AI MINESWEEPER
The AI Minesweeper Blog
The AI Minesweeper Blog covers two sides of the same board: the pattern shapes that turn walls of numbers into instant reads, and the strategic habits — flags, chords, counts and calculated risks — that turn patterns into wins.
How the Minesweeper AI Solver Works: Constraints and Probability
The constraint-satisfaction engine behind every hint: how it proves cells safe, and computes exact mine odds when logic runs out (80.6% of Beginner boards need no guess; just 3.9% on Expert).
Read PatternsMinesweeper Patterns Explained: 1-1, 1-2, 1-2-1 and 1-2-2-1
The four shapes every player should solve on sight, with diagrams — and the one subset rule that generates all of them.
Read StrategyHow to Win Minesweeper: Strategy & Tips That Actually Work
Openings, flag economy, safe chording, endgame mine-counting, and how to guess cheap on the rare day logic runs out.
ReadStart with How to Play if you're new, then use the two guides above as your reference shelf. The pattern guide gives you the shapes to recognize on sight — 1-1, 1-2, 1-2-1 and 1-2-2-1 — so you spend less time re-deriving the same deduction every game. The strategy guide covers the parts memorizing shapes doesn't reach: how to open a board for maximum information, when flagging actually pays for itself, and how to count the endgame instead of guessing it. And if you want to see under the hood, the constraint-satisfaction engine that powers every AI hint is broken down step by step, with the exact numbers on how often you can expect to solve a board without ever guessing.