I like the recent variant on websites and apps where a random neutral start position (about ten normal ply moves in) is used to reduce the effect of opening books.

It's finals day at the world Othello championship 2025 in Ankara, Turkey.

You can watch the games on flipthedisc and watch livestreams at https://www.youtube.com/@WorldOthello/streams

Odd I’m quite old and love strategy games but for some reason have never played this one. Definitely need to buy a board and try it out. I prefer to buy high quality game boards so if any avid fans of the game have a preference please let me know.

I used to play this game with my grandmother when I was a teenager. I probably need to buy this game again. Lots of good memories playing this game.