Author: chandler yergin
Date: 17:40:22 05/22/05
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On May 22, 2005 at 17:44:36, David Mitchell wrote: >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 http://www.chessbase.com/support/workshop.asp?ID=235
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