The World Othello Federation are very sad to give you this information today. Sadly it is a decision we need to do. We hope for your understanding, and we hope that you all stay[..]
It is many Othello programs for players to use when they study Othello. N´test, WZebra and Cassio is some of them. To have a tool to analyze games after a tourney, to practice[..]
Updated 2020-03-21. The World Othello Federation council recommend all W.O.F. members to follow all local authorities demands and[..]
This is an interview with Masaki Wada, a young Othelloplayer from Japan. Masaki Wada was the first Youth World Champion, Mito 2016. There he won the final against Arthur Juigner from[..]
Register to play in the European Championship 2020 The first European Othello Championship was held already 1977. It was a tournament organized by Anjar and was open only for players[..]
WORLD OTHELLO CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 LIVE!! https://youtube.com/worldothello! Three games live each round! In English, Japanese, Swedish, Dutch, France and other too! See interviews and[..]
News from World Othello Federation World Othello Championship 2019 WOC 2019 is relocated to Tokyo, Japan 8th -11th October, 2019 Because of the cancellation of WOC 2019 in Hong Kong,[..]
The 43rd World Othello Championship is almost here! With almost 30 nations participating we are to set a new world record in more than one way! Today, at the deadline of registration to WOC[..]
We are pretty sure that everyone notified that Keisuke Fukuchi won the WOC 2018. We got many wishes to do an interview with Keisuke. He is the, so far, youngest World Champion. Kunihiko[..]
Othello is a fantastic game; everyone can play it. It does'nt matter who you are. where you live or how old you are. In the World Othello Championship we have players between 7 and up[..]
When we decided to do an interview with Akihiro Takahasi we realized that not only are we doing an interview with a 13 year old Japanese player. We are doing an interview with one of[..]
Piyanat Aunchele is the Thailand Othello Champion 2019. 2018 he met Woramet Hempijit. This year they met in the semifinal and Aunchele won the game. Anon Hongthong[..]
Switzerland championship was from the start a fight between Arthur Juigner and Michele Borassi who should be the Swiss Champion. It was four players in the championship, so they played a[..]
Takuji Kashiwabara, France, is back as winner in an EGP tournament. Takuji lost one game in the qualification rounds against Jan de Graaf, the Netherlands. It was a tight fight about[..]
The 40th Meijin was held 23th-24th March as tradition. Over 300 players was registered to the maintourney. 216 came, and that is a great number too! This year it was also foreign players.[..]
Othello is a boardgame who being more and more popular. New players find the game online, then they start to play at real Othello board. That what was happen in Iran. Iranian Othello[..]
The 43th World Othello Championship 2019 will be held in Hong Kong. The W.O.C. dates is 8th to 11th October. The venue will be Youth Square. W.O.C. 2019 is organized by World Othello[..]
Do you play Othello online? On your computer or on your smartphone? Have you noticed that there are many Othello apps, and most of them are simple hacks with low-level programs to play[..]
This is an interview with Momona Kitamura, the North Tokyo Youth Championship 2018 champion. Momona qualified for the Japan Youth Championship 2018. A tournament Keisuke Fukuchi won, and[..]
We have a new Othello World Champion! Keisuke Fukuchi. He is the youngest world champion, ever. Kunihiko Tanida was fifteen when he won in Stockholm 1982 but Keisuke Fukuchi is eleven[..]
Misa Sugawara defended her WOC title. Misa was the fourth female player after the swiss-tournament. In semifinal she played against Yoko Sano, USA, and won with 51-13. In the other[..]
Emmanuel Lazard came on vacation to Israel. We decided not to miss our chance and organized August, 10 a small, but international round-robin tournament. Emmanuel kindly agreed to[..]
The 11 year old Keisuke Fukuchi won the Japan Othello Youth Championship 2018. Fukuchi played the youth final also 2016 and 2017, but lost two close games. This year Fukuchi have[..]
This is the first of five articles about Othello events. Othello is one of the most well-known mind sports games in the world. To make the game more well-known and popular, it is a good[..]
Despite 4 last minute withdrawals reducing the number of players to 6, the 2018 Swiss Othello Championship has brought together very good level players, with our 2 french neighbours and[..]
It was eight players who attended to the 2018 Argentina Othello Championship. The champion this year is Marcelo Lisnovsky. This is the second time Marcelo win the Argentina[..]
It was ten players who attended to the Beijing Othello open. See games from the tourney at Live Othello Champion: Takashi Yamakawa 2nd Place: ZHAO Jing Tommy Zhao 3rd[..]
Congratulations to Ilya, Andrey and Michael! 12 players players attended to the Israeli Othello National, including 6 kids. There has not been a change in generations yet, but[..]
It was 14th players who attended to the Swedish championship 2018. It was held in Uppsala. Oscar Eklund won his fourth title, and his third in a row title. Christopher Andersson did a great[..]
The following national championships have been played in 2018: Country Winner # Champion since Argentina Marcelo[..]
Available in white and in green. (The green shirt may not be available outside of Asia). Uniqlo is one of the largest clothes stores in Japan. They are now[..]
Piyanat Aunchele won the Thailand Othello Championship 2018. In the final game he defeated Woramet Hempijit with 2-0. Anon Hongtong won the game about third prize against Thammatorn[..]
What to do when it is a sunny day, nice weather and you want to be outside? Play Othello of course! Or arrange an Othello events close to there you live? It is a great way to make Othello[..]
This year the 39th Meijin-sen was played in Kobe. 200 players attended to play in one of the worlds largest, and most compitive tournament in the world. Meijin is an[..]
It was a Monday night. I was tired. No desire to do anything but lie on the couch, lift my feet on the sofa, turn on the tv and just relax. Saw that Netflix released a Japanese television[..]
In the weekend of March 17 and 18 no less than 12 local heroes and 8 foreigners gathered in Warsaw for the second tournament of the European Grand Prix 2018. The Polish capital was the[..]
The 39th Meijin-sen was played this weekend in Kobe, Japan. On Saturday, the junior classes and the ladies played their classes as usual. Over 120 juniors met and made up about the three[..]
The 39th Meijin-sen will be held in Kobe this weekend.The arrangeurs in the Japan Othello Association, tells to Othello News that it probably will be a new record for number of[..]
The World Othello Federations W.O.C. committe remind all federations that registration to W.O.C. 2018 shall be WOF available no later than July 31st, 2018. The WOC 2018 website will[..]
Niklas Wettergren won the 34th Nordic Othello Championship 2018! He is the 17th champion since the start 1985. The Nordic Championship is one of the oldest tournaments in the world. It was[..]
Disputed on March 03 at the Clube da Melhor Idade, the Othello Paulista Team Championship was attended by 15 teams (45 players). The champion team was Zen Indaiatuba formed by Mitsuru[..]
The application comes with four different game modes. Online & local multiplayer, vs AI and the ability to play against yourself in the mode called pass & play. Signing up for[..]
It was Saturday 17th March, a normal February day. The sun was shining across the city, which was named Cambridge. The ancient walls of Trinity College brightened up and gave us a[..]
The second team competition between Korea Othello Association and Japan Othello Association will be held 25th March. You can follow the games at Live Othello. 2017 the[..]
Why do I sometimes see Othello called “Reversi”? By Ben Seeley Here’s the long answer: Othello and Reversi are not actually the same game, but Othello has been[..]
Here is an interview with Ben Seeley. Ben Seeley was World Champion 2003 and 2004. The interview is done by Spinmaster, who sell Othello in USA. As a part of their promotion of Othello in[..]
A review of the Facebook Othello app, developed by G-MODE corp! It have been over 800.000 games played at the Othello app. Is this maybe the largest Othello online app in the world? How[..]
Hereby WOF Othello News presents one of our new writers & debaters! Daniel Turunen is one of the strongest swedish players and has been playing since the early 2000´s! He started[..]
Ricardo Brandão Pinto was the champion of the Tournament of Othello City of São Paulo, The tournament was played in the famous Loja. With the presence of 24 players this was[..]
The winner of the 88th Dutch Othello open was Albert Kortendijk and the second prize went to Nicky van den Biggelaar. Jiska Helmes had won the best achievement cup and the second best[..]
Sandsborgs Open was a nice and exciting competition. 16 players participated; They came from Borås, Linköping. Gothenburg, Gävle and Stockholm. It was an exciting[..]
It was 18 players who turned up to the 18th Singapore Open. Three new players turned up. Also some inactive player.s returned to playing. However, once the pairings got going, it[..]
Martin Ødegård was unbeaten in the tournament Oslo Open 2018. Only Knut Bjarte Haus managed to score against Martin when he scored a draw in round 3. It was a fight between[..]
The second King of the King tournament was played in South Korea. It was 15 players in the tournament. It was a tournament that was exciting in to the final round. Dongkwon[..]
Takuji Kashiwabara wins the 2018 edition of the IDF1 tournament that took place on January 13th in Paris. 11 players made the trip for this first Parisian Othello[..]
Indian Othello Federation is pleased to announce the final game results of IOC 2017 as below: • Áshőķ Chőừdháŕý – Winner • Amar Roy[..]
Misa Sugawara is the female World Othello Champion 2017. The semifinal against Patcharaport Tana, Thailand she won with 39-25. Jiska Helmes, Netherlands won with 37-27 against Charinee[..]
The Japan Othello Association will broadcast the WOC 2017 at their YouTube-channel. The YouTuber Gohan will lead the show. Game commentators is the Othello players Nobuaki Mitsuya and[..]
World Othello Federation is making a major effort on WOC 2017. Over thirty hours live broadcast with comments from experienced Othello players. Guy Plowman will lead Live Othello Studio,[..]
October 14, 2017 the Russia Othello federation hosted an Othello tournament in St. Petersburg. The tournament was attended by players from Moscow, St. Petersburg and[..]
It is one month until the World Othello Championship 2017 will start in Ghent, Belgium. At the World Othello Federation YouTube-channel you will be able to see many Othello games[..]
When you read this article, you have already been introduced to the new homepage for World Othello Federation (WOF). If you have played Othello for a while, this is probably not the first[..]
Who will be the World Othello Champion 2017? That we will know 3rd November! Will it be someone who never have been World Champion before? Will Yusuke Takanashi take his 5th W.O.C.[..]
Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine Date: May 20th Link: LiveOthello On May 20 the first Ukrainian Othello Championship was held in Kharkiv. The[..]
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