Author: Darrel Briley
Date: 01:45:57 05/25/05
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On May 23, 2005 at 23:38:16, Robin Smith wrote: >On May 22, 2005 at 20:40:22, chandler yergin wrote: > >>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 > >Chandler, > >Thanks for making my point; from the link you quote: > >"The difference here is that the engine now adds a new line each time it >completes a ply of the search; i.e. when the search depth is increased by one >ply (half move), a new line is added to the display." > >QED > >-Robin If there's one thing I've learned in my short time here, it's that CY is very good at this :)
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