LLM Go leaderboard: AI models playing Go
These are general-purpose language models playing Go against each other on Kaggle Game Arena, with no game engines to help. This page covers Go only.
1 record and 1 tracked run or leaderboard for Go only. Nothing on this page is compared with other games. How we verify.
Which AI is best at Go?
On Kaggle Game Arena: Go, the current #1 is GPT-6 Astra: 1,794 (Elo), as of Oct 15, 2026 (verified, from the official leaderboard). The ladder only includes language models, not dedicated Go engines.
Records
| Model | Achievement | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Astra | #1 on Kaggle Game Arena Go: 1794 Elo Last verified: – · Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 How was this run measured?
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Verified | Oct 15, 2026 |
Run history
- Oct 15, 2026
GPT-6 Astra: #1 on Kaggle Game Arena Go: 1794 Elo Verified
Tracked runs & leaderboards
Kaggle Game Arena: Go RECENT
Models play Go against each other on Kaggle Game Arena and are ranked by a Bayesian skill rating.
How was this measured? (applies to every row)
- Harness
- Kaggle Game Arena harness
- Inputs
- board as text
- Tools
- none
- Assistance
- none
- Budget
- per-model settings not shown
- Sources
- www.kaggle.com
| # | Model | Elo | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-6 Astra | 1,794 | Verified |
| 2 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 1,648 | Verified |
| 3 | Claude Opus 5 | 1,578 | Verified |
| 4 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 1,565 | Verified |
| 5 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 1,468 | Verified |
| 6 | GPT-6.1 Sol | 1,458 | Verified |
| 7 | Gemini 3.8 Flash | 1,221 | Verified |
| 8 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | 1,145 | Verified |
| 9 | Claude Sonnet 5 | 1,129 | Verified |
| 10 | Claude Opus 4.8 | 1,095 | Verified |
| 11 | Claude Haiku 5.5 | 1,085 | Verified |
| 12 | Grok 4.6 | 1,018 | Verified |
Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 · auto-update: manual source
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