[jicks]

A very interesting project.

One remark: although I'm admittedly a poor chess player, I managed easily to get a draw by threefold repetition even though Spawkfish could have avoided that easily (and still destroy me). Am I correct to assume Spawkfish don't take past moves into accounts?

[spawkfish]

Yes that is correct, and being tricked into draw by repetition is one of his current weaknesses :)