Text Generation
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chess_transformer
chess
llm-course
chess-challenge
custom_code
Instructions to use LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful with libraries, inference providers, notebooks, and local apps. Follow these links to get started.
- Libraries
- Transformers
How to use LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful with Transformers:
# Use a pipeline as a high-level helper from transformers import pipeline pipe = pipeline("text-generation", model="LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful", trust_remote_code=True)# Load model directly from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful", trust_remote_code=True, dtype="auto") - Notebooks
- Google Colab
- Kaggle
- Local Apps Settings
- vLLM
How to use LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful with vLLM:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install vLLM from pip: pip install vllm # Start the vLLM server: vllm serve "LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful" # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/v1/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful", "prompt": "Once upon a time,", "max_tokens": 512, "temperature": 0.5 }'Use Docker
docker model run hf.co/LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful
- SGLang
How to use LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful with SGLang:
Install from pip and serve model
# Install SGLang from pip: pip install sglang # Start the SGLang server: python3 -m sglang.launch_server \ --model-path "LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful" \ --host 0.0.0.0 \ --port 30000 # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful", "prompt": "Once upon a time,", "max_tokens": 512, "temperature": 0.5 }'Use Docker images
docker run --gpus all \ --shm-size 32g \ -p 30000:30000 \ -v ~/.cache/huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface \ --env "HF_TOKEN=<secret>" \ --ipc=host \ lmsysorg/sglang:latest \ python3 -m sglang.launch_server \ --model-path "LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful" \ --host 0.0.0.0 \ --port 30000 # Call the server using curl (OpenAI-compatible API): curl -X POST "http://localhost:30000/v1/completions" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data '{ "model": "LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful", "prompt": "Once upon a time,", "max_tokens": 512, "temperature": 0.5 }' - Docker Model Runner
How to use LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful with Docker Model Runner:
docker model run hf.co/LLM-course/chess-trm-powerful
| """ | |
| Custom Chess Tokenizer for the Chess Challenge. | |
| This tokenizer treats each move as a single token 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 | |
| """ | |
| from __future__ import annotations | |
| import json | |
| import os | |
| from pathlib import Path | |
| from token import OP | |
| from typing import Dict, List, Optional | |
| from transformers import PreTrainedTokenizer | |
| import re | |
| class ChessTokenizer(PreTrainedTokenizer): | |
| """ | |
| A custom tokenizer for chess moves using extended UCI notation. | |
| This tokenizer maps each possible chess move to a unique token ID. | |
| The vocabulary is built from the training dataset to ensure all moves | |
| encountered during training have a corresponding token. | |
| Example: | |
| >>> tokenizer = ChessTokenizer() | |
| >>> tokenizer.encode("WPe2e4 BPe7e5") | |
| [1, 42, 87, 2] # [BOS, e2e4, e7e5, 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 a minimal default vocabulary with just special tokens. | |
| For the full vocabulary, use `build_vocab_from_dataset()`. | |
| This minimal vocab is just a placeholder - you should build from data. | |
| """ | |
| special_tokens = [self.PAD_TOKEN, self.BOS_TOKEN, self.EOS_TOKEN, self.UNK_TOKEN] | |
| vocab = {token: idx for idx, token in enumerate(special_tokens)} | |
| return vocab | |
| 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. | |
| Returns: | |
| A ChessTokenizer with the built vocabulary. | |
| """ | |
| from collections import Counter | |
| token_counts = Counter() | |
| for game in iterator: | |
| moves = game.strip().split() | |
| token_counts.update(moves) | |
| # Filter by frequency | |
| tokens = [ | |
| token for token, count in token_counts.items() | |
| if count >= min_frequency | |
| ] | |
| # Sort for reproducibility | |
| tokens = sorted(tokens) | |
| # Build vocabulary | |
| special_tokens = [cls.PAD_TOKEN, cls.BOS_TOKEN, cls.EOS_TOKEN, cls.UNK_TOKEN] | |
| vocab = {token: idx for idx, token in enumerate(special_tokens + tokens)} | |
| return cls(vocab=vocab) | |
| 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) | |
| 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 tokens. | |
| Args: | |
| text: A string of space-separated moves. | |
| Returns: | |
| List of move tokens. | |
| """ | |
| return text.strip().split() | |
| 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)))) | |
| token_counts = Counter() | |
| for example in dataset: | |
| moves = example[column].strip().split() | |
| token_counts.update(moves) | |
| return dict(token_counts) | |
| class CoordinateTokenizer(ChessTokenizer): | |
| def __init__(self, **kwargs): | |
| squares = [f"{f}{r}" for f in "abcdefgh" for r in "12345678"] | |
| promotions = ["q", "r", "b", "n"] | |
| control = ["[PAD]", "[BOS]", "[EOS]", "[UNK]"] | |
| vocab_list = control + squares + promotions | |
| self._vocab = {t: i for i, t in enumerate(vocab_list)} | |
| self._ids_to_token = {i: t for t, i in self._vocab.items()} | |
| super().__init__( | |
| vocab=self._vocab, | |
| pad_token="[PAD]", | |
| bos_token="[BOS]", | |
| eos_token="[EOS]", | |
| unk_token="[UNK]", | |
| truncation_side="left", | |
| **kwargs | |
| ) | |
| def _tokenize(self, text: str) -> List[str]: | |
| raw_moves = text.strip().split() | |
| tokens = [] | |
| for raw_move in raw_moves: | |
| squares = re.findall(r'[a-h][1-8]', raw_move) | |
| tokens.extend(squares) | |
| if "=" in raw_move: | |
| idx = raw_move.index("=") | |
| if idx + 1 < len(raw_move): | |
| tokens.append(raw_move[idx+1].lower()) | |
| elif "q" in raw_move[-2:].lower(): | |
| tokens.append(raw_move[-1].lower()) | |
| return tokens | |
| class CoordinateChessTokenizer(PreTrainedTokenizer): | |
| """ | |
| Tokenizer that decomposes chess moves into coordinate components. | |
| Example: | |
| WPe2e4 -> ['e2', 'e4'] | |
| WPa7a8q -> ['a7', 'a8', 'q'] # pawn promotion | |
| Vocabulary size: 72 tokens | |
| - 64 squares (a1-h8) | |
| - 4 promotions (q, r, b, n) | |
| - 4 special tokens | |
| """ | |
| model_input_names = ["input_ids", "attention_mask"] | |
| vocab_files_names = {"vocab_file": "vocab.json"} | |
| PAD_TOKEN = "[PAD]" | |
| BOS_TOKEN = "[BOS]" | |
| EOS_TOKEN = "[EOS]" | |
| UNK_TOKEN = "[UNK]" | |
| # Regex to extract from-square, to-square, and optional promotion | |
| MOVE_PATTERN = re.compile(r'([a-h][1-8])([a-h][1-8])([qrbn])?') | |
| def __init__(self, vocab_file: Optional[str] = None, **kwargs): | |
| # Remove duplicate special token kwargs | |
| kwargs.pop("pad_token", None) | |
| kwargs.pop("bos_token", None) | |
| kwargs.pop("eos_token", None) | |
| kwargs.pop("unk_token", None) | |
| # Build fixed vocabulary | |
| if 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: | |
| self._vocab = self._create_vocab() | |
| self._ids_to_tokens = {v: k for k, v in self._vocab.items()} | |
| 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_vocab(self) -> Dict[str, int]: | |
| """Create fixed vocabulary of 72 tokens.""" | |
| tokens = [ | |
| self.PAD_TOKEN, | |
| self.BOS_TOKEN, | |
| self.EOS_TOKEN, | |
| self.UNK_TOKEN, | |
| ] | |
| # Add all 64 squares | |
| for file in 'abcdefgh': | |
| for rank in '12345678': | |
| tokens.append(f"{file}{rank}") | |
| # Add promotion pieces | |
| tokens.extend(['q', 'r', 'b', 'n']) | |
| return {token: idx for idx, token in enumerate(tokens)} | |
| def vocab_size(self) -> int: | |
| return len(self._vocab) | |
| def get_vocab(self) -> Dict[str, int]: | |
| return dict(self._vocab) | |
| def _tokenize(self, text: str) -> List[str]: | |
| """ | |
| Tokenize move string into coordinate components. | |
| Args: | |
| text: Space-separated moves like "WPe2e4 BNg8f6" | |
| Returns: | |
| List of coordinate tokens: ['e2', 'e4', 'g8', 'f6'] | |
| """ | |
| tokens = [] | |
| raw_moves = text.strip().split() | |
| for move in raw_moves: | |
| match = self.MOVE_PATTERN.search(move) | |
| if match: | |
| from_sq, to_sq, promotion = match.groups() | |
| tokens.append(from_sq) | |
| tokens.append(to_sq) | |
| if promotion: | |
| tokens.append(promotion) | |
| return tokens | |
| def _convert_token_to_id(self, token: str) -> int: | |
| return self._vocab.get(token, self._vocab[self.UNK_TOKEN]) | |
| def _convert_id_to_token(self, index: int) -> str: | |
| return self._ids_to_tokens.get(index, self.UNK_TOKEN) | |
| def convert_tokens_to_string(self, tokens: List[str]) -> str: | |
| """Reconstruct moves from coordinate tokens.""" | |
| special = {self.PAD_TOKEN, self.BOS_TOKEN, self.EOS_TOKEN, self.UNK_TOKEN} | |
| clean = [t for t in tokens if t not in special] | |
| # Group into moves (2 or 3 tokens per move) | |
| moves = [] | |
| i = 0 | |
| while i < len(clean): | |
| if i + 1 < len(clean): | |
| move = clean[i] + clean[i + 1] | |
| i += 2 | |
| # Check for promotion | |
| if i < len(clean) and clean[i] in ['q', 'r', 'b', 'n']: | |
| move += clean[i] | |
| i += 1 | |
| moves.append(move) | |
| else: | |
| i += 1 | |
| return " ".join(moves) | |
| def save_vocabulary(self, save_directory: str, filename_prefix: Optional[str] = None) -> tuple: | |
| 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,) | |
| class EnhancedCoordinateTokenizer(CoordinateChessTokenizer): | |
| """ | |
| Extended version that preserves piece information as optional metadata. | |
| Vocabulary: 76 tokens (adds W, B, P, N, B, R, Q, K but makes them optional) | |
| Use this if you want to preserve color/piece info with minimal vocab growth. | |
| """ | |
| def _create_vocab(self) -> Dict[str, int]: | |
| vocab = super()._create_vocab() | |
| # Add optional color and piece tokens | |
| piece_tokens = ['W', 'B', 'P', 'N', 'R', 'Q', 'K'] # Note: B appears in both contexts | |
| next_id = len(vocab) | |
| for token in piece_tokens: | |
| if token not in vocab: | |
| vocab[token] = next_id | |
| next_id += 1 | |
| return vocab | |
| def _tokenize(self, text: str) -> List[str]: | |
| """ | |
| Optionally include piece info: WPe2e4 -> ['W', 'P', 'e2', 'e4'] | |
| Or strip it for minimal version: WPe2e4 -> ['e2', 'e4'] | |
| """ | |
| tokens = [] | |
| raw_moves = text.strip().split() | |
| for move in raw_moves: | |
| # Extract color and piece if present | |
| if len(move) >= 2 and move[0] in 'WB' and move[1] in 'PNBRQK': | |
| # Uncomment to include piece info (increases sequence length): | |
| # tokens.extend([move[0], move[1]]) | |
| pass | |
| # Extract coordinates | |
| match = self.MOVE_PATTERN.search(move) | |
| if match: | |
| from_sq, to_sq, promotion = match.groups() | |
| tokens.append(from_sq) | |
| tokens.append(to_sq) | |
| if promotion: | |
| tokens.append(promotion) | |
| return tokens | |
| class SanitizedChessTokenizer(ChessTokenizer): | |
| # Strategy: | |
| # 1. Strip suffixes: (, ), x, +, *, o, O, E | |
| # 2. Strip prefixes: W or B followed by P, N, B, R, Q, K | |
| # Regex: ^[WB][PNBRQK] matches the start of the string | |
| # We can use a single regex to find the "Pure Move" part. | |
| # We look for the square-to-square pattern (e.g., e2e4) and optional promotion (q,r,b,n) | |
| # This is safer than stripping because it ignores all noise around the move. | |
| MOVE_PATTERN = re.compile(r'([a-h][1-8][a-h][1-8][qrbn]?)') | |
| def _sanitize(self, text: str) -> str: | |
| # Extract just the move part (e.g., "WPe2e4(x)" -> "e2e4") | |
| match = self.MOVE_PATTERN.search(text) | |
| if match: | |
| return match.group(1) | |
| return self.unk_token # Fallback if no valid move found | |
| def _tokenize(self, text: str) -> List[str]: | |
| # Tokenize by splitting space, then extracting the move | |
| tokens = [] | |
| for t in text.strip().split(): | |
| clean = self._sanitize(t) | |
| if clean != self.unk_token: | |
| tokens.append(clean) | |
| return tokens | |
| def build_vocab_from_iterator(cls, iterator, min_frequency: int = 1) -> "SanitizedChessTokenizer": | |
| from collections import Counter | |
| token_counts = Counter() | |
| for game in iterator: | |
| moves = game.strip().split() | |
| # Extract only the Pure UCI part | |
| clean_moves = [] | |
| for m in moves: | |
| match = cls.MOVE_PATTERN.search(m) | |
| if match: | |
| clean_moves.append(match.group(1)) | |
| token_counts.update(clean_moves) | |
| # Filter by frequency | |
| tokens = [ | |
| token for token, count in token_counts.items() | |
| if count >= min_frequency | |
| ] | |
| tokens = sorted(tokens) | |
| # Build vocabulary | |
| special_tokens = [cls.PAD_TOKEN, cls.BOS_TOKEN, cls.EOS_TOKEN, cls.UNK_TOKEN] | |
| vocab = {token: idx for idx, token in enumerate(special_tokens + tokens)} | |
| return cls(vocab=vocab) |