James Robertson

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James Robertson, an American computer chess programmer and author of the chess program Insomniac. He started programming when he was about 14, and wrote his first computer chess program in QBasic to soon switch to C++ to develop Insomniac.

=Selected Publications=
 * James Robertson (2002). The 10th World Computer-Chess Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 » WCCC 2002

=Forum Posts=

1998 ...

 * Nodes per second........ by James Robertson, CCC, September 26, 1998
 * King danger extensions by James Robertson, CCC, February 16, 1999
 * Threads by James Robertson, CCC, April 06, 1999
 * Extensions and Futility Pruning by James Robertson, CCC, May 04, 1999
 * Null move mate extension by James Robertson, CCC, June 25, 1999
 * Book learning by James Robertson, CCC, September 12, 1999
 * Insomniac by James Robertson, CCC, September 25, 1999
 * Problem with draws by rep and hash table by James Robertson, CCC, October 07, 1999

2000 ...

 * Checks in qsearch/singular extensions by James Robertson, CCC, January 12, 2000
 * Min # of bits needed to store a chess position by James Robertson, CCC, April 20, 2000 » Chess Position
 * Re: Insomniac by James Robertson, Winboard Forum, May 05, 2000
 * Insomniac downs Shredder in round 3! by James Robertson, CCC, May 26, 2001 » CCT3

=External Links=
 * James Robertson's ICGA Tournaments

=References=

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