Aside - I'm very surprised that this comment got enough downvotes to gray it out. It's sad that someone asking an honest question (and I had the same thought oc

Aside - I'm very surprised that this comment got enough downvotes to gray it out. It's sad that someone asking an honest question (and I had the same thought occur to me as well) about a seemingly strange result loses karma for it, when this sort of debate is what should be being encouraged. Fortunately there are a couple of replies that do explain why randomness and luck are a factor in computer chess programming...