Author: David Mitchell
Date: 14:44:36 05/22/05
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On May 22, 2005 at 06:08:42, chandler yergin wrote: >On May 22, 2005 at 05:30:44, Günther Simon wrote: > >>On May 22, 2005 at 05:22:09, chandler yergin wrote: >> >>>On May 22, 2005 at 04:41:24, chandler yergin wrote: >>> >>>>On May 20, 2005 at 22:15:59, Robin Smith wrote: >>>> >>>>>On May 20, 2005 at 13:24:29, chandler yergin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On May 20, 2005 at 12:26:50, E. Nielsen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On May 20, 2005 at 12:04:52, chandler yergin wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Each move and its response is called a ply. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>NO!!! There are two plies per move. :) >>> >>>Do you disagree with this? >>>1. e4 is a move = 1 Ply >>>2. e5 as a response is 1 move = 1 Ply >>> >> >>gosh...of course this is wrong! >>1 ply = 1 _half_move and 2 plies are 1 move, >>time to get this. >>That's why it is 1.e4 and 1...e5 ;-) (not 2...e5) >> >>Guenther > > 1. e4 e5 you consider to be one move? >For Notation purposes yes, I agree >White makes a move = 1 Ply >Black responds with a move = 1 Ply >So for each move and response = 2 Ply. >OK? Actually, you're both right! The GENERAL meaning of "move" in FIDE regs is simply "a king can not move into check", etc. One player's moving of a piece, constitutes one move. I believed that would be called a "half move", but I just went to FIDE and it's called a move, period. However, there is another meaning for more specific meaning of "move", which I can not find in the FIDE regs., but is understood by chess players to mean, oddly enough, a pair of moves. So, 1. e4 is a general move, (normally easily told apart from the specific meaning of "move" by the context), however, 1. e4, e5 is also ONE move. With the latter clearly being TWO ply. Dave
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