""" Custom Chess Tokenizer for the Chess Challenge. This tokenizer treats each move as a sequence of structured tokens using the extended UCI notation from the Lichess dataset (e.g., WPe2e4, BNg8f6). The dataset format uses: - W/B prefix for White/Black - Piece letter: P=Pawn, N=Knight, B=Bishop, R=Rook, Q=Queen, K=King - Source and destination squares (e.g., e2e4) - Special suffixes: (x)=capture, (+)=check, (+*)=checkmate, (o)/(O)=castling Key design: Component-based tokenization - Each move is split into meaningful components: [side], [piece], [source], [dest], [modifiers] - This allows the model to learn chess structure directly - Vocabulary size: 85 tokens (4 special + 2 sides + 6 pieces + 64 squares + 9 suffixes) """ from __future__ import annotations import json import os import re from pathlib import Path from typing import Dict, List, Optional from transformers import PreTrainedTokenizer # Regex to parse a move in extended UCI notation MOVE_RE = re.compile( r"^(?P[WB])" r"(?P[PNBRQK])" r"(?P[a-h][1-8])" r"(?P[a-h][1-8])" r"(?P.*)$" ) class ChessTokenizer(PreTrainedTokenizer): """ A custom tokenizer for chess moves using component-based notation. Each move is tokenized into structured components: - Side: [W] or [B] - Piece: [P], [N], [BISHOP], [R], [Q], [K] - Source square: [a1] to [h8] - Dest square: [a1] to [h8] - Optional modifiers: [x] (capture), [+] (check), [#] (checkmate), etc. Example: >>> tokenizer = ChessTokenizer() >>> tokenizer._tokenize("WPe2e4 BPe7e5") ['[W]', '[P]', '[e2]', '[e4]', '[B]', '[P]', '[e7]', '[e5]'] """ 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. 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 fixed component-based vocabulary self._vocab = self._create_default_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 fixed component-based vocabulary (85 tokens). Components: - 4 special tokens: [PAD], [BOS], [EOS], [UNK] - 2 side tokens: [W], [B] - 6 piece tokens: [P], [N], [BISHOP], [R], [Q], [K] - 64 square tokens: [a1] to [h8] - 9 suffix tokens: [x], [+], [#], [O-O], [O-O-O], [prom_Q], [prom_R], [prom_B], [prom_N] """ # Special tokens (indices 0-3) special_tokens = [self.PAD_TOKEN, self.BOS_TOKEN, self.EOS_TOKEN, self.UNK_TOKEN] # Side tokens (indices 4-5) side_tokens = ["[W]", "[B]"] # Piece tokens (indices 6-11) # Note: Using [BISHOP] to avoid confusion with [B] for Black piece_tokens = ["[P]", "[N]", "[BISHOP]", "[R]", "[Q]", "[K]"] # Square tokens (indices 12-75) # a1, b1, ... h1, a2, b2, ... h8 square_tokens = [f"[{file}{rank}]" for rank in "12345678" for file in "abcdefgh"] # Suffix tokens (indices 76-84) suffix_tokens = [ "[x]", # capture "[+]", # check "[#]", # checkmate "[O-O]", # kingside castle "[O-O-O]", # queenside castle "[prom_Q]", # promotion to queen "[prom_R]", # promotion to rook "[prom_B]", # promotion to bishop "[prom_N]", # promotion to knight ] vocab_list = special_tokens + side_tokens + piece_tokens + square_tokens + suffix_tokens vocab = {token: idx for idx, token in enumerate(vocab_list)} return vocab @classmethod def build_vocab_from_iterator( cls, iterator, min_frequency: int = 1, ) -> "ChessTokenizer": """ Build a tokenizer vocabulary from an iterator of game strings. Note: For component-based tokenization, we use a fixed vocabulary, so this just returns a new tokenizer with the default vocab. """ 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 = 500, max_samples: Optional[int] = 100000, ) -> "ChessTokenizer": """ Build a tokenizer vocabulary from a Hugging Face dataset. Note: For component-based tokenization, we use a fixed vocabulary, so this just returns a new tokenizer with the default vocab. """ 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 component tokens. Args: text: A string of space-separated moves. Returns: List of component tokens. """ tokens: List[str] = [] moves = text.strip().split() for move in moves: # Handle queenside castling if "O-O-O" in move: side = "[W]" if move.startswith("W") else "[B]" tokens.append(side) tokens.append("[O-O-O]") continue # Handle kingside castling if "O-O" in move: side = "[W]" if move.startswith("W") else "[B]" tokens.append(side) tokens.append("[O-O]") continue # Parse regular move m = MOVE_RE.match(move) if not m: tokens.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 "" # Add side token tokens.append(side) # Add piece token (use [BISHOP] for B to avoid confusion with [B] side) if piece == "B": tokens.append("[BISHOP]") else: tokens.append(f"[{piece}]") # Add source and destination squares tokens.append(f"[{src}]") tokens.append(f"[{dst}]") # Add suffix tokens if "x" in suffix: tokens.append("[x]") # Check for checkmate (has both + and *) if "*" in suffix: tokens.append("[#]") elif "+" in suffix: tokens.append("[+]") # Handle promotion if "=" in suffix: i = suffix.find("=") if i != -1 and i + 1 < len(suffix): promo = suffix[i + 1].upper() if promo in ("Q", "R", "B", "N"): tokens.append(f"[prom_{promo}]") return tokens 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,) def count_vocab_from_dataset( dataset_name: str = "dlouapre/lichess_2025-01_1M", split: str = "train", column: str = "text", max_samples: Optional[int] = 10000, ) -> Dict[str, int]: """ Count token frequencies in a dataset (useful for vocabulary analysis). Args: dataset_name: Name of the dataset on Hugging Face Hub. split: Dataset split to use. column: Column containing the game strings. max_samples: Maximum number of samples to process. Returns: Dictionary mapping tokens to their frequencies. """ from collections import Counter from datasets import load_dataset dataset = load_dataset(dataset_name, split=split) if max_samples is not None: dataset = dataset.select(range(min(max_samples, len(dataset)))) tokenizer = ChessTokenizer() token_counts = Counter() for example in dataset: token_counts.update(tokenizer._tokenize(example[column])) return dict(token_counts)