In recent years, StarCraft, considered to be one of the most challenging RealTime Strategy (RTS) games and one of the longestplayed esports of all time, has emerged by consensus as a “grand challenge” for AI research.

Our StarCraft II program AlphaStar is the first Artificial Intelligence to defeat a top professional player. In a series of test matches held on 19 December 2018, AlphaStar decisively beat Team Liquid’s Grzegorz "MaNa" Komincz, one of the world’s strongest professional StarCraft players, 50, following a successful benchmark match against his teammate Dario “TLO” Wünsch. The matches took place under professional match conditions on a competitive ladder map and without any game restrictions.

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