[vidarh]

It was not throwing out failures. It was treating even the first illegal move as a forfeit something which is stricter than FIDE rules.

[z3c0]

You can spin it that way if you want to, but the result is essentially guiding it through a brute force of the first successful playthrough it can muster.

[whimsicalism]

> the result is essentially guiding it through a brute force of the first successful playthrough it can muster.

No, all unsuccessful playthroughs are resignations that impact the models ELO.