--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+# verify reproducible search
+
+error()
+{
+ echo "reprosearch testing failed on line $1"
+ exit 1
+}
+trap 'error ${LINENO}' ERR
+
+echo "reprosearch testing started"
+
+# repeat two short games, separated by ucinewgame.
+# with go nodes $nodes they should result in exactly
+# the same node count for each iteration.
+cat << EOF > repeat.exp
+ set timeout 10
+ spawn ./stockfish
+ lassign \$argv nodes
+
+ send "uci\n"
+ expect "uciok"
+
+ send "ucinewgame\n"
+ send "position startpos\n"
+ send "go nodes \$nodes\n"
+ expect "bestmove"
+
+ send "position startpos moves e2e4 e7e6\n"
+ send "go nodes \$nodes\n"
+ expect "bestmove"
+
+ send "ucinewgame\n"
+ send "position startpos\n"
+ send "go nodes \$nodes\n"
+ expect "bestmove"
+
+ send "position startpos moves e2e4 e7e6\n"
+ send "go nodes \$nodes\n"
+ expect "bestmove"
+
+ send "quit\n"
+ expect eof
+EOF
+
+# to increase the likelyhood of finding a non-reproducible case,
+# the allowed number of nodes are varied systematically
+for i in `seq 1 20`
+do
+
+ nodes=$((100*3**i/2**i))
+ echo "reprosearch testing with $nodes nodes"
+
+ # each line should appear exactly an even number of times
+ expect repeat.exp $nodes 2>&1 | grep -o "nodes [0-9]*" | sort | uniq -c | awk '{if ($1%2!=0) exit(1)}'
+
+done
+
+rm repeat.exp
+
+echo "reprosearch testing OK"