This is true, Stockfish expects its opponent to play as well as itself (outside of the 'contempt' setting, not sure if that was used or tuned per game). So it w

This is true, Stockfish expects its opponent to play as well as itself (outside of the 'contempt' setting, not sure if that was used or tuned per game). So it won't play edgy lines that invite blunders if they are even a centipawn worse than what it thinks is the 'correct' line. Funnily enough, I feel there's a lesson for startup people in this. I have seen many people (myself included) talk themselves out of big, bold bets just because they are very good at thinking up reasons something should never work.