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Subject: Re: 50 Move Rule

Author: Alex Boby

Date: 22:22:58 05/16/01

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On May 16, 2001 at 15:56:51, William H Rogers wrote:

>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....

yeah yeah,... I was just in a grumpy mood, that's all :)



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