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AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo; Game 26: Using dead stones

Michael Redmond 9p, hosted by the AGA E-Journal's Chris Garlock, continue their popular series with a review of the 26th game of the AlphaGo vs. AlphaGo selfplay games. The 50-game series was published by Deepmind after AlphaGo's victory over world champion Ke Jie 9p in May 2017.

Black builds a large moyo and White occasionally drops a stone in, and they're all dead, until they come back to life. "It's not really clear what White's trying to do, but eventually all of the dead stones get used a lot, which is the main story of this game" says Redmond. "Thank you so much for continuing this series!" posted Yi Sheng Siow. "I always get a big smile on my face when I see a new one of these pop up!" added Rory Mitchell. "I'm really looking forward to watching it right after I finish cooking supper!" These videos are made possible by the support of the American Go Association; please consider joining today! Video produced by Michael Wanek & Andrew Jackson. [sgf sgfUrl="http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.12_26-AG-AG-annotated.sgf " href="http://www.usgo.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2019.01.12_26-AG-AG-annotated.sgf" class="alignleft"] [/sgf]