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plycount

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Etymology

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Compound of ply +‎ count.

Noun

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plycount (plural plycounts)

  1. (computer chess) The total number of moves in a game, counting each player's move as 1.
    • 2004. Jaap van den Herik, Hiroyuki Iida, Ernst A. Heinz. Advances in Computer Games: Many Games, Many Challenges... Springer 2004, p. 216 [1]:
      Take note that if the side to move first wins, the plycount must be an odd number, since that side makes the last move.