gagliardidf-chess-model / tokenizer.py
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"""
Custom Chess Tokenizer for the Chess Challenge.
This tokenizer uses 64 square tokens (a1-h8), representing each square on the board.
Each move is tokenized as 2 tokens: source square + destination square.
The dataset format uses extended UCI notation (e.g., WPe2e4, BNg8f6):
- W/B prefix for White/Black (ignored during tokenization)
- Piece letter: P=Pawn, N=Knight, B=Bishop, R=Rook, Q=Queen, K=King (ignored)
- Source and destination squares (e.g., e2e4) - these are extracted as tokens
- Special suffixes: (x)=capture, (+)=check, (+*)=checkmate, (o)/(O)=castling (ignored)
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import os
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Dict, List, Optional
from transformers import PreTrainedTokenizer
class ChessTokenizer(PreTrainedTokenizer):
"""
A custom tokenizer for chess moves using square tokens.
This tokenizer uses 64 square tokens (a1-h8) to represent moves.
Each move is tokenized as 2 tokens: source square + destination square.
W/B prefixes, piece letters, and special suffixes are removed.
Example:
>>> tokenizer = ChessTokenizer()
>>> tokenizer.encode("WPe2e4 BPe7e5")
[1, 36, 40, 50, 54, 2] # [BOS, e2, e4, 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]"
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 a minimal vocabulary with just special tokens
# The full vocabulary should be built from the dataset
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 default vocabulary with 64 square tokens plus special tokens.
The vocabulary consists of:
- 4 special tokens: [PAD], [BOS], [EOS], [UNK]
- 64 square tokens: a1, a2, ..., a8, b1, ..., h8
"""
# Special tokens first
special_tokens = [self.PAD_TOKEN, self.BOS_TOKEN, self.EOS_TOKEN, self.UNK_TOKEN]
# Generate all 64 squares (a1-h8)
squares = []
for file in 'abcdefgh':
for rank in '12345678':
squares.append(f"{file}{rank}")
# Combine and create vocab
all_tokens = special_tokens + squares
vocab = {token: idx for idx, token in enumerate(all_tokens)}
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.
Args:
iterator: An iterator yielding game strings (space-separated moves).
min_frequency: Minimum frequency for a token to be included (not used for squares).
Returns:
A ChessTokenizer with the built vocabulary (64 squares + special tokens).
"""
# The vocabulary is fixed: 64 squares + special tokens
# No need to count from iterator since we always use all 64 squares
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.
Args:
dataset_name: Name of the dataset on Hugging Face Hub.
split: Dataset split to use.
column: Column containing the game strings.
min_frequency: Minimum frequency for a token to be included (default: 500).
max_samples: Maximum number of samples to process (default: 100k).
Returns:
A ChessTokenizer with the built vocabulary.
"""
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))))
def game_iterator():
for example in dataset:
yield example[column]
return cls.build_vocab_from_iterator(game_iterator(), min_frequency=min_frequency)
@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 _extract_squares_from_move(self, move: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
"""
Extract source and destination squares from a move string.
Moves are in extended UCI format: [W|B][Piece][from_sq][to_sq][suffix]
Examples: "WPe2e4" -> ("e2", "e4"), "BNg8f6(x)" -> ("g8", "f6")
Args:
move: Move string in extended UCI format.
Returns:
Tuple of (source_square, destination_square).
"""
# Remove special suffixes like (x), (+), (+*), (o), (O)
import re
move_clean = re.sub(r'\([^)]*\)', '', move)
# Extract source and destination squares
# Format: [W|B][Piece][from_sq][to_sq][optional_promotion]
if len(move_clean) >= 6:
# Standard move: WPe2e4 or BNg8f6
from_sq = move_clean[2:4] # positions 2-3
to_sq = move_clean[4:6] # positions 4-5
elif len(move_clean) >= 4:
# Fallback for shorter moves (shouldn't happen, but be safe)
# Assume first 2 chars are square, next 2 are square
from_sq = move_clean[0:2]
to_sq = move_clean[2:4]
else:
# Invalid move, return unknown
return ("[UNK]", "[UNK]")
return (from_sq, to_sq)
def _tokenize(self, text: str) -> List[str]:
"""
Tokenize a string of moves into a list of square tokens.
Each move is split into 2 tokens: source square + destination square.
Args:
text: A string of space-separated moves in extended UCI format.
Returns:
List of square tokens (each move becomes 2 tokens).
"""
moves = text.strip().split()
tokens = []
for move in moves:
from_sq, to_sq = self._extract_squares_from_move(move)
tokens.append(from_sq)
tokens.append(to_sq)
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 square tokens back to a string of moves.
Pairs of square tokens are combined into UCI-format moves (e.g., "e2e4").
Special tokens are filtered out.
Args:
tokens: List of square tokens (pairs represent moves).
Returns:
String of space-separated moves in UCI format.
"""
# Filter out special tokens
special = {self.PAD_TOKEN, self.BOS_TOKEN, self.EOS_TOKEN, self.UNK_TOKEN}
square_tokens = [t for t in tokens if t not in special]
# Combine pairs of square tokens into moves
moves = []
for i in range(0, len(square_tokens), 2):
if i + 1 < len(square_tokens):
moves.append(f"{square_tokens[i]}{square_tokens[i+1]}")
else:
# Odd number of tokens, just add the last one
moves.append(square_tokens[i])
return " ".join(moves)
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))))
token_counts = Counter()
for example in dataset:
moves = example[column].strip().split()
token_counts.update(moves)
return dict(token_counts)