From the basics, one move at a time
Othello lessons with real positions and exercises: history and rules, corners, mobility, edge tactics and the endgame. Follow the example boards and solve the exercises as you go.
0What is Othello
Where Othello came from and how to play it.
3 lessons1Names on the Board
The square names used when talking about strategy, and stable discs.
2 lessons2Corners
How to take corners and how not to give them away. Every position comes from a member game.
4 lessons3Mobility
Learn how to keep your own options while reducing your opponent's.
4 lessons4Openings
The first move, the three openings, choosing moves in the opening, and how to study openings.
2 lessons5Fighting over Good Squares
Three ways to take away the opponent's good move: taking it first, defending and spoiling.
3 lessons6Edge Tactics
Read edge shapes and the techniques that lead to corners.
3 lessons7Endgame
Count the final discs, taking region parity and passes into account.
8 lessons- 7-1Parity: Even Regions and the Last Move
- 7-2Reverse Parity: Leaving a Square the Opponent Cannot Enter
- 7-3Swindles: Taking Both Squares of a Pair
- 7-4Extraction: Preparing to Block the Square Next to the Corner
- 7-5Forcing a PassIn progress
- 7-6Line Push (Landau)In progress
- 7-7Edge DriveIn progress
- 7-8Counting to the End