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Pretty much. Engine play from the starting position is a draw 99.9% of the time. What the other guy who responded to you is talking about are computer matches where the engines play game pairs that start in uneven positions. This is much more common as it lets people see which engine is better.
For example, engine A and engine B play a game pair where white starts with a better position. When A plays with white, A wins the game. When B plays white (from the same uneven starting position), the game is a draw. This means that A won the game pair 1.5-0.5. If A played B from the starting position in 2 games, the result would almost certainly be 2 draws, but playing chosen game pairs will let the better engine have a chance at winning one and drawing the other.
I would assume that, if perfectly simulated, two computers would end every game in a stalemate, no?
Pretty much. Engine play from the starting position is a draw 99.9% of the time. What the other guy who responded to you is talking about are computer matches where the engines play game pairs that start in uneven positions. This is much more common as it lets people see which engine is better.
For example, engine A and engine B play a game pair where white starts with a better position. When A plays with white, A wins the game. When B plays white (from the same uneven starting position), the game is a draw. This means that A won the game pair 1.5-0.5. If A played B from the starting position in 2 games, the result would almost certainly be 2 draws, but playing chosen game pairs will let the better engine have a chance at winning one and drawing the other.