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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.

Chris Dixon, for sorting out the problem with serving that had been causing anguish for five years.

Steve Altus, David Beer, Lew Stansby, Neil Trentham and Giles Woodruff, for providing advice and comments on the ranking system.

This month

Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Game data

This year

Ladder

Zester and Apple Core Ladder

Halls of Shame & Fame

Previous ladders

January 2004—December 2010

Previous game data

January 2003—December 2010

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, 2003-10

2010 ladder: Steve Altus

2010 “Zester”: Andrew Garnett

2010 “Apple core”: Steve Altus

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

Barbu Ladder Scores

Last updated: Tue 04 Jan 2011 15:15 (UK time)

Date	South			West			North			East
2010-12-01	Chris Dixon	234		Ben Handley-Pritchard	-210		Rita Smith	24		Neil Trentham	-48
2010-12-01	Neil Trentham	-90		Anne Jackson	158		Rita Smith	-119		Sally Woolsey	51
2010-12-02	Neil Trentham	86		Anne Jackson	58		Rita Smith	-97		Sally Woolsey	-47
2010-12-02	Jay Korobow	209		Dean Pokorny	227		Alan Epley	-451		Anne Jackson	15
2010-12-03	Neil Trentham	150		Alan Epley	-199		Ben Handley-Pritchard	56		Sally Woolsey	-7
2010-12-03	Neil Trentham	-90		Jay Korobow	-52		Anne Jackson	92		Alan Epley	50
2010-12-03	Chris Dixon	47		Jay Korobow	26		Laura Tidone	-134		Alan Epley	61
2010-12-04	Neil Trentham	-141		Anne Jackson	-72		Chris Dixon	125		Sally Woolsey	88
2010-12-05	Laura Tidone	-28		Rita Smith	21		Carlo Fogaroli	-36		Fabio Lo Presti	43
2010-12-05	Neil Trentham	218		Diana Tenery-Ascher	-682		Anne Jackson	297		Sally Woolsey	167
2010-12-05	Diana Tenery-Ascher	-224		Sally Woolsey	-39		Ben Handley-Pritchard	0		Alan Epley	263
2010-12-06	Neil Trentham	50		Rita Smith	-52		Anne Jackson	-110		Sally Woolsey	112
2010-12-07	Anne Jackson	72		Kit Woolsey	223		Andrew Garnett	41		Sally Woolsey	-336
2010-12-07	Neil Trentham	10		Ben Handley-Pritchard	5		Rita Smith	106		Sally Woolsey	-121
2010-12-07	Laura Tidone	-7		Kit Woolsey	-92		Carlo Fogaroli	138		Fabio Lo Presti	-39
2010-12-07	Jay Korobow	235		Laura Tidone	-37		Alan Epley	-282		JoAnna Stansby	84
2010-12-08	Chris Dixon	-29		Neil Trentham	109		Rita Smith	26		Doris Denny	-106
2010-12-08	Anne Jackson	199		Leonardo Cima	-475		Ben Handley-Pritchard	86		JoAnna Stansby	190
2010-12-08	Ben Handley-Pritchard	-16		Kit Woolsey	-39		Rita Smith	-11		JoAnna Stansby	66
2010-12-08	Laura Tidone	242		Ben Handley-Pritchard	104		Carlo Fogaroli	26		Leonardo Cima	-372
2010-12-08	Neil Trentham	208		Steve Altus	65		Alan Epley	-130		Sally Woolsey	-143
2010-12-09	Jay Korobow	40		Kit Woolsey	-476		Sally Woolsey	109		Alan Epley	327
2010-12-09	Chris Dixon	94		Ben Handley-Pritchard	-77		Rita Smith	-11		Anne Jackson	-6
2010-12-09	Jay Korobow	162		Alan Epley	-128		Doron Limor	-28		JoAnna Stansby	-6
2010-12-10	Laura Tidone	46		Lew Stansby	-46		Alan Epley	66		JoAnna Stansby	-66
2010-12-10	Chris Dixon	-206		Anne Jackson	-99		Rita Smith	24		Ben Handley-Pritchard	281
2010-12-10	Laura Tidone	79		Neil Trentham	121		JoAnna Stansby	-419		Lew Stansby	219
2010-12-10	Laura Tidone	115		Sally Woolsey	296		Doron Limor	-55		Lew Stansby	-356
2010-12-10	Neil Trentham	51		Alan Epley	-46		Anne Jackson	-63		JoAnna Stansby	58
2010-12-11	Neil Trentham	149		Anne Jackson	41		Rita Smith	-129		Doris Denny	-61
2010-12-11	Diana Tenery-Ascher	-141		Alan Epley	-252		Steve Altus	293		T.C. Altus	100
2010-12-12	Chris Dixon	88		Steve Altus	19		Doron Limor	-160		Alan Epley	53
2010-12-12	Chris Dixon	-62		Ben Handley-Pritchard	-184		Leonardo Cima	20		Sally Woolsey	226
2010-12-13	Anne Jackson	-17		Neil Trentham	-28		Rita Smith	150		Chris Dixon	-105
2010-12-13	JoAnna Stansby	276		Alan Epley	49		Lew Stansby	-288		Steve Altus	-37
2010-12-14	JoAnna Stansby	197		Alan Epley	-227		Anne Jackson	-135		Doron Limor	165
2010-12-14	Chris Dixon	282		Rita Smith	-315		Ben Handley-Pritchard	-46		Neil Trentham	79
2010-12-14	JoAnna Stansby	-97		Anne Jackson	110		Alan Epley	58		Laura Tidone	-71
2010-12-14	JoAnna Stansby	160		Lew Stansby	4		Laura Tidone	-258		Alan Epley	94
2010-12-15	Chris Dixon	-86		Anne Jackson	267		Rita Smith	142		Doris Denny	-323
2010-12-15	JoAnna Stansby	-50		Tom Townsend	-110		Willie Whitaker	121		Alex Hydes	39
2010-12-15	JoAnna Stansby	-7		Steve Altus	101		Lew Stansby	-99		Rita Smith	5
2010-12-15	Laura Tidone	70		Tom Townsend	38		Carlo Fogaroli	-334		Fabio Lo Presti	226
2010-12-15	JoAnna Stansby	-59		Alan Epley	142		Steve Altus	196		Doron Limor	-279
2010-12-16	Neil Trentham	-9		Carlo Fogaroli	164		Rita Smith	-45		Laura Tidone	-110
2010-12-16	Chris Dixon	163		Tom Townsend	-229		Alan Epley	-17		Ben Handley-Pritchard	83
2010-12-16	JoAnna Stansby	-33		Willie Whitaker	126		Lew Stansby	289		Kevin Epley	-382
2010-12-16	Chris Dixon	63		Ben Handley-Pritchard	68		Tom Townsend	-264		Alan Epley	133
2010-12-17	Neil Trentham	74		Tom Townsend	-235		Rita Smith	1		Laura Tidone	160
2010-12-17	Neil Trentham	110		Steve Altus	-115		Rita Smith	136		T.C. Altus	-131
2010-12-18	Laura Tidone	132		Ben Handley-Pritchard	67		Carlo Fogaroli	-268		Rita Smith	69
2010-12-18	Laura Tidone	240		Neil Trentham	-103		Rita Smith	81		Carlo Fogaroli	-218
2010-12-18	Steve Altus	65		Doron Limor	-12		T.C. Altus	47		Joan Clark	-100
2010-12-19	Steve Altus	61		Michael Wilkinson	170		T.C. Altus	-98		Doron Limor	-133
2010-12-19	Laura Tidone	26		Rita Smith	23		Carlo Fogaroli	-76		Joan Clark	27
2010-12-19	Neil Trentham	-40		Rita Smith	78		Anne Jackson	120		Diana Tenery-Ascher	-158
2010-12-19	Chris Dixon	45		Doron Limor	209		Leonardo Cima	-80		Steve Altus	-174
2010-12-19	Tom Townsend	-270		Ben Handley-Pritchard	325		Rita Smith	22		Doris Denny	-77
2010-12-20	Steve Altus	-58		Doron Limor	-287		T.C. Altus	105		Tom Townsend	240
2010-12-20	Chris Dixon	151		Doron Limor	11		Anne Jackson	-78		Joan Clark	-84
2010-12-20	Chris Dixon	-136		Ben Handley-Pritchard	141		Rita Smith	-209		Joan Clark	204
2010-12-20	Chris Dixon	-12		Rita Smith	-89		Ben Handley-Pritchard	0		Neil Trentham	101
2010-12-20	Laura Tidone	263		Tom Townsend	-253		Carlo Fogaroli	43		Joan Clark	-53
2010-12-20	JoAnna Stansby	107		Alan Epley	8		Ben Handley-Pritchard	158		Willie Whitaker	-273
2010-12-20	JoAnna Stansby	-159		Willie Whitaker	6		Lew Stansby	-30		Ben Handley-Pritchard	183
2010-12-20	Alan Epley	-87		Ben Handley-Pritchard	62		Tom Townsend	-161		Willie Whitaker	186
2010-12-20	Doron Limor	-96		Kit Woolsey	70		Andy Bowles	-42		Sally Woolsey	68
2010-12-21	Steve Altus	60		Ben Handley-Pritchard	294		T.C. Altus	-138		JoAnna Stansby	-216
2010-12-21	Chris Dixon	261		Willie Whitaker	49		Rita Smith	-278		Neil Trentham	-32
2010-12-21	Alan Epley	39		Ben Handley-Pritchard	71		Willie Whitaker	-15		Shireen Mohandes	-95
2010-12-22	Doron Limor	15		Alan Epley	-173		Tom Townsend	-142		Willie Whitaker	300
2010-12-22	Chris Dixon	67		Neil Trentham	26		Rita Smith	-121		Joan Clark	28
2010-12-22	JoAnna Stansby	21		Rita Smith	174		Willie Whitaker	170		Diana Tenery-Ascher	-365
2010-12-22	Laura Tidone	-25		Ben Handley-Pritchard	250		Steve Altus	-32		Carlo Fogaroli	-193
2010-12-23	Steve Altus	-156		Kit Woolsey	313		Jennifer Lin	-160		Sally Woolsey	3
2010-12-23	Chris Dixon	-47		Tom Townsend	4		Rita Smith	-52		Mike Rice	95
2010-12-23	Steve Altus	-146		Alan Epley	76		T.C. Altus	50		Anne Jackson	20
2010-12-23	Laura Tidone	-53		Diana Tenery-Ascher	217		Willie Whitaker	-187		Sally Woolsey	23
2010-12-23	Steve Altus	-154		Tom Townsend	70		Laura Tidone	10		Willie Whitaker	74
2010-12-23	Steve Altus	313		Anne Jackson	-204		Alan Epley	-70		Ed Levy	-39
2010-12-23	Steve Altus	50		Lew Stansby	-24		Alan Epley	32		Willie Whitaker	-58
2010-12-23	Laura Tidone	44		Tom Townsend	16		Doron Limor	-20		Kevin Epley	-40
2010-12-24	Ben Handley-Pritchard	107		Tom Townsend	139		Alan Epley	-81		Michael Wilkinson	-165
2010-12-24	Ben Handley-Pritchard	155		Tom Townsend	-12		Kit Woolsey	168		Sally Woolsey	-311
2010-12-24	Steve Altus	-7		Joan Clark	-149		T.C. Altus	12		Doron Limor	144
2010-12-24	Joan Clark	118		Rita Smith	114		Willie Whitaker	-65		Diana Tenery-Ascher	-167
2010-12-24	JoAnna Stansby	15		Rita Smith	-107		Willie Whitaker	146		Chris Dixon	-54
2010-12-24	JoAnna Stansby	222		Willie Whitaker	81		Lew Stansby	-109		Massoun M ejjeh	-194
2010-12-24	Steve Altus	247		Jennifer Lin	-137		T.C. Altus	-224		Alan Epley	114
2010-12-24	Laura Tidone	276		Lew Stansby	-275		Carlo Fogaroli	-62		Doron Limor	61
2010-12-24	Chris Dixon	-48		Kit Woolsey	71		Willie Whitaker	188		Diana Tenery-Ascher	-211
2010-12-25	Steve Altus	-10		Nicholas Cheung	-1		T.C. Altus	-10		Jennifer Lin	21
2010-12-25	Joan Clark	205		Carlo Fogaroli	-130		Rita Smith	-39		Laura Tidone	-36
2010-12-25	Laura Tidone	-212		Diana Tenery-Ascher	-237		Willie Whitaker	60		Joan Clark	389
2010-12-25	Doron Limor	-83		Kit Woolsey	-241		Alan Epley	120		Sally Woolsey	204
2010-12-25	Laura Tidone	85		Ben Handley-Pritchard	198		Tom Townsend	-183		Joan Clark	-100
2010-12-26	Laura Tidone	41		Tom Townsend	75		Ben Handley-Pritchard	96		Jay Korobow	-212
2010-12-26	Steve Altus	241		Michael Wilkinson	213		T.C. Altus	21		Ellena Moskovsky	-475
2010-12-26	Joan Clark	-92		Doron Limor	119		Rita Smith	210		Doris Denny	-237
2010-12-26	Laura Tidone	-67		Rita Smith	12		Fabio Lo Presti	153		Carlo Fogaroli	-98
2010-12-26	Laura Tidone	0		Carlo Fogaroli	-58		Fabio Lo Presti	112		Lew Stansby	-54
2010-12-26	Steve Altus	301		Doron Limor	-227		T.C. Altus	-114		Leonardo Cima	40
2010-12-26	Laura Tidone	-86		Lew Stansby	89		Alan Epley	14		Joan Clark	-17
2010-12-27	Steve Altus	-17		Sally Woolsey	192		T.C. Altus	-241		JoAnna Stansby	66
2010-12-27	Chris Dixon	206		Willie Whitaker	-5		Rita Smith	-123		Michael Wilkinson	-78
2010-12-27	Joan Clark	-281		Armando Pontecorvo	113		Doron Limor	352		Richard Probst	-184
2010-12-27	Joan Clark	43		Anne Jackson	-51		Rita Smith	-49		Doron Limor	57
2010-12-27	Laura Tidone	-114		Willie Whitaker	146		Rita Smith	-21		Ben Handley-Pritchard	-11
2010-12-27	Lew Stansby	66		Steve Altus	-57		Doron Limor	6		T.C. Altus	-15
2010-12-27	Jay Korobow	-228		Anne Jackson	-9		Alan Epley	137		Rita Smith	100
2010-12-27	Laura Tidone	26		Steve Altus	83		Doron Limor	-239		Sally Woolsey	130
2010-12-27	Jay Korobow	78		JoAnna Stansby	-130		Alan Epley	42		Laura Tidone	10
2010-12-28	Joan Clark	40		Alan Epley	16		Anne Jackson	-154		Mike Rice	98
2010-12-28	JoAnna Stansby	-109		Lew Stansby	40		Jennifer Lin	-89		T.C. Altus	158
2010-12-28	Steve Altus	77		Kit Woolsey	88		T.C. Altus	86		Sally Woolsey	-251
2010-12-28	Chris Dixon	-30		Joan Clark	-54		Rita Smith	-209		Willie Whitaker	293
2010-12-28	Joan Clark	-22		Willie Whitaker	350		Rita Smith	-213		Doris Denny	-115
2010-12-28	Chris Dixon	-3		Willie Whitaker	-62		Rita Smith	-174		Anne Jackson	239
2010-12-28	JoAnna Stansby	74		Steve Altus	-94		Laura Tidone	151		T.C. Altus	-131
2010-12-28	JoAnna Stansby	158		Laura Tidone	-205		Alan Epley	-137		Sally Woolsey	184
2010-12-29	JoAnna Stansby	281		Kit Woolsey	76		Jay Korobow	-297		Sally Woolsey	-60
2010-12-29	T.C. Altus	-141		Kit Woolsey	36		Steve Altus	129		Sally Woolsey	-24
2010-12-29	Chris Dixon	-115		Joan Clark	-90		Rita Smith	149		Diana Tenery-Ascher	56
2010-12-29	Chris Dixon	312		Rita Smith	-15		Doris Denny	-207		Leonardo Cima	-90
2010-12-29	Laura Tidone	93		Anne Jackson	15		Willie Whitaker	-249		Joan Clark	141
2010-12-29	Jay Korobow	-96		Laura Tidone	-46		Justin Lall	-169		Alan Epley	311
2010-12-30	Steve Altus	288		Alan Epley	-102		Lew Stansby	-32		T.C. Altus	-154
2010-12-30	Joan Clark	25		Armando Pontecorvo	85		Rita Smith	-10		Chris Dixon	-100
2010-12-30	Laura Tidone	65		Willie Whitaker	51		Carlo Fogaroli	84		Lew Stansby	-200
2010-12-31	Michael Wilkinson	90		Jay Korobow	-164		T.C. Altus	-68		JoAnna Stansby	142
2010-12-31	Joan Clark	63		Willie Whitaker	-39		Rita Smith	-32		Anne Jackson	8
2010-12-31	Chris Dixon	-71		Anne Jackson	6		Rita Smith	-56		Willie Whitaker	121
2010-12-31	Laura Tidone	61		Rita Smith	-9		Willie Whitaker	-260		Chris Dixon	208
2010-12-31	Kit Woolsey	-140		Drew Hoskins	-73		Rita Smith	63		Sally Woolsey	150
2011-01-01	Steve Altus	20		Alan Epley	114		T.C. Altus	193		Diana Tenery-Ascher	-327