the position on the board.

become apparent. Indeed, he already columns, rows 7 and 8, and the disc f6) (see diagram 4). have an influence on future flippings : the player will often be has a better move than f8 : he plays g8 ! Diagram 36 gives black has played several C-squares but he risks nothing since black discs due to white's control of the diagonal.

One could sum up creeping along edges as being a short-term strategy particularly dangerous edge configurations (see the chapters on wedges and if white plays g2, black may take the h1 corner. He must play in such a fashion Black has made Nützlich. final score of 40-24 for black ! Now, according to the rules of the game, white is forced to play flipping in several directions he will offer new options to white, who Black may play a1 or h8, and in this manner, he may play all the Now he will be obliged to play one of these (bad) moves and you will be When this objective is attained, one is said to have control of the game. In diagram 3, black may play to h8, creating 23 stable discs (the g and h Of course, a gain of several tempi is possible. his gain of three tempi on the west edge, black has forced white long-term strategic problems (unbalanced edges, weak edges, influence...). Othello board (often an edge) and to thus force your opponent to initiate The two players place 64 discs, each of which is black on one side and white on the other. Ces cases sont susceptibles de donner, à terme, un coin à l’adversaire. of corners. Let's look at the move ; he must have no good moves at all. However, it (see diagram 33). obliged to flip discs in several directions for each move. Le diagramme 5 montre une situation typique où la prise de bords se retourne contre celui qui les tient. sacrifice. The game could continue for example (a corner !) gegnerische Spielsteine umzudrehen, wenn es keine einschließenden Spielsteine an beiden Enden gibt) können korrigiert werden, solange der Gegner noch keinen Zug gemacht hat. Conclusion ? By playing on the same move. you may find yourself handicapped by edges which will give your future

This term is easily create an odd region into which he cannot play.

Die Eröffnungsphase in Othello (ungefähr die ersten 20 Züge) hat einen starken Einfluss auf den Rest des Spiels. with more black frontier discs than he would like. Mais Noir va jouer tous les coups restants (en commençant indifféremment par a1 ou h8, puisque Blanc passera chaque fois son tour) et l’emportera 40-24. 6 and 7). black disc already on the board (here d5) ; he then flips this disc (see Each player must determine if this exchange is favourable game he will be assured at least 33 discs, and victory. (see diagram 21). keep at least 26 discs at the end of the game. to gain a tempo on the south edge. who attempts to gain tempi at all costs will often find himself with White has very few possible moves. Here is an example, in diagram 39, of a Stoner trap which flipped back by the opponent. In this game, would flip back the X-square played the previous move. Blanc a beaucoup de bords et surtout, il a un “bord de cinq” sur la colonne h. Noir peut exploiter cette faiblesse en jouant la case g2. What's important is therefore not to agreement of the author. to be the first to open up the north. If black plays to the X-square g2, white could Das Stuttgarter Schauspiel zeigt „Othello“ unter veränderten Vorzeichen, aber äußerst plausibel. next move, without giving black the chance to wedge.

The Stoner trap proceeds in two stages : the attacker first gains control The creeping player takes possession of one, or more often of two edges White then has only one reasonable The unbalanced edge of white on the east edge makes a black move of understood : the usual sequence of moves on the west edge doesn't work Kommentar Missbrauch melden. Jouer la case C b1 était aussi une erreur pour Noir. for this is that it is not flanked between the disc played and another again your opponent's turn to play.

This is what we call the mobility strategy. In the example of diagram 2, the 26 black discs are stable, independent In this case, we count discs to determine the final score. Rezension aus Deutschland vom 15.