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Subject: Re: 50 Move Rule

Author: William H Rogers

Date: 12:56:51 05/16/01

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On May 16, 2001 at 15:14:23, Alex Boby wrote:

>On May 16, 2001 at 13:46:47, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>On May 16, 2001 at 13:43:47, Alex Boby wrote:
>>
>>>at least the last 50 consecutive moves have been made by each side
>>>
>>>This is a little ambiguous I think...
>>
>>I dont see how it is ambiguous...it clear states the last 50 moves
>>by each side. Hence 50 moves, not ply.
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>I see. Then henceforth I will refer to this as the '100 move rule', since that
>is how many take place.
>
>Alex

A move in chess is normally refered to as a complete turn for both white and
black, thus a game that last 40 moves means that both sides had made 40 moves or
40 for white if it did the checkmating....




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