http://othellogateway.com/blog Othello and everything that goes along with it Copyright 2008 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:42:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=350 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=350#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:41:59 +0000 Wonderful games http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=350 White to move: The position seems to lean more on the black player to me. White has some pieces hanging far away in the west and in the south. White generally has no access to the southwest region. Black also seems to be having a lot of central pieces. However, after ... http://othellogateway.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=350 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=349 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=349#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:18:49 +0000 General http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=349 d3c5f6f5e6e3c3f3c4b4b5c2a3d6c6b6f4a5a4a6a7b3a2g4h3g5e2d2f2f7e1h4b1c1d1g3h6h5d7b2f8g2h1g1g6g7f1h2g8b7e7c8e8d8a8h8h7c7b8a1 http://othellogateway.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=349 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=348 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=348#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:29:00 +0000 General http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=348 I plan to be staying at the Hotel Stanley (the tournament hotel) for my entire trip- that's Monday evening through the next early Tuesday morning :). Just putting that out there in case anyone wants to contact me. I will try to let the front desk know that people can ... http://othellogateway.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=348 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=347 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=347#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:54:54 +0000 General http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=347 d3c5f6f5e6e3d6f7g6f4g5c6g3c4e7c3f2f8d7e8b5e2c7b8b4f3g4b6e1h6g7h8d8c8d2a5g8h7a8h5h3c2h4h2a7a4a3b3a6d1f1g2c1b7h1g1a2b2b1a1 http://othellogateway.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=347 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=346 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=346#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:41:51 +0000 Othello News http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=346 In the interest of spreading the news far and wide, so that nobody thinks I entered the WOC as a surprise player, and so that anyone who is interested can see how it happened, here is what David Parsons (president of the USOA), wrote to the NAOthelloTourneys mailing list: Yohannes Chitra ... http://othellogateway.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=346 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=345 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=345#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:29:17 +0000 General http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=345 Ortiz - Hall White to play Black gets 5 of the last 7 moves... and loses 47-17 ?!? Just wanted to share. http://othellogateway.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=345 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=344 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=344#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:07:11 +0000 Othello News http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=344 From the final team qualification tournament in Japan: Tetsuya Nakajima won, with Kazuhiro Sakaguchi placing 2nd, Kenta Tominaga third (all had one loss apiece), Takeshi Murakami 8th, Hideshi Tamenori 9th, Kunihiko Tanida 10th, and Brian Rose 14th (with 4 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses). Congratulations to Nakajima for his second-straight team ... http://othellogateway.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=344 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=343 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=343#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:19:44 +0000 Wonderful games http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=343 Can you name the worst move in this position? White to move next: When I look for the worst moves, I look at the x-squares first.. How about b2? Naw, it's not that bad when white has parity in that region (b2 a1 b1 for the wedge) How about g7? That' pretty ... http://othellogateway.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=343 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=342 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=342#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:58:03 +0000 General http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=342 Here is an interesting position, black to move: Where should black go? G6 looks pretty good since it's kind of quiet, although you can save it for later. F8 is heavily poisoned due to f2. The south doesn't seem to need to get resolved soon, since c8 is heavily poisoned for ... http://othellogateway.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=342 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=341 http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=341#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:52:40 +0000 General http://othellogateway.com/blog/index.php?p=341 I went out to check Jan's game and I came across this: How about that h2? Can't say I saw it coming :P http://othellogateway.com/blog/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=341