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Subject: Re: Green List - new blitz leader

Author: James Robertson

Date: 12:44:06 05/24/00

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On May 24, 2000 at 14:44:13, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On May 23, 2000 at 20:00:38, James Robertson wrote:
>
>>>Comments on Insomniac's play?  Looks quite remarkable.  I don't believe the
>>>account was restricting play to humans, which would explain such a jump.
>>
>>The account has played almost exclusively computers. I'm pretty happy with the
>>results, and I hope that it is able to maintain or improve its rating. It has
>>scored very well against several strong computer accounts, although it has
>>trouble with some of the chess tiger clones.
>
>From the games I've got, I suspect Insomniac is very good tactically,
>coupled with good king-safety.
>
>The following position is a nice example. Most amateur programs
>can take a while to see the sac. Insomniac played it in less than 3 seconds.
>
>[D] 4r1k1/1b3pp1/pp3n1p/1P2b3/3q4/2NBB3/P4PPP/1QR3K1 b - - 0 1
>

Who are the players? Josef has sent me many of the log files, so I might be able
to dig up Insomniac's actual search for this position.

James

>--
>GCP



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