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Online Barbu Ladder

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.

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, 2016

February: Stan Schenker

January: Anne Jackson

Winners, 2003-15

2015 ladder: Alessio Isaia

2015 “Zester”: Dan Hoffenberg

2014 ladder: Doron Limor

2014 “Zester”: Dean Pokorny

2013 ladder: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2013 “Zester”: Ben Handley-Pritchard

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 (up to 2014):
David Adler, Neil Allerton (twice), Steve Altus (twice), Giovanni Bobbio, Goran Cekol (twice), Chris Dixon (four times), Steven De Donder (five times), Alan Epley (three times), Fabrizio Farnesi, Franco Garbosi, Martin Garvey (five times), Ben Handley-Pritchard (15 times), Graham Hazel, Anne Jackson (five times), Doron Limor (10 times), Francesco Mazzadi (twice), Joon Pahk, John Parsons, Dean Pokorny (five times), 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 (20 times), Willie Whitaker (10 times), Philip Wood, Kit Woolsey (four times), Sally Woolsey, Migry Zur Campanile (twice)

Barbu Ladder - input data

Barbu Ladder Scores

Last updated: Fri 04 Mar 2016 18:32 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2016-02-01 Migry Zur Campanile -86 Joan Clark -68 Neil Trentham 139 Dana Berkowitz 15
2016-02-01 Migry Zur Campanile 30 Joan Clark 176 Dana Berkowitz -223 Jennifer Mourgues 17
2016-02-02 Stan Schenker -27 David Adler 200 Alessio Isaia 12 Joan Clark -185
2016-02-02 Migry Zur Campanile 18 Neil Trentham 190 Jennifer Mourgues -174 Beryl Dorscht -34
2016-02-02 Migry Zur Campanile -308 Kit Woolsey 169 Richard Probst 124 Sally Woolsey 15
2016-02-02 Migry Zur Campanile 11 Jennifer Mourgues 187 Anne Jackson -184 Joan Clark -14
2016-02-03 Anne Jackson 17 Michael Wilkinson 222 Alessio Isaia 305 Jennifer Mourgues -544
2016-02-03 Stan Schenker 186 Neil Trentham -126 Migry Zur Campanile 58 Anne Jackson -118
2016-02-03 Migry Zur Campanile 68 Joan Clark -89 Simon Hunter 95 Pietro Campanile -74
2016-02-03 Migry Zur Campanile 196 Goran Cekol 23 Tracey B -92 Anne Jackson -127
2016-02-04 Migry Zur Campanile -90 Anne Jackson 188 Bryan Delfs -121 Dana Berkowitz 23
2016-02-05 Migry Zur Campanile -11 Jennifer Mourgues -451 Alessio Isaia 267 Bryan Delfs 195
2016-02-05 Stan Schenker 55 Neil Trentham -91 Joan Clark -91 Tracey B 127
2016-02-05 Dan Hoffenberg 84 Migry Zur Campanile 115 Tracey B -165 Dana Berkowitz -34
2016-02-05 Migry Zur Campanile 56 Goran Cekol 119 Stan Schenker -70 Tracey B -105
2016-02-05 Migry Zur Campanile 18 Joan Clark 253 Goran Cekol -187 Anne Jackson -84
2016-02-06 Migry Zur Campanile -95 Joan Clark -353 Tracey B 162 Dan Hoffenberg 286
2016-02-07 Dan Hoffenberg 195 Joan Clark -180 Tracey B -219 David Adler 204
2016-02-07 Dan Hoffenberg -542 Migry Zur Campanile 15 Tracey B 318 Stan Schenker 209
2016-02-07 Dan Hoffenberg 28 Tracey B 137 Joan Clark -88 Stan Schenker -77
2016-02-07 Dan Hoffenberg 98 Neil Trentham 101 Tracey B -246 Stan Schenker 47
2016-02-07 Migry Zur Campanile 61 Tracey B 124 Joan Clark -6 Neil Trentham -179
2016-02-07 Migry Zur Campanile -94 Simon Hunter -13 Tracey B 95 Jennifer Mourgues 12
2016-02-08 Dan Hoffenberg -7 Michael Wilkinson -45 Tracey B -40 Migry Zur Campanile 92
2016-02-08 Migry Zur Campanile 168 Dan Hoffenberg 5 Tracey B -189 Michael Wilkinson 16
2016-02-08 Dan Hoffenberg 44 Jennifer Mourgues -5 Tracey B -180 Simon Hunter 141
2016-02-08 Migry Zur Campanile -114 Joan Clark -264 Tracey B 130 Neil Trentham 248
2016-02-08 Migry Zur Campanile 154 Neil Trentham 51 Tracey B -3 Jennifer Mourgues -202
2016-02-09 Dan Hoffenberg 80 Doris Denny -132 Tracey B 155 Jennifer Mourgues -103
2016-02-09 Dan Hoffenberg 25 Jennifer Mourgues -340 Tracey B 126 Alessio Isaia 189
2016-02-09 Dan Hoffenberg 152 Alessio Isaia 42 Tracey B 75 Neil Trentham -269
2016-02-09 Migry Zur Campanile 47 Beryl Dorscht 33 Simon Hunter -22 Neil Trentham -58
2016-02-09 Migry Zur Campanile 52 Simon Hunter 54 Bryan Delfs -71 Dan Hoffenberg -35
2016-02-09 Migry Zur Campanile 219 Dan Hoffenberg -203 Goran Cekol -151 Neil Trentham 135
2016-02-10 Dan Hoffenberg -18 Migry Zur Campanile -14 Tracey B 48 Richard Probst -16
2016-02-10 Dan Hoffenberg 102 Migry Zur Campanile 126 Stan Schenker -15 Beryl Dorscht -213
2016-02-10 Dan Hoffenberg -128 Simon Hunter 48 Chris Dixon 260 Steven De Donder -180
2016-02-11 Migry Zur Campanile -193 Anne Jackson 90 Simon Hunter -67 Neil Trentham 170
2016-02-11 Migry Zur Campanile -45 Stan Schenker 53 Dana Berkowitz -212 Chris Dixon 204
2016-02-12 Migry Zur Campanile 145 Ben Handley-Pritchard -144 Alessio Isaia 51 Dana Berkowitz -52
2016-02-12 Migry Zur Campanile 108 Anne Jackson 111 Dana Berkowitz -229 Stan Schenker 10
2016-02-12 Migry Zur Campanile 139 Beryl Dorscht -78 Neil Trentham -145 Dana Berkowitz 84
2016-02-12 Migry Zur Campanile 132 Chris Dixon 8 Anne Jackson 49 Beryl Dorscht -189
2016-02-12 Migry Zur Campanile 44 Anne Jackson -41 Dana Berkowitz -78 Jennifer Mourgues 75
2016-02-12 Migry Zur Campanile 191 Jennifer Mourgues -21 Dana Berkowitz -182 Beryl Dorscht 12
2016-02-13 Dan Hoffenberg -46 Migry Zur Campanile 85 Tracey B -5 Dana Berkowitz -34
2016-02-13 Dan Hoffenberg -21 Dana Berkowitz 153 Tracey B -229 Migry Zur Campanile 97
2016-02-13 Migry Zur Campanile 87 Anne Jackson -127 Tracey B 116 Richard Probst -76
2016-02-13 Migry Zur Campanile -8 Dana Berkowitz 123 Tracey B 126 Beryl Dorscht -241
2016-02-13 Migry Zur Campanile -6 Chris Willenken 103 Dana Berkowitz -66 Joan Clark -31
2016-02-14 Stan Schenker 91 Beryl Dorscht -34 Tracey B -96 Dana Berkowitz 39
2016-02-14 Stan Schenker 154 Neil Trentham -166 Tracey B 64 Dan Hoffenberg -52
2016-02-14 Anne Jackson 23 Neil Trentham -257 Dan Hoffenberg 222 Tracey B 12
2016-02-14 Stan Schenker 236 Beryl Dorscht -368 Migry Zur Campanile 99 Anne Jackson 33
2016-02-15 Dan Hoffenberg 153 Joan Clark -258 Tracey B 180 Beryl Dorscht -75
2016-02-15 Tracey B -179 David Adler -96 Dan Hoffenberg 301 Joan Clark -26
2016-02-15 Migry Zur Campanile -51 Chris Dixon -103 Neil Trentham 178 Stan Schenker -24
2016-02-15 Migry Zur Campanile 163 Beryl Dorscht -318 Dana Berkowitz 93 Stan Schenker 62
2016-02-15 Tracey B 106 Joan Clark -56 Migry Zur Campanile -345 Dana Berkowitz 295
2016-02-15 Migry Zur Campanile 80 Stan Schenker -266 Dana Berkowitz 173 Tracey B 13
2016-02-15 Tracey B -296 Beryl Dorscht -79 Alessio Isaia 189 Michael Wilkinson 186
2016-02-16 Stan Schenker -142 Alessio Isaia 51 Dana Berkowitz 1 Chris Willenken 90
2016-02-16 Stan Schenker -11 Chris Willenken 287 Dana Berkowitz -182 David Adler -94
2016-02-16 Stan Schenker 282 Alessio Isaia 34 Dana Berkowitz -104 Neil Trentham -212
2016-02-16 Migry Zur Campanile -29 Beryl Dorscht -69 Tracey B 1 Stan Schenker 97
2016-02-16 Migry Zur Campanile -406 Dana Berkowitz 218 Stan Schenker 224 Tracey B -36
2016-02-17 Tracey B 73 Michael Wilkinson 33 Dana Berkowitz -120 Alessio Isaia 14
2016-02-17 Tracey B -11 Beryl Dorscht -339 Dan Hoffenberg 359 Cinzia Giordano -9
2016-02-17 Tracey B 149 Neil Trentham 42 Chris Dixon 192 Beryl Dorscht -383
2016-02-18 Dan Hoffenberg 191 Stan Schenker 103 Tracey B -317 Bryan Delfs 23
2016-02-18 Dan Hoffenberg 43 Alessio Isaia -338 Beryl Dorscht -13 Tracey B 308
2016-02-18 Dan Hoffenberg 347 John Parsons -327 Tracey B -40 Cinzia Giordano 20
2016-02-18 Dan Hoffenberg 92 Chris Dixon 48 Tracey B -56 Jennifer Mourgues -84
2016-02-18 Dan Hoffenberg 133 Neil Trentham 160 Tracey B -324 Jennifer Mourgues 31
2016-02-18 Migry Zur Campanile -125 Michael Wilkinson 70 Tracey B -88 Dan Hoffenberg 143
2016-02-18 Tracey B 191 Beryl Dorscht -230 Dan Hoffenberg 45 Jennifer Mourgues -6
2016-02-19 Dan Hoffenberg 209 Chris Willenken -249 Dana Berkowitz 99 Alessio Isaia -59
2016-02-19 Dan Hoffenberg 32 Dana Berkowitz -135 Migry Zur Campanile -34 Stan Schenker 137
2016-02-19 Migry Zur Campanile 24 Stan Schenker 5 Dana Berkowitz -66 Dan Hoffenberg 37
2016-02-19 Tracey B 30 Beryl Dorscht 60 Dan Hoffenberg -164 Chris Dixon 74
2016-02-19 Tracey B 100 Beryl Dorscht -104 Dan Hoffenberg 13 Neil Trentham -9
2016-02-19 Migry Zur Campanile 169 John Parsons -270 Dana Berkowitz 79 Joan Clark 22
2016-02-19 Migry Zur Campanile 33 Dan Hoffenberg 29 Ben Handley-Pritchard 50 Dana Berkowitz -112
2016-02-20 Tracey B -205 Beryl Dorscht -93 Stan Schenker 96 Joan Clark 202
2016-02-20 Migry Zur Campanile 169 Dana Berkowitz 91 Tracey B -57 Chris Willenken -203
2016-02-20 Tracey B -211 Dean Pokorny 237 Dan Hoffenberg -288 Joan Clark 262
2016-02-20 Migry Zur Campanile 30 Shireen Mohandes -184 Neil Trentham 233 Tracey B -79
2016-02-20 Migry Zur Campanile 151 Chris Willenken -29 Anne Jackson -76 Tracey B -46
2016-02-21 Tracey B 170 Chris Dixon -410 Stan Schenker 212 Dan Hoffenberg 28
2016-02-21 Dan Hoffenberg 142 Stan Schenker 77 Tracey B -65 Chris Dixon -154
2016-02-21 Anne Jackson -1 Neil Trentham 94 Joan Clark -213 Chris Dixon 120
2016-02-21 Tracey B -26 Beryl Dorscht 31 Stan Schenker -63 Richard Probst 58
2016-02-21 Migry Zur Campanile 135 Chris Dixon -2 Anne Jackson -405 Tracey B 272
2016-02-22 Migry Zur Campanile 37 Joan Clark 5 Jennifer Mourgues 19 Cinzia Giordano -61
2016-02-22 Migry Zur Campanile -37 Jennifer Mourgues -176 Anne Jackson 120 Fabio Lo Presti 93
2016-02-22 Dan Hoffenberg 196 Tracey B 164 Anne Jackson 60 Migry Zur Campanile -420
2016-02-22 Migry Zur Campanile 242 Dean Pokorny -362 Neil Trentham 140 Sally Woolsey -20
2016-02-22 Liz Goulding-Gray -366 Beryl Dorscht -82 Mark Gray 111 Tracey B 337
2016-02-23 Migry Zur Campanile -8 Anne Jackson -322 Chris Willenken 190 Stan Schenker 140
2016-02-23 Dan Hoffenberg 0 Chris Willenken 123 Migry Zur Campanile -29 Stan Schenker -94
2016-02-23 Dan Hoffenberg -24 Beryl Dorscht 106 Chris Dixon 61 Cinzia Giordano -143
2016-02-23 Dan Hoffenberg 224 Beryl Dorscht -178 Chris Dixon 86 Neil Trentham -132
2016-02-23 Anne Jackson -156 Dan Hoffenberg -55 Migry Zur Campanile 18 Joan Clark 193
2016-02-23 Liz Goulding-Gray -148 Bryan Delfs -48 Kent Goulding 137 Richard Probst 59
2016-02-23 Migry Zur Campanile 26 Anne Jackson -188 Neil Trentham 137 Joan Clark 25
2016-02-24 Dan Hoffenberg -337 Stan Schenker -7 Simon Hunter 208 Joan Clark 136
2016-02-24 Dan Hoffenberg 125 Simon Hunter 21 Tracey B -14 Matthias Huberschwiller -132
2016-02-24 Tracey B 71 Beryl Dorscht 68 Dan Hoffenberg -45 Simon Hunter -94
2016-02-24 Dan Hoffenberg -230 Neil Trentham 178 Tracey B 172 Chris Dixon -120
2016-02-24 Anne Jackson 23 Shireen Mohandes 54 Ben Handley-Pritchard -260 Richard Probst 183
2016-02-24 Liz Goulding-Gray -138 Sally Woolsey 71 Mark Gray 101 Kent Goulding -34
2016-02-24 Tracey B 277 Beryl Dorscht -144 Dana Berkowitz -127 Alessio Isaia -6
2016-02-25 Migry Zur Campanile 266 Kit Woolsey -196 Tracey B -226 Beryl Dorscht 156
2016-02-25 Dan Hoffenberg -17 Simon Hunter -83 Tracey B -40 Liz Goulding-Gray 140
2016-02-25 Tracey B -222 Neil Trentham 33 Kent Goulding 239 Doris Denny -50
2016-02-25 Migry Zur Campanile -129 Chris Dixon -12 Tracey B -20 Joan Clark 161
2016-02-25 Liz Goulding-Gray 109 Mark Gray -204 Joan Clark -43 Kent Goulding 138
2016-02-25 Stan Schenker 106 Beryl Dorscht 101 Tracey B -125 Doris Denny -82
2016-02-26 Migry Zur Campanile 62 Simon Hunter 17 Richard Probst 80 Beryl Dorscht -159
2016-02-26 Migry Zur Campanile 161 Beryl Dorscht 91 Simon Hunter -203 Sally Woolsey -49
2016-02-26 Migry Zur Campanile 357 Kent Goulding 101 Sally Woolsey -208 Liz Goulding-Gray -250
2016-02-26 Tracey B 131 John Parsons -103 Liz Goulding-Gray -193 Kent Goulding 165
2016-02-27 Dan Hoffenberg -167 Simon Hunter 58 Stan Schenker 167 Aymeric Lebatteaux -58
2016-02-27 Migry Zur Campanile -122 Liz Goulding-Gray -86 Simon Hunter 91 Cinzia Giordano 117
2016-02-27 Migry Zur Campanile -330 Simon Hunter 39 Kent Goulding 161 Steve Altus 130
2016-02-27 Migry Zur Campanile -170 Neil Trentham -58 Simon Hunter -47 Beryl Dorscht 275
2016-02-27 Liz Goulding-Gray -110 Stan Schenker -41 Kent Goulding 180 Mark Gray -29
2016-02-27 Tracey B 237 Aymeric Lebatteaux 7 Stan Schenker 14 Sally Woolsey -258
2016-02-27 Liz Goulding-Gray -181 Richard Probst 213 Kent Goulding -9 Mark Gray -23
2016-02-28 Tracey B 97 Beryl Dorscht -96 Sally Woolsey 67 Doris Denny -68
2016-02-28 Tracey B -112 Simon Hunter 178 Dan Hoffenberg -255 Stan Schenker 189
2016-02-28 Tracey B 176 Stan Schenker -40 Jennifer Mourgues -16 Cinzia Giordano -120
2016-02-28 Migry Zur Campanile 184 Liz Goulding-Gray -193 Stan Schenker -61 David Adler 70
2016-02-28 Tracey B -105 Migry Zur Campanile 68 Liz Goulding-Gray -267 Dan Hoffenberg 304
2016-02-28 Migry Zur Campanile 85 Dan Hoffenberg 67 Tracey B -121 John Parsons -31
2016-02-29 Migry Zur Campanile -84 Dana Berkowitz 115 Chris Willenken -65 Dan Hoffenberg 34
2016-02-29 Liz Goulding-Gray -84 Chris Dixon 74 Kent Goulding 53 Mark Gray -43