LLM Chess
Models play chess in multi-turn dialogs against a random player or the Komodo Dragon engine. The board reports wins, Elo and game duration, which tracks instruction following.
Dragon was added as a stronger opponent for Elo anchoring once reasoning models beat the random player. Paper at NeurIPS 2025 FoRLM workshop. About 140 GitHub stars.
- Made by
- Maxim Saplin
- Released
- September 2024
- Kind
- Puzzles and chess
- Level
- Everyday
- Scored
- Ranked by matches
- Answers
- Agent task
- Tasks
- All public
- Strongest model tested
- GPT-6 Astra #3 on the capability index
- Last model added
- November 2026
- Scores refreshed
- November 12th, 2026
GPT-6 Astra leads with 1,614
Best score per entry from the benchmark's own leaderboard, read on November 12th, 2026. Where a model ran with several settings or harnesses, we keep its best. Every run is in the next chart. Names in gray aren't in our model list: fine-tunes, agent systems, products and older models. They don't count toward leaders.
- 1,614 GPT-6 Astra
- 1,612 GPT-6.1 Sol
- 1,609
Gemini 4 Argon
- 1,575 Claude Opus 5.5
- 1,550 GPT-5.6 Sol
- 1,546
Gemini 3.8 Flash
- 1,545 GPT-6 Sol
- 1,532 GPT-5.5
- 1,521 GPT-6.1 Terra
- 1,511
Gemini 3.1 Pro
- 1,322 GPT-5.4
- 1,308 Mercury 3
- 1,293 GPT-5.6 Terra
- 1,285 Claude Opus 5
- 1,219 GPT-6 Luna
- 1,195 Claude Sonnet 5.5
- 1,185 GPT-5.6 Luna
- 1,143 Claude Haiku 5.5
- 1,107
Gemini 3.7 Flash
- 1,094
Gemini 3.6 Flash
- 1,087
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
- 1,086 GPT-5
- 1,085 GPT-5.2
- 1,053 GPT-5.3 Codex
- 1,034
Gemini 3 Pro
- 953
Gemini 3.5 Flash
- 948 GPT-5.1
- 846
Qwen 3.8 27B
- 843 Grok 4.20
- 822 Grok 4.7
- 806 Claude Sonnet 5
- 800 Grok 4.1 Fast
- 778 o3
- 759 GPT-5 mini
- 735 Grok 4 Fast
- 691 Claude Opus 4.7
- 683 GPT-5 nano
- 605 GLM-5.3
- 572 GLM-5.3-Flash
- 544 GPT-5.1-Codex-mini
- 541 unsloth/qwen3.8-27b@q2_k_xl [community quantization]
- 504 GPT-5.1-Codex
- 450 Claude Opus 4.8
- 446 Claude Opus 4.5
- 443 Grok 4.6
- 440 o4-mini
- 430 Grok-3 mini
- 416 GPT-5.4 Mini
- 403 Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf:TQ1-0
- 403 o3-mini
- 304 agents-a1
- 300
DeepSeek-R1
- 280 o1
- 270
Qwen3.6 27B
- 214
Muse Glimmer
- 207 GPT-5.4 Nano
- 198 Claude Opus 4.6
- 190 Claude Sonnet 4.6
- 189
DeepSeek-V3.2
- 179 Grok 4.3
- 142 GPT-5.2 Instant
- 142 non-gemini-25pro-t03-mini41-t00-mini41-t03
- 127 Claude Haiku 4.5
- 115 Claude Sonnet 4
- 113 Claude Sonnet 4.5
- 111 Kimi K2.5
- 46 o1-preview
- 29 Claude Opus 4
- 4 non-deepseek-r1-t03-mini41-t10-mini41-t03
- -1 Claude 3.7 Sonnet
- -26
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
- -37
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking
- -38 Claude Opus 4.1
- -38
Muse Ember
- -52 o1-mini
- -63 Composer 2
- -71
Gemini 2.5 Pro
- -87 GPT-5 Chat
- -98 gpt-4-32k
- -99 Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024)
- -99 qwen
- -100
Llama 4 Maverick
- -104 GPT-4 Turbo
- -108 GPT-4o
- -111 GPT-4.1
- -111 GPT-4.5
- -120 gpt-4 [snapshot unspecified]
- -120 Claude 3.5 Haiku
- -128
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B
- -131 GPT-5.1 Instant
- -133
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
- -134 GPT-4o
- -134 Claude 3.5 Sonnet
- -137 Grok 3
- -140
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct
- -144
Gemini 2.5 Pro
- -146 Claude 3 Opus
- -147 gemini-2.5-pro [snapshot unspecified]
- -158 GPT-4o
- -167 GPT-4.1 mini
- -179
Gemini 3 Flash
- -200
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B
- -200
Qwen3.5-9B
- -212 Composer 1.5
- -216
DeepSeek-R1
- -217 gpt-oss-120b
- -232 gpt-oss-20b
- -252 GPT-4o mini
- -278
Llama 3-70B
- -289 gemini-2.5-flash [snapshot unspecified]
- -299 GLM-5
- -311
Gemini 2.0 Flash
- -322 Claude 3 Sonnet
- -328 glm-4.7-flash
- -335 Grok-2
- -367
Gemini 1.5 Flash
- -402
Llama 4 Scout
- -412
Gemma 2 27B
- -458
K2-Think
- -546
Gemma 2 9B
- -558
Qwen3.5-4B
- -579
DeepSeek-V3
- -608
Llama 3.3 70B
- -616
Qwen Plus
- -637
Qwen3-4B
- -651
Gemini 1.5 Pro
- -672
Qwen2.5-72B
- -672
Gemini 2.0 Flash
- -689 Kimi K2
- -796
Llama 3.1-8B
- -812
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
- -812 Composer 1
- -823
DeepSeek-V3
- 1 GPT-6 Astra high 1,614
- 2 GPT-6.1 Sol xhigh 1,612
- 3
Gemini 4 Argon high 1,609
- 4 Claude Opus 5.5 high 1,575
- 5 GPT-5.6 Sol xhigh 1,550
- 6
Gemini 3.8 Flash high 1,546
- 7 GPT-6 Sol xhigh 1,545
- 8 GPT-5.5 medium 1,532
- 9 GPT-6.1 Terra xhigh 1,521
- 10
Gemini 3.1 Pro high 1,511
- 11 GPT-5.4 high 1,322
- 12 Mercury 3 high 1,308
- 13 GPT-5.6 Terra xhigh 1,293
- 14 Claude Opus 5 high 1,285
- 15 GPT-6 Luna max 1,219
- 16 Claude Sonnet 5.5 high 1,195
- 17 GPT-5.6 Luna xhigh 1,185
- 18 Claude Haiku 5.5 high 1,143
- 19
Gemini 3.7 Flash high 1,107
- 20
Gemini 3.6 Flash high 1,094
- 21
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash high 1,087
- 22 GPT-5 medium 1,086
- 23 GPT-5.2 medium 1,085
- 24 GPT-5.3 Codex medium 1,053
- 25
Gemini 3 Pro high 1,034
- 26
Gemini 3.5 Flash medium 953
- 27 GPT-5.1 medium 948
- 28
Qwen 3.8 27B precision q4_k_m 846
- 29 Grok 4.20 reasoning 843
- 30 Grok 4.7 high 822
- 31 Claude Sonnet 5 high 806
- 32 Grok 4.1 Fast reasoning 800
- 33 o3 medium 778
- 34 GPT-5 mini high 759
- 35 Grok 4 Fast reasoning 735
- 36 Claude Opus 4.7 high 691
- 37 GPT-5 nano high 683
- 38 GLM-5.3 high 605
- 39 GLM-5.3-Flash high 572
- 40 GPT-5.1-Codex-mini high 544
- 41 unsloth/qwen3.8-27b@q2_k_xl [community quantization] 541
- 42 GPT-5.1-Codex low 504
- 43 Claude Opus 4.8 high 450
- 44 Claude Opus 4.5 thinking 16000 446
- 45 Grok 4.6 high 443
- 46 o4-mini high 440
- 47 Grok-3 mini high 430
- 48 GPT-5.4 Mini high 416
- 49 Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf:TQ1-0 high 403
- 50 o3-mini high 403
- 51 agents-a1 precision q4_k_m 304
- 52
DeepSeek-R1 May 2025 300
- 53 o1 medium 280
- 54
Qwen3.6 27B precision q4_k_s 270
- 55
Muse Glimmer precision q4_k_m 214
- 56 GPT-5.4 Nano high 207
- 57 Claude Opus 4.6 high 198
- 58 Claude Sonnet 4.6 high 190
- 59
DeepSeek-V3.2 non-reasoning 189
- 60 Grok 4.3 high 179
- 61 GPT-5.2 Instant 142
- 62 non-gemini-25pro-t03-mini41-t00-mini41-t03 142
- 63 Claude Haiku 4.5 thinking 16000 127
- 64 Claude Sonnet 4 thinking 16000 115
- 65 Claude Sonnet 4.5 thinking 16000 113
- 66 Kimi K2.5 111
- 67 o1-preview 46
- 68 Claude Opus 4 thinking 16000 29
- 69 non-deepseek-r1-t03-mini41-t10-mini41-t03 4
- 70 Claude 3.7 Sonnet thinking 10000 -1
- 71
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B precision q4_k_m -26
- 72
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking Jul 2025, precision q4_k_m -37
- 73 Claude Opus 4.1 -38
- 74
Muse Ember xhigh -38
- 75 o1-mini -52
- 76 Composer 2 -63
- 77
Gemini 2.5 Pro May 2025 -71
- 78 GPT-5 Chat -87
- 79 gpt-4-32k -98
- 80 Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) -99
- 81 qwen max -99
- 82
Llama 4 Maverick -100
- 83 GPT-4 Turbo Apr 2024 -104
- 84 GPT-4o Nov 2024 -108
- 85 GPT-4.1 -111
- 86 GPT-4.5 -111
- 87 gpt-4 [snapshot unspecified] -120
- 88 Claude 3.5 Haiku -120
- 89
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B -128
- 90 GPT-5.1 Instant -131
- 91
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite -133
- 92 GPT-4o Aug 2024 -134
- 93 Claude 3.5 Sonnet -134
- 94 Grok 3 -137
- 95
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct Jul 2025 -140
- 96
Gemini 2.5 Pro Mar 2025 -144
- 97 Claude 3 Opus -146
- 98 gemini-2.5-pro [snapshot unspecified] -147
- 99 GPT-4o May 2024 -158
- 100 GPT-4.1 mini -167
- 101
Gemini 3 Flash -179
- 102
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B precision q3_k_l -200
- 103
Qwen3.5-9B precision bf16 -200
- 104 Composer 1.5 -212
- 105
DeepSeek-R1 -216
- 106 gpt-oss-120b medium -217
- 107 gpt-oss-20b medium -232
- 108 GPT-4o mini -252
- 109
Llama 3-70B -278
- 110 gemini-2.5-flash [snapshot unspecified] -289
- 111 GLM-5 -299
- 112
Gemini 2.0 Flash Feb 2025 -311
- 113 Claude 3 Sonnet -322
- 114 glm-4.7-flash precision q4 -328
- 115 Grok-2 Dec 2024 -335
- 116
Gemini 1.5 Flash May 2024 -367
- 117
Llama 4 Scout -402
- 118
Gemma 2 27B precision q6_k_l -412
- 119
K2-Think precision iq4_xs -458
- 120
Gemma 2 9B -546
- 121
Qwen3.5-4B precision bf16 -558
- 122
DeepSeek-V3 Mar 2025 -579
- 123
Llama 3.3 70B -608
- 124
Qwen Plus Jan 2025 -616
- 125
Qwen3-4B precision q8 -637
- 126
Gemini 1.5 Pro Sep 2024 -651
- 127
Qwen2.5-72B -672
- 128
Gemini 2.0 Flash Dec 2024 -672
- 129 Kimi K2 Jul 2025 -689
- 130
Llama 3.1-8B -796
- 131
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite -812
- 132 Composer 1 -812
- 133
DeepSeek-V3 -823
Source: Official LLM Chess leaderboard
| # | Entry | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-6 Astra | 1,614 | high | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 2 | GPT-6.1 Sol | 1,612 | xhigh | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 3 | | 1,609 | high | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 4 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 1,575 | high | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 5 | GPT-5.6 Sol | 1,550 | xhigh | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 6 | | 1,546 | high | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 7 | GPT-6 Sol | 1,545 | xhigh | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 8 | GPT-5.5 | 1,532 | medium | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 9 | GPT-6.1 Terra | 1,521 | xhigh | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 10 | | 1,511 | high | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 11 | GPT-5.4 | 1,322 | high | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 12 | Mercury 3 | 1,308 | high | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 13 | GPT-5.6 Terra | 1,293 | xhigh | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 14 | Claude Opus 5 | 1,285 | high | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 15 | GPT-6 Luna | 1,219 | max | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 16 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 1,195 | high | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 17 | GPT-5.6 Luna | 1,185 | xhigh | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 18 | Claude Haiku 5.5 | 1,143 | high | Oct 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 19 | | 1,107 | high | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 20 | | 1,094 | high | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 21 | | 1,087 | high | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 22 | GPT-5 | 1,086 | medium | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 23 | GPT-5.2 | 1,085 | medium | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 24 | GPT-5.3 Codex | 1,053 | medium | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 25 | | 1,034 | high | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 26 | | 953 | medium | May 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 27 | GPT-5.1 | 948 | medium | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 28 | | 846 | precision q4_k_m | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 29 | Grok 4.20 | 843 | reasoning | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 30 | Grok 4.7 | 822 | high | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 31 | Claude Sonnet 5 | 806 | high | Jun 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 32 | Grok 4.1 Fast | 800 | reasoning | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 33 | o3 | 778 | medium | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 34 | GPT-5 mini | 759 | high | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 35 | Grok 4 Fast | 735 | reasoning | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 36 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 691 | high | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 37 | GPT-5 nano | 683 | high | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 38 | GLM-5.3 | 605 | high | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 39 | GLM-5.3-Flash | 572 | high | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 40 | GPT-5.1-Codex-mini | 544 | high | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 41 | unsloth/qwen3.8-27b@q2_k_xl [community quantization] | 541 | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 42 | GPT-5.1-Codex | 504 | low | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 43 | Claude Opus 4.8 | 450 | high | May 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 44 | Claude Opus 4.5 | 446 | thinking 16000 | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 45 | Grok 4.6 | 443 | high | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 46 | o4-mini | 440 | high | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 47 | Grok-3 mini | 430 | high | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 48 | GPT-5.4 Mini | 416 | high | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 49 | Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf:TQ1-0 | 403 | high | Sep 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 50 | o3-mini | 403 | high | Jan 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 51 | agents-a1 | 304 | precision q4_k_m | Jul 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 52 | | 300 | May 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 53 | o1 | 280 | medium | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 54 | | 270 | precision q4_k_s | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 55 | | 214 | precision q4_k_m | Aug 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 56 | GPT-5.4 Nano | 207 | high | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 57 | Claude Opus 4.6 | 198 | high | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 58 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 190 | high | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 59 | | 189 | non-reasoning | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 60 | Grok 4.3 | 179 | high | Apr 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 61 | GPT-5.2 Instant | 142 | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 62 | non-gemini-25pro-t03-mini41-t00-mini41-t03 | 142 | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 63 | Claude Haiku 4.5 | 127 | thinking 16000 | Oct 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 64 | Claude Sonnet 4 | 115 | thinking 16000 | May 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 65 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 113 | thinking 16000 | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 66 | Kimi K2.5 | 111 | Jan 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 67 | o1-preview | 46 | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 68 | Claude Opus 4 | 29 | thinking 16000 | May 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 69 | non-deepseek-r1-t03-mini41-t10-mini41-t03 | 4 | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 70 | Claude 3.7 Sonnet | -1 | thinking 10000 | Feb 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 71 | | -26 | precision q4_k_m | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 72 | | -37 | precision q4_k_m | Jul 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 73 | Claude Opus 4.1 | -38 | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 74 | | -38 | xhigh | Nov 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 75 | o1-mini | -52 | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 76 | Composer 2 | -63 | Cursor CLI | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 77 | | -71 | May 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 78 | GPT-5 Chat | -87 | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 79 | gpt-4-32k | -98 | Jan 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 80 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) | -99 | Oct 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 81 | qwen | -99 | max | Jan 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 82 | | -100 | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 83 | GPT-4 Turbo Apr 2024 | -104 | Apr 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 84 | GPT-4o Nov 2024 | -108 | Nov 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 85 | GPT-4.1 | -111 | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 86 | GPT-4.5 | -111 | Feb 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 87 | gpt-4 [snapshot unspecified] | -120 | Jan 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 88 | Claude 3.5 Haiku | -120 | Oct 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 89 | | -128 | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 90 | GPT-5.1 Instant | -131 | Nov 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 91 | | -133 | Mar 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 92 | GPT-4o Aug 2024 | -134 | Aug 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 93 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | -134 | Jun 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 94 | Grok 3 | -137 | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 95 | | -140 | Jul 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 96 | | -144 | Mar 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 97 | Claude 3 Opus | -146 | Feb 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 98 | gemini-2.5-pro [snapshot unspecified] | -147 | Jun 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 99 | GPT-4o May 2024 | -158 | May 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 100 | GPT-4.1 mini | -167 | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 101 | | -179 | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 102 | | -200 | precision q3_k_l | Dec 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 103 | | -200 | precision bf16 | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 104 | Composer 1.5 | -212 | Cursor CLI | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 105 | | -216 | Jan 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 106 | gpt-oss-120b | -217 | medium | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 107 | gpt-oss-20b | -232 | medium | Aug 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 108 | GPT-4o mini | -252 | Jul 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 109 | | -278 | Apr 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 110 | gemini-2.5-flash [snapshot unspecified] | -289 | Jun 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 111 | GLM-5 | -299 | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard | |
| 112 | | -311 | Feb 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 113 | Claude 3 Sonnet | -322 | Feb 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 114 | glm-4.7-flash | -328 | precision q4 | Jan 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 115 | Grok-2 Dec 2024 | -335 | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 116 | | -367 | May 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 117 | | -402 | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 118 | | -412 | precision q6_k_l | Jun 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 119 | | -458 | precision iq4_xs | Sep 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 120 | | -546 | Jun 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 121 | | -558 | precision bf16 | Feb 2026 | Official leaderboard |
| 122 | | -579 | Mar 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 123 | | -608 | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 124 | | -616 | Jan 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 125 | | -637 | precision q8 | Apr 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 126 | | -651 | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 127 | | -672 | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 128 | | -672 | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 129 | Kimi K2 Jul 2025 | -689 | Jul 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 130 | | -796 | Jul 2024 | Official leaderboard | |
| 131 | | -812 | Feb 2025 | Official leaderboard | |
| 132 | Composer 1 | -812 | Cursor CLI | Oct 2025 | Official leaderboard |
| 133 | | -823 | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard |
Cost/Game versus Elo
The source compares game cost and Elo. Completion tokens remain a separate per-move metric. The line joins the runs that no other run beats on both measures. We redrew this chart from the numbers on the official leaderboard.
| Model | Setting | Elo | Cost per game |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Astra | high | 1,614 elo | $4.64 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | xhigh | 1,612 elo | $1.65 |
| | high | 1,609 elo | $1.27 |
| GPT-6 Astra | xhigh | 1,579 elo | $5.47 |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | high | 1,575 elo | $1.4 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | xhigh | 1,550 elo | $8.23 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | high | 1,549 elo | $6.2 |
| | high | 1,546 elo | $2.19 |
| GPT-6 Sol | xhigh | 1,545 elo | $3.41 |
| GPT-5.5 | medium | 1,532 elo | $6.57 |
| GPT-5.5 | high | 1,528 elo | $8.25 |
| | medium | 1,527 elo | $0.86 |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | xhigh | 1,521 elo | $1.13 |
| | high | 1,511 elo | $4.19 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | high | 1,454 elo | $0.76 |
| GPT-6.1 Terra | high | 1,391 elo | $0.57 |
| GPT-5.4 | high | 1,322 elo | $5.12 |
| GPT-6 Sol | high | 1,311 elo | $1.41 |
| Mercury 3 | high | 1,308 elo | $0.48 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | xhigh | 1,293 elo | $3.32 |
| Claude Opus 5 | high | 1,285 elo | $7.56 |
| GPT-5.4 | medium | 1,253 elo | $4.9 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | medium | 1,240 elo | $3.71 |
| GPT-6 Luna | max | 1,219 elo | $0.25 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | high | 1,211 elo | $2.66 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | high | 1,195 elo | $1.53 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | xhigh | 1,185 elo | $2.51 |
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | high | 1,143 elo | $0.08 |
| | high | 1,107 elo | $0.75 |
| | high | 1,094 elo | $2.79 |
| | high | 1,087 elo | $0.74 |
| GPT-5 | medium | 1,086 elo | $6.36 |
| GPT-5.2 | medium | 1,085 elo | $3.12 |
| GPT-5.3 Codex | medium | 1,053 elo | $1.84 |
| | high | 1,034 elo | $4.23 |
| | medium | 952.9 elo | $2.52 |
| GPT-5.1 | medium | 947.6 elo | $3.21 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | medium | 935.9 elo | $1.32 |
| | medium | 921.3 elo | $1.61 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | high | 919.4 elo | $1.5 |
| GPT-5 | low | 858.2 elo | $2.57 |
| GPT-6 Luna | xhigh | 855 elo | $0.07 |
| | precision q4_k_m | 845.6 elo | $2.29 |
| Grok 4.7 | high | 822.2 elo | $2.71 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | high | 805.9 elo | $2.77 |
| GPT-5.2 | low | 782.5 elo | $1.3 |
| o3 | medium | 777.6 elo | $10.75 |
| GPT-5 mini | high | 759 elo | $1.28 |
| o3 | low | 738.6 elo | $8.16 |
| GPT-6 Luna | high | 730.3 elo | $0.05 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | medium | 730.1 elo | $0.63 |
| Claude Opus 4.7 | high | 691.1 elo | $5.57 |
| GPT-5 nano | high | 683 elo | $0.49 |
| GPT-5.1 | low | 614.7 elo | $0.91 |
| GLM-5.3 | high | 605.2 elo | $1.12 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash | high | 571.7 elo | $0.1 |
| GPT-5.1-Codex-mini | high | 544 elo | $1.1 |
| unsloth/qwen3.8-27b@q2_k_xl [community quantization] | 541.1 elo | $3.1 | |
| GPT-5.1-Codex | low | 504.3 elo | $1.38 |
| | low | 498.4 elo | $0.85 |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | high | 449.8 elo | $4 |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | thinking 16000 | 446.1 elo | $7.34 |
| Grok 4.6 | high | 442.7 elo | $0.47 |
| o4-mini | high | 440 elo | $2.72 |
| GPT-5.4 Mini | high | 416.4 elo | $3.23 |
| GPT-5 nano | medium | 413.3 elo | $0.19 |
| Ternary-Bonsai-2-27B-gguf:TQ1-0 | high | 403.3 elo | $2.47 |
| o3-mini | high | 403.1 elo | $3.62 |
| GPT-5 mini | medium | 348.5 elo | $0.44 |
| GPT-5.4 | low | 347.9 elo | $7.69 |
| agents-a1 | precision q4_k_m | 303.8 elo | $1.27 |
| | 299.7 elo | $1.91 | |
| o1 | medium | 280.1 elo | $21.9 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | 272.2 elo | $0.57 | |
| | precision q4_k_s | 270 elo | $1.46 |
| o4-mini | medium | 240.3 elo | $1.11 |
| | precision q4_k_m | 214.4 elo | $1.17 |
| GPT-5.4 Nano | high | 207.3 elo | $0.74 |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | high | 198.2 elo | $8.76 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | high | 189.7 elo | $10.8 |
| | non-reasoning | 189.2 elo | $0.09 |
| Grok 4.3 | high | 178.6 elo | $0.19 |
| GPT-5.4 Mini | low | 176.2 elo | $0.26 |
| o1 | low | 153.7 elo | $13.66 |
| GPT-5.2 Instant | 142.4 elo | $0.77 | |
| non-gemini-25pro-t03-mini41-t00-mini41-t03 | 141.7 elo | $0.09 | |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | thinking 16000 | 126.6 elo | $1.15 |
| Claude Sonnet 4 | thinking 16000 | 115.3 elo | $2.33 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | thinking 16000 | 112.7 elo | $2.2 |
| Kimi K2.5 | 111.2 elo | $0.97 | |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 110.6 elo | $0.63 | |
| o4-mini | low; precision PGN | 109.9 elo | $0.58 |
| o4-mini | low | 104.1 elo | $0.51 |
| o3-mini | medium | 82.4 elo | $1.61 |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | 71.1 elo | $0.87 | |
| o1-preview | 46.3 elo | $22.56 | |
| Claude Opus 4 | thinking 16000 | 29.3 elo | $7.92 |
| non-deepseek-r1-t03-mini41-t10-mini41-t03 | 4.1 elo | $2.22 | |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet | thinking 10000 | -1 elo | $2.08 |
| Claude Sonnet 4 | -10.9 elo | $0.64 | |
| Claude Opus 4 | -10.9 elo | $3.28 | |
| | precision q4_k_m | -26 elo | $0.46 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | -35.9 elo | $0.5 | |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet | thinking 1024 | -36.1 elo | $1.32 |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet | thinking 5000 | -36.1 elo | $1.92 |
| | precision q4_k_m | -37.3 elo | $0.55 |
| Claude Opus 4.1 | -37.9 elo | $2.97 | |
| | xhigh | -38.3 elo | $0.44 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | -42 elo | $0.19 | |
| o1-mini | -52.4 elo | $2.41 | |
| GPT-5 mini | low | -55.6 elo | $0.13 |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet | thinking 2048 | -62.4 elo | $1.61 |
| | -70.7 elo | $0.58 | |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet | -76.4 elo | $0.9 | |
| GPT-5 Chat | -87.3 elo | $0.12 | |
| gpt-4-32k | -97.8 elo | $2.23 | |
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) | -98.7 elo | $0.56 | |
| qwen | max | -98.9 elo | $0.13 |
| | -99.7 elo | $0.06 | |
| GPT-4 Turbo Apr 2024 | -103.8 elo | $0.85 | |
| GPT-4o Nov 2024 | -108.1 elo | $0.32 | |
| GPT-4.1 | -110.6 elo | $0.14 | |
| GPT-4.5 | -111 elo | $6.48 | |
| GPT-5 nano | low | -117 elo | $0.03 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | non-reasoning | -118.4 elo | $0.02 |
| gpt-4 [snapshot unspecified] | -119.8 elo | $1.9 | |
| Claude 3.5 Haiku | -120.5 elo | $0.15 | |
| Grok 4.20 | non-reasoning | -125 elo | $0.11 |
| | -127.9 elo | $0.12 | |
| GPT-5.1 Instant | -130.7 elo | $0.12 | |
| | -132.9 elo | $0.02 | |
| GPT-4o Aug 2024 | -133.9 elo | $0.21 | |
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | -134.4 elo | $0.57 | |
| | -140.3 elo | $0.08 | |
| | -144.3 elo | $0.56 | |
| Claude 3 Opus | -145.7 elo | $2.32 | |
| gemini-2.5-pro [snapshot unspecified] | -147.2 elo | $0.35 | |
| GPT-4o May 2024 | -157.7 elo | $0.27 | |
| GPT-4.1 mini | -167.2 elo | $0.86 | |
| | -179.5 elo | $0.7 | |
| o3-mini | low | -183.9 elo | $0.45 |
| Grok 4 Fast | non-reasoning | -191.3 elo | $0.02 |
| | precision q3_k_l | -199.6 elo | $0.02 |
| | -216.2 elo | $0.94 | |
| gpt-oss-120b | medium | -217.2 elo | $0.05 |
| gpt-oss-20b | medium | -232 elo | $0.02 |
| GPT-4o mini | -251.8 elo | $0.02 | |
| gpt-oss-120b | high | -252.1 elo | $0.04 |
| gpt-oss-20b | high | -257.7 elo | $0.02 |
| | -278.1 elo | $0.02 | |
| gpt-oss-120b | low | -283.6 elo | $0.06 |
| gemini-2.5-flash [snapshot unspecified] | -289.3 elo | $0.05 | |
| GLM-5 | -299.2 elo | $0.1 | |
| gpt-oss-20b | low | -299.9 elo | $0.02 |
| | -310.8 elo | $0.01 | |
| Claude 3 Sonnet | -321.8 elo | $0.4 | |
| glm-4.7-flash | precision q4 | -328.1 elo | $0 |
| | max | -337.1 elo | $0.21 |
| | -366.9 elo | $0 | |
| | -401.8 elo | $0.02 | |
| | precision q6_k_l | -412.4 elo | $0.02 |
| | precision iq4_xs | -457.6 elo | $0.06 |
| | -545.7 elo | $0 | |
| | -579.5 elo | $0.05 | |
| | -607.7 elo | $0.01 | |
| | -616.2 elo | $0.07 | |
| | precision q8 | -636.9 elo | $0.13 |
| | -651 elo | $0.16 | |
| | -672.2 elo | $0.01 | |
| | -672.2 elo | $0.01 | |
| Kimi K2 Jul 2025 | -689.3 elo | $0.06 | |
| | -795.6 elo | $0 | |
| | -812.4 elo | $0.01 | |
| | -822.8 elo | $0.03 |
The best score, 1,614, costs $4.64 a task
Runs on the cost frontier score higher than any run that's cheaper. Gemini 4 Argon at high comes within 4.4 of the best for $1.27 a task, 4 times cheaper. The costs are the leaderboard's own estimates, so compare them only within this benchmark.
Source: Official LLM Chess leaderboard
| Model | Effort | Harness | Score | Cost per task | Output tokens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Astra | high | 1,614 | $4.64 | ||
| GPT-6.1 Sol | xhigh | 1,612 | $1.65 | ||
| | high | 1,609 | $1.27 | ||
| GPT-6 Astra | xhigh | 1,579 | $5.47 | ||
| Claude Opus 5.5 | high | 1,575 | $1.40 | ||
| GPT-5.6 Sol | xhigh | 1,550 | $8.23 | ||
| GPT-5.6 Sol | high | 1,549 | $6.20 | ||
| | high | 1,546 | $2.19 | ||
| GPT-6 Sol | xhigh | 1,545 | $3.41 | ||
| GPT-5.5 | medium | 1,532 | $6.57 | ||
| GPT-5.5 | high | 1,528 | $8.25 | ||
| | medium | 1,527 | $0.86 | ||
| GPT-6.1 Terra | xhigh | 1,521 | $1.13 | ||
| | high | 1,511 | $4.19 | ||
| GPT-6.1 Sol | high | 1,454 | $0.76 | ||
| GPT-6.1 Terra | high | 1,391 | $0.57 | ||
| GPT-5.4 | high | 1,322 | $5.12 | ||
| GPT-6 Sol | high | 1,311 | $1.41 | ||
| Mercury 3 | high | 1,308 | $0.48 | ||
| GPT-5.6 Terra | xhigh | 1,293 | $3.32 | ||
| Claude Opus 5 | high | 1,285 | $7.56 | ||
| GPT-5.4 | medium | 1,253 | $4.90 | ||
| GPT-5.6 Sol | medium | 1,240 | $3.71 | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | max | 1,219 | $0.25 | ||
| GPT-5.6 Terra | high | 1,211 | $2.66 | ||
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | high | 1,195 | $1.53 | ||
| GPT-5.6 Luna | xhigh | 1,185 | $2.51 | ||
| Claude Haiku 5.5 | high | 1,143 | $0.08 | ||
| | high | 1,107 | $0.75 | ||
| | high | 1,094 | $2.79 | ||
| | high | 1,087 | $0.74 | ||
| GPT-5 | medium | 1,086 | $6.36 | ||
| GPT-5.2 | medium | 1,085 | $3.12 | ||
| GPT-5.3 Codex | medium | 1,053 | $1.84 | ||
| | high | 1,034 | $4.23 | ||
| | medium | 953 | $2.52 | ||
| GPT-5.1 | medium | 948 | $3.21 | ||
| GPT-5.6 Terra | medium | 936 | $1.32 | ||
| | medium | 921 | $1.61 | ||
| GPT-5.6 Luna | high | 919 | $1.50 | ||
| GPT-5 | low | 858 | $2.56 | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | xhigh | 855 | $0.07 | ||
| | precision q4_k_m | 846 | $2.29 | ||
| Grok 4.20 | reasoning | 843 | |||
| Grok 4.7 | high | 822 | $2.71 | ||
| Claude Sonnet 5 | high | 806 | $2.77 | ||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | reasoning | 800 | |||
| GPT-5.2 | low | 783 | $1.30 | ||
| o3 | medium | 778 | $11 | ||
| GPT-5 mini | high | 759 | $1.28 | ||
| o3 | low | 739 | $8.16 | ||
| Grok 4 Fast | reasoning | 735 | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | high | 730 | $0.05 | ||
| GPT-5.6 Luna | medium | 730 | $0.63 | ||
| Claude Opus 4.7 | high | 691 | $5.57 | ||
| GPT-5 nano | high | 683 | $0.49 | ||
| GPT-5.1 | low | 615 | $0.91 | ||
| GLM-5.3 | high | 605 | $1.12 | ||
| GLM-5.3-Flash | high | 572 | $0.10 | ||
| GPT-5.1-Codex-mini | high | 544 | $1.10 | ||
| GPT-5.1-Codex | low | 504 | $1.38 | ||
| | low | 498 | $0.85 | ||
| Claude Opus 4.8 | high | 450 | $4.00 | ||
| Claude Opus 4.5 | thinking 16000 | 446 | $7.34 | ||
| Grok 4.6 | high | 443 | $0.47 | ||
| o4-mini | high | 440 | $2.71 | ||
| Grok-3 mini | high | 430 | |||
| GPT-5.4 Mini | high | 416 | $3.23 | ||
| GPT-5 nano | medium | 413 | $0.19 | ||
| o3-mini | high | 403 | $3.62 | ||
| GPT-5 mini | medium | 349 | $0.44 | ||
| GPT-5.4 | low | 348 | $7.69 | ||
| | 300 | $1.91 | |||
| o1 | medium | 280 | $22 | ||
| Claude Sonnet 5 | 272 | $0.57 | |||
| | precision q4_k_s | 270 | $1.46 | ||
| o4-mini | medium | 240 | $1.11 | ||
| | precision q4_k_m | 214 | $1.17 | ||
| GPT-5.4 Nano | high | 207 | $0.74 | ||
| Claude Opus 4.6 | high | 198 | $8.76 | ||
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | high | 190 | $11 | ||
| | non-reasoning | 189 | $0.09 | ||
| Grok 4.3 | high | 179 | $0.19 | ||
| GPT-5.4 Mini | low | 176 | $0.26 | ||
| o1 | low | 154 | $14 | ||
| GPT-5.2 Instant | 142 | $0.77 | |||
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | thinking 16000 | 127 | $1.15 | ||
| Claude Sonnet 4 | thinking 16000 | 115 | $2.33 | ||
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | thinking 16000 | 113 | $2.20 | ||
| Kimi K2.5 | 111 | $0.97 | |||
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 111 | $0.63 | |||
| o4-mini | low; precision PGN | 110 | $0.58 | ||
| o4-mini | low | 104 | $0.51 | ||
| o3-mini | medium | 82 | $1.61 | ||
| Claude Opus 4.5 | 71 | $0.87 | |||
| o1-preview | 46 | $23 | |||
| Claude Opus 4 | thinking 16000 | 29 | $7.92 | ||
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet | thinking 10000 | -1 | $2.08 | ||
| Claude Opus 4 | -11 | $3.28 | |||
| Claude Sonnet 4 | -11 | $0.64 | |||
| | precision q4_k_m | -26 | $0.46 | ||
| Grok-3 mini | low | -34 | |||
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | -36 | $0.50 | |||
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet | thinking 1024 | -36 | $1.32 | ||
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet | thinking 5000 | -36 | $1.92 | ||
| Grok-3 mini | -37 | ||||
| | precision q4_k_m | -37 | $0.55 | ||
| Claude Opus 4.1 | -38 | $2.97 | |||
| | xhigh | -38 | $0.44 | ||
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | -42 | $0.19 | |||
| o1-mini | -52 | $2.41 | |||
| GPT-5 mini | low | -56 | $0.13 | ||
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet | thinking 2048 | -62 | $1.61 | ||
| Composer 2 | Cursor CLI | -63 | |||
| | -71 | $0.58 | |||
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet | -76 | $0.90 | |||
| GPT-5 Chat | -87 | $0.12 | |||
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) | -99 | $0.56 | |||
| | -100 | $0.06 | |||
| GPT-4 Turbo Apr 2024 | -104 | $0.85 | |||
| GPT-4o Nov 2024 | -108 | $0.32 | |||
| GPT-4.1 | -111 | $0.14 | |||
| GPT-4.5 | -111 | $6.48 | |||
| GPT-5 nano | low | -117 | $0.03 | ||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | non-reasoning | -118 | $0.02 | ||
| Claude 3.5 Haiku | -120 | $0.15 | |||
| Grok 4.20 | non-reasoning | -125 | $0.11 | ||
| | -128 | $0.12 | |||
| GPT-5.1 Instant | -131 | $0.12 | |||
| | -133 | $0.02 | |||
| GPT-4o Aug 2024 | -134 | $0.21 | |||
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | -134 | $0.57 | |||
| Grok 3 | -137 | ||||
| | -140 | $0.08 | |||
| | -144 | $0.56 | |||
| Claude 3 Opus | -146 | $2.32 | |||
| GPT-4o May 2024 | -158 | $0.27 | |||
| GPT-4.1 mini | -167 | $0.86 | |||
| | -179 | $0.70 | |||
| o3-mini | low | -184 | $0.45 | ||
| Grok 4 Fast | non-reasoning | -191 | $0.02 | ||
| | precision q3_k_l | -200 | $0.02 | ||
| | precision bf16 | -200 | |||
| Composer 1.5 | Cursor CLI | -212 | |||
| | -216 | $0.94 | |||
| gpt-oss-120b | medium | -217 | $0.05 | ||
| gpt-oss-20b | medium | -232 | $0.02 | ||
| GPT-4o mini | -252 | $0.02 | |||
| gpt-oss-120b | high | -252 | $0.04 | ||
| gpt-oss-20b | high | -258 | $0.02 | ||
| | precision q8_0 | -258 | |||
| | -278 | $0.02 | |||
| gpt-oss-120b | low | -284 | $0.06 | ||
| GLM-5 | -299 | $0.10 | |||
| gpt-oss-20b | low | -300 | $0.02 | ||
| | -311 | $0.01 | |||
| Claude 3 Sonnet | -322 | $0.40 | |||
| glm-4.7-flash | precision q4 | -328 | $0.003 | ||
| Grok-2 Dec 2024 | -335 | ||||
| | max | -337 | $0.21 | ||
| | -367 | $0.003 | |||
| | -402 | $0.02 | |||
| | precision q6_k_l | -412 | $0.02 | ||
| | precision iq4_xs | -458 | $0.06 | ||
| | -546 | $0.001 | |||
| | precision bf16 | -558 | |||
| | -579 | $0.05 | |||
| | -608 | $0.01 | |||
| | -616 | $0.07 | |||
| | precision q8 | -637 | $0.13 | ||
| | -651 | $0.15 | |||
| | -672 | $0.01 | |||
| | -672 | $0.01 | |||
| Kimi K2 Jul 2025 | -689 | $0.06 | |||
| | -796 | $0.0009 | |||
| | -812 | $0.007 | |||
| Composer 1 | Cursor CLI | -812 | |||
| | -823 | $0.03 |
11 models have held number one on the official leaderboard since its release in September 2024
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.
Source: Official LLM Chess leaderboard
Scores over time
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
Source: Official LLM Chess leaderboard
No lab model card reports it yet
We read the headline results of 522 launch posts from 52 labs, and none of them list this benchmark.
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