Ply
In chess, ply refers to a half-move: one turn of one of the players. Thus, after 20 moves of a chess game, 40 ply have been completed, 20 by white and 20 by black.Good human chess players can often look 10 or more ply ahead.
In computer chess the concept of ply becomes important because one ply corresponds to one level of the game tree[?]. It has been found that an increase in search depth of one ply corresponds on the average to an increase in playing strength of approximately 200 Elo[?] points. The Deep Blue chess computer which defeated Kasparov in 1997 could search to a depth of 12 ply.
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A ply can also refer to a strand or layer of material, such as yarn, rope, plastic, wood, or paper. Plywood gets its name from this.
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