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[[FILE:53-aspetti di vita quotidiana, insonnia, Taccuino Sanitatis,.jpg|border|right|thumb|240px|Insomnia <ref>[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insonnia Insomnia] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacuinum_Sanitatis Tacuinum Sanitatis] (XIV century), [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insonnia Insonnia da Wikipedia] (Italian)</ref> ]]
'''Insomniac''',<br/>
a chess program written by [[James Robertson]] in [[Cpp|C++]]. He liked the name Insomniac because it implies someone who is tireless, but also somebody who is a little bit crazy <ref>[http://www.chessbase.com/events/events.asp?pid=147 "Deep Blue whacked computer chess over the head" Interview with James Robertson (Insomniac)] by [[Eric van Reem]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase events]]</ref>.
=Selectivity=
Insomniac used various [[Extensions#FractionalExtensions|fractional extensions]] like [[One Reply Extensions|one-reply-to-check extensions]], and [[Check Extensions|extends]] half a ply whenever there is a check in the tree <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=50627 Extensions and Futility Pruning] by [[James Robertson]], [[CCC]], May 04, 1999</ref>. Concerning [[Null Move Pruning#ThreatDetection|mate extensions]] after [[Null Move Pruning|null move]], there were some early problems with scores in the mate range <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=57953 Null move mate extension] by [[James Robertson]], [[CCC]], June 25, 1999</ref>,
presumably due to [[Fail-Hard|failing-hard]].
=Tournament Play=
Insomniac had it tournament debut at the [[DOCCC 1999]], and further played the [[WMCCC 2000]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], the [[WCCC 2002]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht Maastricht], [[ICT 2001]], [[ICT 2002]], [[DOCCC 2002]] and the first four [[CCT Tournaments]]. The Insomniac team was completed by [[Opening Book Authors|book author]] [[Josef Zwinger]].
=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Disease|Disease]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=70331 Insomniac] by [[James Robertson]], [[CCC]], September 25, 1999
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31418 Insomniac] by K1, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 03, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=127156 To James Robertson: About Insomniac] by [[Arturo Ochoa]], [[CCC]], August 28, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=171837 Insomniac downs Shredder in round 3!] by [[James Robertson]], [[CCC]], May 26, 2001 » [[CCT3]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=210221 Position from Insomniac - Deep Junior] by [[Amir Ban]], [[CCC]], January 27, 2002 » [[CCT4]]
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=74 Insomniac's ICGA Tournaments]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomniac Insomniac (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomniac_Games Insomniac Games from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia Insomnia from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia_%28disambiguation%29 Insomnia (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [[Videos#AzizaMustafaZadeh|Aziza Mustafa Zadeh]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration_%28Aziza_Mustafa_Zadeh_album%29 Insomnia] (2000), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIl6YQSl0kI|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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[[FILE:53-aspetti di vita quotidiana, insonnia, Taccuino Sanitatis,.jpg|border|right|thumb|240px|Insomnia <ref>[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insonnia Insomnia] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacuinum_Sanitatis Tacuinum Sanitatis] (XIV century), [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insonnia Insonnia da Wikipedia] (Italian)</ref> ]]
'''Insomniac''',<br/>
a chess program written by [[James Robertson]] in [[Cpp|C++]]. He liked the name Insomniac because it implies someone who is tireless, but also somebody who is a little bit crazy <ref>[http://www.chessbase.com/events/events.asp?pid=147 "Deep Blue whacked computer chess over the head" Interview with James Robertson (Insomniac)] by [[Eric van Reem]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase events]]</ref>.
=Selectivity=
Insomniac used various [[Extensions#FractionalExtensions|fractional extensions]] like [[One Reply Extensions|one-reply-to-check extensions]], and [[Check Extensions|extends]] half a ply whenever there is a check in the tree <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=50627 Extensions and Futility Pruning] by [[James Robertson]], [[CCC]], May 04, 1999</ref>. Concerning [[Null Move Pruning#ThreatDetection|mate extensions]] after [[Null Move Pruning|null move]], there were some early problems with scores in the mate range <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=57953 Null move mate extension] by [[James Robertson]], [[CCC]], June 25, 1999</ref>,
presumably due to [[Fail-Hard|failing-hard]].
=Tournament Play=
Insomniac had it tournament debut at the [[DOCCC 1999]], and further played the [[WMCCC 2000]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], the [[WCCC 2002]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht Maastricht], [[ICT 2001]], [[ICT 2002]], [[DOCCC 2002]] and the first four [[CCT Tournaments]]. The Insomniac team was completed by [[Opening Book Authors|book author]] [[Josef Zwinger]].
=See also=
* [[Various Classifications#Disease|Disease]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=70331 Insomniac] by [[James Robertson]], [[CCC]], September 25, 1999
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31418 Insomniac] by K1, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], May 03, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=127156 To James Robertson: About Insomniac] by [[Arturo Ochoa]], [[CCC]], August 28, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=171837 Insomniac downs Shredder in round 3!] by [[James Robertson]], [[CCC]], May 26, 2001 » [[CCT3]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=210221 Position from Insomniac - Deep Junior] by [[Amir Ban]], [[CCC]], January 27, 2002 » [[CCT4]]
=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=74 Insomniac's ICGA Tournaments]
==Misc==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomniac Insomniac (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomniac_Games Insomniac Games from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia Insomnia from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia_%28disambiguation%29 Insomnia (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]
* [[Videos#AzizaMustafaZadeh|Aziza Mustafa Zadeh]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspiration_%28Aziza_Mustafa_Zadeh_album%29 Insomnia] (2000), [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIl6YQSl0kI|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
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