Yesterday I kind of entertained the thought that they could have tried to make Alphago waste a move somewhere at the beginning of the game to give Sedol the equ

Yesterday I kind of entertained the thought that they could have tried to make Alphago waste a move somewhere at the beginning of the game to give Sedol the equivalent of a stone advantage and see how Alphago could handle that. But it's clear that any move like that would have been immediately detected by the professionals who can read the game as I read the morning newspapers, so no.