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There is typically a point advantage of around 7 points when you get the chance to play the first move. In professional matches, white will be given a 6.5 point bonus to compensate for this. So yes I think it's fair to assume that black usually wins. Actually, AlphaGo could probably be used to calculate the perfect number of points, because it has changed over the years. In China they have a 7.5 point bonus for white.



AlphaGo uses Chinese rules, and this match against Lee Sedol has a komi of 7.5.


Which is to say, black has has to win by more than 7.5 points or it is counted as a loss.




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