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chess-engine/python
KeshavAnandCode 334bc313b0 feat: implement HalfKAv2_hm feature extraction (352 features)
- Use piece_sq * 6 + piece_type encoding
- 32 active features for 32 pieces on board
- Simplified from FullThreats (60,720) to HalfKAv2_hm only
- All tests passing (11 tests)
2026-04-14 18:21:31 -05:00
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Chess NNUE Distillation

Train a single linear layer on Stockfish's NNUE features.

Quick Start

cd python
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu121
pip install numpy python-chess tqdm matplotlib h5py joblib pytest
python train_full.py

Architecture

  • Input: 61,072 features (352 HalfKAv2_hm + 60,720 FullThreats)
  • Output: 1 scalar (centipawns)
  • Optimizer: Adam (lr=1e-3, wd=1e-4)