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  - games
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  - elite
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  - lichess
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- - twic
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  - tokenized
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  size_categories:
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  - 1M<n<10M
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  # chess-elite-uci
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- A transformer-ready dataset of ~8 million elite chess games, pre-tokenized in UCI notation with a deterministic 1977-token vocabulary. Built for training chess language models directly with no preprocessing required.
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  ## Dataset Summary
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  | Field | Value |
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- | Total games | 7,972,071 |
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- | Lichess Elite games | 7,805,503 |
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- | TWIC OTB games | 166,568 |
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- | Average sequence length | 94.3 tokens |
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  | Max sequence length | 255 tokens |
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  | Vocabulary size | 1,977 tokens |
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- | Mean combined Elo | 5,212 (~2,606 per player) |
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  ## Sources
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  **Lichess Elite Database** (June 2020 – November 2025)
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  Games where both players are rated 2500+ vs 2300+ (2022 onwards: 2500+ vs 2300+; prior: 2400+ vs 2200+). Source: [database.nikonoel.fr](https://database.nikonoel.fr). Licensed CC0.
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- **The Week in Chess (TWIC)** (Issues 920–1633, ~2013–2026)
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- OTB classical tournament games where both players are FIDE-rated 2500+. Source: [theweekinchess.com](https://theweekinchess.com).
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- Cross-dataset duplicates (3,173 games appearing in both sources) were removed using SHA1 hashing of move sequences. In these cases, Lichess takes priority on conflicts.
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  ## Vocabulary
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  The vocabulary contains **1,977 tokens** and is fully deterministic and enumerated from chess geometry, not derived from data. It will never produce OOV tokens for any legal chess game.
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  | Type | Count | % |
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- | White checkmate | 1,702,751 | 21.4% |
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- | White resignation | 2,000,000 | 25.1% |
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- | Black checkmate | 1,702,752 | 21.4% |
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- | Black resignation | 2,000,000 | 25.1% |
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- | Forced draw | 400,000 | 5.0% |
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- | TWIC (all types) | 166,568 | 2.1% |
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  ## Schema
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  ```python
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  "game_type": string, # "checkmate", "resignation", or "forced_draw"
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  "pov": string, # "<W>" or "<B>"
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  "terminal": string, # "<CHECKMATE>", "<RESIGN>", "<STALEMATE>", ...
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- "source": string, # "lichess" or "twic"
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  "moves_uci": string, # space-separated UCI moves, human-readable
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  "token_ids": list[int32], # encoded sequence, use this for training
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  "ntp_mask": list[int32], # 1 = apply NTP loss, 0 = skip
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  print(" ".join(tokens))
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  # → <W> e2e4 e7e5 g1f3 b8c6 f1b5 ... <RESIGN>
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- # Filter by source
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- lichess_only = ds.filter(lambda x: x["source"] == "lichess")
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- twic_only = ds.filter(lambda x: x["source"] == "twic")
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  # PyTorch DataLoader
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  import torch
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  from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
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  ## Acknowledgements
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  - [Lichess Elite Database](https://database.nikonoel.fr) by nikonoel — CC0
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- - [The Week in Chess](https://theweekinchess.com) by Mark Crowther
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  - [python-chess](https://python-chess.readthedocs.io) for move parsing and board state verification
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  - [Modal](https://modal.com) for distributed compute
 
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  - games
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  - elite
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  - lichess
 
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  - tokenized
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  size_categories:
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  - 1M<n<10M
 
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  # chess-elite-uci
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+ A transformer-ready dataset of ~7.8 million elite chess games, pre-tokenized in UCI notation with a deterministic 1977-token vocabulary. Built for training chess language models directly with no preprocessing required.
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  ## Dataset Summary
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  | Field | Value |
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+ | Total games | 7,805,503 |
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+ | Average sequence length | 94.24 tokens |
 
 
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  | Max sequence length | 255 tokens |
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  | Vocabulary size | 1,977 tokens |
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+ | Mean combined Elo | 5,211 (~2,606 per player) |
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  ## Sources
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  **Lichess Elite Database** (June 2020 – November 2025)
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  Games where both players are rated 2500+ vs 2300+ (2022 onwards: 2500+ vs 2300+; prior: 2400+ vs 2200+). Source: [database.nikonoel.fr](https://database.nikonoel.fr). Licensed CC0.
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  ## Vocabulary
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  The vocabulary contains **1,977 tokens** and is fully deterministic and enumerated from chess geometry, not derived from data. It will never produce OOV tokens for any legal chess game.
 
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  | Type | Count | % |
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+ | White checkmate | 1,702,751 | 21.8% |
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+ | White resignation | 2,000,000 | 25.6% |
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+ | Black checkmate | 1,702,752 | 21.8% |
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+ | Black resignation | 2,000,000 | 25.6% |
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+ | Forced draw | 400,000 | 5.1% |
 
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  ## Schema
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  ```python
 
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  "game_type": string, # "checkmate", "resignation", or "forced_draw"
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  "pov": string, # "<W>" or "<B>"
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  "terminal": string, # "<CHECKMATE>", "<RESIGN>", "<STALEMATE>", ...
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+ "source": string, # "lichess"
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  "moves_uci": string, # space-separated UCI moves, human-readable
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  "token_ids": list[int32], # encoded sequence, use this for training
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  "ntp_mask": list[int32], # 1 = apply NTP loss, 0 = skip
 
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  print(" ".join(tokens))
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  # → <W> e2e4 e7e5 g1f3 b8c6 f1b5 ... <RESIGN>
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  # PyTorch DataLoader
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  import torch
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  from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
 
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  ## Acknowledgements
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  - [Lichess Elite Database](https://database.nikonoel.fr) by nikonoel — CC0
 
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  - [python-chess](https://python-chess.readthedocs.io) for move parsing and board state verification
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  - [Modal](https://modal.com) for distributed compute