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

March: JoAnna Stansby

April: Chris Dixon

May: Neil Trentham

June: Ben Handley-Pritchard

July: Ben Handley-Pritchard

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: Tue 03 Aug 2010 22:25 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2010-07-01 Anne Jackson -5 Neil Trentham -355 Leonardo Cima 53 Ed Levy 307
2010-07-02 Neil Trentham -69 Anne Jackson -32 Joan Clark 20 Cheryl Frizzell 81
2010-07-03 Neil Trentham 133 Cheryl Frizzell -401 Joan Clark 79 Chris Dixon 189
2010-07-04 Neil Trentham -195 JoAnna Stansby -159 Lew Stansby 162 Joan Clark 192
2010-07-08 Neil Trentham -276 Kit Woolsey -203 Chris Dixon 234 Sally Woolsey 245
2010-07-09 Neil Trentham -52 Jon Rice 288 Joan Clark -35 Cheryl Frizzell -201
2010-07-09 Neil Trentham 120 JoAnna Stansby -129 Cheryl Frizzell 95 Leonardo Cima -86
2010-07-09 Neil Trentham -113 Kit Woolsey -82 Chris Dixon 177 Cheryl Frizzell 18
2010-07-10 Joan Clark -9 Leonardo Cima -151 Cheryl Frizzell -71 Neil Trentham 231
2010-07-11 Neil Trentham 85 Cheryl Frizzell 39 Anne Jackson -168 Leonardo Cima 44
2010-07-11 Joan Clark -46 Cheryl Frizzell 128 Chris Dixon 169 Lew Stansby -251
2010-07-12 Joan Clark 8 Mac Argo -214 Cheryl Frizzell 121 Doris Denny 85
2010-07-12 Neil Trentham 71 Anne Jackson -12 Cheryl Frizzell -153 Jon Rice 94
2010-07-13 Neil Trentham 3 Cheryl Frizzell 31 Joan Clark 143 Michael Wilkinson -177
2010-07-13 Anne Jackson 83 Joan Clark 93 Cheryl Frizzell -90 Chris Dixon -86
2010-07-14 Neil Trentham -39 Cheryl Frizzell -13 Joan Clark 112 Doris Denny -60
2010-07-14 Neil Trentham 160 Cheryl Frizzell 52 Anne Jackson -157 Ed Levy -55
2010-07-14 Neil Trentham -30 Cheryl Frizzell -11 Chris Dixon 155 Anne Jackson -114
2010-07-15 Joan Clark -7 Cheryl Frizzell 118 Anne Jackson -165 Sally Woolsey 54
2010-07-15 Neil Trentham -15 Ben Handley-Pritchard -177 Cheryl Frizzell 176 Joan Clark 16
2010-07-16 Neil Trentham -13 JoAnna Stansby 34 Cheryl Frizzell -223 Lew Stansby 202
2010-07-17 Neil Trentham -122 Cheryl Frizzell 25 Chris Dixon 5 Joan Clark 92
2010-07-18 Neil Trentham 190 Cheryl Frizzell -356 Chris Dixon 115 Joan Clark 51
2010-07-18 Neil Trentham 104 Cheryl Frizzell -2 Chris Dixon -27 Anne Jackson -75
2010-07-19 Joan Clark 20 Kit Woolsey 74 Andrew Garnett -121 Sally Woolsey 27
2010-07-19 Neil Trentham 65 Cheryl Frizzell -80 Joan Clark 32 Chris Dixon -17
2010-07-20 Neil Trentham 137 Anne Jackson -27 Cheryl Frizzell -69 Ed Levy -41
2010-07-21 Neil Trentham -173 Anne Jackson 129 Cheryl Frizzell 23 Joan Clark 21
2010-07-22 Neil Trentham 141 Cheryl Frizzell -33 Joan Clark -203 Anne Jackson 95
2010-07-22 Neil Trentham 115 Chris Dixon 29 Cheryl Frizzell -126 Ed Levy -18
2010-07-23 Anne Jackson 36 Ben Handley-Pritchard -26 Cheryl Frizzell -38 Joan Clark 28
2010-07-23 Neil Trentham 51 Ed Levy 36 Chris Dixon 31 JoAnna Stansby -118
2010-07-24 Joan Clark 60 Chris Dixon 6 Ed Levy -174 Neil Trentham 108
2010-07-24 Neil Trentham 16 Adam Grossack -318 Chris Dixon 148 Sally Woolsey 154
2010-07-25 Neil Trentham 204 Leonardo Cima -415 Chris Dixon 117 Joan Clark 94
2010-07-25 Neil Trentham 157 Anne Jackson -229 Chris Dixon -138 Joan Clark 210
2010-07-26 Joan Clark 44 Cheryl Frizzell 16 Chris Dixon 196 Doris Denny -256
2010-07-26 Anne Jackson -24 Neil Trentham 61 Cheryl Frizzell 125 Chris Dixon -162
2010-07-26 Neil Trentham 40 Cheryl Frizzell 196 Chris Dixon -1 Ed Levy -235
2010-07-27 Joan Clark -158 Neil Trentham 69 Ben Handley-Pritchard 142 Anne Jackson -53
2010-07-27 Neil Trentham 36 Ed Levy -116 Ben Handley-Pritchard 301 Cheryl Frizzell -221
2010-07-28 Joan Clark 41 Cheryl Frizzell -53 Chris Dixon -60 Neil Trentham 72
2010-07-28 Anne Jackson 149 Neil Trentham -86 Cheryl Frizzell -162 Ben Handley-Pritchard 99
2010-07-28 Neil Trentham -192 Ed Levy 23 Cheryl Frizzell 8 Joan Clark 161
2010-07-29 Chris Dixon 23 Ben Handley-Pritchard 115 Cheryl Frizzell -216 Neil Trentham 78
2010-07-29 Neil Trentham 80 Cheryl Frizzell -28 Ed Levy -59 Ben Handley-Pritchard 7
2010-07-30 Chris Dixon 25 Cheryl Frizzell -89 Ben Handley-Pritchard 202 Anne Jackson -138
2010-07-31 Chris Dixon -340 Ben Handley-Pritchard 388 Cheryl Frizzell 42 Neil Trentham -90