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"""
Custom Chess Tokenizer for the Chess Challenge.
This tokenizer uses sub-token decomposition to achieve a minimal vocabulary
by breaking moves into atomic components (squares + modifiers).
Example:
WPe2e4 → ["e2", "e4"]
BNg8f6(+) → ["g8", "f6", "+"]
This approach trades sequence length (3x longer) for vocabulary size (77 vs 1800+).
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import os
from typing import Dict, List, Optional
from transformers import PreTrainedTokenizer
class ChessTokenizer(PreTrainedTokenizer):
"""
Sub-token chess tokenizer with minimal fixed vocabulary.
Decomposes each move into:
- Source square (e.g., e2)
- Destination square (e.g., e4)
- Optional modifiers (x, +, +*, Q/R/B/N, O/o)
Vocabulary composition:
- 64 squares (a1-h8)
- 9 modifiers (x, +, +*, Q, R, B, N, O, o)
- 4 special tokens ([PAD], [BOS], [EOS], [UNK])
Total: 77 tokens
"""
model_input_names = ["input_ids", "attention_mask"]
vocab_files_names = {"vocab_file": "vocab.json"}
# Special tokens
PAD_TOKEN = "[PAD]"
BOS_TOKEN = "[BOS]"
EOS_TOKEN = "[EOS]"
UNK_TOKEN = "[UNK]"
def __init__(
self,
vocab_file: Optional[str] = None,
vocab: Optional[Dict[str, int]] = None,
**kwargs,
):
"""
Initialize the chess tokenizer.
"""
# Initialize special tokens
self._pad_token = self.PAD_TOKEN
self._bos_token = self.BOS_TOKEN
self._eos_token = self.EOS_TOKEN
self._unk_token = self.UNK_TOKEN
kwargs.pop("pad_token", None)
kwargs.pop("bos_token", None)
kwargs.pop("eos_token", None)
kwargs.pop("unk_token", None)
# Load or create vocabulary
if vocab is not None:
self._vocab = vocab
elif vocab_file is not None and os.path.exists(vocab_file):
with open(vocab_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
self._vocab = json.load(f)
else:
self._vocab = self.build_minimal_vocab().get_vocab()
# Reverse mapping
self._ids_to_tokens = {v: k for k, v in self._vocab.items()}
# Call parent init
super().__init__(
pad_token=self._pad_token,
bos_token=self._bos_token,
eos_token=self._eos_token,
unk_token=self._unk_token,
**kwargs,
)
@classmethod
def build_minimal_vocab(cls) -> "ChessTokenizer":
"""
Build tokenizer with minimal fixed vocabulary (77 tokens).
"""
files = "abcdefgh"
ranks = "12345678"
squares = [f + r for f in files for r in ranks]
modifiers = ["x", "+", "+*", "Q", "R", "B", "N", "O", "o"]
special_tokens = [cls.PAD_TOKEN, cls.BOS_TOKEN, cls.EOS_TOKEN, cls.UNK_TOKEN]
vocab_tokens = special_tokens + squares + modifiers
vocab = {tok: i for i, tok in enumerate(vocab_tokens)}
return cls(vocab=vocab)
@property
def vocab_size(self) -> int:
return len(self._vocab)
def get_vocab(self) -> Dict[str, int]:
return dict(self._vocab)
def _tokenize(self, text: str) -> List[str]:
"""
Tokenize moves into squares + modifiers.
Examples:
WPe2e4 -> ["e2", "e4"]
BNg8f6(+) -> ["g8", "f6", "+"]
WKe1g1(O) -> ["e1", "g1", "O"]
"""
tokens = []
for move in text.strip().split():
if len(move) < 4:
continue
core = move[2:] # Remove color + piece
# Squares
from_sq = core[0:2]
to_sq = core[2:4]
tokens.extend([from_sq, to_sq])
# Modifiers
suffix = core[4:]
if "x" in suffix:
tokens.append("x")
if "+*" in suffix:
tokens.append("+*")
elif "+" in suffix:
tokens.append("+")
for promo in ["Q", "R", "B", "N"]:
if f"({promo})" in suffix:
tokens.append(promo)
# Castling
if "O" in move or "o" in move:
tokens.append("O")
return tokens
def _convert_token_to_id(self, token: str) -> int:
return self._vocab.get(token, self._vocab.get(self.UNK_TOKEN, 0))
def _convert_id_to_token(self, index: int) -> str:
return self._ids_to_tokens.get(index, self.UNK_TOKEN)
def convert_tokens_to_string(self, tokens: List[str]) -> str:
"""Convert sub-tokens back to string representation."""
special = {self.PAD_TOKEN, self.BOS_TOKEN, self.EOS_TOKEN, self.UNK_TOKEN}
return " ".join(t for t in tokens if t not in special)
def save_vocabulary(self, save_directory: str, filename_prefix: Optional[str] = None) -> tuple:
if not os.path.isdir(save_directory):
os.makedirs(save_directory, exist_ok=True)
vocab_file = os.path.join(
save_directory,
(filename_prefix + "-" if filename_prefix else "") + "vocab.json",
)
with open(vocab_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
json.dump(self._vocab, f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
return (vocab_file,)
# ===== Example usage =====
if __name__ == "__main__":
tokenizer = ChessTokenizer.build_minimal_vocab()
print(f"Vocabulary size: {tokenizer.vocab_size}")
test_games = [
"WPe2e4 BPe7e5",
"WNg1f3 BNb8c6",
"WBb5c6(x) BPd7d6",
"WPe7e8(Q) BKe8d7",
"WKe1g1(O) BKe8c8(o)",
]
for game in test_games:
print(f"\nOriginal: {game}")
tokens = tokenizer._tokenize(game)
print(f"Tokens: {tokens}")
ids = tokenizer.convert_tokens_to_ids(tokens)
print(f"IDs: {ids}")
decoded = tokenizer.convert_ids_to_tokens(ids)
print(f"Decoded: {decoded}")