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Subject: Re: Dutch Championship and Nodes/Ply

Author: Pat King

Date: 17:49:08 05/13/00

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On May 13, 2000 at 20:28:08, German Rodriguez wrote:

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>I am also a bit unsure about the difference between a Node and a Ply.  A ply is
>a half-move, according to some place I read, if that is so, then what is a Ply?
>Thanks in advance.

I assume you mean what is a node? A node is a position visited during the
search. Thus it might take four moves by each side, or 8 plies, to reach a
certain position, or node.



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