Looking at the ratings of the players who have commented in this thread it appears that the chess engines does say the lower rated players, like, below about 1500 should trade, but you players that say the computer does not tell you that you should have traded, from the ones I checked, all have higher ratings, at least 1500 and some of you are well over 2000. Is this the reason some, including me, get the message that we missed an opportunity to trade pieces? My rating is about 500 for bullet and blitz, 750 for rapid just under 1,000 for daily. Perhaps there IS some benefit for my skill level to trade pieces; as I heard a GM say once, "with less pieces on the board it simplifies the game," and maybe the chess engines are programed to take this into consideration, suggesting we would do better with a simpler game. On the other hand it would be rather presumptions to tell a 2000+ rated player that he/she "missed" an opportunity to trade pieces! That player, I think, is already working things out way beyond just the next move and a simple trade of pieces.
Chess programs use ratings when the game is over. Chess ENGINES don't use ratings at all.
To be fair, the guy is not talking about a chess engine at all. Sure, he uses the word "engine" but he uses it in a sense that it probably refers to chess.com Game review. "Missed the opportunity to trade equal material" is Game review's nonsense, it has nothing to do with the engine.
Looking at the ratings of the players who have commented in this thread it appears that the chess engines does say the lower rated players, like, below about 1500 should trade, but you players that say the computer does not tell you that you should have traded, from the ones I checked, all have higher ratings, at least 1500 and some of you are well over 2000. Is this the reason some, including me, get the message that we missed an opportunity to trade pieces? My rating is about 500 for bullet and blitz, 750 for rapid just under 1,000 for daily. Perhaps there IS some benefit for my skill level to trade pieces; as I heard a GM say once, "with less pieces on the board it simplifies the game," and maybe the chess engines are programed to take this into consideration, suggesting we would do better with a simpler game. On the other hand it would be rather presumptions to tell a 2000+ rated player that he/she "missed" an opportunity to trade pieces! That player, I think, is already working things out way beyond just the next move and a simple trade of pieces.
Chess programs use ratings when the game is over. Chess ENGINES don't use ratings at all.