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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Play(chess)

Hi.In:

You'll find typical plays for similar gambits in Chapter Six. "Annotated games.”


May I freely replace "plays" with "moves"? Or does "plays" have other connotations, too?

Thanks in advance!
  

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soheil1 May I freely replace "plays" with "moves"? Yes. Those certainly sound synonymous to me, given the context of chess.

— CalifJim

  • soheil1 May I freely replace "plays" with "moves"?
  • Yes.
  • Those certainly sound synonymous to me, given the context of chess.
  • CJ
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soheil1May I freely replace "plays" with "moves"?
Yes. Those certainly sound synonymous to me, given the context of chess.

CJ
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But the Merriem Webster's collegiate dictionary gives the definition:

f : the moving of a piece in a board game (as chess)
for play.
I think a move can be involunatry while moving is voluntary.What is your opinion?
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soheil1the moving of a piece in a board game (as chess)
The definition could just as easily have been: a move of a piece in a board game (as chess)

Don't be distracted by insignificant differences in the phrasing of the definition.

CJ
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I also wonder if it means moves of one side plus the opponent's answer.
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soheil1I also wonder if it means moves of one side plus the opponent's answer.
Now that could be, but I don't know chess and you do, so you'll have to be the judge of that.

CJ
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What do I do?Weigh the different meanings of ''play'?I still don't know what play means exactly!
I think a 'move' in an instance of transferring a piece to another square-not necessarily intentional.
But 'moving' include an aim behind each move and signals the presence of a mover. Of course the mover can be under the influence.

Maybe you can judge better, told a fact:
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