CHESS BENCHMARK · REASONING MEDIUM

Claude Opus 5.5

Anthropic · released 2026-09-22 · route claude-opus-5-5 · Model profile

Opening gap: +205 (95%: -25 to +436). The interval includes zero, so we can't yet say whether it performs differently across the variants.

Standard

Rating
1,46395%: 1,299 to 1,627
Record
11 won, 3 drawn, 10 lost of 24
Accuracy (open positions)
88.7
Accuracy (all moves)
89.9
Average centipawn loss
52
Blunders / mistakes / inaccuracies per 100 moves
4.8 / 2.6 / 8.0
Matched Stockfish's first choice
36%
In Stockfish's top three
65%
Legal on the first try
95.9%
Illegal / invalid
39 of 972 answers
Forfeits
0
Adjudicated games
17
API-equivalent cost per game
$0.917
API-equivalent cost per move
$0.024
Seconds per move
11.3
Model minutes per game
7.3
Tokens per move (in / out)
1,079 / 748
Reasoning tokens per move
594
Aborted on our side (not counted)
2

By phase

PhaseMovesAccuracyCentipawn lossBlunders /100Engine match
Opening24092.5282.549%
Middlegame34385.9576.136%
Endgame35088.1635.126%

Chess960

Rating
1,25895%: 1,095 to 1,420
Record
12 won, 0 drawn, 12 lost of 24
Accuracy (open positions)
81.2
Accuracy (all moves)
84.3
Average centipawn loss
81
Blunders / mistakes / inaccuracies per 100 moves
10.0 / 5.3 / 12.1
Matched Stockfish's first choice
31%
In Stockfish's top three
58%
Legal on the first try
94.8%
Illegal / invalid
39 of 790 answers
Forfeits
0
Adjudicated games
19
API-equivalent cost per game
$0.903
API-equivalent cost per move
$0.029
Seconds per move
14.0
Model minutes per game
7.3
Tokens per move (in / out)
1,115 / 997
Reasoning tokens per move
828
Aborted on our side (not counted)
0

By phase

PhaseMovesAccuracyCentipawn lossBlunders /100Engine match
Opening24082.3609.624%
Middlegame33477.310012.933%
Endgame17786.7745.139%

Games

Standard as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves44 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.386Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves58 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.858Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 463 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.780Chess960 as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 235 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.478Standard as blackLost vs Stockfish 150069 plies · checkmate · $0.620Chess960 as blackLost vs Stockfish 132051 plies · checkmate · $0.597Standard as whiteWon vs Stockfish 132061 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.487Chess960 as whiteLost vs Skill 0, 10% random moves82 plies · checkmate · $1.14Standard as blackLost vs Stockfish 1700126 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.48Chess960 as blackLost vs Stockfish 1500116 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.80Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish 150046 plies · checkmate · $0.497Chess960 as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 053 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.783Standard as blackWon vs Stockfish 132052 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.489Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves48 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.613Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 468 plies · checkmate · $0.784Chess960 as whiteWon vs Stockfish Skill 239 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.351Standard as blackDrew vs Stockfish 1500120 plies · adjudicated: dead level · $1.52Chess960 as blackLost vs Stockfish 1320150 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $2.15Standard as whiteWon vs Stockfish 1320119 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.36Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves117 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.41Standard as blackLost vs Stockfish 170050 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.550Chess960 as blackLost vs Stockfish 150066 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.46Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 2107 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.42Chess960 as whiteLost vs Stockfish Skill 037 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.665Standard as blackDrew vs Stockfish 1320122 plies · adjudicated: dead level · $1.60Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves64 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.04Standard as whiteDrew vs Stockfish Skill 4105 plies · threefold repetition · $1.67Chess960 as whiteLost vs Stockfish 170034 plies · checkmate · $0.541Standard as blackWon vs Stockfish 150098 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.09Chess960 as blackWon vs Stockfish 132082 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.05Standard as whiteWon vs Stockfish 132061 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.640Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves43 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.641Standard as blackLost vs Stockfish 1700100 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.42Chess960 as blackWon vs Stockfish Skill 068 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.02Standard as whiteWon vs Stockfish Skill 055 plies · checkmate · $0.582Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves33 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.395Standard as blackWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves34 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.299Chess960 as blackWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves38 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.362Standard as whiteLost vs Stockfish 170077 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.845Chess960 as whiteLost vs Stockfish 150059 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $1.02Standard as blackWon vs Stockfish 132054 plies · checkmate · $0.531Chess960 as blackLost vs Stockfish 132039 plies · checkmate · $0.553Standard as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves47 plies · checkmate · $0.644Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 10% random moves49 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.571Standard as blackLost vs Stockfish 1500158 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $2.17Chess960 as blackLost vs Stockfish Skill 034 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.589Chess960 as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves99 plies · checkmate · $1.59Standard as whiteWon vs Skill 0, 25% random moves21 plies · adjudicated: decisive advantage · $0.136