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play othello online eothello games how to play players leaderboard search tournaments 08 2026 standard 06 2026 anti 04 2026 standard all tournaments log in play othello online log in register eothello is an online othello community where you can play this strategy game against other players from around the world at eothello you can play multiple othello games online simultaneously and increase your score as you win try to reach the top of the leaderboard if you haven t played othello before take a quick look at the othello game rules and you will be ready to go how to play othello othello is a strategy board game for two players black and white played on an 8 by 8 board the game traditionally begins with four discs placed in the middle of the board as shown below black moves first black must place a black disc on the board in such a way that there is at least one straight horizontal vertical or diagonal occupied line between the new disc and another black disc with one or more contiguous white pieces between them in the starting position black has the following 4 options indicated by translucent discs after placing the disc black flips all white discs lying on a straight line between the new disc and any existing black discs all flipped discs are now black if black decides to place a disc in the topmost location one white disc gets flipped and the board now looks like this now white plays this player operates under the same rules with the roles reversed white lays down a white disc causing black discs to flip possibilities at this time would be if white plays the bottom left option and flips one disc players alternate taking turns if a player does not have any valid moves play passes back to the other player when neither player can move the game ends a game of othello may end before the board is completely filled the player with the most discs on the board at the end of the game wins if both players have the same number of discs then the game is a draw basic othello strategy although the rules of othello are very simple mastering the game is not easy below you will find a brief guide with concepts that will help you get started corners and stable discs according to the rules of othello once a disc is placed in a corner that disc can never be flipped back it is stable because of that corners are the most valuable squares on the board once you have a corner you can often build more adjacent stable discs around it in the example below black has the corner at h8 and stable discs next to it danger squares within the othello board there are squares that are safer than others when starting a game it is recommended to play within the 4x4 central area marked by white translucent discs in the diagram below when possible it is often not recommended to move on the squares next to corners marked by black translucent discs moving in these squares could give the opponent access to the adjacent corner mobility a common beginner mistake is to try to get as many discs as possible from the beginning this is not a good strategy in othello a better strategy is to focus on limiting your opponent s options while having many possible moves yourself this is usually easier to achieve by having fewer discs in the example below white with only one disc can easily win the game in four moves if you enjoy learning othello and want to get better at the game we recommend brian rose s book othello a minute to learn a lifetime to master brian is the 2001 world othello champion and his is the most comprehensive book on othello strategy ever published in english log in register online players nbsp scra5071 footy talula linjoo fakeplayer123 toptal saman min915 ainaaurora mudri serenello bassman aplomb xonifylol tyrandt odi michaelisrael eddiesc03 turf191 claudio973 klez savagelobster ruthellen cagleyleslie selden saltcollector mars gamer pangea babrak fotsvett jensebr vitamin_r grandpa_k mhd80 katla_bot greekothello frangge pchallinor joooooe stamp123 pchamblee ruqhawa paolobarsotti solto alassio sitges2025 keineahnung czargon wrpublic jbecker2863 vegeta13 denchloeivan ellaservantes johnsongreg lonchu alyx ot21x dreamtool otellino banyan jason036 lamouch64 ashenterra zyp pwwro cherryblossom barnzy berserkervs riccardo2 brenner ramupapa justplaying norsevorg rosolak ikeda93001 jeremy10 mfv runner boris krasnyiboyets snooz generalkraax mipap75 aish24 issa1966 mistascary777 squidgywriter09 akigawa joshemillianto rudifirenze corbymac seaweed returnof79 cielitolindo demikaluz amirkhan007 luigilamberti orbitaldeathray claudiopadova evwil tm othello co and megahouse othello a minute to learn a lifetime to master privacy policy icons made by freepik from www flaticon com