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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

August: Ben Handley-Pritchard

September: Willie Whitaker

October: Sally Woolsey

November: 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: Thu 02 Dec 2010 18:51 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2010-11-01 Neil Trentham 56 Anne Jackson 143 Rita Smith -98 Christophe Grosset -101
2010-11-01 Chris Dixon 67 Rita Smith -154 Willie Whitaker 66 Laura Tidone 21
2010-11-01 Laura Tidone 5 Neil Trentham 72 Carlo Fogaroli -191 Fabio Lo Presti 114
2010-11-02 Dean Pokorny 157 Tom Townsend -333 Alan Epley 19 Ben Handley-Pritchard 157
2010-11-02 Neil Trentham 31 Joan Clark 47 Rita Smith -104 Chris Dixon 26
2010-11-02 Laura Tidone 44 Tom Townsend 15 Ben Handley-Pritchard -37 Ed Levy -22
2010-11-02 Laura Tidone 147 Neil Trentham -337 Carlo Fogaroli 94 Fabio Lo Presti 96
2010-11-02 Jay Korobow -11 Alan Epley 16 Ben Handley-Pritchard 46 Tom Townsend -51
2010-11-02 Chris Dixon 149 Christophe Grosset -206 Tom Townsend -158 Ben Handley-Pritchard 215
2010-11-03 Jay Korobow 134 JoAnna Stansby 103 Christophe Grosset -157 Laura Tidone -80
2010-11-03 Chris Dixon 29 Ben Handley-Pritchard 41 Willie Whitaker -31 Anne Jackson -39
2010-11-03 Laura Tidone 32 Richard Probst 60 Alan Epley 186 Jay Korobow -278
2010-11-03 Laura Tidone -23 Kit Woolsey 53 Ed Levy -94 Neil Trentham 64
2010-11-03 Jay Korobow -166 Ben Handley-Pritchard 128 Anne Jackson -202 Alan Epley 240
2010-11-04 Chris Dixon -30 Kit Woolsey 343 Laura Tidone -127 Sally Woolsey -186
2010-11-04 Neil Trentham 228 Ben Handley-Pritchard 33 Ed Levy -378 Laura Tidone 117
2010-11-04 Neil Trentham -135 Joan Clark 6 Anne Jackson -153 Ben Handley-Pritchard 282
2010-11-04 Kevin Epley -396 Willie Whitaker 82 Lew Stansby -5 Sally Woolsey 319
2010-11-04 Neil Trentham 0 Jay Korobow 49 Richard Probst -65 Ben Handley-Pritchard 16
2010-11-05 Neil Trentham -177 Ben Handley-Pritchard -55 Anne Jackson 168 Fabio Lo Presti 64
2010-11-05 Neil Trentham 184 Kit Woolsey 220 Laura Tidone -300 Carlo Fogaroli -104
2010-11-05 Jay Korobow 226 Alan Epley -85 Kit Woolsey -97 Sally Woolsey -44
2010-11-06 Chris Dixon 212 Diana Tenery-Ascher -233 Laura Tidone -9 Jon Rice 30
2010-11-06 Chris Dixon -33 Diana Tenery-Ascher 82 Anne Jackson -49 Laura Tidone 0
2010-11-06 Neil Trentham 275 Michael Wilkinson -79 Christophe Grosset 154 Keiran Crowe-Mai -350
2010-11-06 Neil Trentham 134 Ben Handley-Pritchard -49 Rita Smith -149 Jay Korobow 64
2010-11-06 Laura Tidone -198 Diana Tenery-Ascher -141 Alan Epley 249 Christophe Grosset 90
2010-11-06 Anne Jackson 104 Steve Altus 133 Christophe Grosset 79 Diana Tenery-Ascher -316
2010-11-07 Chris Dixon -16 Christophe Grosset -56 Ben Handley-Pritchard -184 Alan Epley 256
2010-11-07 Doron Limor -139 Diana Tenery-Ascher 151 Jay Korobow -134 Laura Tidone 122
2010-11-07 Alan Epley 42 Kevin Epley -249 Christophe Grosset 84 Mike Rice 123
2010-11-07 Chris Dixon 27 Michael Wilkinson -190 Laura Tidone 155 Carlo Fogaroli 8
2010-11-07 Laura Tidone 10 Anne Jackson 204 Carlo Fogaroli -129 Joan Clark -85
2010-11-07 Neil Trentham 62 Diana Tenery-Ascher -211 Jon Rice 91 Larry Ascher 58
2010-11-07 Neil Trentham 121 Jay Korobow 111 Rita Smith -17 Dean Pokorny -215
2010-11-07 Diana Tenery-Ascher -46 Lew Stansby 73 Ben Handley-Pritchard -188 JoAnna Stansby 161
2010-11-07 Rita Smith 23 Diana Tenery-Ascher -306 Joan Clark 188 Steve Altus 95
2010-11-08 Diana Tenery-Ascher -142 Larry Ascher -28 Willie Whitaker 92 Michael Wilkinson 78
2010-11-08 Diana Tenery-Ascher 146 Kit Woolsey 187 Sally Woolsey -206 Jay Korobow -127
2010-11-08 Neil Trentham -325 Willie Whitaker 412 Rita Smith -180 Chris Dixon 93
2010-11-08 Laura Tidone -194 Lew Stansby 108 Willie Whitaker 143 JoAnna Stansby -57
2010-11-09 Christophe Grosset 86 Michael Wilkinson -318 Anne Jackson 56 Sally Woolsey 176
2010-11-09 Diana Tenery-Ascher -133 Tom Townsend 96 Alan Epley 184 Lew Stansby -147
2010-11-09 Neil Trentham 155 Willie Whitaker 97 Rita Smith 65 Andrew Garnett -317
2010-11-09 Neil Trentham 20 Willie Whitaker 169 Chris Dixon -375 Anne Jackson 186
2010-11-09 Laura Tidone -307 Fabio Lo Presti 102 Willie Whitaker 104 Carlo Fogaroli 101
2010-11-09 Shireen Mohandes 157 JoAnna Stansby -231 Alan Epley 288 Lew Stansby -214
2010-11-10 Jay Korobow -173 Ben Handley-Pritchard 291 Tom Townsend -211 Michael Wilkinson 93
2010-11-10 Neil Trentham -164 Lew Stansby 130 Dean Pokorny 77 JoAnna Stansby -43
2010-11-10 Neil Trentham -99 Alan Epley 117 Doron Limor 58 Laura Tidone -76
2010-11-11 Dean Pokorny 75 Alan Epley -100 Tom Townsend -90 Ben Handley-Pritchard 115
2010-11-11 Diana Tenery-Ascher 73 Michael Wilkinson -415 Alan Epley 248 Larry Ascher 94
2010-11-11 Christophe Grosset -306 Nicholas Cheung 57 Anne Jackson 190 Willie Whitaker 59
2010-11-11 Chris Dixon 58 Rita Smith 59 Anne Jackson -67 Neil Trentham -50
2010-11-11 Neil Trentham 230 Richard Probst -11 Rita Smith -76 Willie Whitaker -143
2010-11-11 Chris Dixon -94 Lew Stansby -87 Jay Korobow 92 Willie Whitaker 89
2010-11-11 Chris Dixon -236 Doron Limor 158 Ben Handley-Pritchard 42 Willie Whitaker 36
2010-11-12 Anne Jackson -346 Ben Handley-Pritchard 149 Alan Epley 37 Doron Limor 160
2010-11-12 Diana Tenery-Ascher -232 Doron Limor 59 Alan Epley 244 Larry Ascher -71
2010-11-12 Anne Jackson -179 Neil Trentham 99 Ben Handley-Pritchard 99 Fabio Lo Presti -19
2010-11-12 Neil Trentham 230 Chris Dixon 108 Rita Smith -121 Diana Tenery-Ascher -217
2010-11-12 Laura Tidone -201 Lew Stansby 138 Alan Epley -101 JoAnna Stansby 164
2010-11-12 Neil Trentham 23 Alan Epley -104 Doron Limor 219 Michael Wilkinson -138
2010-11-13 Anne Jackson -67 Ben Handley-Pritchard -24 Neil Trentham -36 Fabio Lo Presti 127
2010-11-13 Neil Trentham 15 James Krot -305 Chris Dixon 77 Laura Tidone 213
2010-11-13 Jay Korobow -13 Alan Epley -141 Lew Stansby 200 Pat Civale -46
2010-11-14 Chris Dixon -62 Neil Trentham 27 Rita Smith 258 Joan Clark -223
2010-11-14 Laura Tidone -104 Fabio Lo Presti 208 Carlo Fogaroli -336 Jay Korobow 232
2010-11-14 Laura Tidone 77 Rita Smith 216 Doris Denny -28 Sally Woolsey -265
2010-11-15 Chris Dixon 85 Joan Clark 147 Rita Smith 29 Francois Picard -261
2010-11-15 Anne Jackson -124 Rita Smith 4 Chris Dixon 93 Willie Whitaker 27
2010-11-15 Laura Tidone -69 JoAnna Stansby 3 Fabio Lo Presti 105 Lew Stansby -39
2010-11-15 Neil Trentham 246 Alan Epley -126 Doron Limor -71 Willie Whitaker -49
2010-11-16 Chris Dixon 135 Michael Wilkinson 95 Rita Smith -41 Willie Whitaker -189
2010-11-16 Neil Trentham 119 Anne Jackson 203 Rita Smith -21 Willie Whitaker -301
2010-11-16 Jay Korobow -145 Fabio Lo Presti 88 Ben Handley-Pritchard 75 Sally Woolsey -18
2010-11-16 Neil Trentham -284 Carlo Fogaroli 109 Laura Tidone 132 Willie Whitaker 43
2010-11-17 Chris Dixon 178 Christophe Grosset -266 Rita Smith -199 JoAnna Stansby 287
2010-11-17 Neil Trentham -87 Ben Handley-Pritchard 269 Rita Smith 84 Joan Clark -266
2010-11-17 Chris Dixon -148 Doron Limor -28 Ben Handley-Pritchard -25 Alan Epley 201
2010-11-17 Laura Tidone 114 Fabio Lo Presti -118 Carlo Fogaroli 78 Willie Whitaker -74
2010-11-17 Jay Korobow 177 Doron Limor -215 Ben Handley-Pritchard 93 Willie Whitaker -55
2010-11-18 Joan Clark -228 Anne Jackson 211 Ben Handley-Pritchard 28 Sally Woolsey -11
2010-11-18 Chris Dixon -165 Neil Trentham -186 Willie Whitaker -5 Ben Handley-Pritchard 356
2010-11-18 Neil Trentham 130 Justin Lall -183 Willie Whitaker 153 Ben Handley-Pritchard -100
2010-11-19 Chris Dixon -136 Willie Whitaker 46 Fabio Lo Presti 297 Rita Smith -207
2010-11-19 Neil Trentham 72 Alan Epley -232 Lew Stansby 110 Doron Limor 50
2010-11-20 Anne Jackson 43 Diana Tenery-Ascher 130 Ben Handley-Pritchard 109 Doron Limor -282
2010-11-21 Joan Clark 220 Anne Jackson -202 Rita Smith -35 Ben Handley-Pritchard 17
2010-11-21 Laura Tidone 148 Alan Epley -64 Fabio Lo Presti 108 Carlo Fogaroli -192
2010-11-22 Neil Trentham 303 Ben Handley-Pritchard -15 Rita Smith -250 Willie Whitaker -38
2010-11-22 Neil Trentham 50 Rita Smith -110 Anne Jackson -34 Lew Stansby 94
2010-11-22 Diana Tenery-Ascher -18 JoAnna Stansby 137 Willie Whitaker -26 Jay Korobow -93
2010-11-23 Joan Clark 142 Willie Whitaker 59 Rita Smith -72 Ed Levy -129
2010-11-23 Chris Dixon -97 Willie Whitaker 120 Rita Smith 87 Anne Jackson -110
2010-11-23 Neil Trentham -201 Ben Handley-Pritchard 208 Rita Smith -40 Sally Woolsey 33
2010-11-24 Neil Trentham 62 Rita Smith -38 Anne Jackson 16 Ben Handley-Pritchard -40
2010-11-24 Christophe Grosset -100 Mike Rice 23 Willie Whitaker 22 JoAnna Stansby 55
2010-11-24 Anne Jackson -78 Laura Tidone -194 Ben Handley-Pritchard 401 Christophe Grosset -129
2010-11-25 Jay Korobow -363 Steve Altus 269 Kit Woolsey 112 JoAnna Stansby -18
2010-11-25 Anne Jackson 180 Rita Smith -156 Willie Whitaker -55 Doris Denny 31
2010-11-25 Joan Clark -71 Neil Trentham 54 Rita Smith 51 Ben Handley-Pritchard -34
2010-11-25 Neil Trentham 140 Willie Whitaker -91 Steve Altus -157 Rita Smith 108
2010-11-26 Neil Trentham 193 Anne Jackson 22 Rita Smith 75 Christophe Grosset -290
2010-11-26 Neil Trentham 199 Jay Korobow 0 Carlo Fogaroli -263 Rita Smith 64
2010-11-27 Diana Tenery-Ascher -105 Steve Altus 240 Alan Epley 16 Joan Clark -151
2010-11-27 Neil Trentham 141 Diana Tenery-Ascher 12 Rita Smith -144 Doris Denny -9
2010-11-28 Chris Dixon 1 Fabio Lo Presti 174 Laura Tidone 144 Carlo Fogaroli -319
2010-11-28 Chris Dixon -283 Tom Townsend -108 Rita Smith 276 Doris Denny 115
2010-11-28 Neil Trentham 153 Rita Smith 36 Anne Jackson -26 Joan Clark -163
2010-11-28 Laura Tidone 152 Diana Tenery-Ascher -218 Fabio Lo Presti 11 Carlo Fogaroli 55
2010-11-29 Chris Dixon 213 Joan Clark 166 Rita Smith -170 Andrew Garnett -209
2010-11-29 Neil Trentham 152 Anne Jackson -83 Rita Smith -112 Doris Denny 43
2010-11-29 Laura Tidone 111 Sally Woolsey -155 Carlo Fogaroli 71 Fabio Lo Presti -27
2010-11-30 Joan Clark -130 Neil Trentham 243 Rita Smith -197 Anne Jackson 84
2010-11-30 Laura Tidone -125 Fabio Lo Presti 108 Anne Jackson -76 Sally Woolsey 93
2010-12-01 Neil Trentham 342 Leonardo Cima -507 Laura Tidone 177 Sally Woolsey -12