LLMs ranked by Lichess Classical rating, estimated from real results using Glicko-2 and engine anchors
| # | Player | Rating ▼ | FIDE Est. | RD | 95% CI | Games | W-L-D | Legal% | Released | $/Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eubos * | 2211 | ~2081 | N/A | N/A | 29 | 28-0-1 | 100.0% | - | - |
| 2 | gemini-3.1-pro-preview (high) 👑 | 2066 | ~1873 | 85 | 1898 - 2233 | 18 | 11-6-1 | 99.7% | 02/26 | $3.9501 |
| 3 | gemini-3.1-pro-preview (medium) | 2042 | ~1835 | 67 | 1911 - 2174 | 45 | 35-8-2 | 99.6% | 02/26 | $1.4249 |
| 4 | gemini-3.5-flash (medium) | 1957 | ~1732 | 128 | 1706 - 2207 | 4 | 2-2-0 | 100.0% | 05/26 | $0.3314 |
| 5 | maia-1900 * | 1816 | ~1560 | N/A | N/A | 206 | 130-46-30 | 100.0% | - | - |
| 6 | gemini-3-pro-preview (high) | 1803 | ~1548 | 80 | 1647 - 1959 | 51 | 34-17-0 | 99.7% | 11/25 | $2.0954 |
| 7 | survival-bot | 1650 | N/A | 45 | 1562 - 1738 | 114 | 39-41-34 | 100.0% | - | - |
| 8 | gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct 🥇 | 1650 | N/A | 52 | 1547 - 1753 | 116 | 55-23-38 | 99.6% | 09/23 | $0.0361 |
| 9 | gemini-3-flash-preview (medium) | 1647 | N/A | 92 | 1466 - 1829 | 27 | 22-5-0 | 97.9% | 12/25 | $1.2733 |
| 10 | gemini-3-flash-preview (high) | 1635 | N/A | 126 | 1389 - 1881 | 18 | 14-4-0 | 98.3% | 12/25 | $2.4565 |
| 11 | maia-1100 * | 1628 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 523 | 421-65-37 | 100.0% | - | - |
| 12 | gpt-5.6-sol (xhigh) | 1612 | N/A | 126 | 1365 - 1859 | 8 | 6-0-2 | 99.7% | 07/26 | $1.3262 |
| 13 | gpt-5.6-sol (high) | 1538 | N/A | 129 | 1285 - 1791 | 8 | 6-0-2 | 99.0% | 07/26 | $0.7664 |
| 14 | grok-4.1-fast | 1405 | N/A | 55 | 1296 - 1514 | 65 | 29-30-6 | 98.9% | 11/25 | $0.3571 |
| 15 | claude-opus-4.6 (medium) | 1403 | N/A | 150 | 1108 - 1698 | 5 | 4-1-0 | 95.7% | 02/26 | $1.4881 |
| 16 | gpt-5.6-sol (medium) | 1392 | N/A | 130 | 1137 - 1648 | 8 | 5-1-2 | 98.8% | 07/26 | $0.5443 |
| 17 | gpt-5.6-luna (xhigh) | 1371 | N/A | 130 | 1116 - 1627 | 8 | 6-2-0 | 98.6% | 07/26 | $0.7599 |
| 18 | o3 | 1336 | N/A | 129 | 1082 - 1590 | 27 | 17-9-1 | 99.2% | 04/25 | $1.3817 |
| 19 | gpt-5.4 (high) | 1319 | N/A | 86 | 1151 - 1486 | 25 | 12-7-6 | 99.6% | 03/26 | $0.9178 |
| 20 | gpt-5.1 (high) | 1313 | N/A | 86 | 1145 - 1481 | 39 | 16-18-5 | 99.7% | 11/25 | $3.2021 |
| 21 | gpt-5.6-terra (xhigh) | 1259 | N/A | 130 | 1003 - 1514 | 8 | 3-1-4 | 98.6% | 07/26 | $0.9232 |
| 22 | gpt-5.6-sol (low) | 1208 | N/A | 131 | 951 - 1466 | 8 | 4-3-1 | 98.6% | 07/26 | $0.3131 |
| 23 | grok-4-fast | 1202 | N/A | 69 | 1067 - 1337 | 52 | 24-23-5 | 98.0% | 09/25 | $0.3032 |
| 24 | claude-3.7-sonnet (thinking) | 1198 | N/A | 136 | 932 - 1464 | 6 | 0-6-0 | 85.7% | 02/25 | $0.4833 |
| 25 | claude-sonnet-4 (thinking) | 1193 | N/A | 137 | 924 - 1462 | 6 | 0-6-0 | 91.7% | 05/25 | $1.2309 |
| 26 | claude-sonnet-4.5 (thinking) | 1171 | N/A | 144 | 889 - 1453 | 6 | 0-6-0 | 92.2% | 09/25 | $2.8603 |
| 27 | claude-opus-4.5 (high) | 1124 | N/A | 121 | 887 - 1361 | 17 | 6-11-0 | 96.2% | 11/25 | $4.0983 |
| 28 | gpt-5.6-luna (high) | 1109 | N/A | 142 | 831 - 1387 | 8 | 4-3-1 | 98.7% | 07/26 | $0.5748 |
| 29 | deepseek-r1 | 1074 | N/A | 200 | 682 - 1465 | 5 | 0-5-0 | 80.0% | 01/25 | $0.1101 |
| 30 | gpt-5.2 (high) | 924 | N/A | 74 | 780 - 1069 | 62 | 44-13-5 | 99.7% | 12/25 | $2.3931 |
| 31 | deepseek-v4-flash (max) | 813 | N/A | 119 | 579 - 1047 | 11 | 10-1-0 | 96.7% | 04/26 | $0.2968 |
| 32 | gpt-5.6-terra (high) | 766 | N/A | 141 | 490 - 1042 | 8 | 2-5-1 | 97.9% | 07/26 | $0.4426 |
| 33 | gpt-5.6-terra (medium) | 739 | N/A | 142 | 461 - 1017 | 8 | 1-5-2 | 97.6% | 07/26 | $0.3646 |
| 34 | gpt-5.2-chat | 705 | N/A | 60 | 587 - 824 | 75 | 29-34-12 | 97.3% | 12/25 | $0.5170 |
| 35 | gpt-5 (medium) | 701 | N/A | 98 | 509 - 892 | 22 | 17-4-1 | 100.0% | 08/25 | $2.1508 |
| 36 | gpt-5.2 (no thinking) | 662 | N/A | 59 | 546 - 778 | 68 | 35-24-9 | 97.5% | 12/25 | $0.8704 |
| 37 | gpt-oss-120b (high) | 654 | N/A | 61 | 535 - 774 | 52 | 26-18-8 | 99.2% | 08/25 | $0.0875 |
| 38 | gpt-5.6-luna (low) | 650 | N/A | 125 | 404 - 895 | 8 | 3-5-0 | 94.9% | 07/26 | $0.0882 |
| 39 | gemini-3-flash-preview (low) | 607 | N/A | 60 | 489 - 725 | 36 | 26-10-0 | 94.6% | 12/25 | $0.1264 |
| 40 | gpt-5.5 (low) | 599 | N/A | 69 | 463 - 735 | 47 | 26-14-7 | 98.0% | 04/26 | $0.5577 |
| 41 | gpt-5.6-terra (low) | 593 | N/A | 103 | 390 - 795 | 16 | 5-9-2 | 96.1% | 07/26 | $0.1628 |
| 42 | gemini-3-pro-preview (medium) | 577 | N/A | 77 | 426 - 728 | 34 | 25-9-0 | 95.2% | 11/25 | $0.2616 |
| 43 | gpt-oss-120b (medium) | 575 | N/A | 62 | 454 - 697 | 82 | 32-41-9 | 98.6% | 08/25 | $0.0234 |
| 44 | gpt-5.5 (xhigh) | 562 | N/A | 60 | 443 - 680 | 55 | 24-29-2 | 96.8% | 04/26 | $4.2538 |
| 45 | deepseek-v3.2 (thinking) | 546 | N/A | 141 | 270 - 821 | 8 | 1-7-0 | 89.7% | 12/25 | $0.3370 |
| 46 | gpt-5.1-chat | 545 | N/A | 45 | 457 - 634 | 293 | 233-52-8 | 97.2% | 11/25 | $0.1488 |
| 47 | gpt-5.5 (medium) | 543 | N/A | 65 | 415 - 670 | 41 | 17-16-8 | 97.6% | 04/26 | $0.8766 |
| 48 | gpt-5.6-luna (medium) | 507 | N/A | 108 | 296 - 718 | 16 | 4-11-1 | 93.7% | 07/26 | $0.1207 |
| 49 | gpt-5.1 (no thinking) | 492 | N/A | 62 | 370 - 614 | 59 | 28-29-2 | 96.1% | 11/25 | $0.1946 |
| 50 | gpt-5.5 (high) | 475 | N/A | 75 | 329 - 621 | 38 | 12-19-7 | 97.2% | 04/26 | $1.1687 |
| 51 | gemini-2.5-flash (no thinking) | 429 | N/A | 45 | 341 - 517 | 287 | 193-92-2 | 95.3% | 06/25 | $0.0024 |
| 52 | random-bot * | 400 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1946 | 1443-448-55 | 100.0% | - | - |
| 53 | gemini-2.5-pro (default) | 373 | N/A | 67 | 242 - 504 | 48 | 18-30-0 | 92.8% | 06/25 | $0.7138 |
| 54 | claude-opus-4.1 (no thinking) | 367 | N/A | 45 | 279 - 455 | 202 | 147-55-0 | 95.0% | 08/25 | $0.1578 |
| 55 | gemini-3-flash-preview (minimal) | 363 | N/A | 82 | 203 - 523 | 20 | 8-12-0 | 92.4% | 12/25 | $0.0163 |
| 56 | claude-opus-4 (no thinking) | 362 | N/A | 45 | 273 - 450 | 202 | 146-54-2 | 95.2% | 05/25 | $0.1887 |
| 57 | gemini-2.0-flash-001 | 350 | N/A | 45 | 262 - 438 | 295 | 182-112-1 | 93.9% | 02/25 | $0.0007 |
| 58 | gpt-5-chat | 318 | N/A | 45 | 229 - 406 | 361 | 233-128-0 | 92.9% | 08/25 | $0.0082 |
| 59 | gpt-5.4 (no thinking) | 285 | N/A | 150 | -9 - 579 | 8 | 4-4-0 | 93.2% | 03/26 | $0.0195 |
| 60 | gpt-5 (minimal) | 262 | N/A | 45 | 174 - 350 | 214 | 138-76-0 | 91.9% | 08/25 | $0.0075 |
| 61 | gpt-5 (no thinking) | 259 | N/A | 60 | 141 - 377 | 54 | 19-35-0 | 91.2% | 08/25 | $0.0196 |
| 62 | claude-opus-4.5 (no thinking) | 215 | N/A | 92 | 35 - 395 | 30 | 6-24-0 | 90.1% | 11/25 | $0.5156 |
| 63 | o1 | 202 | N/A | 62 | 81 - 324 | 83 | 55-28-0 | 92.9% | 12/24 | $1.7095 |
| 64 | gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview | 199 | N/A | 88 | 27 - 371 | 20 | 4-16-0 | 88.1% | 03/26 | $0.0082 |
| 65 | claude-sonnet-4.5 (no thinking) | 178 | N/A | 45 | 90 - 266 | 201 | 114-87-0 | 91.0% | 09/25 | $0.0256 |
| 66 | gpt-4.1 (minimal) | 169 | N/A | 45 | 81 - 257 | 204 | 121-83-0 | 89.8% | 04/25 | $0.0100 |
| 67 | gpt-oss-120b (low) | 156 | N/A | 70 | 19 - 294 | 38 | 7-30-1 | 95.3% | - | $0.0119 |
| 68 | gpt-5.5 (no thinking) | 126 | N/A | 96 | -62 - 314 | 20 | 2-17-1 | 93.1% | 04/26 | $0.0637 |
| 69 | claude-sonnet-4 (no thinking) | 106 | N/A | 45 | 17 - 194 | 199 | 101-98-0 | 88.4% | 05/25 | $0.0162 |
| 70 | grok-3-mini | 103 | N/A | 57 | -9 - 216 | 96 | 21-75-0 | 88.8% | 06/25 | $0.0421 |
| 71 | glm-4.6 (thinking) | 75 | N/A | 67 | -57 - 207 | 45 | 9-36-0 | 81.5% | 09/25 | $0.0317 |
| 72 | qwen3-max | 66 | N/A | 46 | -24 - 155 | 101 | 28-73-0 | 82.1% | 09/25 | $0.0067 |
| 73 | kimi-k2.5 (no thinking) | 65 | N/A | 134 | -199 - 328 | 11 | 1-10-0 | 80.4% | 01/26 | $0.0021 |
| 74 | claude-3.5-sonnet | 63 | N/A | 45 | -25 - 151 | 195 | 89-106-0 | 87.1% | 06/24 | $0.0526 |
| 75 | gpt-4 | 58 | N/A | 45 | -30 - 146 | 204 | 96-108-0 | 86.9% | 03/23 | $0.1509 |
| 76 | grok-3 | 56 | N/A | 45 | -33 - 144 | 203 | 88-115-0 | 86.1% | 02/25 | $0.0156 |
| 77 | claude-opus-4.6 (no thinking) | 32 | N/A | 148 | -259 - 323 | 9 | 0-9-0 | 93.4% | 02/26 | $0.4140 |
| 78 | mimo-v2-flash (medium) | 25 | N/A | 121 | -212 - 261 | 17 | 3-12-2 | 95.3% | 02/26 | $0.0888 |
| 79 | gpt-4o-2024-11-20 | 22 | N/A | 45 | -66 - 111 | 210 | 90-120-0 | 83.6% | 11/24 | $0.0088 |
| 80 | claude-3-opus | 9 | N/A | 45 | -79 - 98 | 193 | 75-118-0 | 85.4% | 03/24 | - |
| 81 | claude-3.7-sonnet (no thinking) | 4 | N/A | 45 | -84 - 92 | 208 | 87-121-0 | 83.5% | 02/25 | $0.0187 |
| 82 | claude-haiku-4.5 (thinking) | -14 | N/A | 134 | -277 - 250 | 5 | 2-3-0 | 90.2% | 10/25 | $2.8806 |
| 83 | kimi-k2 | -41 | N/A | 45 | -129 - 47 | 289 | 109-180-0 | 81.5% | 07/25 | $0.0029 |
| 84 | deepseek-v3.2 (no thinking) | -52 | N/A | 74 | -197 - 93 | 68 | 7-61-0 | 72.5% | 12/25 | $0.0011 |
| 85 | deepseek-chat-v3-0324 | -63 | N/A | 45 | -151 - 25 | 273 | 95-178-0 | 80.6% | 03/25 | $0.0009 |
| 86 | llama-4-maverick | -80 | N/A | 45 | -168 - 8 | 392 | 111-281-0 | 80.9% | 04/25 | $0.0017 |
| 87 | gpt-4-turbo | -89 | N/A | 45 | -177 - 0 | 199 | 65-134-0 | 81.5% | 04/24 | $0.0556 |
| 88 | kimi-k2-0905 | -103 | N/A | 45 | -192 - -15 | 277 | 85-192-0 | 78.2% | 09/25 | $0.0015 |
| 89 | deepseek-v3.2-exp (no thinking) | -110 | N/A | 45 | -198 - -21 | 226 | 69-157-0 | 76.2% | 09/25 | $0.0010 |
| 90 | kat-coder-pro | -113 | N/A | 76 | -263 - 36 | 26 | 6-20-0 | 83.5% | 11/25 | - |
| 91 | deepseek-v3.1-terminus (no thinking) | -128 | N/A | 45 | -216 - -39 | 136 | 66-70-0 | 80.3% | 09/25 | $0.0004 |
| 92 | deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b | -134 | N/A | 82 | -295 - 28 | 35 | 11-24-0 | 71.6% | 01/25 | $0.0054 |
| 93 | gpt-3.5-turbo-0613 | -144 | N/A | 45 | -232 - -56 | 259 | 72-187-0 | 75.6% | 06/23 | $0.0052 |
| 94 | claude-haiku-4.5 (no thinking) | -156 | N/A | 45 | -245 - -68 | 90 | 26-64-0 | 80.1% | 10/25 | $0.0027 |
| 95 | mistral-medium-3 | -173 | N/A | 45 | -261 - -84 | 279 | 81-198-0 | 73.8% | 05/25 | $0.0014 |
| 96 | qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 | -200 | N/A | 71 | -339 - -62 | 50 | 7-43-0 | 66.0% | 07/25 | $0.0001 |
| 97 | glm-4.6 (no thinking) | -231 | N/A | 45 | -319 - -143 | 269 | 65-204-0 | 75.6% | 09/25 | $0.0108 |
| 98 | deepseek-chat-v3.1 (no thinking) | -235 | N/A | 45 | -323 - -147 | 282 | 70-212-0 | 73.5% | 08/25 | $0.0008 |
| 99 | gpt-5-mini (minimal) | -284 | N/A | 45 | -373 - -196 | 243 | 44-199-0 | 63.7% | 08/25 | $0.0010 |
| 100 | mimo-v2-flash (no thinking) | -397 | N/A | 79 | -552 - -241 | 26 | 3-23-0 | 48.9% | 02/26 | $0.0001 |
| 101 | llama-3.3-70b-instruct | -448 | N/A | 45 | -536 - -359 | 369 | 37-332-0 | 53.8% | 12/24 | $0.0002 |
| 102 | gpt-3.5-turbo | -493 | N/A | 45 | -581 - -405 | 299 | 15-284-0 | 47.8% | 11/22 | $0.0012 |
👑 = Top-rated LLM
🥇 = Top-rated non-reasoning LLM
* = Anchor player (fixed rating, used for calibration)
Greyed rows = Rating still preliminary (needs more games)
FIDE Est. = Estimated FIDE rating based on ChessGoals.com survey data
RD = Rating Deviation (uncertainty in rating)
95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval
Legal% = Percentage of moves that were legal on first attempt
$/Game = Average cost per game based on OpenRouter pricing