PAWN / scripts /train_tiny.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Train a tiny standalone transformer on Lichess games.
Baseline experiment: how well can ~524K parameters do WITHOUT a pretrained
backbone? Uses the same data pipeline, loss, and legal mask setup as the
adapter experiments for a fair comparison.
Usage:
uv run python scripts/train_tiny.py \
--pgn /path/to/lichess_1000_1100.pgn \
--d-model 84 --n-layers 2 --n-heads 4 --d-ff 336
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import math
import signal
import time
from pathlib import Path
import numpy as np
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
from torch.utils.data import DataLoader
from pawn.config import PAD_TOKEN
from pawn.logging import MetricsLogger
from pawn.lichess_data import (
compute_legal_indices,
prepare_lichess_dataset,
LegalMaskBuilder,
LegalMaskCollate,
LichessDataset,
)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tiny transformer
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class RMSNorm(nn.Module):
def __init__(self, dim: int, eps: float = 1e-6):
super().__init__()
self.weight = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(dim))
self.eps = eps
def forward(self, x):
norm = torch.rsqrt(x.float().pow(2).mean(-1, keepdim=True) + self.eps)
return (x.float() * norm).to(x.dtype) * self.weight
class TinyBlock(nn.Module):
def __init__(self, d_model: int, n_heads: int, d_ff: int):
super().__init__()
self.n_heads = n_heads
self.head_dim = d_model // n_heads
self.attn_norm = RMSNorm(d_model)
self.wq = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model, bias=False)
self.wk = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model, bias=False)
self.wv = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model, bias=False)
self.wo = nn.Linear(d_model, d_model, bias=False)
self.ffn_norm = RMSNorm(d_model)
self.w1 = nn.Linear(d_model, d_ff, bias=False)
self.w2 = nn.Linear(d_ff, d_model, bias=False)
def forward(self, x, rope_cos, rope_sin):
B, T, _ = x.shape
h = self.attn_norm(x)
q = self.wq(h).view(B, T, self.n_heads, self.head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
k = self.wk(h).view(B, T, self.n_heads, self.head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
v = self.wv(h).view(B, T, self.n_heads, self.head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
q = _apply_rope(q, rope_cos, rope_sin)
k = _apply_rope(k, rope_cos, rope_sin)
attn_out = F.scaled_dot_product_attention(q, k, v, is_causal=True)
attn_out = attn_out.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(B, T, -1)
x = x + self.wo(attn_out)
h = self.ffn_norm(x)
x = x + self.w2(F.gelu(self.w1(h)))
return x
def _apply_rope(x, rope_cos, rope_sin):
x_r = x.float().reshape(*x.shape[:-1], -1, 2)
x0, x1 = x_r.unbind(-1)
out0 = x0 * rope_cos - x1 * rope_sin
out1 = x0 * rope_sin + x1 * rope_cos
return torch.stack([out0, out1], dim=-1).reshape(x.shape).to(x.dtype)
class TinyChessLM(nn.Module):
def __init__(self, vocab_size: int, d_model: int, n_layers: int,
n_heads: int, d_ff: int, max_seq_len: int = 256,
rope_base: float = 10000.0):
super().__init__()
self.d_model = d_model
self.embed = nn.Embedding(vocab_size, d_model, padding_idx=PAD_TOKEN)
self.layers = nn.ModuleList([
TinyBlock(d_model, n_heads, d_ff) for _ in range(n_layers)
])
self.norm = RMSNorm(d_model)
# Weight-tied output head
self.lm_head = nn.Linear(d_model, vocab_size, bias=False)
self.lm_head.weight = self.embed.weight
# RoPE
head_dim = d_model // n_heads
freqs = 1.0 / (rope_base ** (torch.arange(0, head_dim, 2).float() / head_dim))
t = torch.arange(max_seq_len).float()
angles = torch.outer(t, freqs)
self.register_buffer("rope_cos", angles.cos().unsqueeze(0).unsqueeze(0))
self.register_buffer("rope_sin", angles.sin().unsqueeze(0).unsqueeze(0))
def forward_hidden(self, input_ids):
x = self.embed(input_ids)
cos = self.rope_cos[:, :, :x.shape[1], :]
sin = self.rope_sin[:, :, :x.shape[1], :]
for layer in self.layers:
x = layer(x, cos, sin)
return self.norm(x)
def project_head(self, hidden):
return self.lm_head(hidden)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Training utilities (same as bottleneck)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def sparse_forward(model, ids, msk, legal_mask, use_amp, device):
with torch.amp.autocast('cuda', dtype=torch.float16, enabled=use_amp):
hidden = model.forward_hidden(ids)
valid_hidden = hidden[msk]
valid_logits = model.project_head(valid_hidden)
valid_legal = legal_mask[msk]
valid_logits = valid_logits.float()
valid_logits.masked_fill_(~valid_legal, float("-inf"))
return valid_logits
@torch.no_grad()
def evaluate(model, dataloader, mask_builder, device, use_amp=False,
precomputed_indices=None):
model.eval()
total_loss = 0.0
total_top1 = 0.0
total_top5 = 0.0
total_positions = 0
for i, batch in enumerate(dataloader):
ids = batch["input_ids"].to(device, non_blocking=True)
tgt = batch["targets"].to(device, non_blocking=True)
msk = batch["loss_mask"].to(device, non_blocking=True)
if precomputed_indices is not None:
legal_mask = mask_builder.scatter(precomputed_indices[i], ids.shape[0])
else:
legal_mask = mask_builder(batch)
valid_logits = sparse_forward(model, ids, msk, legal_mask, use_amp, device)
valid_targets = tgt[msk]
n_pos = valid_targets.shape[0]
if n_pos == 0:
continue
loss = F.cross_entropy(valid_logits, valid_targets)
preds = valid_logits.argmax(dim=-1)
top1 = (preds == valid_targets).float().mean().item()
top5 = valid_logits.topk(5, dim=-1).indices
top5_acc = (top5 == valid_targets.unsqueeze(-1)).any(dim=-1).float().mean().item()
total_loss += loss.item() * n_pos
total_top1 += top1 * n_pos
total_top5 += top5_acc * n_pos
total_positions += n_pos
if total_positions == 0:
return {"loss": 0.0, "top1_accuracy": 0.0, "top5_accuracy": 0.0}
return {
"loss": total_loss / total_positions,
"top1_accuracy": total_top1 / total_positions,
"top5_accuracy": total_top5 / total_positions,
}
def cosine_warmup_schedule(optimizer, warmup_steps, total_steps):
def lr_lambda(step):
if step < warmup_steps:
return step / max(warmup_steps, 1)
progress = (step - warmup_steps) / max(total_steps - warmup_steps, 1)
return 0.5 * (1.0 + math.cos(math.pi * progress))
return torch.optim.lr_scheduler.LambdaLR(optimizer, lr_lambda)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Main
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def parse_args():
p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Tiny standalone chess LM baseline")
p.add_argument("--pgn", type=str, required=True)
p.add_argument("--log-dir", type=str, default=None)
p.add_argument("--output-dir", type=str, default=None)
# Architecture
p.add_argument("--d-model", type=int, default=84)
p.add_argument("--n-layers", type=int, default=2)
p.add_argument("--n-heads", type=int, default=2)
p.add_argument("--d-ff", type=int, default=336)
# Data
p.add_argument("--max-games", type=int, default=100_000)
p.add_argument("--val-games", type=int, default=10_000)
p.add_argument("--min-ply", type=int, default=10)
# Training
p.add_argument("--epochs", type=int, default=50)
p.add_argument("--batch-size", type=int, default=64)
p.add_argument("--lr", type=float, default=3e-4)
p.add_argument("--weight-decay", type=float, default=0.01)
p.add_argument("--max-grad-norm", type=float, default=1.0)
p.add_argument("--warmup-frac", type=float, default=0.05)
p.add_argument("--patience", type=int, default=10)
p.add_argument("--val-every", type=int, default=1)
# Device
p.add_argument("--device", type=str, default="cuda")
p.add_argument("--no-amp", action="store_true")
p.add_argument("--no-compile", action="store_true")
p.add_argument("--num-workers", type=int, default=3)
ckpt_group = p.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
ckpt_group.add_argument("--hf-repo", type=str, default=None,
help="Push checkpoints to this HuggingFace repo (requires HF_TOKEN)")
ckpt_group.add_argument("--local-checkpoints", action="store_true",
help="Save checkpoints locally only")
return p.parse_args()
def main():
args = parse_args()
device = args.device
vocab_size = 4278
log_dir = Path(args.log_dir) if args.log_dir else Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent / "logs"
if args.output_dir:
out_dir = Path(args.output_dir)
out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
logger = MetricsLogger.__new__(MetricsLogger)
logger.run_dir = out_dir
logger.metrics_path = out_dir / "metrics.jsonl"
logger._file = open(logger.metrics_path, "a")
logger._proc = __import__('psutil').Process()
logger._device = device
logger._start_time = time.time()
else:
logger = MetricsLogger(str(log_dir), run_prefix="tiny", device=device)
out_dir = logger.run_dir
ckpt_dir = out_dir / "checkpoints"
ckpt_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
hf_branch = None
if args.hf_repo:
hf_branch = f"run/{out_dir.name}"
# Build model
model = TinyChessLM(
vocab_size=vocab_size,
d_model=args.d_model,
n_layers=args.n_layers,
n_heads=args.n_heads,
d_ff=args.d_ff,
).to(device)
n_params = sum(p.numel() for p in model.parameters())
# Weight tying means embed and lm_head share, so unique params:
n_unique = n_params - model.embed.weight.numel() # subtract double-counted
print(f"Device: {device}")
print(f"Output: {out_dir}")
print(f"Model: d={args.d_model}, layers={args.n_layers}, heads={args.n_heads}, ff={args.d_ff}")
print(f"Parameters: {n_params:,} total, {n_unique:,} unique (weight-tied)")
# Config record
logger.log_config(
run_type="tiny",
pgn=str(args.pgn),
epochs=args.epochs,
batch_size=args.batch_size,
lr=args.lr,
weight_decay=args.weight_decay,
d_model=args.d_model,
n_layers=args.n_layers,
n_heads=args.n_heads,
d_ff=args.d_ff,
n_params_unique=n_unique,
)
# Data
print(f"\nPreparing data: {args.pgn}")
data = prepare_lichess_dataset(
args.pgn, max_ply=255, max_games=args.max_games, min_ply=args.min_ply,
)
n_total = data["n_games"]
n_val = min(args.val_games, n_total // 5)
n_train = n_total - n_val
print(f" Train: {n_train}, Val: {n_val}")
train_ds = LichessDataset(data, start=0, end=n_train).share_memory()
val_ds = LichessDataset(data, start=n_train, end=n_total)
max_ply = 255
collate = LegalMaskCollate(seq_len=max_ply + 1, vocab_size=vocab_size)
n_workers = args.num_workers
train_loader = DataLoader(
train_ds, batch_size=args.batch_size, shuffle=True,
num_workers=n_workers, pin_memory=True,
persistent_workers=n_workers > 0, collate_fn=collate,
multiprocessing_context='spawn' if n_workers > 0 else None,
)
val_loader = DataLoader(
val_ds, batch_size=args.batch_size, shuffle=False,
num_workers=0, pin_memory=True,
)
mask_builder = LegalMaskBuilder(args.batch_size, max_ply=255,
vocab_size=vocab_size, device=device)
# Optimizer
optimizer = torch.optim.AdamW(model.parameters(), lr=args.lr,
weight_decay=args.weight_decay)
total_steps = args.epochs * len(train_loader)
warmup_steps = int(args.warmup_frac * total_steps)
scheduler = cosine_warmup_schedule(optimizer, warmup_steps, total_steps)
use_amp = not args.no_amp and device.startswith('cuda')
scaler = torch.amp.GradScaler() if use_amp else None
if use_amp:
print("AMP enabled (fp16)")
# Precompute val legal indices
val_legal_indices = []
for batch in val_loader:
move_ids = batch["move_ids"]
if isinstance(move_ids, torch.Tensor):
move_ids = move_ids.numpy()
game_lengths = np.asarray(batch["game_length"], dtype=np.int16)
indices = compute_legal_indices(move_ids, game_lengths, mask_builder.T, vocab_size)
val_legal_indices.append(torch.from_numpy(indices).pin_memory())
print(f" Precomputed legal masks for {len(val_legal_indices)} val batches")
# Baseline
print("\nBaseline (random init):")
baseline = evaluate(model, val_loader, mask_builder, device, use_amp=use_amp,
precomputed_indices=val_legal_indices)
print(f" loss={baseline['loss']:.4f}, top1={baseline['top1_accuracy']:.4%}, "
f"top5={baseline['top5_accuracy']:.4%}")
logger.log_train(step=0, epoch=-1,
train_loss=baseline["loss"], train_top1=baseline["top1_accuracy"],
val_loss=baseline["loss"], val_top1=baseline["top1_accuracy"],
val_top5=baseline["top5_accuracy"],
)
best_val_loss = float("inf")
patience_counter = 0
global_step = 0
val_metrics = baseline
_shutdown_requested = False
def _graceful_exit(signum, frame):
nonlocal _shutdown_requested
_shutdown_requested = True
signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, _graceful_exit)
signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, _graceful_exit)
print(f"\nTraining for up to {args.epochs} epochs ({total_steps} steps)")
print(f" Warmup: {warmup_steps} steps, LR: {args.lr}")
for epoch in range(args.epochs):
model.train()
epoch_loss = 0.0
epoch_top1 = 0.0
epoch_positions = 0
t0 = time.time()
for batch in train_loader:
ids = batch["input_ids"].to(device, non_blocking=True)
tgt = batch["targets"].to(device, non_blocking=True)
msk = batch["loss_mask"].to(device, non_blocking=True)
legal_mask = mask_builder.scatter(batch["legal_indices"], ids.shape[0])
valid_logits = sparse_forward(model, ids, msk, legal_mask, use_amp, device)
valid_targets = tgt[msk]
loss = F.cross_entropy(valid_logits, valid_targets)
optimizer.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)
if scaler is not None:
scaler.scale(loss).backward()
scaler.unscale_(optimizer)
torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(model.parameters(), args.max_grad_norm)
scaler.step(optimizer)
scaler.update()
else:
loss.backward()
torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(model.parameters(), args.max_grad_norm)
optimizer.step()
scheduler.step()
with torch.no_grad():
preds = valid_logits.argmax(dim=-1)
top1 = (preds == valid_targets).float().mean().item()
n_pos = valid_targets.shape[0]
epoch_loss += loss.item() * n_pos
epoch_top1 += top1 * n_pos
epoch_positions += n_pos
global_step += 1
dt = time.time() - t0
train_loss = epoch_loss / max(epoch_positions, 1)
train_top1 = epoch_top1 / max(epoch_positions, 1)
do_val = (epoch % args.val_every == 0) or (epoch == args.epochs - 1)
if do_val:
val_metrics = evaluate(model, val_loader, mask_builder, device,
use_amp=use_amp, precomputed_indices=val_legal_indices)
logger.log_train(step=global_step, epoch=epoch,
lr=optimizer.param_groups[0]["lr"],
train_loss=train_loss, train_top1=train_top1,
val_loss=val_metrics["loss"],
val_top1=val_metrics["top1_accuracy"],
val_top5=val_metrics["top5_accuracy"],
epoch_time_s=dt,
)
print(f" Epoch {epoch:3d} | "
f"train_loss={train_loss:.4f} train_top1={train_top1:.4%} | "
f"val_loss={val_metrics['loss']:.4f} val_top1={val_metrics['top1_accuracy']:.4%} "
f"val_top5={val_metrics['top5_accuracy']:.4%} | {dt:.1f}s")
if do_val:
if val_metrics["loss"] < best_val_loss:
best_val_loss = val_metrics["loss"]
patience_counter = 0
from pawn.checkpoint import save_pretrain_checkpoint
save_pretrain_checkpoint(
ckpt_dir / "best",
model=model,
optimizer=optimizer,
scheduler=scheduler,
scaler=scaler,
global_step=global_step,
model_config={
"d_model": args.d_model,
"n_layers": args.n_layers,
"n_heads": args.n_heads,
"d_ff": args.d_ff,
},
training_config=vars(args),
)
if args.hf_repo and hf_branch:
from pawn.checkpoint import push_checkpoint_to_hf
try:
push_checkpoint_to_hf(ckpt_dir / "best", args.hf_repo, hf_branch, step=global_step)
print(f"Pushed to HF: {args.hf_repo}@{hf_branch}")
except Exception as e:
print(f"WARNING: HF push failed: {e}")
else:
patience_counter += 1
if patience_counter >= args.patience:
print(f"\n Early stopping at epoch {epoch} (patience={args.patience})")
break
if _shutdown_requested:
print("Shutdown requested, saving checkpoint...")
break
logger.close()
print(f"\nDone. Best val_loss={best_val_loss:.4f}")
print(f"Checkpoints saved to {out_dir}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()