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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 - input data

Barbu Ladder Scores

Last updated: Tue 01 Feb 2011 09:30 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2011-01-01 Steve Altus 204 Kit Woolsey -130 T.C. Altus 40 Sally Woolsey -114
2011-01-01 Chris Dixon 123 Diana Tenery-Ascher -353 Rita Smith 172 Doris Denny 58
2011-01-01 Laura Tidone -232 Neil Trentham 180 Anne Jackson -63 Leonardo Cima 115
2011-01-01 Chris Dixon 163 Joan Clark -39 Willie Whitaker 6 Diana Tenery-Ascher -130
2011-01-01 Laura Tidone 5 T.C. Altus 21 Lew Stansby 165 Leonardo Cima -191
2011-01-01 Steve Altus -112 Alan Epley -13 T.C. Altus 216 Tom Townsend -91
2011-01-01 Laura Tidone -31 Lew Stansby 37 Dean Pokorny -125 Willie Whitaker 119
2011-01-01 Laura Tidone 51 Sally Woolsey 127 Willie Whitaker -167 Alan Epley -11
2011-01-02 JoAnna Stansby 83 Kit Woolsey 73 Jay Korobow 74 Sally Woolsey -230
2011-01-02 Chris Dixon 287 Tom Townsend -88 Rita Smith -154 Diana Tenery-Ascher -45
2011-01-02 Chris Dixon 109 Joan Clark 55 Rita Smith -61 Doris Denny -103
2011-01-02 Anne Jackson 71 Neil Trentham -168 Rita Smith -8 Ben Handley-Pritchard 105
2011-01-02 Joan Clark -36 Leonardo Cima -88 Justin Lall 200 Lew Stansby -76
2011-01-02 Laura Tidone -104 Alan Epley 57 Ben Handley-Pritchard -23 Justin Lall 70
2011-01-02 Laura Tidone -115 Lew Stansby 69 Sally Woolsey 85 Dean Pokorny -39
2011-01-02 JoAnna Stansby 50 Justin Lall -221 Alan Epley 275 Dean Pokorny -104
2011-01-03 JoAnna Stansby 107 Tom Townsend 72 Lew Stansby -153 Sally Woolsey -26
2011-01-03 JoAnna Stansby 359 Alan Epley -369 Jay Korobow 36 Lew Stansby -26
2011-01-03 Chris Dixon 123 Ben Handley-Pritchard 62 Rita Smith -40 Doris Denny -145
2011-01-03 Chris Dixon -41 Willie Whitaker -47 Rita Smith -62 Neil Trentham 150
2011-01-03 Laura Tidone 140 Ben Handley-Pritchard 47 Armando Pontecorvo -201 Sally Woolsey 14
2011-01-03 Laura Tidone 164 Rita Smith -94 Alan Epley -79 Carlo Fogaroli 9
2011-01-03 Laura Tidone -240 Alan Epley 203 Willie Whitaker 187 Rita Smith -150
2011-01-03 Laura Tidone 33 Tom Townsend -238 Justin Lall 42 Willie Whitaker 163
2011-01-03 Alan Epley 127 Tom Townsend -304 Justin Lall 74 Ben Handley-Pritchard 103
2011-01-04 Ben Handley-Pritchard -216 Tom Townsend 88 Justin Lall -150 Alan Epley 278
2011-01-04 Ben Handley-Pritchard 96 Tom Townsend 38 Alan Epley -8 Justin Lall -126
2011-01-04 Steve Altus 142 Kit Woolsey 123 T.C. Altus -208 Sally Woolsey -57
2011-01-04 Joan Clark -34 Chris Dixon 211 Rita Smith -138 Doris Denny -39
2011-01-04 Anne Jackson 216 Neil Trentham -14 Ben Handley-Pritchard -141 Rita Smith -61
2011-01-04 Laura Tidone -122 Carlo Fogaroli -146 Willie Whitaker 74 Ben Handley-Pritchard 194
2011-01-04 Laura Tidone -89 Carlo Fogaroli 81 Alan Epley 90 Justin Lall -82
2011-01-04 Willie Whitaker 280 Ben Handley-Pritchard 155 Justin Lall -87 Sally Woolsey -348
2011-01-04 Laura Tidone 192 Willie Whitaker -2 Alan Epley -151 Ben Handley-Pritchard -39
2011-01-05 Justin Lall -179 Tom Townsend -7 Ben Handley-Pritchard 77 Sally Woolsey 109
2011-01-05 Steve Altus -43 Jay Korobow 116 T.C. Altus 119 Alan Epley -192
2011-01-05 Chris Dixon 146 Rita Smith -85 Joan Clark 146 Doris Denny -207
2011-01-05 Laura Tidone -43 Neil Trentham -77 Rita Smith 16 Armando Pontecorvo 104
2011-01-06 Jay Korobow 2 Michael Wilkinson -255 Willie Whitaker 317 Alan Epley -64
2011-01-06 Steve Altus 109 Alan Epley 95 T.C. Altus -16 Jay Korobow -188
2011-01-06 Joan Clark -40 Anne Jackson 7 Rita Smith -38 Willie Whitaker 71
2011-01-06 Chris Dixon 111 Willie Whitaker 94 Rita Smith -70 Leonardo Cima -135
2011-01-07 Ben Handley-Pritchard -37 Tom Townsend 80 Alex Hydes -188 Jay Korobow 145
2011-01-07 Dean Pokorny -176 Willie Whitaker 85 Alan Epley 183 JoAnna Stansby -92
2011-01-07 Alan Epley -149 Tom Townsend 55 Ben Handley-Pritchard 100 Alex Hydes -6
2011-01-07 Steve Altus 35 Alan Epley -57 T.C. Altus 121 Sally Woolsey -99
2011-01-07 Joan Clark -21 Neil Trentham 15 Rita Smith -95 Anne Jackson 101
2011-01-07 Chris Dixon 249 Rita Smith -131 Doris Denny -49 Laura Tidone -69
2011-01-08 Tom Townsend -82 Ben Handley-Pritchard 151 Rita Smith 123 Sally Woolsey -192
2011-01-08 Steve Altus -118 Jay Korobow 22 T.C. Altus 37 Dave Brower 59
2011-01-08 Chris Dixon 86 Dean Pokorny -23 Rita Smith -67 Diana Tenery-Ascher 4
2011-01-08 Joan Clark 161 Ben Handley-Pritchard -256 Rita Smith 30 Leonardo Cima 65
2011-01-08 Anne Jackson -103 Leonardo Cima -164 Laura Tidone 157 Rita Smith 110
2011-01-08 Alan Epley 138 Jay Korobow 76 Rita Smith -125 JoAnna Stansby -89
2011-01-08 Laura Tidone 193 Tom Townsend 62 Alex Hydes -372 Diana Tenery-Ascher 117
2011-01-09 Laura Tidone 51 Tom Townsend -280 Carlo Fogaroli 306 Diana Tenery-Ascher -77
2011-01-09 Laura Tidone -24 Rita Smith -88 Carlo Fogaroli -142 Dean Pokorny 254
2011-01-09 Chris Dixon 217 Joan Clark -4 Rita Smith -37 Anne Jackson -176
2011-01-09 Joan Clark -30 Neil Trentham -152 Rita Smith 60 Anne Jackson 122
2011-01-09 Laura Tidone -86 Carlo Fogaroli 43 Alan Epley 173 Sally Woolsey -130
2011-01-10 Steve Altus -32 Jay Korobow -153 T.C. Altus 48 Sally Woolsey 137
2011-01-10 Neil Trentham 241 Willie Whitaker 68 Rita Smith -110 Joan Clark -199
2011-01-10 Neil Trentham 133 Anne Jackson -32 Rita Smith -7 Chris Dixon -94
2011-01-10 JoAnna Stansby 22 Willie Whitaker -14 Alan Epley -148 Rita Smith 140
2011-01-11 Steve Altus 33 Kit Woolsey 88 T.C. Altus -178 Sally Woolsey 57
2011-01-11 JoAnna Stansby -245 Rita Smith 76 Willie Whitaker -42 Neil Trentham 211
2011-01-11 Neil Trentham 245 Richard Probst 29 Rita Smith -168 Doris Denny -106
2011-01-11 Neil Trentham -90 Rita Smith -7 Chris Dixon 34 Lew Stansby 63
2011-01-11 Laura Tidone 157 Lew Stansby -66 Fabio Lo Presti -60 Alan Epley -31
2011-01-11 Laura Tidone 270 Leonardo Cima -416 Alan Epley 10 Kit Woolsey 136
2011-01-12 Neil Trentham 162 Chris Dixon 324 Rita Smith -421 Diana Tenery-Ascher -65
2011-01-12 Neil Trentham 85 Anne Jackson -135 Chris Dixon -132 Willie Whitaker 182
2011-01-12 Laura Tidone -83 Kit Woolsey 38 Anne Jackson -73 Carlo Fogaroli 118
2011-01-12 JoAnna Stansby -67 Leonardo Cima -20 Lew Stansby 50 Dan Korbel 37
2011-01-13 Steve Altus 22 Kit Woolsey 222 T.C. Altus 20 Sally Woolsey -264
2011-01-13 Neil Trentham 62 Willie Whitaker 35 Anne Jackson -97 Lew Stansby 0
2011-01-14 Steve Altus 211 Kit Woolsey -166 T.C. Altus -66 Sally Woolsey 21
2011-01-14 Steve Altus -165 Kit Woolsey 193 T.C. Altus -166 Sally Woolsey 138
2011-01-14 Neil Trentham -152 Anne Jackson 74 Willie Whitaker -86 Rita Smith 164
2011-01-14 Anne Jackson 47 Lew Stansby -20 Laura Tidone -122 Carlo Fogaroli 95
2011-01-14 Laura Tidone 335 Kit Woolsey -37 Carlo Fogaroli -303 Sally Woolsey 5
2011-01-15 Laura Tidone 256 Alan Epley -24 Dean Pokorny 50 Carlo Fogaroli -282
2011-01-15 Steve Altus 260 Kit Woolsey 8 Alan Epley -105 Sally Woolsey -163
2011-01-15 Chris Dixon -13 Jay Korobow 197 Laura Tidone -71 Neil Trentham -113
2011-01-15 Laura Tidone 151 Anne Jackson 87 Carlo Fogaroli -135 Leonardo Cima -103
2011-01-15 Neil Trentham 172 Willie Whitaker -227 Rita Smith -118 Laura Tidone 173
2011-01-16 Laura Tidone -192 Kit Woolsey 121 Steve Altus 93 Tom Townsend -22
2011-01-16 Jay Korobow -173 Michael Wilkinson -364 Alan Epley 330 Prahalad Rajkumar 207
2011-01-16 Laura Tidone 12 Jay Korobow 31 Rita Smith -81 Carlo Fogaroli 38
2011-01-16 Laura Tidone 4 Leonardo Cima -245 Carlo Fogaroli 96 Sally Woolsey 145
2011-01-16 Neil Trentham -87 Dean Pokorny -76 Alan Epley 53 Sally Woolsey 110
2011-01-16 Laura Tidone 51 Tom Townsend 186 Rita Smith 11 Prahalad Rajkumar -248
2011-01-16 Laura Tidone -121 Kit Woolsey -152 Diana Tenery-Ascher -76 Tom Townsend 349
2011-01-17 Neil Trentham 29 Larry Ascher 158 Rita Smith -164 Diana Tenery-Ascher -23
2011-01-17 Neil Trentham 199 Kit Woolsey -59 Anne Jackson 121 Sally Woolsey -261
2011-01-18 Jay Korobow 118 Anne Jackson -146 Alan Epley -145 Kit Woolsey 173
2011-01-18 Neil Trentham 79 JoAnna Stansby -100 Rita Smith -6 Laura Tidone 27
2011-01-18 Anne Jackson 151 Chris Dixon 107 Andrew Garnett -130 Rita Smith -128
2011-01-18 JoAnna Stansby -135 Lew Stansby -17 Laura Tidone -89 Fabio Lo Presti 241
2011-01-19 Neil Trentham 367 Diana Tenery-Ascher -333 Rita Smith -206 Sally Woolsey 172
2011-01-20 Steve Altus 107 Kit Woolsey 81 T.C. Altus -168 Sally Woolsey -20
2011-01-20 Laura Tidone -258 Tom Townsend 186 Carlo Fogaroli 103 Anne Jackson -31
2011-01-20 Dean Pokorny 295 Richard Probst 182 Ben Handley-Pritchard 53 Tom Townsend -530
2011-01-21 Steve Altus -99 Kit Woolsey -60 T.C. Altus -25 Sally Woolsey 184
2011-01-21 Neil Trentham 162 Ben Handley-Pritchard -28 Anne Jackson -80 Rita Smith -54
2011-01-21 Chris Dixon 117 Willie Whitaker 86 Rita Smith -168 Anne Jackson -35
2011-01-22 Laura Tidone 71 Carlo Fogaroli -197 Willie Whitaker 59 Ben Handley-Pritchard 67
2011-01-23 Chris Dixon 186 Rita Smith -48 Laura Tidone -197 Carlo Fogaroli 59
2011-01-23 Dean Pokorny 331 Ben Handley-Pritchard 158 Mike Rice -185 Diana Tenery-Ascher -304
2011-01-23 Dean Pokorny 147 Willie Whitaker -143 Ben Handley-Pritchard 31 Tom Townsend -35
2011-01-23 Dean Pokorny 132 Ben Handley-Pritchard -95 Tom Townsend 5 Willie Whitaker -42
2011-01-24 Chris Dixon 6 Ben Handley-Pritchard -1 Rita Smith 124 Willie Whitaker -129
2011-01-24 Neil Trentham 140 Ben Handley-Pritchard 26 Rita Smith -59 Anne Jackson -107
2011-01-25 Dean Pokorny -214 Ben Handley-Pritchard 121 Alex Hydes 143 Tom Townsend -50
2011-01-25 Neil Trentham 109 Alan Epley -91 Anne Jackson -145 Michael Wilkinson 127
2011-01-26 Dean Pokorny -91 Alan Epley -33 Ben Handley-Pritchard 179 Lew Stansby -55
2011-01-26 Chris Dixon 29 Tom Townsend 182 Rita Smith 32 Alex Hydes -243
2011-01-26 Neil Trentham -27 Tom Townsend -198 Ed Levy 271 Willie Whitaker -46
2011-01-26 Dean Pokorny -203 Willie Whitaker 197 Ben Handley-Pritchard -18 Laura Tidone 24
2011-01-26 Laura Tidone 167 Dean Pokorny -379 Andrew Garnett -120 Willie Whitaker 332
2011-01-27 Dean Pokorny -100 Tom Townsend 133 Willie Whitaker 130 Ben Handley-Pritchard -163
2011-01-27 Neil Trentham 51 Armando Pontecorvo -52 Anne Jackson 135 Laura Tidone -134
2011-01-27 Laura Tidone 130 Dean Pokorny -279 Carlo Fogaroli 168 Willie Whitaker -19
2011-01-28 Chris Dixon 143 Rita Smith -48 Ed Levy 194 Willie Whitaker -289
2011-01-28 Neil Trentham 115 Willie Whitaker 106 Anne Jackson 16 Laura Tidone -237
2011-01-28 Laura Tidone 73 Tom Townsend 3 Carlo Fogaroli -151 Alex Hydes 75
2011-01-29 Neil Trentham 297 Anne Jackson -187 Ben Handley-Pritchard -208 Mike Rice 98
2011-01-29 Jay Korobow -323 Kit Woolsey 90 Alan Epley 366 Sally Woolsey -133
2011-01-29 Laura Tidone -118 Alan Epley 243 Carlo Fogaroli -146 Jay Korobow 21
2011-01-30 Jay Korobow -118 Tom Townsend -180 Willie Whitaker 242 Alan Epley 56
2011-01-30 Laura Tidone -17 Dean Pokorny 144 Joan Clark 84 Carlo Fogaroli -211
2011-01-30 Laura Tidone -9 Rita Smith 77 Joan Clark 99 Dean Pokorny -167
2011-01-30 JoAnna Stansby 162 Jay Korobow 37 Alan Epley 99 Kevin Epley -298
2011-01-30 Laura Tidone 54 Dean Pokorny 240 Carlo Fogaroli -106 Ben Handley-Pritchard -188
2011-01-31 JoAnna Stansby 200 Dean Pokorny -15 Lew Stansby 3 Tom Townsend -188
2011-01-31 Neil Trentham 12 Lew Stansby 7 Chris Dixon 4 Andrew Garnett -23
2011-01-31 Jay Korobow -80 Doron Limor -33 Anne Jackson 90 Willie Whitaker 23
2011-01-31 Ed Levy -195 Laura Tidone 259 Joan Clark -8 Leonardo Cima -56
2011-01-31 Jay Korobow -101 Kit Woolsey -3 Alan Epley 88 Sally Woolsey 16
2011-02-01 JoAnna Stansby 234 Alan Epley 36 Tom Townsend -194 Sally Woolsey -76
2011-02-01 Willie Whitaker -133 Kit Woolsey -82 Alex Hydes 194 Tom Townsend 21