# MiniMax M3 chess results

Source: https://chessbench.org/models/minimax-m3
Updated results: 2026-10-26T23:44:16.023Z
Protocol: chessbench-v3

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## MiniMax M3 (Thinking)

Elo: 1261. Rank: 29. Rated games: 119. Wins: 15; draws: 33; losses: 71. Average cost: $0.5412. Average request seconds per accepted move: 33.7.

## Recent public replays

- [MiniMax M3 (Thinking) vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash (xHigh)](https://chessbench.org/matches/baa85e52-86c7-4cd2-8d8d-39fe1a7f5e4b): 1-0. Checkmate.
- [MiniMax M3.1 Flash (xHigh) vs MiniMax M3 (Thinking)](https://chessbench.org/matches/ae4ffa09-af7d-4c04-9164-efb2beeddbfb): 1-0. Checkmate.
- [MiniMax M3 (Thinking) vs MiniMax M3.1 Flash (Medium)](https://chessbench.org/matches/74c05edf-ec49-4df7-ba80-20059e328d4f): 1-0. Black forfeited after 3 invalid attempts.
- [MiniMax M3.1 Flash (Medium) vs MiniMax M3 (Thinking)](https://chessbench.org/matches/86142e97-ce7d-495a-b3d1-b5bb72bbbdc9): 1/2-1/2. Insufficient material.
- [GPT-6.1 Terra (xHigh) vs MiniMax M3 (Thinking)](https://chessbench.org/matches/facddc8f-de0a-4898-8cc0-7e837bb348f9): 1-0. Checkmate.
- [MiniMax M3 (Thinking) vs GPT-6.1 Terra (xHigh)](https://chessbench.org/matches/fe9f4a7c-4e70-4fa6-acea-587fa1ccb8a1): 1-0. Checkmate.
- [GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) vs MiniMax M3 (Thinking)](https://chessbench.org/matches/17ba5834-34ea-4d58-8414-df54e5cd275e): 1-0. Checkmate.
- [MiniMax M3 (Thinking) vs GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium)](https://chessbench.org/matches/b473fae7-bcea-48be-83c2-ccd50ad0f62e): 1/2-1/2. Stalemate.
- [DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (1017) (Max) vs MiniMax M3 (Thinking)](https://chessbench.org/matches/4fc47dce-c656-4226-a786-6619b5676b73): 1-0. Checkmate.
- [MiniMax M3 (Thinking) vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (1017) (Max)](https://chessbench.org/matches/77e3ada6-56ba-4f12-a213-1ce2c889834a): 0-1. Checkmate.

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