AlphaZero on Connect-4

Build the game engine, policy-value network, PUCT MCTS, self-play generation, training, and baseline evaluation.

Hard4.8 hours57 steps

Overview

Build the game engine, policy-value network, PUCT MCTS, self-play generation, training, and baseline evaluation.

What you'll learn

MCTS Self-play Policy learning

FULL WALKTHROUGH

Learn every step on its own page

This project is no longer compressed into a few chapters. Open the dedicated learning workspace for a lesson-by-lesson explanation with concepts, MathJax mathematics, code, tests, mistakes, checkpoints, and persistent navigation.

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Move the tracker as you finish the original Deep-ML steps. Reaching 100% unlocks the completion action and certificate.

Architecture

Work through the system one dependable layer at a time. Each stage feeds the next and remains independently testable.

01PUCT→

02Value networks→

03Replay buffer

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Mathematics & visual explanation

Translate the core equations into code, validate intermediate tensors, and compare the implementation with a small numerical reference.

objective(θ) = data_term(θ) + λ · regularization(θ)

The exact objective evolves with each milestone. Keep a notebook of shapes, invariants, and numerical checks.