Author: Pete Galati
Date: 18:54:44 07/04/00
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On July 04, 2000 at 18:26:00, Mogens Larsen wrote: >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. Don't try to cheat and take back moves. It messed things real bad when I tried to cheat. Chrille, can we add more lines to the opening book file to tailor it to an opening we like, or is there a restriction to the amount of variations in that file? Pete
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