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"Invisible" collects 78 AlphaGo games

Ever since AlphaGo burst on the scene in January 2016 when it was revealed that the go AI had defeated European Go Champion and Chinese professional Fan Hui 2P 5-0 in a secret series, its games have been studied closely by go players around the world. As AlphaGo has established its dominance, defeating Lee Sedol 4-1 last year, amassing an astounding 60-0 record against top pros online this past January and then beating Ke Jie 3-0 in May, a number of commentaries have been published, both online and in print. 

The latest is "Invisible. The Games of AlphaGo," (click here for a sample) a comprehensive collection of all 78 officially played games by AlphaGo against human opponents, 73 of them with professional commentary in English by Finnish go professional Antti Törmänen 1P and other professionals. The title of the new book pays tribute to the classic "Invincible," the collection of games by go master Shusaku, one of the . AlphaGo "has not only dominated the games against human opponents, but has also contributed a lot to the further development of go theory by playing some new josekis and setting new accents in the opening, and - last but not least - also breaking some previously valid iron rules of go theory," says Tobias Berben of Hebsacker Verlag, which published the book. "You could say the AI has crushed the humans to free their go!" "Invisible" is available to US customers for 40 Euros including shipping (book rate, uninsured) until the end of August 2017, when paying via Paypal to info@hebsacker-verlag.de; send your shipping address to info@hebsacker-verlag.de.