If he was just ripping off two other engines, why did his win?
Even if you use two pieces of identical software on identical hardware in a tournament, it's irrational to expect the results will be the same. The results will depend on who you face, what colour you have, and what opening the opponent selects, at the very least. Expecting exact parity means expecting exactly the same set of game circumstances, which never happens.
...as opposed to reporting it to the head Squirrel or something?
Not a nut. Not my department. Move along.
Real Users never know what they want, but they always know when your program doesn't deliver it.