256 Lew Stansby 229 Doron Limor 129 Joan Clark -102
2010-02-19 Neil Trentham 63 Chris Dixon -126 Willie Whitaker 181 Cheryl Frizzell -118
2010-02-19 Laura de Laurentiis 12 Cheryl Frizzell -128 Willie Whitaker 82 Chris Dixon 34
2010-02-19 Anne Jackson 126 Cheryl Frizzell -136 Willie Whitaker -79 Doron Limor 89
2010-02-20 JoAnna Stansby 171 Doron Limor 187 Anne Jackson -69 Lew Stansby -289
2010-02-20 JoAnna Stansby -38 Willie Whitaker 32 Ben Handley-Pritchard -22 Doron Limor 28
2010-02-20 JoAnna Stansby 198 Joan Clark -145 Lew Stansby -70 Andrew Garnett 17
2010-02-20 Anne Jackson 102 Mac Argo -222 Leonardo Cima 53 Sally Woolsey 67
2010-02-20 JoAnna Stansby 73 Chris Dixon 30 Anne Jackson -87 Cheryl Frizzell -16
2010-02-20 JoAnna Stansby 184 Kit Woolsey 193 Chris Dixon -193 Sally Woolsey -184
2010-02-20 JoAnna Stansby 151 Kit Woolsey 25 Leonardo Cima -58 Sally Woolsey -118
2010-02-20 Joan Clark -43 Willie Whitaker 243 Doron Limor -177 JoAnna Stansby -23
2010-02-21 Anne Jackson -157 Kit Woolsey -136 Ben Handley-Pritchard 60 Doron Limor 233
2010-02-21 JoAnna Stansby -35 Kit Woolsey -95 Joan Clark 99 Sally Woolsey 31
2010-02-21 Joan Clark 176 Willie Whitaker 79 Cheryl Frizzell -261 Doris Denny 6
2010-02-21 Anne Jackson 108 Cheryl Frizzell -153 Leonardo Cima -39 Doron Limor 84
2010-02-22 Joan Clark 24 Anne Jackson 10 Doron Limor -104 Doris Denny 70
2010-02-22 JoAnna Stansby -81 Cheryl Frizzell -23 Lew Stansby 104 Leonardo Cima 0
2010-02-22 JoAnna Stansby 26 Kit Woolsey 34 Michael Wilkinson 204 Sally Woolsey -264
2010-02-22 Neil Trentham -174 Willie Whitaker 125 Cheryl Frizzell 148 Doris Denny -99
2010-02-22 Anne Jackson -117 Doron Limor -49 Ben Handley-Pritchard 74 Willie Whitaker 92
2010-02-22 Laura de Laurentiis -93 Kit Woolsey 110 Ben Handley-Pritchard -87 Leonardo Cima 70
2010-02-22 JoAnna Stansby -173 Neil Trentham 75 Andrew Garnett -16 Sally Woolsey 114
2010-02-23 JoAnna Stansby 183 Kit Woolsey -235 Joan Clark 84 Sally Woolsey -32
2010-02-23 Joan Clark -202 Neil Trentham 167 Cheryl Frizzell -120 Mac Argo 155
2010-02-23 Neil Trentham 10 Ben Handley-Pritchard -98 Cheryl Frizzell 7 Doron Limor 81
2010-02-23 JoAnna Stansby 11 Doron Limor 131 Leonardo Cima -109 Willie Whitaker -33
2010-02-23 Joan Clark -158 Doron Limor 133 Leonardo Cima -224 Anne Jackson 249
2010-02-23 Joan Clark 76 Kit Woolsey -35 Willie Whitaker 32 Sally Woolsey -73
2010-02-24 Andrew Garnett 174 Lew Stansby -22 Joan Clark -79 Doron Limor -73
2010-02-24 Anne Jackson 264 Neil Trentham -291 Cheryl Frizzell -21 Joan Clark 48
2010-02-24 Neil Trentham 100 Cheryl Frizzell -87 Chris Dixon 210 Lew Stansby -223
2010-02-25 Joan Clark 219 Mac Argo -571 Sally Woolsey 224 Doris Denny 128
2010-02-25 Joan Clark 16 Cheryl Frizzell 92 Chris Dixon -272 Neil Trentham 164
2010-02-25 JoAnna Stansby -133 Chris Dixon 101 Neil Trentham 100 Cheryl Frizzell -68
2010-02-25 JoAnna Stansby -188 Kit Woolsey 202 Doron Limor 12 Sally Woolsey -26
2010-02-26 Joan Clark -65 Kit Woolsey 147 Lew Stansby 208 Sally Woolsey -290
2010-02-26 Anne Jackson 164 Neil Trentham -364 Doron Limor 135 Mac Argo 65
2010-02-26 Doron Limor -24 Willie Whitaker -35 Ben Handley-Pritchard -275 Laura de Laurentiis 334
2010-02-26 Doron Limor 83 Ben Handley-Pritchard -159 Kit Woolsey 88 Laura de Laurentiis -12
2010-02-27 JoAnna Stansby 108 Lew Stansby 38 Joan Clark 60 Sally Woolsey -206
2010-02-27 Neil Trentham -14 Mac Argo -144 Cheryl Frizzell 36 Joan Clark 122
2010-02-27 Andrew Garnett 131 Kit Woolsey 39 Anne Jackson -93 Sally Woolsey -77
2010-02-28 Joan Clark 57 Neil Trentham 151 Cheryl Frizzell 92 Mac Argo -300
2010-02-28 Anne Jackson 118 Willie Whitaker -202 Leonardo Cima 79 Sally Woolsey 5