XOT's FIRST INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Over the past 10 years there have been many XOT tournaments organised around the world including a few "XOT WOC" one-day tournaments organised on the open day of the World Othello Championships.

However the "XOT WOC" in previous years were side events leading up to the main event, the standard Othello WOC tournament. There was no agreed standard for the XOT WOC and the tournament format (number of rounds, time controls) would change from one tournment to the next based on decisions from the local organising committee. 

The upcoming inaugural XOT European Championship in Dortmund on the first weekend of September 2026 will be the first two-day international tournament fully dedicated to the XOT variant of Othello.

Winners of the XOT WOC TOURNAMENTS

WOC 2017  Ghent       :  Yusuke Takanashi  

WOC 2023  Rome       :  Nicky van den Biggelaar  

WOC 2025  Ankara     :  Matthias Berg