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Mysterious Tartrate Conquers All At Go
Rubyflame writes "As noted on the Sensei's Library resource for the ancient Chinese boardgame Go, Tartrate, a very strong and mysterious Go player, has recently returned to the Kiseido Go Server (KGS) after a long absence. The game records can be found here. Tartrate first appeared in March, and has yet to be defeated - his identity is unknown." This intriguing story is a little reminiscent of Bobby Fischer's online chess appearances - the Go players on KGS even log their Tartrate number: "tartrate has a tartrate number of 0. If you have played a game with tartrate, your tartrate number is 1. If you have played a game with someone whose number is 1, your number is 2, and so on."
At least he isn't going by the name "Sai".. that'd be downright scary. Still amusing that life mirrors art..
He uses cheat codes!
Welcome our new Go overlord.
...spike
Ewwwwww, coconut...
Anyhow, if it's some AI, then it almost has to be some undergraduate/researcher with some new algorithm, so they probably have quite enough CPU power at hand.
I KNEW those SETI @ Home guys were up to something!
The ______ Agenda
... you guessed it!
Frank Stallone.
Years later, a doctor will tell me that I have an I.Q. of 48, and am what some people call "mentally retarded".
Is he a mighty Go bot?
Is he a mighty vehicle?
Am I an idiot?
Mysterious Tartrate Conquers All At Go
I nominate this article title for "Most Surreal Slashdot Title Ever".
I've finally had it: until slashdot gets article moderation, I am not coming back.
Kevin Bacon's Tartrate number is, of course, 6.
: )
You can't take the sky from me...