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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”).

Each player’s name should either be a recognised alias, their full name, or an abbreviation which will be understood by the software.  The existing players already use a name which will be understood by the software, so there will rarely be any need to change the names.  If you send us a result that involves a new player, please let us know.

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 2012

Previous game data

January 2003-December 2012

Barbu Heroes

Largest number of monthly ladder wins

Neil Trentham (18)

All time highest scorer

Kit Woolsey (+653)

Highest score on a single deal

Kit Woolsey: +275 at Dominoes, subsequently equalled by Jon Rice

Winners, 2003-12

2012 ladder: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2012 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2011 ladder: Fabio Lo Presti

2011 “Zester”: Willie Whitaker

2011 “Apple core”: Steve Altus

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 (four times), Steven De Donder (twice), Alan Epley (twice), Fabrizio Farnesi, Franco Garbosi, Martin Garvey (five times), Ben Handley-Pritchard (13 times), Graham Hazel, Anne Jackson (twice), Doron Limor (seven times), Francesco Mazzadi (twice), Joon Pahk, Armando Pontecorvo (three times), Richard Probst, Jérome Rombaut (twice), Jon Rice, Mike Rice (six times), JoAnna Stansby (four times), Lew Stansby (three times), John Therkelsen (five times), Laura Tidone (twice), Neil Trentham (18 times), Willie Whitaker (10 times), Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (four times), Sally Woolsey

Barbu Ladder - input data

Barbu Ladder Scores

Last updated: Sat 05 Jan 2013 00:07 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2012-12-01 Stan Schenker -184 Rita Smith 64 Doris Denny 93 Cinzia Giordano 27
2012-12-01 Stan Schenker -88 Pat Civale 75 Rita Smith 30 Doris Denny -17
2012-12-01 Dean Pokorny -146 Joseph Schmitz -84 Alessio Isaia 307 Sabina Schiano -77
2012-12-02 Anne Jackson -51 Tom Townsend 144 Pat Civale -74 Sabina Schiano -19
2012-12-02 Stan Schenker 119 Cinzia Giordano -178 Alessio Isaia 121 Rita Smith -62
2012-12-02 Chris Dixon 158 Rita Smith -132 Dean Pokorny -35 Stan Schenker 9
2012-12-02 Pat Civale 58 Gergely Szentandrási -25 Rita Smith -34 Doris Denny 1
2012-12-02 Spiros Liarakos -161 Tom Townsend -245 Laura Tidone -17 Chris Dixon 423
2012-12-02 Joan Clark 0 Krisztina Ormay -305 Chris Dixon 82 Steven De Donder 223
2012-12-02 Krisztina Ormay 76 Chris Dixon -14 Irene Baroni 11 Steven De Donder -73
2012-12-03 Marco Prestini -180 Laura Tidone 234 Rita Smith -180 Carlo Fogaroli 126
2012-12-03 Laura Tidone 41 Spiros Liarakos 31 Rita Smith -36 Alessio Isaia -36
2012-12-04 Stan Schenker 61 Ben Handley-Pritchard -251 Rita Smith 178 Doris Denny 12
2012-12-04 Chris Dixon 0 Neil Trentham 61 Federico Iavicoli 137 Alessio Isaia -198
2012-12-04 Laura Tidone 276 Stan Schenker 240 Marco Prestini -377 Rita Smith -139
2012-12-04 Richard Probst -158 Michael Wilkinson 70 Anne Jackson 81 Alan Epley 7
2012-12-05 Neil Trentham 314 Rita Smith -231 Carlo Fogaroli -128 Laura Tidone 45
2012-12-05 Dean Pokorny 53 Michael Wilkinson -214 Alan Epley 159 Migry Zur Campanile 2
2012-12-06 Alessandro Vanoglio 45 Joseph Schmitz 202 Federico Iavicoli -213 Manuela Schiano -34
2012-12-06 Carlo Fogaroli 39 Neil Trentham 23 Laura Tidone -283 Steven De Donder 221
2012-12-06 Krisztina Ormay -57 Beatrice Dixon -150 Alessandro Vanoglio 363 Steven De Donder -156
2012-12-06 Laura Tidone -355 Rita Smith 39 Carlo Fogaroli 66 Marco Prestini 250
2012-12-06 Neil Trentham 121 Joan Clark 167 Marco Prestini -33 Alessandro Vanoglio -255
2012-12-06 Anne Jackson 181 Joan Clark -14 Alessandro Vanoglio -67 Sabina Schiano -100
2012-12-06 Migry Zur Campanile -99 Kit Woolsey 207 Joan Clark -129 Sally Woolsey 21
2012-12-06 Neil Trentham 187 Laura Tidone -2 Marco Prestini -384 Carlo Fogaroli 199
2012-12-06 Stan Schenker -204 Marco Prestini -254 Rita Smith 147 Laura Tidone 311
2012-12-06 Migry Zur Campanile -4 Sally Woolsey 210 Neil Trentham -49 Manuela Schiano -157
2012-12-07 Migry Zur Campanile 60 Kit Woolsey -247 Pietro Campanile -164 Sally Woolsey 351
2012-12-07 Migry Zur Campanile 319 Michael Wilkinson 96 Chris Willenken -80 Dana Berkowitz -335
2012-12-07 Stan Schenker 23 Beatrice Dixon -130 Rita Smith 252 Sabina Schiano -145
2012-12-07 Stan Schenker 6 Neil Trentham -52 Rita Smith 155 Carlo Fogaroli -109
2012-12-08 Anne Jackson -157 Neil Trentham 152 Steve Altus 4 Steven De Donder 1
2012-12-08 Migry Zur Campanile 262 Kit Woolsey -134 Joan Clark -255 Sally Woolsey 127
2012-12-08 Neil Trentham 229 Marco Prestini 186 Rita Smith 14 Sabina Schiano -429
2012-12-08 Dean Pokorny -16 Marco Prestini 277 Rita Smith -54 Doris Denny -207
2012-12-08 Migry Zur Campanile -362 Dana Berkowitz 110 Neil Trentham 184 Rita Smith 68
2012-12-09 Migry Zur Campanile 39 Steve Altus -196 Alan Epley -28 Joan Clark 185
2012-12-09 Neil Trentham 171 John Parsons -52 Rita Smith 45 Sabina Schiano -164
2012-12-09 Stan Schenker 33 Rita Smith 5 Carlo Fogaroli 16 Beatrice Dixon -54
2012-12-09 Anne Jackson 16 Carlo Fogaroli -8 Neil Trentham 41 Laura Tidone -49
2012-12-09 Beatrice Dixon -26 Irene Baroni -68 Dean Pokorny 11 Rita Smith 83
2012-12-09 Laura Tidone -12 Spiros Liarakos -245 Carlo Fogaroli 78 Theodore Hwa 179
2012-12-10 Stan Schenker 373 Irene Baroni -469 Alan Epley 147 Doris Denny -51
2012-12-10 Laura Tidone -82 Rita Smith -55 Marco Prestini 314 John Parsons -177
2012-12-10 Stan Schenker -245 Rita Smith 74 Marco Prestini 53 Alessandro Vanoglio 118
2012-12-10 Neil Trentham 76 Laura Tidone -119 Marco Prestini 95 Carlo Fogaroli -52
2012-12-10 Beatrice Dixon -207 Laura Tidone 100 Alan Epley 160 Rita Smith -53
2012-12-10 Spiros Liarakos 36 Irene Baroni -184 Alessandro Vanoglio 63 Migry Zur Campanile 85
2012-12-10 Neil Trentham 114 Cinzia Giordano -21 Rita Smith 162 Doris Denny -255
2012-12-10 Sabina Schiano -149 Joan Clark 109 Rita Smith 50 Doris Denny -10
2012-12-11 Stan Schenker -27 John Parsons 170 Rita Smith -32 Roger Berry -111
2012-12-11 Neil Trentham 57 Chris Dixon 123 Rita Smith -103 Stan Schenker -77
2012-12-11 Stan Schenker -85 Alessandro Vanoglio -28 Rita Smith 105 Carlo Fogaroli 8
2012-12-11 Laura Tidone 110 Joan Clark 76 Alessandro Vanoglio -173 Joseph Schmitz -13
2012-12-11 Richard Probst 46 Alan Epley 108 Marco Prestini -15 Carlo Fogaroli -139
2012-12-12 Laura Tidone -252 Rita Smith -138 Alessandro Vanoglio 141 Neil Trentham 249
2012-12-12 Chris Dixon 29 Joseph Schmitz -18 Irene Baroni 156 Joan Clark -167
2012-12-12 Chris Dixon 248 Alessandro Vanoglio 84 Manuela Schiano -132 Sabina Schiano -200
2012-12-12 Laura Tidone 150 Michael Wilkinson -142 Alan Epley 56 Alessandro Vanoglio -64
2012-12-13 Stan Schenker 166 Rita Smith 67 Doris Denny -43 Carlo Fogaroli -190
2012-12-13 Stan Schenker 39 Neil Trentham 69 Rita Smith -65 Joan Clark -43
2012-12-13 Dean Pokorny 232 Michael Wilkinson -2 Dana Berkowitz -49 Joan Clark -181
2012-12-14 Migry Zur Campanile -304 Chris Willenken -16 Federico Iavicoli 238 Manuela Schiano 82
2012-12-14 Migry Zur Campanile 18 Joseph Schmitz -100 Dana Berkowitz 215 Joan Clark -133
2012-12-14 Neil Trentham -5 Carlo Fogaroli -25 Laura Tidone -64 Alessandro Vanoglio 94
2012-12-14 Stan Schenker 42 Federico Iavicoli -199 Rita Smith 79 Alessandro Vanoglio 78
2012-12-14 Dean Pokorny -104 Alan Epley -78 Laura Tidone 52 Spiros Liarakos 130
2012-12-15 Beatrice Dixon 8 Joseph Schmitz -230 Stan Schenker 178 Steven De Donder 44
2012-12-15 Fabio Lo Presti 111 Carlo Fogaroli -168 Laura Tidone 28 Steven De Donder 29
2012-12-15 Irene Baroni 26 Cinzia Giordano -197 Marco Prestini -44 Dean Pokorny 215
2012-12-15 Laura Tidone -85 Dean Pokorny 82 Carlo Fogaroli 147 Steven De Donder -144
2012-12-15 Dean Pokorny -135 John Parsons -243 Joan Clark 166 Alessandro Vanoglio 212
2012-12-16 Neil Trentham 45 Stan Schenker -106 Rita Smith 131 Dean Pokorny -70
2012-12-16 Beatrice Dixon -24 Carlo Fogaroli 15 Rita Smith 38 Doris Denny -29
2012-12-16 Dean Pokorny 57 Migry Zur Campanile -44 Joan Clark 67 Alessandro Vanoglio -80
2012-12-16 Dean Pokorny 69 Pat Civale -102 Anne Jackson 111 Daryu Aliotuus -78
2012-12-16 Migry Zur Campanile -146 Michael Wilkinson 127 Dean Pokorny -69 Alan Epley 88
2012-12-17 Migry Zur Campanile 139 Pietro Campanile 65 Umberto Prestini -143 Mike Rice -61
2012-12-17 Stan Schenker -51 Marco Prestini 50 Rita Smith 151 Carlo Fogaroli -150
2012-12-17 Laura Tidone 148 Doron Limor -374 Migry Zur Campanile 222 Franco Garbosi 4
2012-12-17 Stan Schenker -16 Ophir Reshef 33 Rita Smith -57 Doris Denny 40
2012-12-17 Anne Jackson -243 Beatrice Dixon -181 Alessandro Vanoglio 103 Steven De Donder 321
2012-12-18 Stan Schenker -17 Carlo Fogaroli 131 Rita Smith -179 Laura Tidone 65
2012-12-18 Stan Schenker -99 Sabina Schiano 33 Rita Smith 109 Doris Denny -43
2012-12-18 Alan Epley 313 John Parsons -369 Marco Prestini 26 Rita Smith 30
2012-12-19 Stan Schenker 180 Carlo Fogaroli -265 Rita Smith 151 Laura Tidone -66
2012-12-19 Stan Schenker 113 Neil Trentham -271 Rita Smith -23 Doris Denny 181
2012-12-19 Stan Schenker -74 Fabio Lo Presti -11 Anne Jackson -41 Dean Pokorny 126
2012-12-19 Stan Schenker 116 Sabina Schiano -92 Rita Smith -40 Laura Tidone 16
2012-12-19 Stan Schenker 15 Marco Prestini 169 Rita Smith -196 Cinzia Giordano 12
2012-12-19 Alan Epley 134 Dean Pokorny -58 Michael Wilkinson -208 Alessandro Vanoglio 132
2012-12-20 Stan Schenker 7 Thomas Joannčs 34 Rita Smith 73 Doris Denny -114
2012-12-20 Anne Jackson -181 Joan Clark 139 Carlo Fogaroli -57 Neil Trentham 99
2012-12-20 Federico Iavicoli 78 Anne Jackson 5 Richard Probst 82 Steven De Donder -165
2012-12-20 Joseph Schmitz 264 Roger Berry -6 Rita Smith -93 Doris Denny -165
2012-12-20 Richard Probst -139 Francesco Mazzadi -17 Stan Schenker 46 Steven De Donder 110
2012-12-21 Migry Zur Campanile 91 Alan Epley 217 Dean Pokorny -473 Fabio Lo Presti 165
2012-12-21 Migry Zur Campanile -109 Kit Woolsey -159 Dana Berkowitz 26 Chris Willenken 242
2012-12-21 Migry Zur Campanile 122 Pat Civale -203 Alan Epley 182 Federico Iavicoli -101
2012-12-21 Migry Zur Campanile -2 Pat Civale -27 Alan Epley -43 Michael Wilkinson 72
2012-12-21 Stan Schenker 187 Neil Trentham -24 Rita Smith 131 John Parsons -294
2012-12-21 Stan Schenker -88 Joan Clark 43 Rita Smith 155 Doris Denny -110
2012-12-21 Anne Jackson -62 Alan Epley 107 Federico Iavicoli 242 Kit Woolsey -287
2012-12-21 Spiros Liarakos 278 Ben Handley-Pritchard 382 Chris Dixon -190 Dean Pokorny -470
2012-12-22 Migry Zur Campanile -223 Joseph Schmitz -91 Dean Pokorny 132 Richard Probst 182
2012-12-22 Stan Schenker -55 Chris Dixon -142 Rita Smith 10 Doris Denny 187
2012-12-22 Beatrice Dixon -53 Neil Trentham 144 Rita Smith -37 Joseph Schmitz -54
2012-12-22 Laura Tidone -74 Spiros Liarakos 45 Carlo Fogaroli 13 Irene Baroni 16
2012-12-23 Migry Zur Campanile -142 Michael Wilkinson 89 Anne Jackson -121 Kit Woolsey 174
2012-12-23 Migry Zur Campanile 123 Neil Trentham -86 Laura Tidone -28 Joan Clark -9
2012-12-23 Pat Civale 29 Michael Wilkinson 27 Carlo Fogaroli -139 Dana Berkowitz 83
2012-12-23 Spiros Liarakos 154 Beryl Dorscht -101 Steve Altus -157 Andrea Bulgari 104
2012-12-24 Stan Schenker -222 Joan Clark 219 Rita Smith 159 Alessandro Vanoglio -156
2012-12-24 Migry Zur Campanile -50 Alan Epley -18 Anne Jackson 66 Giuseppe Failla 2
2012-12-25 Beatrice Dixon 75 Rita Smith -171 Sally Woolsey -95 Joan Clark 191
2012-12-25 Stan Schenker 2 Beatrice Dixon -407 Rita Smith 142 Steven De Donder 263
2012-12-25 Stan Schenker -251 Carlo Fogaroli 37 Rita Smith 115 Doris Denny 99
2012-12-25 Laura Tidone 194 Federico Iavicoli 122 Carlo Fogaroli -349 Migry Zur Campanile 33
2012-12-26 Beatrice Dixon -140 Federico Iavicoli 22 Rita Smith -90 Giuseppe Failla 208
2012-12-26 Richard Probst 104 Theodore Hwa -276 Alan Epley 178 Joseph Schmitz -6
2012-12-26 Spiros Liarakos 285 Joseph Schmitz -162 Richard Probst 155 Beryl Dorscht -278
2012-12-27 Migry Zur Campanile 62 Kit Woolsey 133 Umberto Prestini -40 Stan Schenker -155
2012-12-27 Stan Schenker 196 Carlo Fogaroli -96 Rita Smith -96 Laura Tidone -4
2012-12-27 Beatrice Dixon 250 Joan Clark 117 Rita Smith -137 Doris Denny -230
2012-12-28 Stan Schenker -373 Chris Dixon 172 Rita Smith 82 Doris Denny 119
2012-12-28 Chris Dixon 91 Stan Schenker -32 Joan Clark 78 Rita Smith -137
2012-12-28 Migry Zur Campanile 59 Theodore Hwa 151 Dana Berkowitz 32 Chris Dixon -242
2012-12-28 Beatrice Dixon -172 Carlo Fogaroli 279 Rita Smith 250 Beryl Dorscht -357
2012-12-28 Migry Zur Campanile -36 Chris Dixon 11 Dana Berkowitz -170 Ben Handley-Pritchard 195
2012-12-28 Spiros Liarakos 54 Joan Clark -201 Dana Berkowitz 221 Rita Smith -74
2012-12-29 Stan Schenker 39 Roger Berry 32 Rita Smith 20 Doris Denny -91
2012-12-29 Stan Schenker -6 Joseph Schmitz 92 Rita Smith 8 Doris Denny -94
2012-12-29 Doris Denny 59 Beryl Dorscht -316 Rita Smith 237 Steven De Donder 20
2012-12-29 Andrea Bulgari -88 Anne Jackson -17 Rita Smith 23 Leonardo Cima 82
2012-12-29 Irene Baroni -87 Theodore Hwa -169 Rita Smith 229 Beryl Dorscht 27
2012-12-30 Stan Schenker 4 Joseph Schmitz -151 Rita Smith 51 Doris Denny 96
2012-12-30 Pat Civale 106 Rita Smith -15 Joan Clark -109 Stan Schenker 18
2012-12-30 Dean Pokorny 84 Joan Clark 40 Anne Jackson -367 Leonardo Cima 243
2012-12-30 Migry Zur Campanile 227 Joseph Schmitz -535 Joan Clark 169 Pat Civale 139
2012-12-30 Spiros Liarakos 232 Steve Altus -289 Richard Probst 94 Dean Pokorny -37
2012-12-31 Stan Schenker 217 Joseph Schmitz -24 Rita Smith -200 Doris Denny 7
2012-12-31 Roger Berry 64 Michael Wilkinson 127 Rita Smith -21 Doris Denny -170
2013-01-01 Migry Zur Campanile -185 Alan Epley -40 Anne Jackson 36 Doron Limor 189