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|| [[image:Mentha_×_piperita_-_Köhler–s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-095.jpg link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mentha_%C3%97_piperita_-_K%C3%B6hler%E2%80%93s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-095.jpg"]] ||~ || **Mint**,
a [[WinBoard]] compliant chess engine by [[Christian Söderström]], first released in July 2000 <ref>[[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?t=31905&p=120646|The ' Mint ' Winboard-engine available for download!]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 04, 2000</ref>. Mint was never designed with computer opponents in mind, it's designed to provoke and attack to take advantage of human defensive errors <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=117729|Re: The ' Mint ' Winboard-engine available for download!]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[CCC]], July 04, 2000</ref>. Nevertheless, Mint had its tournament debut at the [[CCT2]] in November 2000 <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=137129|CCT2 Mint Observations]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[CCC]],  November 07, 2000</ref>. Mint 2.3 comes with an [[Opening Book|opening book]] tuned by [[Arturo Ochoa]] <ref>[[http://www.rwbc-chess.de/download.htm|Mint_23.zip]] hosted by [[Günther Simon]], bookinfo.txt</ref> ||
|| Peppermint <ref>1887 illustration from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6hler%27s_Medicinal_Plants|Köhler' Medicinal Plants]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppermint|Peppermint from Wikipedia]], [[http://pharm1.pharmazie.uni-greifswald.de/allgemei/koehler/koeh-eng.htm|Koehler's Medicinal-Plants - English species names]]</ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=See also=
* [[RumbleMinze]]
* [[Various Classifications#Plants|Plants]]

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=102399|Announcing Mint Chess Homepage!]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[CCC]], March 18, 2000
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?t=31905&p=120646|The ' Mint ' Winboard-engine available for download!]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], July 04, 2000
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=117693|The ' Mint ' Winboard-engine available for download!]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[CCC]], July 04, 2000
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=117830|Mint Revisited]] by [[Đorđe Vidanović]], [[CCC]], July 05, 2000
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?t=32203&p=121809|On the future of Mint - the friendly chess engine]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], August 10, 2000
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=137129|CCT2 Mint Observations]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[CCC]], November 07, 2000 » [[CCT2]]
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32658|The next revolution in computer chess is here!]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 15, 2000
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?t=32710&p=123770|Mint v1.70 released!]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], November 26, 2000
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=141516|Apologies to CC community - new Mint released]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[CCC]], November 27, 2000
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=167730|Mint v2.0 (Ginger) Released!]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[CCC]], May 03, 2001
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?t=33729&p=127679|Mint v2.1 quietly released along with some books]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 05, 2001
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=171228|Mint leaves CCT3 - riots erupt on the streets of Stockholm]] by [[Christian Söderström]], [[CCC]], May 23, 2001

=External Links= 
==Chess Engine== 
* [[http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/details1/Mint.html|Mint]] from [[WBEC|WBEC Ridderkerk]]
* [[http://www.rwbc-chess.de/download.htm|Downloads]] from [[RWBC]] by [[Günther Simon]] - Mint 2.3
==Misc== 
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint|Mint (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentha|Mentha from Wikipedia]]
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentha_%C3%97_gracilis|Mentha × gracilis (Gingermint) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppermint|Peppermint from Wikipedia]]

=References= 
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=What links here?= 
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