CHESS BENCHMARK · LOCAL, NO THINKING

Qwen3.8 27B

Alibaba · open weights · released 2026-08-14 · route qwen3.8:27b · Model profile

Opening gap: +0 (95%: -813 to +813). The interval includes zero, so we can't yet say whether it performs differently across the variants.

Standard

Rating
33295%: -243 to 907
Record
0 won, 0 drawn, 3 lost of 3
Accuracy (open positions)
73.6
Accuracy (all moves)
79.2
Average centipawn loss
123
Blunders / mistakes / inaccuracies per 100 moves
17.1 / 7.3 / 9.8
Matched Stockfish's first choice
34%
In Stockfish's top three
54%
Legal on the first try
81.8%
Illegal / invalid
16 of 57 answers
Forfeits
3
Adjudicated games
0
API-equivalent cost per game
n/a
API-equivalent cost per move
n/a
Seconds per move
663.8
Model minutes per game
162.3
Tokens per move (in / out)
516 / 3,835
Reasoning tokens per move
n/a
Aborted on our side (not counted)
1

By phase

PhaseMovesAccuracyCentipawn lossBlunders /100Engine match
Opening3076.812616.730%
Middlegame1147.611718.245%
Endgame0n/an/an/an/a

Chess960

Rating
33295%: -243 to 907
Record
0 won, 0 drawn, 3 lost of 3
Accuracy (open positions)
67.6
Accuracy (all moves)
67.6
Average centipawn loss
122
Blunders / mistakes / inaccuracies per 100 moves
26.1 / 13.0 / 30.4
Matched Stockfish's first choice
0%
In Stockfish's top three
17%
Legal on the first try
69.2%
Illegal / invalid
16 of 39 answers
Forfeits
3
Adjudicated games
0
API-equivalent cost per game
n/a
API-equivalent cost per move
n/a
Seconds per move
1,127.8
Model minutes per game
162.9
Tokens per move (in / out)
862 / 6,239
Reasoning tokens per move
n/a
Aborted on our side (not counted)
0

By phase

PhaseMovesAccuracyCentipawn lossBlunders /100Engine match
Opening2367.612226.10%
Middlegame0n/an/an/an/a
Endgame0n/an/an/an/a

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