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2011-09-05 Expert: Parik Stefanov Rate: (5)  9 ratings

The Crusade of "BC2012"


            Invincibility is fascinating. It is something like eternal youth. We hope that a miracle will happen and we will remain forever young. The miracle of GO would be for someone to remain forever unbeaten.
            Unfortunately, in a world without miracles, the only way you can remain undefeated is ... not to play. But, if you play, the question is how far you can get before the inevitable first loss. This race is also fascinating.
            Some time ago I wrote here about "pepsi0660", who started with a score of 174 - 0 !! In my opinion, he is not such a great champion, but managed somehow to exploit the weaknesses of the server.
           In this new post, there is an entirely different story. It is about an outstanding player, "BC2012", who I guess will stir much interest in the future. He made this account, in April this year, as 5D, and started with a 40 - 0 score, to reach the 9D in the fastest way possible. So far nothing special, as others traveled the same road up to the level of 9D, then they were not so convincing.
           Immediately comes the most interesting part. He won the first 10 games as 9D and let's find out some of  the opponents : "oneboat", "Strive(P)", "tmch", "sxkr"! Only top Chinese players. Does it remind you of something? "idontca1" (Park Junghwan, 9P) erupted on Tygem in a similar way, so "BC2012" could be someone from the same Korean caliber.
         I tried to find the significance of the name he chose. Because it is very unlikely to refer to BC as Before Christ, I am inclined to think that means "Burning Crusade" from World of Warcraft. It's like he intends to lead a crusade against all. Judging by the way  he won today against "Regretless", the 50th game without defeat, I think he carries some magic weapons to help him during the announced war against the rest of the world.


                                        "BC2012" 9D, Korea : 50 - 0 (36790 p)
                                        10 - 0  as 9D

                                        "Regretless" 9D, China : 100 - 21 (37609 p)


        Some other invincible players:

        "duohingke" 9D (Li Daichun, former amateur world champion) China : 60 - 0
        "ggeyx" 9D, China : 58 - 0
        "QingDao22" 7D, China : 56 - 0
        "IparkCafe" 9D, Korea : 44 - 0
        "revenge77" 9D, Korea : 41 - 0 (another very interesting new comer)
        "Poseidon96" 9D, Japan : 41 - 0
        "W_A_Mozart" 7D, Korea : 39 - 0
   
     No more invincible players:

        "pepsi0660" 9D, Korea : 175 - 3 (started 174 - 0)
        "juxia" 9D, China : lost some games and account removed (started 65 - 0)
        "FristCrus" 9D, China : 62 - 1 (started 62 - 0) lost very unlucky by 0,5 p to "bomber11"
        "wulu123" 9D, China : 155 - 29 (started 61 - 0)
         "Mozart_W_A" 9D, Korea : 90 - 4 (started 49 - 0)
        "ggbabygg" 9D, Korea : 96 - 16 (started 49 - 0)
        "bomber11" 9D, Korea : lost some games and account removed (started 44 - 0)
        "choo5" 9D, Korea : 109 - 45 (started 43 - 0)
        "Matchtime" 9D, Korea : 99 - 40 (started 42 - 0)
        "Radiance" 9D, Japan : lost some games and account removed (started 42 - 0)
        "Hawa2" 9D, Korea : 43 - 2 (started 41 - 0)
        "GODAPAO" 9D, Korea : 52 - 15 (started 41 - 0)
        "4k_gulby" 9D, Korea : lost some games and account removed (started 40 - 0)
        "TrashSseki" 9D, Korea : lost some games and account removed (started 40 - 0)
        "Achieve" 9D, Japan : lost some games and account removed (started 40 - 0)
        "SecKill" 9D, China : 145 - 68 (started 70 - 1)


       


Comments:

parik
2011-09-12 11:09
Thank you. I'll keep an eye on him.
guumi
2011-09-10 07:09
There is a new player with 59-0 score,17-0 as 9d, last game he wins against tmch. His name is gametheory
parik
2011-09-07 03:09
Hard to answer. He was able to make that impressive 60-0 score against players up to 7D.
After being promoted to 9D, he played only 2 free games, with 5 stones handicap, against a 3D opponent (one won by 52 points and the other by disconnection) and that was it.
It would have been interesting to see at least a few more games as 9D.
breakfast
2011-09-07 01:09
Dear Parik, what do you think about the level of Li Daichun? I know, he is one of the best amateurs in China and former WAGC winner. Can he beat top pros on Tygem?
qazqaz
4d 2011-09-06 01:09
who knows :-)
parik
2011-09-05 11:09
Interesting guess also.
In this case he announced his candidature for the BC Card title in 2012.
Or to retain it ? Oops...Lee Sedol?
qazqaz
4d 2011-09-05 09:09
Maybe the BC is related to the BC Card Cup?


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