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license: cc0-1.0
task_categories:
- other
language:
- en
tags:
- chess
- stockfish
- distillation
- policy
- value
size_categories:
- 100K<n<1M
configs:
- config_name: default
data_files:
- split: train
path: data/train-*.parquet
- split: validation
path: val/val-*.parquet
---
# xLeverd/chess — Stockfish distillation dataset
Synthetic chess positions for supervised policy/value distillation.
## What is inside
- **Positions:** short self-play games at weak Stockfish skill levels (3–7),
i.e. around the SF5 target band. Random opening plies, then engine moves.
- **Labels:** full-strength **Stockfish 19**, fixed depth 12, one principal
variation, `UCI_ShowWDL=true`.
- **No human games** in v1. Everything is generated and labeled on CPU.
## Fields
| Column | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `fen` | string | Full FEN after python-chess normalization |
| `move_uci` | string | Best move from Stockfish, UCI |
| `move_san` | string | Same move in SAN |
| `cp` | int16 | Centipawn score from side-to-move POV (clamped ±30000) |
| `mate` | int8 | Mate distance from side-to-move POV (nullable) |
| `wdl` | int8 | 2 = win, 1 = draw, 0 = loss, side-to-move POV |
| `pv` | string | First 6 moves of the principal variation, UCI |
| `depth` | int16 | Depth reported by Stockfish |
| `nodes` | int64 | Nodes searched for the label |
| `source` | string | `sf_selfplay` |
## Generation
```bash
python distill.py --target 100000 --workers 8 --depth 12 --out data
python distill.py --target 5000 --workers 6 --depth 12 --seed 987654 --out val
python upload_hf.py
```
Teacher: Stockfish 19, `Skill Level 20`, `Hash 16`, `Threads 1`, depth 12.
Position generator: Stockfish `Skill Level 3..7`, depth 1–3, 6–36 plies.
## Current version (v1)
- 100,000 train rows, 5,000 validation rows.
- 99,554 unique train FENs; 0 illegal moves / 0 SAN mismatches in validation.
- Generated at ~156 positions/s on 8 CPU workers.
- Median position length: 14 plies; WDL split: 65% draw, 21% win, 14% loss
from side-to-move POV.
## Intended use
Policy/value distillation for a small chess model, then optional MCTS.
The labels are Stockfish outputs; they are not human annotations.
## Baseline (v1, 100k train rows)
- Model: ResNet 128×10, 3.0M params, 20 planes, 4096 policy logits.
- 10 epochs on RTX 2060: best validation top-1 **36.1%**, top-5 **71.6%**,
value MAE **0.223**, WDL accuracy **0.693**.
- Play vs Stockfish Skill 5 with one-ply value search: **0W 0D 4L**.
- Diagnosis: overfits after ~4 epochs on 100k; one-ply value search does not
see immediate recaptures. Next: 500k+ positions, 8-symmetry augmentation,
2-ply/MCTS.
## Files
- `distill.py` — CPU Stockfish distillation generator.
- `prepare.py` — FEN → 20 planes / 4096 policy / value targets.
- `model.py`, `train.py` — ResNet policy/value baseline.
- `play.py` — model vs Stockfish arena.
- `kaggle_distill.ipynb` — CPU Kaggle notebook for dataset generation.
## Limitations
- Positions are synthetic and biased toward weak-engine self-play.
- Depth 12 is strong but not perfect; tactical noise exists.
- No endgame tablebase labels in v1.
- `mate` may be entirely null in a shard; cast at training time if needed.
## License
CC0-1.0 for the generated dataset. Stockfish itself is GPLv3; only its
output labels are stored here.
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