CHESS BENCHMARK · REASONING MEDIUM

Claude Fable 5.1

Anthropic · released 2026-09-01 · route claude-fable-5-1 · Model profile

Opening gap: +109 (95%: -121 to +339). The interval includes zero, so we can't yet say whether it performs differently across the variants.

Standard

Rating
1,16295%: 998 to 1,325
Record
12 won, 0 drawn, 12 lost of 24
Accuracy (open positions)
85.0
Accuracy (all moves)
87.6
Average centipawn loss
74
Blunders / mistakes / inaccuracies per 100 moves
6.8 / 4.4 / 8.6
Matched Stockfish's first choice
39%
In Stockfish's top three
61%
Legal on the first try
95.2%
Illegal / invalid
36 of 757 answers
Forfeits
0
Adjudicated games
19
API-equivalent cost per game
$2.37
API-equivalent cost per move
$0.079
Seconds per move
20.4
Model minutes per game
10.2
Tokens per move (in / out)
1,052 / 1,162
Reasoning tokens per move
1,142
Aborted on our side (not counted)
0

By phase

PhaseMovesAccuracyCentipawn lossBlunders /100Engine match
Opening24092.6282.950%
Middlegame32878.91039.432%
Endgame15380.7837.236%

Chess960

Rating
1,05295%: 891 to 1,214
Record
12 won, 0 drawn, 12 lost of 24
Accuracy (open positions)
82.9
Accuracy (all moves)
86.4
Average centipawn loss
83
Blunders / mistakes / inaccuracies per 100 moves
8.0 / 4.3 / 8.2
Matched Stockfish's first choice
31%
In Stockfish's top three
54%
Legal on the first try
88.2%
Illegal / invalid
92 of 815 answers
Forfeits
0
Adjudicated games
16
API-equivalent cost per game
$3.42
API-equivalent cost per move
$0.114
Seconds per move
29.8
Model minutes per game
15.0
Tokens per move (in / out)
1,177 / 1,802
Reasoning tokens per move
1,788
Aborted on our side (not counted)
1

By phase

PhaseMovesAccuracyCentipawn lossBlunders /100Engine match
Opening24085.2567.525%
Middlegame36980.51049.235%
Endgame11483.1735.328%

Games

Standard as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves36 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.19Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves40 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.47Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish 150036 plies · checkmate · $1.08Chess960 as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 053 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $2.81Standard as blackLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves47 plies · checkmate · $1.74Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves82 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $3.89Standard as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves59 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.77Chess960 as whiteLost vs Skill 0, 25% random moves46 plies · checkmate · $2.61Standard as blackLost vs Stockfish 132082 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $4.32Chess960 as blackLost vs Stockfish 1320130 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $7.20Standard as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves35 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.887Chess960 as whiteLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves26 plies · checkmate · $1.24Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish 1500177 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $10.64Standard as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves40 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.20Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves52 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $3.31Chess960 as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 069 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $5.26Standard as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves70 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $2.31Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves56 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $2.32Standard as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves45 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.88Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves47 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $2.46Standard as blackWon vs Stockfish 132042 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.54Chess960 as blackLost vs Stockfish 132064 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $5.01Standard as whiteLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves87 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $3.48Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves43 plies · checkmate · $2.15Standard as blackLost vs Skill 0, 25% random moves76 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $4.25Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves44 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $2.29Chess960 as whiteLost vs Stockfish 1320109 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $7.92Standard as whiteWon vs Stockfish Skill 043 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.24Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves114 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $5.54Standard as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves62 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.86Standard as whiteLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves73 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $2.72Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves33 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.43Standard as blackLost vs Stockfish 132051 plies · checkmate · $2.19Chess960 as blackLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves37 plies · checkmate · $2.34Standard as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves19 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.435Chess960 as whiteLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves38 plies · checkmate · $2.58Standard as blackLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves103 plies · checkmate · $4.49Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves50 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $2.76Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 271 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $2.77Chess960 as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 066 plies · checkmate · $4.39Standard as blackLost vs Stockfish Skill 023 plies · checkmate · $0.618Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves60 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $2.94Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish 150067 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $2.07Chess960 as whiteLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves62 plies · checkmate · $3.68Standard as blackWon vs Stockfish Skill 064 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.75Chess960 as blackLost vs Stockfish 132051 plies · checkmate · $3.20Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves69 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $3.31Standard as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves27 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.436