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Subject: Re: The ' Mint ' Winboard-engine available for download!

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 15:26:00 07/04/00

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On July 04, 2000 at 13:18:53, Chrille wrote:

>I'm glad you like my webpage, nobody has complained about it yet
>thankfully :) Unfortunately Mint is not at all as strong as Bringer
>or Comet. Even the old versions I have beat it comfortably. Mint
>was never designed with computer opponents in mind, it's designed
>to provoke and attack to take advantage of human defensive errors.
>Computers don't make that many defensive errors :( But Mint isn't
>really too good at attacking anyway. It's simply too slow...

No, it's definitely not as strong as Comet and Bringer, but probably somewhere
around the 2000 mark alongside programs like Sjeng, ColChess and Crux. It might
not be terribly strong, but the playing style is quite interesting and
agressive. The facial evaluation style is something of a novelty. That feature
alone makes it essential in my collection of WinBoard programs.

>I think it's fun to play, speaking as a human.

I'll try to challenge Mint for a game of chess when I get some spare time, but I
fear I'll end up losing miserably.

Best wishes...
Mogens

PS: BTW, nice website.



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