Chess Datasets
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A dataset of chess positions evaluated with various flavours of Stockfish running within user browsers. Produced by, and for, the Lichess analysis board. Evaluations are formatted as JSON; one position per line.
The schema of a position looks like this:
{
"fen": "8/8/2B2k2/p4p2/5P1p/Pb6/1P3KP1/8 w - -",
"depth": 42,
"evaluation": 5.64,
"best_move": "Kg1",
"best_line": "Kg1 Ke6 Kh2 Kd6 Be8 Kc5 Kh3 Kd6 Bb5 Ke7"
}
fen: string, the position FEN only contains pieces, active color, castling rights, and en passant square.depth: int, the depth reached by the engine.evaluation: string, the evaluation for the given FEN/board state.best_move: string, the first move of the best_line, in SAN format.best_line: string, the first principal variation for the given highest available depth, in SAN format.