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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

January: Anne Jackson

February: Stan Schenker

March: Migry Zur Campanile

April: Dana Berkowitz

May: Dana Berkowitz

June: Migry Zur Campanile

July: Ben Handley-Pritchard

August: Neil Trentham

September: Dan Hoffenberg

October: Tracey B

November: Ben Kristensen

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 02 Dec 2016 08:34 (UK time)

Date South West North East
2016-11-01 Anne Jackson 35 Joan Clark -147 Neil Trentham -74 Ben Kristensen 186
2016-11-02 Anne Jackson 75 Neil Trentham -198 Simon Hunter 36 Joan Clark 87
2016-11-03 Migry Zur Campanile 175 Dan Hoffenberg -354 John Parsons 293 Tracey B -114
2016-11-03 Migry Zur Campanile 166 John Parsons -272 Ben Handley-Pritchard 175 Anne Jackson -69
2016-11-04 Anne Jackson 188 Ben Kristensen 255 Neil Trentham 152 Steven De Donder -595
2016-11-04 Simon Hunter -280 Joan Clark 75 Neil Trentham 144 Beryl Dorscht 61
2016-11-05 Dan Hoffenberg -119 Chris Dixon -88 Tracey B 154 Migry Zur Campanile 53
2016-11-06 Dan Hoffenberg -130 Dean Pokorny 151 Tracey B -21 Dana Berkowitz 0
2016-11-06 Dan Hoffenberg 585 Joan Clark -33 Tracey B -356 Beryl Dorscht -196
2016-11-06 Anne Jackson 115 Joan Clark -445 Neil Trentham 71 Tracey B 259
2016-11-07 Anne Jackson 38 Ben Kristensen 87 Neil Trentham 157 Stephen Frechette -282
2016-11-08 Anne Jackson -62 Neil Trentham 14 Migry Zur Campanile 105 Stan Schenker -57
2016-11-10 Dan Hoffenberg 65 Ben Kristensen 96 Sally Woolsey 59 Kit Woolsey -220
2016-11-10 Tracey B 47 Beryl Dorscht -127 Dan Hoffenberg 329 Doris Denny -249
2016-11-10 Tracey B 62 Chris Dixon -131 Dan Hoffenberg -77 Migry Zur Campanile 146
2016-11-11 Tracey B 36 Beryl Dorscht -94 Dan Hoffenberg 40 Nicholas Cheung 18
2016-11-11 Tracey B 57 Joan Clark -61 Dan Hoffenberg 25 Beryl Dorscht -21
2016-11-11 Tracey B 8 Simon Hunter 236 Dan Hoffenberg -54 Beryl Dorscht -190
2016-11-11 Tracey B 32 Ben Kristensen -164 Joan Clark 151 Stephen Frechette -19
2016-11-12 Anne Jackson 34 Ben Handley-Pritchard -114 Joan Clark -34 Simon Hunter 114
2016-11-12 Tracey B -9 Dana Berkowitz -130 Migry Zur Campanile 173 Stan Schenker -34
2016-11-13 Tracey B -327 Joan Clark 65 Dan Hoffenberg 243 Stan Schenker 19
2016-11-13 Tracey B -40 Simon Hunter -67 Dan Hoffenberg 6 Stan Schenker 101
2016-11-13 Anne Jackson -25 Ben Kristensen 238 Tracey B -253 John Parsons 40
2016-11-13 Tracey B 5 Ben Kristensen 8 Migry Zur Campanile -32 Beryl Dorscht 19
2016-11-14 Anne Jackson -27 Ben Kristensen 171 Migry Zur Campanile 144 Beryl Dorscht -288
2016-11-15 Joan Clark -143 Kit Woolsey 160 Stan Schenker 176 Corey Robinson -193
2016-11-17 Chris Dixon 129 Joan Clark 82 Simon Hunter 113 Beryl Dorscht -324
2016-11-17 Anne Jackson 123 Tracey B 5 Simon Hunter -86 Joan Clark -42
2016-11-17 Anne Jackson -307 Ben Kristensen 118 Tracey B -123 Simon Hunter 312
2016-11-18 Tracey B 95 Beryl Dorscht 6 Simon Hunter -19 Ben Kristensen -82
2016-11-18 Anne Jackson 152 Joan Clark 137 Neil Trentham -7 Beryl Dorscht -282
2016-11-18 Tracey B 179 Beryl Dorscht -56 Jennifer Mourgues 110 Stephen Frechette -233
2016-11-19 Tracey B 307 Joan Clark -33 Dan Hoffenberg -202 Stan Schenker -72
2016-11-19 Tracey B -107 Simon Hunter -57 Beryl Dorscht -128 Stan Schenker 292
2016-11-19 Tracey B 182 Simon Hunter -19 Joan Clark -19 Stan Schenker -144
2016-11-19 Tracey B -170 Simon Hunter 92 Migry Zur Campanile 85 Beryl Dorscht -7
2016-11-19 Tracey B -232 Anne Jackson 106 Migry Zur Campanile 31 Simon Hunter 95
2016-11-19 Migry Zur Campanile 88 Anne Jackson 69 Neil Trentham 7 Bryan Delfs -164
2016-11-20 Tracey B -63 Joan Clark -230 Dan Hoffenberg 361 Stan Schenker -68
2016-11-20 Anne Jackson 150 Simon Hunter 88 Migry Zur Campanile -107 Neil Trentham -131
2016-11-20 Tracey B -44 Migry Zur Campanile 67 Dan Hoffenberg 50 Stan Schenker -73
2016-11-20 Migry Zur Campanile 22 Ben Kristensen -185 Anne Jackson 1 Pat Civale 162
2016-11-20 Dan Hoffenberg -451 John Parsons 404 Jennifer Mourgues -287 Ben Kristensen 334
2016-11-21 Migry Zur Campanile -238 Steve Altus 113 Dana Berkowitz 185 JoAnna Stansby -60
2016-11-21 Tracey B 21 Ben Kristensen 384 Stan Schenker -228 John Parsons -177
2016-11-22 Migry Zur Campanile -133 Richard Probst 166 Chris Willenken -49 Cinzia Giordano 16
2016-11-22 Anne Jackson -73 John Parsons -104 Chris Dixon 124 Francisco Placido 53
2016-11-22 Migry Zur Campanile -103 Ben Kristensen -10 Chris Willenken -31 Anne Jackson 144
2016-11-23 Migry Zur Campanile 253 Stan Schenker 104 Chris Willenken -77 Tracey B -280
2016-11-23 Migry Zur Campanile 202 Ben Kristensen -381 Stan Schenker -15 Tracey B 194
2016-11-23 Migry Zur Campanile 149 Simon Hunter 133 Anne Jackson -350 Ben Kristensen 68
2016-11-23 Tracey B -153 Ben Kristensen 225 Migry Zur Campanile -22 Ben Handley-Pritchard -50
2016-11-23 Tracey B -39 Ben Kristensen 14 Joan Clark 101 Anne Jackson -76
2016-11-23 Tracey B 25 Migry Zur Campanile 96 Dan Hoffenberg 69 John Parsons -190
2016-11-24 Tracey B -141 Anne Jackson 288 Dan Hoffenberg -317 Aymeric Lebatteaux 170
2016-11-24 Tracey B 137 Aymeric Lebatteaux -44 Dan Hoffenberg 92 Giuseppe Failla -185
2016-11-24 Tracey B 63 John Parsons -52 Chris Dixon 69 Stephen Frechette -80
2016-11-25 Tracey B -297 Ben Kristensen 212 Dan Hoffenberg 221 Francisco Placido -136
2016-11-25 Tracey B 264 Simon Hunter -12 Stan Schenker 143 Dan Hoffenberg -395
2016-11-25 Tracey B 62 Ben Kristensen 231 John Parsons -99 Stan Schenker -194
2016-11-26 Tracey B -75 Beryl Dorscht -112 Dan Hoffenberg 116 Stan Schenker 71
2016-11-26 Tracey B 67 John Parsons 126 Dan Hoffenberg 20 Stan Schenker -213
2016-11-26 Tracey B -101 Beryl Dorscht -220 Stan Schenker 2 Ben Kristensen 319
2016-11-27 Tracey B 30 Chris Dixon 232 Stan Schenker -154 Beryl Dorscht -108
2016-11-27 Tracey B -217 Simon Hunter 65 Dan Hoffenberg 290 Stan Schenker -138
2016-11-27 Anne Jackson 80 Simon Hunter 231 Migry Zur Campanile 97 Ben Kristensen -408
2016-11-28 Tracey B 119 Beryl Dorscht -47 Dan Hoffenberg 5 Stan Schenker -77
2016-11-28 Anne Jackson 181 Ben Kristensen -365 Simon Hunter -56 Migry Zur Campanile 240
2016-11-28 Tracey B -33 Beryl Dorscht -138 Michael Wilkinson 80 Stephen Frechette 91
2016-11-29 Tracey B -63 Joan Clark -174 Dan Hoffenberg 123 Stan Schenker 114
2016-11-29 Dan Hoffenberg -76 Beryl Dorscht -52 Tracey B 123 Ben Kristensen 5
2016-11-30 Dan Hoffenberg 128 Ben Kristensen 168 Tracey B -352 Beryl Dorscht 56
2016-11-30 Tracey B -236 Ben Kristensen 324 Dan Hoffenberg 138 Stan Schenker -226
2016-11-30 Anne Jackson -50 Stephen Frechette -331 Chris Dixon -39 Tracey B 420
2016-12-02 Simon Hunter -51 Ben Kristensen 133 Jennifer Mourgues -282 Chris Willenken 200