Tartrate

    Keywords: Culture & History, People, Online Go

Tartrate is a legendary player on KGS, whose account has expired. His[1] fabled invincibility has only once been broken, taking White with no komi against Charm[2]. Opponents left in his wake include Alexandre Dinerchtein 1p, Svetlana Shikshina 1p [3] and mymy (rumored to be 6p). The ease with which he dismissed the plethora of opponents, makes many people believe Tartrate is a strong professional[4]. While amicable and somewhat chatty, he has chosen to remain anonymous, and will not answer personal questions such as where he comes from or whether he is a pro. Don't bother asking him about his identity.

His overwhelming appearance in 2003 was followed by a long silence, when he made a short comeback in January 2004, continuing his winning streak as expected. His [ext] game against Weems 9d attracted over 400 observers.

Tartrate has a message for the online Go world: he STRONGLY suggest that while he is playing games, all the dans (especially higher dans) comment on his game for the community, and is angry and disappointed when they don't.

In the spirit of good fun, what is your tartrate number?


Footnotes

[1] It is unknown whether tartrate is male or female.

[2] On January 16th, 2004, tartrate lost against charm. However, this was a no komi game with tartrate taking white.

 [ext] http://files.gokgs.com/games/2004/1/16/tartrate-charm.sgf

Charm is actually another account of the KGS Teacher "sendol". Sendol seems to have a go school in Seoul, Korea and has recently started teaching on KGS.

Before that, Tartrate did lose a few games on May 22, 2003. Of course, they were part of an 11-game simul, the majority of which he/she won. However, that impromptu simultaneous test suffered from a serious miscalculation of the time needed to deal with so many games, and casts no reflection on the ability of tartrate to play Go most excellently.

The game was lost by time, however, with white leading by about 10 points. Please comment if my counting went completely astray. In other words, with nothing astounding happening in the end-game any longer, it would have been a victory for Tartrate without doubt. --Sigmundur

Perhaps you counted more closely than tartrate himself, because he seemed to say that he was actually losing at the time. --''Lynx''

[3] The match between tartrate and Shikshina ("redrose") was an impressive fighting game, with tartrate opening at Tengen. The game involved two large semeais and two large ko fights and ended to a resignation by Shikshina. The game record can be found with the usual KGS kibitz at [ext] http://files.gokgs.com/games/2003/6/18/redrose-tartrate.sgf.

[4] See Tartrate Gossip


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