CHESS BENCHMARK · REASONING MEDIUM

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic · released 2026-10-07 · route claude-haiku-5-5 · Model profile

Opening gap: +59 (95%: -170 to +288). The interval includes zero, so we can't yet say whether it performs differently across the variants.

Standard

Rating
1,14595%: 980 to 1,309
Record
12 won, 0 drawn, 12 lost of 24
Accuracy (open positions)
82.7
Accuracy (all moves)
86.5
Average centipawn loss
80
Blunders / mistakes / inaccuracies per 100 moves
7.2 / 4.5 / 8.9
Matched Stockfish's first choice
33%
In Stockfish's top three
57%
Legal on the first try
97.2%
Illegal / invalid
20 of 737 answers
Forfeits
0
Adjudicated games
17
API-equivalent cost per game
$0.041
API-equivalent cost per move
$0.0014
Seconds per move
13.5
Model minutes per game
6.7
Tokens per move (in / out)
992 / 2,355
Reasoning tokens per move
2,264
Aborted on our side (not counted)
1

By phase

PhaseMovesAccuracyCentipawn lossBlunders /100Engine match
Opening24087.3474.635%
Middlegame34378.710210.232%
Endgame13479.0844.530%

Chess960

Rating
1,08595%: 926 to 1,244
Record
13 won, 1 drawn, 10 lost of 24
Accuracy (open positions)
78.4
Accuracy (all moves)
83.7
Average centipawn loss
94
Blunders / mistakes / inaccuracies per 100 moves
9.4 / 7.1 / 13.1
Matched Stockfish's first choice
26%
In Stockfish's top three
51%
Legal on the first try
96.8%
Illegal / invalid
31 of 894 answers
Forfeits
0
Adjudicated games
13
API-equivalent cost per game
$0.060
API-equivalent cost per move
$0.0017
Seconds per move
16.2
Model minutes per game
9.7
Tokens per move (in / out)
1,114 / 2,889
Reasoning tokens per move
2,782
Aborted on our side (not counted)
1

By phase

PhaseMovesAccuracyCentipawn lossBlunders /100Engine match
Opening24077.87912.518%
Middlegame39376.911611.230%
Endgame23084.3723.029%

Games

Standard as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves44 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.025Chess960 as blackLost vs Skill 0, 25% random moves67 plies · checkmate · $0.066Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish 150063 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.039Chess960 as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 036 plies · checkmate · $0.032Standard as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves38 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.024Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves80 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.067Standard as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves49 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.026Chess960 as whiteLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves135 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.128Standard as blackLost vs Stockfish 132043 plies · checkmate · $0.039Chess960 as blackLost vs Stockfish 132067 plies · checkmate · $0.067Standard as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves91 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.069Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves45 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.034Standard as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves56 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.044Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves34 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.023Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 057 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.038Chess960 as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 079 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.059Standard as blackLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves106 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.069Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves48 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.039Standard as whiteLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves69 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.035Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves101 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.102Standard as blackLost vs Stockfish Skill 077 plies · checkmate · $0.054Chess960 as blackLost vs Stockfish 1320105 plies · checkmate · $0.084Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish 132063 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.056Chess960 as whiteLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves44 plies · checkmate · $0.032Standard as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves46 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.030Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves74 plies · checkmate · $0.067Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 237 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.021Chess960 as whiteWon vs Stockfish Skill 0105 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.073Standard as blackLost vs Stockfish 132029 plies · checkmate · $0.016Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves80 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.058Standard as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves89 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.072Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves57 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.049Standard as blackWon vs Stockfish 132052 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.028Chess960 as blackLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves102 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.082Standard as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves47 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.027Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves49 plies · checkmate · $0.042Standard as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves72 plies · checkmate · $0.048Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves50 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.036Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 0129 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.101Chess960 as whiteDrew vs Skill 0, 10% random moves125 plies · threefold repetition · $0.099Standard as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves50 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.033Chess960 as blackLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves67 plies · checkmate · $0.060Standard as whiteLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves66 plies · checkmate · $0.061Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves87 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.076Standard as blackLost vs Stockfish 150023 plies · checkmate · $0.011Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves54 plies · checkmate · $0.044Standard as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves31 plies · checkmate · $0.018Chess960 as whiteLost vs Skill 0, 25% random moves30 plies · checkmate · $0.021