Home

Barbu Rules

Online Barbu

Online Barbu Ladder

Barbu History

Barbu Articles

Barbu Events

Links, Trivia, Photos

Online Barbu Ladder

Submitting results

Ladder results are submitted automatically by the BarbuWeb server. Please do not send in any results manually.

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.

Stephen Frechette and Aashish Welling, for giving us a brand-new web-based version of the software in 2020.

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 2026

February 2026

2004-2025

Previous game data

January 2026

February 2026

2003-2025

Barbu Heroes

Monthly winners, 2026

January: Mark Tynkov

February: Steven De Donder

Annual winners, 2003-25

2025 ladder: Ben Kristensen

2024 ladder: Steven De Donder

2023 ladder: Ben Kristensen

2022 ladder: Mike Rice

2021 ladder: Steven De Donder

2020 ladder: Steven De Donder

2019 ladder: Steven De Donder

2018 ladder: Mark Tynkov

2017 ladder: Doron Limor

2016 ladder: Neil Trentham

2015 ladder: Alessio Isaia

2014 ladder: Doron Limor

2013 ladder: Ben Handley-Pritchard

2012 ladder: Ben Handley   -Pritchard

2011 ladder: Fabio Lo Presti

2010 ladder: Steve Altus

2009 ladder: Mike Rice

2008 ladder: John Therkelsen

2007 ladder: Mike Rice

2006 ladder: Francesco Mazzadi

2005 ladder: Jérome Rombaut

2004 ladder: Joel Wooldridge

2003 ladder: JoAnna Stansby

Ladder, 2026

Minimum games to qualify: 100.

Last updated: Wed 01 Apr 2026 18:56 (UK time)

Pos	Name	Ladder score	Current playing strength	Games	Wins	Avg. score	High score	Low score	Positive scores	Avg. playing strengh of oppo	Avg. score adj. for oppo's strength
-	Marco Prestini	1107.3	68.4	23	43%	72.8	379	-283	65%	47.0	119.8
1	Steven De Donder	1104.4	100.8	189	39%	70.8	424	-445	69%	33.6	104.4
2	Mark Tynkov	1104.0	91.5	108	37%	77.0	450	-249	73%	27.0	104.0
-	Zachary Grossack	1100.7	88.7	24	46%	66.7	302	-311	71%	43.9	110.6
-	Ben Kristensen	1093.0	114.0	29	28%	67.8	325	-142	72%	29.1	96.9
-	Dan Hoffenberg	1081.5	66.3	44	34%	44.6	362	-313	57%	37.0	81.6
3	Jaron Marcus	1078.8	74.0	146	35%	37.1	465	-395	60%	41.8	78.8
-	Geoff Hampson	1076.4	92.3	44	32%	33.3	458	-228	57%	43.3	76.5
-	Alessio Isaia	1073.0	73.5	22	32%	57.8	320	-446	64%	25.2	83.0
4	Fabio Quai	1069.0	70.2	157	32%	27.0	390	-476	61%	42.0	69.0
-	Michael Wilkinson	1067.4	60.9	81	32%	36.0	406	-267	53%	31.4	67.4
5	Brad Moss	1066.3	64.5	199	36%	43.1	438	-411	61%	23.2	66.3
6	John Diamond	1064.9	72.1	101	28%	26.4	370	-325	59%	38.5	64.9
7	Tracey B	1064.6	63.4	161	27%	25.7	420	-444	63%	38.9	64.6
8	Matt Dobbs	1055.2	63.0	143	25%	21.8	450	-420	58%	33.4	55.2
-	Marco Novara	1053.8	55.0	30	23%	15.4	267	-304	50%	40.2	55.6
9	Mira	1053.1	54.5	278	26%	16.0	355	-339	56%	37.2	53.1
10	Federico Bianchi	1051.7	50.4	111	23%	9.1	320	-299	57%	42.6	51.7
11	Beppe Mistretta	1050.9	49.9	156	25%	10.5	361	-343	61%	40.3	50.9
12	John Parsons	1050.8	51.5	111	23%	10.1	275	-399	53%	40.6	50.8
13	Gaetano Damiata	1049.4	54.6	161	24%	8.6	337	-426	52%	40.8	49.4
14	Fabrizio Farnesi	1049.2	46.9	222	32%	15.7	334	-711	61%	33.6	49.2
-	Migry Zur Campanile	1048.5	67.8	31	19%	13.0	260	-376	61%	36.9	49.9
15	Jill Levin	1042.9	34.9	256	24%	-3.3	301	-417	53%	46.2	42.9
-	Mike Rice	1040.5	98.4	17	41%	22.1	309	-398	53%	30.5	52.6
-	Patric Sierzega	1031.3	66.0	22	18%	-5.5	276	-293	55%	41.0	35.5
-	Giorgio Caccia	1029.6	16.0	37	22%	-1.5	246	-310	51%	31.5	29.9
-	Nicole Gilmore	1028.2	65.1	7	29%	43.9	168	-66	71%	30.4	74.3
-	Benoit Guiot	1028.0	34.4	19	21%	-13.2	202	-224	53%	47.4	34.2
16	Rosalind Lin	1023.5	33.9	173	21%	-19.1	335	-407	46%	42.6	23.5
-	Alessandro Colombo	1020.5	26.0	98	15%	-30.0	362	-362	43%	50.5	20.5
17	Maree Crawford	1017.7	-7.2	114	21%	-14.2	281	-428	50%	31.9	17.7
-	Silvia Saccomanno	1016.6	28.1	2	50%	101.5	236	-33	50%	46.4	147.9
-	Sarina Chaiken	1011.1	-32.7	2	50%	104.0	246	-38	50%	-5.5	98.5
18	Stan Schenker	1009.1	16.2	113	21%	-37.8	306	-445	42%	46.9	9.1
-	Gianluca Lodato	1009.0	32.0	17	29%	-29.9	270	-433	47%	41.6	11.6
-	Sami Casanova	1004.6	44.9	50	12%	-32.8	248	-388	38%	37.4	4.6
-	Nicholas Cheung	1002.7	29.6	4	0%	-40.3	73	-149	50%	52.2	11.9
-	Arm Pontecom	1000.8	-29.9	2	0%	-32.0	17	-81	50%	38.9	6.9
-	Corey Robinson	1000.2	-45.7	1	0%	-34.0	-34	-34	0%	37.8	3.8
-	Josh Richards	997.3	14.8	2	0%	-1.5	71	-74	50%	-22.1	-23.6
-	Joan Clark	992.6	10.8	80	14%	-36.7	282	-380	38%	29.2	-7.4
-	Tamara Hoylaerts	992.5	-4.6	4	0%	-75.8	75	-257	50%	42.1	-33.7
-	Sarit Betzalel	992.4	-89.6	1	0%	-171.0	-171	-171	0%	36.1	-134.9
-	John McAllister	986.4	16.5	2	0%	-179.5	-122	-237	0%	59.0	-120.5
-	Filippo Lagostena	986.4	-17.2	17	18%	-53.8	231	-276	18%	36.2	-17.6
19	Tsahi Maimon	980.0	-5.3	125	18%	-65.4	309	-591	37%	45.4	-20.0
-	Umberto Prestini	976.8	-16.3	96	16%	-64.9	281	-597	35%	41.7	-23.2
-	Hilto 37	974.2	40.6	3	0%	-189.7	-103	-248	0%	35.8	-153.8
20	Polina Binder	967.5	-42.8	138	14%	-76.2	628	-501	35%	43.6	-32.5
-	Barbie W	962.4	-86.0	2	0%	-335.0	-70	-600	0%	1.0	-334.0
-	Raz Betzalel	956.5	-47.3	88	15%	-85.2	375	-752	30%	41.7	-43.5
-	Gabriel Feldstein	944.1	-74.2	7	0%	-169.9	86	-496	14%	22.4	-147.5
-	Jackie Smith	922.0	-64.5	61	10%	-106.2	227	-717	30%	28.2	-78.0
-	Giorgio Peterlongo	916.6	-76.6	53	6%	-122.4	203	-517	23%	38.9	-83.4
-	Cian Moss	896.0	-79.8	23	0%	-144.7	72	-401	17%	28.7	-116.0
-	Beryel Dorscht	894.2	-108.6	41	7%	-149.1	117	-605	22%	42.9	-106.2