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Submitting results

Ladder results should be sent to results@barbu.co.uk

 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 2011

February 2011

March 2011

January 2004-December 2010

Previous game data

January 2011

February 2011

March 2011

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, 2011

January: Chris Dixon

February: Neil Trentham

March: JoAnna Stansby

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: Sat 02 Apr 2011 13:04 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2011-03-01 JoAnna Stansby 18 Kit Woolsey 256 Alan Epley 3 Sally Woolsey -277
2011-03-01 Joan Clark 65 Armando Pontecorvo 315 Rita Smith 67 Doris Denny -447
2011-03-01 Chris Dixon 8 Neil Trentham -132 Anne Jackson 24 Willie Whitaker 100
2011-03-01 Doron Limor -39 Tom Townsend 3 Willie Whitaker 14 Andrew Garnett 22
2011-03-01 Laura Tidone -194 Doron Limor -84 Alan Epley 251 Tom Townsend 27
2011-03-01 Neil Trentham 81 Rita Smith -48 Willie Whitaker 23 Laura Tidone -56
2011-03-01 Dean Pokorny -3 Tom Townsend -386 Ben Handley-Pritchard -142 Kit Woolsey 531
2011-03-02 Anne Jackson 7 Mauro Stivoli 133 Ben Handley-Pritchard -41 Tom Townsend -99
2011-03-02 Anne Jackson 73 Neil Trentham -101 Joan Clark 180 Armando Pontecorvo -152
2011-03-02 JoAnna Stansby 252 Anne Jackson -100 Dean Pokorny -90 Tom Townsend -62
2011-03-02 JoAnna Stansby 296 Joan Clark -268 Willie Whitaker 267 Doron Limor -295
2011-03-03 Chris Dixon 68 Neil Trentham 191 Rita Smith -61 Willie Whitaker -198
2011-03-03 JoAnna Stansby 183 Rita Smith -170 Willie Whitaker -61 Ben Handley-Pritchard 48
2011-03-03 Laura Tidone -31 Sally Woolsey 389 Alan Epley -284 Carlo Fogaroli -74
2011-03-04 Chris Dixon 224 Joan Clark -267 Rita Smith 163 Neil Trentham -120
2011-03-04 Chris Dixon -27 Willie Whitaker 90 Anne Jackson -139 Neil Trentham 76
2011-03-04 Laura Tidone -1 Anne Jackson -7 Carlo Fogaroli 118 Willie Whitaker -110
2011-03-05 Anne Jackson 43 Mauro Stivoli 152 Mike Rice 215 Andrew Garnett -410
2011-03-05 Chris Dixon -53 Neil Trentham 104 Rita Smith -43 Anne Jackson -8
2011-03-06 Neil Trentham 211 Laura Tidone -140 Rita Smith 116 Massoun M ejjeh -187
2011-03-06 Anne Jackson 138 Graham Hazel -157 Rita Smith 16 Doris Denny 3
2011-03-06 Laura Tidone 81 Willie Whitaker -202 Carlo Fogaroli -169 Fabio Lo Presti 290
2011-03-06 Chris Dixon 221 Willie Whitaker -21 Joan Clark -177 Pat Civale -23
2011-03-07 Chris Dixon -41 Neil Trentham -4 Rita Smith -4 Doris Denny 49
2011-03-07 Laura Tidone -13 Rita Smith -250 Carlo Fogaroli 120 Anne Jackson 143
2011-03-07 JoAnna Stansby 49 Alan Epley -122 Carlo Fogaroli 23 Willie Whitaker 50
2011-03-08 Neil Trentham 148 Michael Wilkinson 30 Chris Dixon -52 Willie Whitaker -126
2011-03-08 Neil Trentham -89 Rita Smith 15 Chris Dixon -151 Joan Clark 225
2011-03-08 Neil Trentham 386 Mauro Stivoli -230 Anne Jackson -83 Chris Dixon -73
2011-03-08 Laura Tidone 186 Rita Smith 31 Carlo Fogaroli -456 Kit Woolsey 239
2011-03-09 Joan Clark -234 Neil Trentham 61 Rita Smith 244 Doris Denny -71
2011-03-09 Laura Tidone 139 Armando Pontecorvo -199 Carlo Fogaroli -138 Willie Whitaker 198
2011-03-09 Laura Tidone 7 Alan Epley 36 Dean Pokorny -139 Neil Trentham 96
2011-03-10 Joan Clark 228 Neil Trentham -113 Rita Smith -103 Doris Denny -12
2011-03-10 Chris Dixon 139 Neil Trentham 177 Anne Jackson -20 Sally Woolsey -296
2011-03-11 Chris Dixon 117 Neil Trentham -117 Rita Smith -61 Richard Probst 61
2011-03-11 Laura Tidone -108 Willie Whitaker 29 Rita Smith -39 Fabio Lo Presti 118
2011-03-12 Chris Dixon 259 Willie Whitaker -130 Rita Smith -119 Doris Denny -10
2011-03-12 Laura Tidone 24 Neil Trentham 72 Rita Smith -74 Chris Dixon -22
2011-03-13 Laura Tidone -37 Rita Smith -155 Carlo Fogaroli -77 Fabio Lo Presti 269
2011-03-13 Neil Trentham 96 Laura Tidone -17 Rita Smith 48 Doris Denny -127
2011-03-13 Chris Dixon -254 Nicole Gilmore 197 Rita Smith -63 Joan Clark 120
2011-03-13 Chris Dixon -70 Rita Smith 223 Anne Jackson -91 Laura Tidone -62
2011-03-13 Anne Jackson -267 Leonardo Cima 105 Willie Whitaker 8 Laura Tidone 154
2011-03-13 Anne Jackson -187 Alan Epley -59 Willie Whitaker 121 JoAnna Stansby 125
2011-03-14 Chris Dixon -148 Willie Whitaker 120 Anne Jackson -101 Laura Tidone 129
2011-03-14 Alan Epley -40 Leonardo Cima 156 Willie Whitaker -237 JoAnna Stansby 121
2011-03-15 Anne Jackson 30 Willie Whitaker -40 Joan Clark 69 Neil Trentham -59
2011-03-15 Neil Trentham -4 Willie Whitaker 86 Rita Smith -234 Laura Tidone 152
2011-03-16 Neil Trentham 57 Chris Dixon -59 Laura Tidone -108 JoAnna Stansby 110
2011-03-16 Laura Tidone 168 Leonardo Cima -60 Carlo Fogaroli -161 Joan Clark 53
2011-03-17 Laura Tidone 56 Alan Epley 8 Fabio Lo Presti -24 Anne Jackson -40
2011-03-17 Laura Tidone 34 Richard Probst -137 Carlo Fogaroli 58 Rita Smith 45
2011-03-17 Laura Tidone 198 Neil Trentham 4 Anne Jackson -253 Rita Smith 51
2011-03-18 Chris Dixon -128 Neil Trentham -60 Rita Smith 59 Willie Whitaker 129
2011-03-19 Joan Clark -8 Willie Whitaker -5 Rita Smith 132 Doris Denny -119
2011-03-19 Laura Tidone -134 Rita Smith -16 Doron Limor 317 Richard Probst -167
2011-03-19 Joan Clark 188 Neil Trentham 195 Rita Smith -319 Doris Denny -64
2011-03-19 Laura Tidone 23 Willie Whitaker -45 Carlo Fogaroli 47 Rita Smith -25
2011-03-19 Laura Tidone -78 Alan Epley 169 Chris Dixon 20 Rita Smith -111
2011-03-20 Laura Tidone 53 Rita Smith -9 Carlo Fogaroli 211 Doris Denny -255
2011-03-20 Neil Trentham -24 Rita Smith -62 Willie Whitaker -2 Doron Limor 88
2011-03-21 Chris Dixon 160 Rita Smith -53 Doron Limor 110 Doris Denny -217
2011-03-21 Laura Tidone -9 Leonardo Cima -215 Rita Smith 42 Neil Trentham 182
2011-03-21 Giles Woodruff 184 Willie Whitaker -98 Rita Smith -52 Sally Woolsey -34
2011-03-22 Neil Trentham 102 Richard Probst 39 Rita Smith 109 Ben Handley-Pritchard -250
2011-03-23 Joan Clark 32 Willie Whitaker -66 Laura Tidone -64 Carlo Fogaroli 98
2011-03-23 Chris Dixon 398 Alan Epley -62 Willie Whitaker -218 Doron Limor -118
2011-03-24 Neil Trentham -45 Nicole Gilmore 26 Rita Smith 61 Doris Denny -42
2011-03-24 Chris Dixon -358 Doron Limor -74 Rita Smith 138 Sally Woolsey 294
2011-03-25 Joan Clark -103 Neil Trentham 210 Rita Smith -15 Willie Whitaker -92
2011-03-26 JoAnna Stansby 53 Nicole Gilmore -110 Doron Limor 24 Joan Clark 33
2011-03-27 John Rebardo 18 Pat Civale 86 Nicole Gilmore -132 Jay Korobow 28
2011-03-27 Chris Dixon 171 Neil Trentham 22 Dean Pokorny -159 Joan Clark -34
2011-03-27 Laura Tidone 71 Willie Whitaker 1 Carlo Fogaroli -160 Doron Limor 88
2011-03-27 Laura Tidone 2 Willie Whitaker 215 Carlo Fogaroli -38 Leonardo Cima -179
2011-03-27 Chris Dixon -34 Nicole Gilmore 63 Ben Handley-Pritchard 113 Willie Whitaker -142
2011-03-28 Steve Altus -29 Nicole Gilmore -263 Doron Limor 119 Pat Civale 173
2011-03-28 Chris Dixon -276 Neil Trentham 73 Rita Smith 79 Willie Whitaker 124
2011-03-28 Laura Tidone 195 Doron Limor 70 Rita Smith -248 Irene Baroni -17
2011-03-29 Neil Trentham -79 Joan Clark 46 Rita Smith 65 Doris Denny -32
2011-03-29 Neil Trentham -312 Chris Dixon 131 Rita Smith 133 Doron Limor 48
2011-03-30 Neil Trentham -119 Chris Dixon 98 Rita Smith 79 Doris Denny -58
2011-03-30 Laura Tidone -213 Rita Smith -90 Joan Clark 245 Doron Limor 58
2011-03-30 Laura Tidone -210 Rita Smith -42 Doron Limor 202 Ben Handley-Pritchard 50
2011-03-31 Chris Dixon 91 Neil Trentham -91 Joan Clark 12 Rita Smith -12
2011-03-31 Laura Tidone 88 Alan Epley -93 Carlo Fogaroli -167 Doron Limor 172
2011-04-01 Tom Townsend -178 Ben Handley-Pritchard 389 Kit Woolsey 26 Sally Woolsey -237