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Subject: Re: Mint Revisited

Author: Georg v. Zimmermann

Date: 01:49:44 07/06/00

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On July 05, 2000 at 13:30:49, Chrille wrote:

>On July 05, 2000 at 12:08:28, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:
>
>>Chrille,
>>
>>I have taken you up on your challenge (Djordje, try out the new version and see
>>if it will still boost up your ego...).  Anyway, Mint is lots of fun, but there
>>are some things that need cleaning up.  See for yourself, especially the last
>>game in the pgn file that I am attaching.  That is game six:  I sort of bungled
>>it up a little, but who cares.  It was a clean draw but Mint "tricked" me.  He
>>did it in an illegal way.  Oh, do I wish I could do something like that on
>>ICC...
>>
>>***  Djordje
>
>Hello Djordje! Interesting games! You outplayed Mint rather completely in
>most games, positionally if not tactically. I'm glad it could hold its own
>3½ - 2½ (counting the last game as a draw) against a real anti-computer expert
>like you. But its obvious that I have a lot of work to do. Maybe I should give
>you the recipe for a heavier drink next time ...
>
>Yes, I like the trick it pulled in the last game, it played like that on FICS
>once or twice but they weren't as open-minded as you ... I've been hunting that
>bug for a while now but I can't for the life of me find it! It's not EP ...

Heh this is kind of funny. But its a real problem: imagine how often Mint will
have tried that trick in the search and that way got a wrong evaluation for this
line. :(

Georg



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