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can someone explain what a half move is? please!!

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Originally posted by n8harned
can someone explain what a half move is? please!!
1 move is when both sides have made their moves. ie. 1.e4 e5
A 1/2 move is refering to either sides move. ie. 1.e4 or 1. ... e5

So when you go backward in a game by 1 move, you're actually moving 1 set of moves for both sides at a time, whereas if you go back 1/2 a move, its just the move that was just played.

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AHH ok so like the bottom of an inning in baseball would be like half a move, one side has had the chance to move while the other has not yet moved

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Originally posted by n8harned
AHH ok so like the bottom of an inning in baseball would be like half a move, one side has had the chance to move while the other has not yet moved
NO. Absolutely not.

Chess is not baseball.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
NO. Absolutely not.

Chess is not baseball.
? your kidding me?, so i shouldnt be moving my infield out when the queen is up at bat?

i guess i better stop telling my bisop to steal the pawn on second

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Chess is definitely not like baseball. It's more like croquet or three-legged racing.

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Originally posted by n8harned
AHH ok so like the bottom of an inning in baseball would be like half a move, one side has had the chance to move while the other has not yet moved
Well...

The bottom of the inning would be the end of one team's first move and the beginning of the next team's.