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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 2018

2004-2017

Previous game data

January 2018

2003-2017

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

Monthly winners, 2018

January: Dana Berkowitz

Annual winners, 2003-17

2017 ladder: Doron Limor

2016 ladder: Neil Trentham

2016 “Zester”: Dan Hoffenberg

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

Barbu Ladder Scores

Last updated: Fri 02 Feb 2018 21:46 (UK time)

Date	South			West			North			East
2018-01-01	Tracey B	-195		Dave Beer	75		Dan Hoffenberg	-12		Neil Trentham	132
2018-01-01	Tracey B	93		Zach Grossack	-13		Joan Clark	38		Paolo Catoni	-118
2018-01-01	Migry Zur Campanile	-34		Beryl Dorscht	-106		Neil Trentham	109		Dana Berkowitz	31
2018-01-01	Tracey B	134		Migry Zur Campanile	-161		Paolo Catoni	17		Zach Grossack	10
2018-01-01	Anne Jackson	61		Zach Grossack	-1		Migry Zur Campanile	164		Paolo Catoni	-224
2018-01-01	Liz Goulding-Gray	-411		Mark Gray	327		Stan Schenker	55		Beryl Dorscht	29
2018-01-01	Tracey B	-126		Joan Clark	128		Dave Beer	324		Zach Grossack	-326
2018-01-01	Anne Jackson	-24		Tracey B	-174		Migry Zur Campanile	19		Alessio Isaia	179
2018-01-02	Tracey B	54		Beryl Dorscht	-66		Mark Tynkov	-40		Paolo Catoni	52
2018-01-02	Anne Jackson	285		Neil Trentham	-157		Migry Zur Campanile	-76		Beryl Dorscht	-52
2018-01-02	Tracey B	-27		Stan Schenker	-42		Richard Probst	-124		Dana Berkowitz	193
2018-01-03	Tracey B	-133		Dana Berkowitz	133		Stan Schenker	143		Paolo Catoni	-143
2018-01-03	Mark Tynkov	12		Dana Berkowitz	115		Joan Clark	-37		Krisztina Ormay	-90
2018-01-03	Dave Beer	-61		Beryl Dorscht	-67		Neil Trentham	155		Paolo Catoni	-27
2018-01-03	Anne Jackson	154		Dave Beer	0		Joan Clark	40		Beryl Dorscht	-194
2018-01-04	Mark Tynkov	80		Zach Grossack	-129		Joan Clark	89		Stan Schenker	-40
2018-01-04	Mark Tynkov	-1		Dave Beer	154		Zach Grossack	-243		Stan Schenker	90
2018-01-04	Migry Zur Campanile	40		Joan Clark	-168		Alessio Isaia	15		Ben Handley-Pritchard	113
2018-01-04	Stan Schenker	177		Beryl Dorscht	-3		Dana Berkowitz	-29		Paolo Catoni	-145
2018-01-04	Migry Zur Campanile	-131		Doron Limor	-199		Anne Jackson	36		Neil Trentham	294
2018-01-04	Joe Elleson	-129		Dave Beer	104		Stan Schenker	28		Zach Grossack	-3
2018-01-04	Stan Schenker	-58		Dana Berkowitz	163		Dave Beer	-155		Zach Grossack	50
2018-01-05	Stan Schenker	288		Beryl Dorscht	-99		Tracey B	-154		Kit Woolsey	-35
2018-01-05	Anne Jackson	55		Fabio Quai	-205		Migry Zur Campanile	188		Neil Trentham	-38
2018-01-05	Tracey B	-342		Dana Berkowitz	109		Zach Grossack	190		Migry Zur Campanile	43
2018-01-05	Liz Goulding-Gray	-76		Fabio Quai	62		Dave Beer	51		Mark Gray	-37
2018-01-05	Migry Zur Campanile	-62		Tracey B	195		Zach Grossack	-483		Dana Berkowitz	350
2018-01-06	Mark Tynkov	-18		Beryl Dorscht	-67		Dave Beer	188		Stan Schenker	-103
2018-01-06	Tracey B	-117		Joan Clark	-20		Mark Tynkov	-83		Kit Woolsey	220
2018-01-06	Tracey B	-16		Krisztina Ormay	-104		Zach Grossack	68		Beryl Dorscht	52
2018-01-06	Anne Jackson	-346		Tracey B	136		Krisztina Ormay	183		Neil Trentham	27
2018-01-06	Migry Zur Campanile	-18		Anne Jackson	-71		Tracey B	79		Dean Pokorny	10
2018-01-07	Paolo Catoni	-234		Neil Trentham	204		Fabio Quai	15		Beryl Dorscht	15
2018-01-07	Paolo Catoni	272		Joan Clark	-245		Fabio Quai	134		Beryl Dorscht	-161
2018-01-07	Migry Zur Campanile	-217		Zach Grossack	-3		Paolo Catoni	193		Fabio Quai	27
2018-01-07	Anne Jackson	-9		Zach Grossack	64		Migry Zur Campanile	-61		Fabio Quai	6
2018-01-07	Tracey B	69		Dana Berkowitz	44		Dan Hoffenberg	-313		Adam Grossack	200
2018-01-07	Migry Zur Campanile	350		Paolo Catoni	1		Fabio Quai	-401		Adam Grossack	50
2018-01-07	Migry Zur Campanile	200		Paolo Catoni	-69		Fabio Quai	-264		Zach Grossack	133
2018-01-07	Joe Elleson	-93		Sami Casanova	-230		Dave Beer	250		Fabio Quai	73
2018-01-07	Joe Elleson	-192		Fabio Quai	29		Sami Casanova	-14		Dana Berkowitz	177
2018-01-08	Dan Hoffenberg	14		Beryl Dorscht	-231		Stan Schenker	139		Fabio Quai	78
2018-01-08	Joan Clark	-9		Beryl Dorscht	5		Fabio Quai	47		Stan Schenker	-43
2018-01-08	Anne Jackson	-31		Sami Casanova	27		Stan Schenker	40		Neil Trentham	-36
2018-01-08	Paolo Catoni	46		Neil Trentham	227		Fabio Quai	-26		Adam Grossack	-247
2018-01-08	Paolo Catoni	160		Alessio Isaia	13		Fabio Quai	139		Dave Beer	-312
2018-01-08	Paolo Catoni	-224		Ophir Reshef	215		Fabio Quai	95		Joe Elleson	-86
2018-01-09	Anne Jackson	204		Neil Trentham	-178		Fabio Quai	121		Doron Limor	-147
2018-01-09	Dave Beer	-208		Beryl Dorscht	-57		Joan Clark	203		Dana Berkowitz	62
2018-01-09	Paolo Catoni	4		Beryl Dorscht	73		Zach Grossack	-150		Fabio Quai	73
2018-01-09	Dave Beer	-58		Paolo Catoni	-49		Zach Grossack	6		Fabio Quai	101
2018-01-10	Migry Zur Campanile	300		Beryl Dorscht	-234		Anne Jackson	-58		Dana Berkowitz	-8
2018-01-10	Tracey B	-23		Beryl Dorscht	-249		Richard Probst	253		Fabio Quai	19
2018-01-10	Anne Jackson	-371		Ben Kristensen	4		Tracey B	13		Beryl Dorscht	354
2018-01-10	Tracey B	-50		Beryl Dorscht	140		Zach Grossack	-73		Ben Kristensen	-17
2018-01-10	Tracey B	-161		Zach Grossack	47		Fabio Quai	94		Ben Kristensen	20
2018-01-10	Paolo Catoni	-94		Stan Schenker	-48		Tracey B	-12		Fabio Quai	154
2018-01-10	Paolo Catoni	146		Fabio Quai	-81		Tracey B	100		Stan Schenker	-165
2018-01-11	Beryl Dorscht	-268		Ben Kristensen	143		Dave Beer	-123		Zach Grossack	248
2018-01-11	Tracey B	-73		Beryl Dorscht	-73		Ben Handley-Pritchard	258		Dave Beer	-112
2018-01-11	Tracey B	210		Joan Clark	79		Anne Jackson	73		Beryl Dorscht	-362
2018-01-11	Anne Jackson	87		Neil Trentham	-384		Fabio Quai	266		Beryl Dorscht	31
2018-01-11	Dave Beer	40		Zach Grossack	-121		Ophir Reshef	69		Beryl Dorscht	12
2018-01-11	Dave Beer	126		Ben Kristensen	31		Fabio Quai	111		Zach Grossack	-268
2018-01-12	Anne Jackson	194		Beryl Dorscht	-211		Zach Grossack	98		Fabio Quai	-81
2018-01-12	Migry Zur Campanile	2		Anne Jackson	-61		Joan Clark	263		Krisztina Ormay	-204
2018-01-12	Paolo Catoni	207		Ben Kristensen	-220		Krisztina Ormay	-18		Joan Clark	31
2018-01-12	Paolo Catoni	214		Ben Kristensen	-42		Krisztina Ormay	-312		Ophir Reshef	140
2018-01-12	Paolo Catoni	-67		Zach Grossack	-179		Ophir Reshef	90		Fabio Quai	156
2018-01-12	Migry Zur Campanile	-23		Joan Clark	-221		Anne Jackson	50		Doron Limor	194
2018-01-13	Dave Beer	-118		Beryl Dorscht	49		Stan Schenker	-36		Zach Grossack	105
2018-01-13	Tracey B	79		Beryl Dorscht	-105		Fabio Quai	57		Krisztina Ormay	-31
2018-01-13	Migry Zur Campanile	-83		Neil Trentham	306		Tracey B	-176		Fabio Quai	-47
2018-01-13	Tracey B	-86		Beryl Dorscht	-193		Fabio Quai	57		Paolo Catoni	222
2018-01-14	Tracey B	156		Joan Clark	22		Dan Hoffenberg	-375		Fabio Quai	197
2018-01-14	Dan Hoffenberg	-69		Ben Kristensen	33		Stan Schenker	219		Tracey B	-183
2018-01-14	Dan Hoffenberg	344		Beryl Dorscht	-69		Tracey B	-334		Matthias Huberschwiller	59
2018-01-14	Migry Zur Campanile	-104		Ben Handley-Pritchard	-5		Zach Grossack	175		Adam Grossack	-66
2018-01-14	Migry Zur Campanile	-84		Ophir Reshef	170		Fabio Quai	-119		Zach Grossack	33
2018-01-14	Migry Zur Campanile	-250		Ben Kristensen	151		Fabio Quai	195		Tracey B	-96
2018-01-14	Tracey B	50		Fabio Quai	8		Paolo Catoni	1		Zach Grossack	-59
2018-01-14	Paolo Catoni	197		Ophir Reshef	-50		Joe Elleson	-382		Francesco Mazzadi	235
2018-01-15	Migry Zur Campanile	-88		Ben Kristensen	192		Joan Clark	-13		Sally Woolsey	-91
2018-01-15	Stan Schenker	2		Ben Kristensen	198		Fabio Quai	-47		Beryl Dorscht	-153
2018-01-15	Dave Beer	199		Ophir Reshef	51		Fabio Quai	-162		Zach Grossack	-88
2018-01-15	Dave Beer	-108		Tracey B	332		Francesco Mazzadi	-132		Fabio Quai	-92
2018-01-16	Mark Tynkov	85		Zach Grossack	321		Stan Schenker	-371		Sami Casanova	-35
2018-01-16	Mark Tynkov	-68		Zach Grossack	304		Sami Casanova	-123		Dave Beer	-113
2018-01-16	Migry Zur Campanile	165		Beryl Dorscht	122		Anne Jackson	-103		Ben Kristensen	-184
2018-01-16	Anne Jackson	-112		Ben Kristensen	-12		Fabio Quai	-14		Krisztina Ormay	138
2018-01-16	Paolo Catoni	-95		Beryl Dorscht	131		Fabio Quai	-37		Francesco Mazzadi	1
2018-01-16	Paolo Catoni	-60		Joan Clark	190		Anne Jackson	-38		Adam Grossack	-92
2018-01-17	Beryl Dorscht	18		Ben Kristensen	-142		Fabio Quai	84		Zach Grossack	40
2018-01-17	Stan Schenker	-64		Beryl Dorscht	37		Tracey B	-33		Fabio Quai	60
2018-01-17	Anne Jackson	260		Beryl Dorscht	-143		Fabio Quai	173		Sami Casanova	-290
2018-01-17	Tracey B	136		Beryl Dorscht	-371		Stan Schenker	277		Neil Trentham	-42
2018-01-17	Stan Schenker	-57		Beryl Dorscht	-241		Fabio Quai	204		Ben Kristensen	94
2018-01-17	Joe Elleson	-179		Ben Kristensen	188		Krisztina Ormay	-62		Fabio Quai	53
2018-01-17	Paolo Catoni	-58		Ben Kristensen	249		Fabio Quai	93		Zach Grossack	-284
2018-01-18	Tracey B	3		Francesco Mazzadi	-61		Sami Casanova	-144		Stan Schenker	202
2018-01-18	Tracey B	-355		Dave Beer	288		Zach Grossack	-69		Dan Hoffenberg	136
2018-01-18	Tracey B	-180		Beryl Dorscht	-137		Fabio Quai	180		Dan Hoffenberg	137
2018-01-18	Tracey B	77		Beryl Dorscht	96		Dan Hoffenberg	-273		Ben Kristensen	100
2018-01-18	Anne Jackson	31		Beryl Dorscht	16		Neil Trentham	52		Richard Probst	-99
2018-01-18	Joe Elleson	93		Beryl Dorscht	47		Fabio Quai	141		Francesco Mazzadi	-281
2018-01-19	Stan Schenker	-13		Beryl Dorscht	-59		Zach Grossack	-172		Mark Tynkov	244
2018-01-19	Tracey B	-104		Beryl Dorscht	-66		Fabio Quai	-6		Ben Kristensen	176
2018-01-19	Migry Zur Campanile	-1		Anne Jackson	-186		Richard Probst	-29		Tracey B	216
2018-01-19	Beryl Dorscht	-187		Krisztina Ormay	87		Fabio Quai	210		Joan Clark	-110
2018-01-19	Dave Beer	23		Ophir Reshef	-199		Stan Schenker	290		Richard Probst	-114
2018-01-20	Paolo Catoni	-125		Beryl Dorscht	-146		Fabio Quai	176		Zach Grossack	95
2018-01-20	Anne Jackson	146		Paolo Catoni	-162		Joan Clark	6		Fabio Quai	10
2018-01-20	Stan Schenker	170		Beryl Dorscht	-42		Fabio Quai	-14		Richard Probst	-114
2018-01-20	Migry Zur Campanile	-257		Ben Kristensen	127		Neil Trentham	17		Richard Probst	113
2018-01-20	Migry Zur Campanile	9		Joan Clark	-25		Stan Schenker	-53		Zach Grossack	69
2018-01-20	Paolo Catoni	-44		Beryl Dorscht	96		Mark Tynkov	31		Stan Schenker	-83
2018-01-21	Stan Schenker	133		Beryl Dorscht	-258		Dana Berkowitz	196		Paolo Catoni	-71
2018-01-21	Paolo Catoni	-28		Beryl Dorscht	71		Joan Clark	-58		Richard Probst	15
2018-01-21	Anne Jackson	137		Beryl Dorscht	-114		Zach Grossack	110		Dave Beer	-133
2018-01-21	Paolo Catoni	79		Ben Kristensen	61		Zach Grossack	-5		Fabio Quai	-135
2018-01-21	Tracey B	-225		Migry Zur Campanile	223		Fabio Quai	237		Ophir Reshef	-235
2018-01-22	Migry Zur Campanile	55		Ben Kristensen	-208		Anne Jackson	-140		Doron Limor	293
2018-01-22	Paolo Catoni	90		Ben Kristensen	-52		Sami Casanova	315		Joan Clark	-353
2018-01-22	Paolo Catoni	-54		Ben Kristensen	-1		Sami Casanova	72		Fabio Quai	-17
2018-01-22	Tracey B	283		Joan Clark	-270		Zach Grossack	84		Fabio Quai	-97
2018-01-23	Zach Grossack	156		Dave Beer	243		Fabio Quai	-60		Francesco Mazzadi	-339
2018-01-23	Migry Zur Campanile	-71		Joan Clark	124		Anne Jackson	-20		Zach Grossack	-33
2018-01-24	Tracey B	96		Beryl Dorscht	-220		Zach Grossack	347		Ben Kristensen	-223
2018-01-24	Anne Jackson	-126		Ben Handley-Pritchard	117		Neil Trentham	255		Tracey B	-246
2018-01-24	Tracey B	122		Beryl Dorscht	-154		Zach Grossack	110		Ben Kristensen	-78
2018-01-24	Tracey B	65		Beryl Dorscht	-97		Fabio Quai	139		Ben Kristensen	-107
2018-01-24	Dave Beer	146		Beryl Dorscht	-210		Fabio Quai	103		Ben Kristensen	-39
2018-01-24	Beryl Dorscht	-435		Zach Grossack	262		Francesco Mazzadi	36		Fabio Quai	137
2018-01-25	Migry Zur Campanile	-370		Michael Wilkinson	38		Anne Jackson	94		Mark Tynkov	238
2018-01-25	Anne Jackson	259		Joan Clark	52		Paolo Catoni	38		Ben Handley-Pritchard	-349
2018-01-25	Tracey B	-177		Fabio Quai	32		Dana Berkowitz	53		Paolo Catoni	92
2018-01-25	Tracey B	-126		Dana Berkowitz	-135		Ophir Reshef	287		Fabio Quai	-26
2018-01-26	Stan Schenker	144		Sally Woolsey	-331		Dana Berkowitz	137		Mark Tynkov	50
2018-01-26	Anne Jackson	-103		Beryl Dorscht	-284		Neil Trentham	301		Dave Beer	86
2018-01-26	Dave Beer	86		Ben Kristensen	-88		Zach Grossack	52		Dana Berkowitz	-50
2018-01-27	Mark Tynkov	136		Beryl Dorscht	-500		Zach Grossack	270		Sally Woolsey	94
2018-01-27	Stan Schenker	85		Ben Kristensen	274		Sami Casanova	-511		Mark Tynkov	152
2018-01-27	Stan Schenker	47		Beryl Dorscht	-130		Fabio Quai	57		Sami Casanova	26
2018-01-27	Anne Jackson	148		Sami Casanova	87		Migry Zur Campanile	-100		Fabio Quai	-135
2018-01-27	Mark Tynkov	-167		Zach Grossack	-103		Fabio Quai	95		Dana Berkowitz	175
2018-01-27	Migry Zur Campanile	80		Ben Kristensen	-27		Dana Berkowitz	26		Zach Grossack	-79
2018-01-27	Migry Zur Campanile	-26		Ophir Reshef	203		Zach Grossack	-87		Fabio Quai	-90
2018-01-28	Mark Tynkov	119		Beryl Dorscht	-179		Sami Casanova	60		Fabio Quai	0
2018-01-28	Anne Jackson	-6		Joan Clark	-294		Fabio Quai	149		Beryl Dorscht	151
2018-01-28	Migry Zur Campanile	231		Ben Kristensen	100		Steve Altus	44		Neil Trentham	-375
2018-01-28	Migry Zur Campanile	243		Ophir Reshef	-69		Anne Jackson	-3		Fabio Quai	-171
2018-01-28	Migry Zur Campanile	-131		Ben Kristensen	192		Sami Casanova	163		Dave Beer	-224
2018-01-29	Tracey B	328		Dan Hoffenberg	-74		Stan Schenker	1		Fabio Quai	-255
2018-01-29	Dave Beer	-130		Stan Schenker	100		Joan Clark	-258		Fabio Quai	288
2018-01-29	Anne Jackson	-37		Ben Kristensen	140		Zach Grossack	-172		Neil Trentham	69
2018-01-29	Paolo Catoni	-315		Ben Kristensen	-163		Anne Jackson	108		Dana Berkowitz	370
2018-01-29	Tracey B	-41		Ophir Reshef	146		Dave Beer	15		Francesco Mazzadi	-120
2018-01-29	Paolo Catoni	-142		Ben Kristensen	-156		Fabio Quai	204		Zach Grossack	94
2018-01-29	Paolo Catoni	-242		Beryl Dorscht	-10		Tracey B	124		Francesco Mazzadi	128
2018-01-29	Stan Schenker	194		Zach Grossack	-270		Fabio Quai	52		Adam Grossack	24
2018-01-30	Mark Tynkov	151		Zach Grossack	-33		Joan Clark	-18		Ben Kristensen	-100
2018-01-30	Anne Jackson	-14		Joan Clark	125		Migry Zur Campanile	62		Zach Grossack	-173
2018-01-30	Anne Jackson	100		Beryl Dorscht	-31		Fabio Quai	27		Paolo Catoni	-96
2018-01-30	Paolo Catoni	-293		Ben Kristensen	101		Fabio Quai	201		Dana Berkowitz	-9
2018-01-31	Zach Grossack	-90		Ben Kristensen	-277		Beryl Dorscht	239		Paolo Catoni	128
2018-01-31	Migry Zur Campanile	124		Ben Kristensen	105		Richard Probst	-150		Beryl Dorscht	-79
2018-01-31	Paolo Catoni	95		Ben Kristensen	-7		Fabio Quai	-136		Francesco Mazzadi	48
2018-01-31	Tracey B	-127		Beryl Dorscht	71		Dana Berkowitz	-265		Zach Grossack	321
2018-01-31	Paolo Catoni	-195		Mark Tynkov	237		Fabio Quai	276		Francesco Mazzadi	-318
2018-02-01	Stan Schenker	-120		Ben Kristensen	93		Fabio Quai	44		Zach Grossack	-17