In this paper, Sourav Panda covers a neat paper that approaches the VERY hard problem of playing StarCraft, but without the massive effort found in AlphaStar. The paper is called TStarBots: Defeating the Cheating Level Builtin AI in StarCraft II in the Full Game, by Sun et al.
Presentation Link: https://psu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Group+Meeting/1_0djd7vax