chess-yentl-v4 / tokenizer.py
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"""
Custom Chess Tokenizer for the Chess Challenge (Improved Version).
This tokenizer uses an atomic approach: each move is decomposed into component tokens:
- Side: [W] or [B]
- Piece: [P], [N], [B], [R], [Q], [K]
- Squares: [a1] through [h8] (64 tokens)
- Flags: [x] (capture), [+] (check), [#] (mate), [O-O], [O-O-O] (castling)
- Promotions: [=q], [=r], [=b], [=n]
This approach reduces vocabulary from ~1200 to 84 tokens, saving ~142K parameters!
Example:
"WPe2e4" -> ["[W]", "[P]", "[e2]", "[e4]"]
"BNg8f6(x)" -> ["[B]", "[N]", "[g8]", "[f6]", "[x]"]
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import os
import re
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
from transformers import PreTrainedTokenizer
# Parse "WPe2e4(x+*)" etc.
_MOVE_RE = re.compile(
r"^(?P<side>[WB])"
r"(?P<piece>[PNBRQK])"
r"(?P<src>[a-h][1-8])"
r"(?P<dst>[a-h][1-8])"
r"(?P<suffix>.*)$"
)
# Promotions like "=Q" or "=q"
_PROMO_RE = re.compile(r"=([QRBNqrbn])")
def _parse_suffix(suffix: str) -> Tuple[bool, bool, bool, Optional[str], Optional[str]]:
"""
Returns:
is_capture, is_check, is_mate, castle_kind, promo_piece
castle_kind: "k" (kingside) or "q" (queenside) or None
promo_piece: one of "q","r","b","n" or None
"""
if not suffix:
return False, False, False, None, None
# Normalize
suf = suffix.strip()
is_capture = "x" in suf
is_check = "+" in suf
# Mate indicator
# We'll treat any "*" as mate.
is_mate = "*" in suf
# Castling: dataset uses (o)/(O) in the move string for king moves
castle_kind = None
if "(O)" in suf:
castle_kind = "q"
elif "(o)" in suf:
castle_kind = "k"
promo_piece = None
m = _PROMO_RE.search(suf)
if m:
promo_piece = m.group(1).lower()
return is_capture, is_check, is_mate, castle_kind, promo_piece
def _reindex_vocab(vocab: Dict[str, int]) -> Dict[str, int]:
# sort by old id for stability
items = sorted(vocab.items(), key=lambda kv: kv[1])
return {tok: new_id for new_id, (tok, _) in enumerate(items)}
class ChessTokenizer(PreTrainedTokenizer):
"""
A custom tokenizer for chess moves using atomic decomposition.
This tokenizer maps each move component to a unique token ID.
The vocabulary is fixed and small (84 tokens), saving parameters.
Example:
>>> tokenizer = ChessTokenizer()
>>> tokenizer.encode("WPe2e4 BPe7e5")
[1, 4, 5, 44, 46, 4, 5, 47, 45, 2] # [BOS, W, P, e2, e4, B, P, e7, e5, EOS]
"""
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]"
# Component tokens
SIDE_TOKENS = ("[W]", "[B]")
PIECE_TOKENS = ("[P]", "[N]", "[B]", "[R]", "[Q]", "[K]")
# flags
FLAG_TOKENS = (
"[x]", # capture
"[+]", # check
"[#]", # mate
"[O-O]", # kingside castle marker (not required by evaluator)
"[O-O-O]", # queenside castle marker
# promotions
"[=q]", "[=r]", "[=b]", "[=n]",
)
def __init__(
self,
vocab_file: Optional[str] = None,
vocab: Optional[Dict[str, int]] = None,
**kwargs,
):
"""
Initialize the chess tokenizer.
Args:
vocab_file: Path to a JSON file containing the vocabulary mapping.
vocab: Dictionary mapping tokens to IDs (alternative to vocab_file).
**kwargs: Additional arguments passed to PreTrainedTokenizer.
"""
# 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
# Remove any duplicate special-token entries passed through kwargs
# to avoid "multiple values for keyword" errors when loading from disk.
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:
# Create the atomic vocabulary (always the same, 84 tokens)
self._vocab = self._create_default_vocab()
self._vocab = _reindex_vocab(self._vocab)
# Create reverse mapping
self._ids_to_tokens = {v: k for k, v in self._vocab.items()}
# Call parent init AFTER setting up vocab
super().__init__(
pad_token=self._pad_token,
bos_token=self._bos_token,
eos_token=self._eos_token,
unk_token=self._unk_token,
**kwargs,
)
def _create_default_vocab(self) -> Dict[str, int]:
"""
Create the atomic vocabulary with component tokens.
Total: 4 (special) + 2 (sides) + 6 (pieces) + 64 (squares) + 8 (flags) = 84 tokens
"""
tokens: List[str] = [self.PAD_TOKEN, self.BOS_TOKEN, self.EOS_TOKEN, self.UNK_TOKEN]
tokens += list(self.SIDE_TOKENS)
tokens += list(self.PIECE_TOKENS)
# Squares (64)
for file in "abcdefgh":
for rank in "12345678":
tokens.append(f"[{file}{rank}]")
tokens += list(self.FLAG_TOKENS)
return {tok: idx for idx, tok in enumerate(tokens)}
@classmethod
def build_vocab_from_iterator(
cls,
iterator,
min_frequency: int = 1,
) -> "ChessTokenizer":
"""Build vocab (not needed for atomic approach, vocab is fixed)."""
return cls()
@classmethod
def build_vocab_from_dataset(
cls,
dataset_name: str = "dlouapre/lichess_2025-01_1M",
split: str = "train",
column: str = "text",
min_frequency: int = 1,
max_samples: Optional[int] = None,
) -> "ChessTokenizer":
"""Build vocab (not needed for atomic approach, vocab is fixed)."""
return cls()
@property
def vocab_size(self) -> int:
"""Return the size of the vocabulary."""
return len(self._vocab)
def get_vocab(self) -> Dict[str, int]:
"""Return the vocabulary as a dictionary."""
return dict(self._vocab)
def _tokenize(self, text: str) -> List[str]:
"""
Tokenize a string of moves into a list of atomic tokens.
Args:
text: A string of space-separated moves.
Returns:
List of atomic move tokens.
"""
text = (text or "").strip()
if not text:
return []
chunks = text.split()
out: List[str] = []
for chunk in chunks:
# If chunk is pure uci like "e2e4" or "e7e8q"
if re.fullmatch(r"[a-h][1-8][a-h][1-8][qrbn]?", chunk):
src = chunk[0:2]
dst = chunk[2:4]
out.append(f"[{src}]")
out.append(f"[{dst}]")
if len(chunk) == 5 and chunk[4] in "qrbn":
out.append(f"[={chunk[4]}]")
continue
m = _MOVE_RE.match(chunk)
if not m:
out.append(self.UNK_TOKEN)
continue
side = "[W]" if m.group("side") == "W" else "[B]"
piece = m.group("piece")
src = m.group("src")
dst = m.group("dst")
suffix = m.group("suffix") or ""
out.append(side)
out.append(f"[{piece}]")
out.append(f"[{src}]")
out.append(f"[{dst}]")
is_cap, is_chk, is_mate, castle_kind, promo = _parse_suffix(suffix)
# Castling markers (optional; evaluator doesn't need them)
if castle_kind == "k":
out.append("[O-O]")
elif castle_kind == "q":
out.append("[O-O-O]")
if is_cap:
out.append("[x]")
if is_mate:
out.append("[#]")
elif is_chk:
out.append("[+]")
if promo in ("q", "r", "b", "n"):
out.append(f"[={promo}]")
return out
def _convert_token_to_id(self, token: str) -> int:
"""Convert a token to its ID."""
return self._vocab.get(token, self._vocab.get(self.UNK_TOKEN, 0))
def _convert_id_to_token(self, index: int) -> str:
"""Convert an ID to its token."""
return self._ids_to_tokens.get(index, self.UNK_TOKEN)
def convert_tokens_to_string(self, tokens: List[str]) -> str:
"""Convert a list of tokens back to a string."""
# Filter out special tokens for cleaner output
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:
"""
Save the vocabulary to a JSON file.
Args:
save_directory: Directory to save the vocabulary.
filename_prefix: Optional prefix for the filename.
Returns:
Tuple containing the path to the saved vocabulary file.
"""
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,)