Author: Will Singleton
Date: 12:02:29 11/07/00
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On November 07, 2000 at 14:43:50, Christian Söderström wrote: > >OK now to be honest, point-wise Mint didn't to a terribly good job >in the tournament. I mean, 0/8 doesn't sound at all impressive and >I'm pretty sure thats not much better than even I could have >managed personally. But still, I had a lot of fun and met a lot of >interesting people, saw some cool chess, confused my parents some, >confused my friends even more and found something to do over the >weekend. (beside studying that is :)) > >This is some brief commentary on the games Mint played, not as >elegantly as what was done with Tinker but still I will try. > >Mint vs Amateur 0-1 >Mint found a nice opening, but the game soon opened up thanks to >some strange moves by Mint and some nice play by Amateur. Once in >tactics, Amateur could nicely claim a win. > >Tinker vs Mint 1-0 >Tinker somehow lost a pawn in the opening. Maybe it was a >sacrifice, but I don't think it led anywhere since Mint was >able to nicely defend its main weakness - the h pawn. >Being a pawn up, Mint found nothing much to do, and obviously >made a grave error by playing 38... h6? Cutting the rook off >from defending the pawn. Great move Mint. Tinker quickly >captured the file, was able to infiltrate the position and >annihalate Mint. > >Mint vs Yace 0-1 >I really don't like the Gruenfeldt... Yace played a >spectacular sacrifice in the opening (book I might add) >and destroyed Mint in the tactics that followed. To sharp >an opponent by far. > >Terra vs Mint 1-0 >Terra played well to obtain an early positional advantage >which eventually forced Mint to sacrifice a knight for two >pawns. Mint gained some dangerous pawns however and it became >an extremely tough game! In the end Mint had 3 pawns that >were menacingly close to queening - but unfortunately a bug >surfaced and Mint played the outrageous pa5 to f8 ! Forfeit >and 1-0. This was my favourite game however :) Terra won the >inofficial swedish championships. > >Sjeng vs Mint 1-0 >Mint sacrificed a pawn in this game in order to get a passer, >but uhm, that was pretty bad. Sjeng otherwise outplayed its >opponent tactically. > >Shrike vs Mint 1-0 >Another tactical loss. Shrike played really well and managed >to find winning tactics after getting a positional advantage. >The Catalan is apparently a pretty sharp opening :) > >Dorky vs Mint 1-0 >This match wasn't even close. Dorky played really well, and >got Mint into a situation that I really have to work on. >It couldn't castle unless it played some positionally >uncomfortable moves! Dorky prevented Mints bishop from moving. >The only plan it had to be able to move was g6 - Bg7 which >seemed to weaken the kingside and what with blacks queen >being on the attack and everything it didn't want to do >that. So it left its king in the center and the rook in the >corner. Dorky opened up some tactics (actually Mint opened >them up but thats another story) and won (Mint didn't do >that). Nice game by Dorky. > >Mint vs Averno 0-1 >Mint got into a very comfortable endgame that looked very >drawn, but Mint played it in such a way that it was actually >lost. Averno did what it had to, but still deserves >critisism for not destroying Mint in the opening phase like >the rest of the boys ;) > >OK thats it. I hope you all have a nice evening, and lets >pray to whatever it is you do/don't believe in that Bush >does NOT win the US presidential election tonight. > >- Christian Söderström >(author of Mint - "the friendly chess engine") Hi Christian, Thanks for your post. I appreciate everything you mentioned, up until the last part. That's why they ought to raise the voting age to at least 35, so you've had a taste of responsibility. :) Will
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