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Ben Seeley is a seven-time US Othello champion and two-time world champion.

Ben started playing Othello tournaments in the USA in the year 2000 when he was 17, after playing the game online for several months. By the following year he won his first major title, the 2001 US Nationals in New York which included many experienced players such as Brian Rose, Raphael Schreiber and Kensuke Ibata. That same year he participated at his first WOC also in New York and won the team championship with the US team. Ben continued to improve at an amazing rate and reached his first WOC final in 2002 in Amsterdam and won his first world title the following year in 2003 in Stockholm, defeating Makoto Suekuni of Japan in two straight games.

Ben and Makoto have met in a WOC final on three occasions (2003, 2004, 2014) with Ben winning the first two and Makoto winning in 2014. It is the longest spanning rivalry at the WOC finals.

An interview with Ben Seeley.

	World Othello Champion 2004, London, UK World Othello Champion 2003, Stockholm, Sweden World Othello Team Champion 2001, 2002, 2004 US Nationals 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2016 US Open 2002, 2004, 2006, 2015, 2018, California, USA National Open 2005, 2014, 2015, Chicago, USA Shinagawa All-Stars 2005, Shinagawa, Japan
	World Othello Championship 2014, Bangkok, Thailand World Othello Championship 2002, Amsterdam, the Netherlands World Othello Team Championship 2003, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2018 US Nationals 2013 US Open 2001, 2008, 2016, California, USA
	World Othello Championship 2006, Mito, Japan World Othello Team Championship 2016, Mito, Japan US Open 2000, California, USA