Answers.Body: <p>Stockfish, Houdini and Komodo (many other engines too) can all be configured like what you said. This is known as <code>Contempt</code>. In Komodo, the name is <code>Drawscore</code> (same thing). If you give enough negative value to the option, the engine will not push for a win even it sees it.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Is there a world-class chess engine that can be configured so that it equally likes to draw and win?</p>
  
  <p>I imagine the engine would really like making exchanges, for example.</p>
  
  <p>What would happen if you placed the engine against top-of-the-line Stockfish? If it would basically never lose, it would be strong evidence (but obviously, not a proof) that chess is a draw with perfect play.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Komodo is world class engine and it's UCI option 'Drawscore' may be close to what you look for, but may be not. It can hardly make better results against Stockfish. Mainly it will draw some games that would otherwise won. I think the option is there mainly to avoid draws but no reason not to use the other way to like draws more.
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Comments.Text: But ok, it will lose less games and that was your question really about...
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Title: Engine that likes to draw
ThreadText: # Engine that likes to draw
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-12-02)
  
  Is there a world-class chess engine that can be configured so that it equally likes to draw and win?
  
  I imagine the engine would really like making exchanges, for example.
  
  What would happen if you placed the engine against top-of-the-line Stockfish? If it would basically never lose, it would be strong evidence (but obviously, not a proof) that chess is a draw with perfect play.
  
  **Tags:** engines, computer-chess
  
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  > **username_1**: Komodo is world class engine and it's UCI option 'Drawscore' may be close to what you look for, but may be not. It can hardly make better results against Stockfish. Mainly it will draw some games that would otherwise won. I think the option is there mainly to avoid draws but no reason not to use the other way to like draws more.  
  > **username_1**: But ok, it will lose less games and that was your question really about...  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-12-03. Score: 8
  
  Stockfish, Houdini and Komodo (many other engines too) can all be configured like what you said. This is known as `Contempt`. In Komodo, the name is `Drawscore` (same thing). If you give enough negative value to the option, the engine will not push for a win even it sees it.
  
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