How to win at Othello almost every time!

[@KeithGalli]

This tutorial isn't the best! I learned a lot more strategy and made a new one. Check that out instead kzbin.info/www/bejne/iafbhaWgq7Wlibs

[@smuglilshtface1839]

love to see character development in my othello teachers

[@mona-mo3sd]

tips i learned from my dad: -start by trying to take 4 by 4 -at the start try not to flip too many pieces. the lesser the better. -try not to put on rows G, B, 2 or 7 (it makes it easy to get the walls for the opponent) -to get the corners, try to take areas that surround the 4 corner boxes (e.g. try to take 3G~3F + 3F~1F, in order to take 1H. DON'T take 2H, 2G, or 1G) -to get the surroundings of the corners (previous step) earlier, try to get 6F, 6C, 3F, or 3C. -only place your piece in 3 boxes surrounding a corner (e.g. 3H, 3G, 1G) AFTER u get the corner for it (in this case 1H) -once you take the corner, go from the walls. (e.g. if you u have corner 1H, try to take row H & row 1) -from there, go diagonally towards the opposite corner (like a triangle)

[@shivanshpatel7]

Tnx bro 👍

[@Couch00]

Kewl

[@alisoleimanian5055]

Thanks

[@azizurrahman9638]

I can't say any other thing than thanks even though it is a comment which deserves a lot of appreciation because you put a lot of effort to write this and the thing I just want to say is very small for this hard worked comment and it is thank you very much.

[@princegeorgekutty7505]

Thanks Mona

[@agentblammo]

Glad I scrolled down to the comments right away.

[@revenqwe8957]

Glad I saw your comment😂😂😂

[@ovb98]

Glad i saw yours

[@iuseyoutubealot]

glad I saw yours

[@MATTHEW-ic3id]

SAME

[@flumfybud]

" It's good to have the center 4x4 area" " It's good to have the walls" me - "That's like, 70% of the board..... so no shit"

[@carachitsharma]

Typo error in title. Correction: How to lose Othello game almost every time!

[@craigeillison9650]

If I was black and he played like that, he'd have no pieces on the board by move 40.

[@Tcj333]

"I really want this corner." *Takes X and both Cs*

[@abstractdaddy1384]

Haha I know! I thought the same thing!

[@DaleC1980]

How to win Othello everytime: play this guy! :-)

[@Jald5]

I don't know about others but when I played it first time I lost by 20 points margin but after seeing your video, I defeated the opponent by 55-9 as I was able to capture walls and sides.

[@dmitry8179]

"Almost everytime" XD Please, add "against someone who can't play"

[@ЛеонидШих]

again program at zero level )))

[@2dmenlover120]

Oooohhhhh ROASTED

[@AndyPatterson]

so to be clear, take the centre 4, and then the 4 x 4, the outside margin and the corners. not much left really

[@aiden4418]

He literally said the best way to win is to get control of the center area and the walls and the corner which means the best way to wjn is to control the entire board like wtf

[@rankwienjansen4011]

the centre is a way to get the walls and corners

[@OthelloAcademy]

I think the fundamentals covered in this video but it may not be reflective of how truly complex the game actually is :) But given I understand how hard it is to make Othello videos, it is still a good effort! Only the title seems a little bit overselling the video perhaps

[@majs85]

wonder who is behind this account :)

[@musicismymind88]

@@majs85 i second this motion. Lol

[@JairoSalcedo24]

Agree Alex

[@bobbobbgarte922]

As a 2500 elo player, i advise people to not watch this video

[@craigeillison9650]

yep, agreed. as a minus 1000 player i also advise the same!

[@hazardyt4026]

Im stuck at 1400 ELO can you help?

[@MinhAnhNguyen-nt9do]

I"m 200

[@MichaelSuperbacker]

Bob are you a Grand Master?

[@nightfox6738]

I'm at 2000 and I also agree.

[@kevinruby5522]

Not particularly solid strategic advice here. Been playing Othello for over 25 years, and I can safely say that owning the walls early on is not always a priority. Every game is contextually driven Also, that move at about 3:40 is shockingly awful in an attempt to own a corner (c3, not b2). Read up on videos by Ben Seeley or Brian Rose's manual (available as a downloadable .pdf file). That said, I appreciate your enthusiasm for the game, and wish you well in improving your skill set.

[@diegoarthur]

Why did I watch all the video to read the comments later?

[@Sbanger58]

Keith Galli ... Thanks for posting my friend. I don't know much about the strategy of this game, but just decided to try it out on my PS2 Boardgames Collection so decided to get some insight on the games strategies. I don't care about what your haters say in the comments below, because your explanation of the strategy makes a lot of sense to me ... I'm gonna try it out against my PS2 and I think it'll work like a charm.

[@atheismo]

You're gonna get better. Then you see how bad this video is.

[@jancg1972]

Please don't make any more videos until you've actually learned something about a game. Your first advice (play small) was correct. Otherwise the rest of the video was horribly bad!

[@jamesbaker5136]

Given the level of average level of competition, this method proves to be extremely effective.

[@jancg1972]

When the OP played G8 in the video, I thought this video was a joke/prank. But the OP continued dead serious. Clearly he knows very little about this game. The 'The Othello' program is an equal disaster. My program written in '88 played better. No, this video is KZbin pollution.

[@jamesbaker5136]

You have no life

[@ЛеонидШих]

it's not "average level of competition", it's zero level - absolutly ZERO

[@bobbobbgarte922]

James Baker at least hes better than u at this game

[@kgl6741]

actually if you play like this with a professional you'll definitely lose because, there are some dangerous places in the board that if you make your move at them you'll lose the corners and at the same time you'll lose the game

[@samyakchhajed]

Yeah if take the sides of a particular corner you will lose it for sure.

[@craigeillison9650]

I assume this video is a joke?

[@carolmiller170]

I started playing Othello,recently. Your videos are amazing.

[@2010douggy]

Despite the rough comments all over the video, I found your estrategy pretty helpful. Thank you for the video.

[@choochoochooseyou]

Keith, if you played like that against the version DroidZebra you would never get past level one.

[@OthelloAcademy]

Welcome to the World of Othello :) definitely a game that will activate your brain

[@BRIrwin]

The strategy in this video is very simplistic and will not, in any way, provide someone with the knowledge to defeat an experienced othello player. The computer game you are playing against is obviously not very good.

[@Swav.Zielin]

On my Othello app I only play the 7X7 board now it seems to be the sweet spot of challenge and brevity.

[@McLovin_2007]

I've been playing this on NES and Atari 2600, but can't win most times. I figured out having the walls helps, but didn't think about the corners.

[@NickMaovich]

Good understanding of basics tho, don't be too harsh on this dude :)

[@atheismo]

No, sorry. Not even the basics. It's really absolutely nothing. At all. It's all wrong.

[@chasy3831]

I play othellogame . And I think you aren’t good at it.

[@ocdjjonnyd]

Great advice for a beginners first time.

[@craigeillison9650]

please remove this video, it is teaching people wrong strategy.

[@jenniferwarhawk7301]

Then where can we learn right strategy?

[@indef2def]

@@jenniferwarhawk7301 Plenty of websites, though most involve reading. Like this one: radagast.se/othello/Help/strategy.html

[@Fenrir26]

He's just playing the game and telling us his thought process, this is NO strategy video...

[@vecspace]

Personally I dont recomend taking Edges too often due to the fact that the poison your game. Personally, I dont take edges unless I dont have a choice. Also The Reversi algorithm is weak until around lv 15 when it become decent. 20 for more serious playrrs 25 for the really good 1 and maybe 30 for the world best.

[@KeithGalli]

Since uploading this video I have definitely seen that the edge advice is not the greatest in an advanced level of play. I started playing on the Reversiwars app that I saw you recommended and I definitely have to play a different style to be competitive. However, I still think that the advice in this video works well in a match against a casual othello player. It would be extremely difficult to make a video in under 10 minutes on how to beat advanced players. Thank you for your feedback btw!

[@nickinzomniac9629]

Well I think a better advice for novices would be to try and make silent moves. Most novice othello players try to make greedy,loud moves at first thinking they will have an advantage. So a good basic advice for a starter would be to try and be small at first and prefer mostly silent moves.

[@othellobcn5843]

Edge gameplay is one of the most complex issues in othello.

[@vecspace]

agree. tempo vs poison. Any creep to run opponent out of moves? Will it backfire? To take unbalance or to leave? many decisions to make

[@LolandBordfotballklubb]

As Gandhi once said: I object to edge discs because when they appear to do good, the good is only temporary. The evil they do is permanent. It is a good rule of thumb. Early edges will more times than not poison your good moves later in the game. Even if they seem good when you take them.

[@azzorzer]

wtf are you talking about??? you're doing it wrong.

[@sanikaransing]

1 try to control 🛂 interior pieces(central 4 by four) on board 2.try to capture corners 3.

[@Fakecourt]

Strategy works. I just played the computer and whipped it.

[@msvposeidon9385]

The bot is on level 5 ._. Tf

[@alexanderrobertnewby]

PLAYING THE EASY MODE ON THIS DOESNT REALLY GIVE MUCH REAL ADVICE BU THANKS THOUGH

[@ralpcalayan5038]

omg my brain bleeds watching this.

[@magicman9486]

You have no clue how to play Othello. Nothing but the corners count for anything. get 3 corners and you will almost always win. DON"T try to turn over many of your opponents pieces until you have a corner. Never place a piece within 2 squares of the corner. Your trying to force your opponent to give you a corner. Once you have a corner keep working away from corners while forcing your opponent to set you up. If your working away from your corners, your giving no moves to your opponent, forcing him to make more and more bad move as he MUST move if able. if You have followed my guide thus far your opponent will give you 2 and possibly 3 more corners. Keep your opponent under control. let him/her setup your win. Lastly avoid placing pieces on outside until you have no choice.

[@a_sock_puppet__vods7969]

I’m so bad at this game I feel so dumb

[@sajjadatrian]

How to lose othello almost everytime!

[@tresvecesno7071]

Thanks fo this!!

[@LithmusEarth]

That was pretty fun.

[@williamp9117]

I use it's your turn . Come for my Othello games. But I am willing to play outside that.

[@sunmanpatoo]

I'll be sure to study this video. Hare Krishna!

[@Swav.Zielin]

This was a pretty easy opponent to play against but some good core strategies indeed.

[@mousermind]

It's a bot...

[@sebastienprat3874]

Hi, when you play D1 is an error for me because black play C2 and you loose, am I wrong ?

[@jlofromdablock]

yo how tf do i play

[@DrawWithEase2024]

4:58 bad move

[@antoniodittman5820]

at 5:02 you didnt defend the top left corner at all and only because the computer is dumb as hell, didnt lose the entire left wall.

[@DeconvertedMan]

I enjoy this game. :)

[@robertk6423]

At 5:00 why did black not take corner in top left?

[@atheismo]

Because the program is as stupid as the human.

[@rscosworthfan]

the secret is go for the corners but at the latest moment possible

[@simina9791]

Thanks

[@milyenferi1]

How can I measure my ELO? I play with AI Factory's game. Can you recommend better/more difficult?

[@Slevind]

The Othello by unbalance it has 30 lvs and the final lvl in ai factory's reversi is equivalent to lvl 19 in this game, speaking through experience

[@iluvatarchem]

Taking walls mindlessly is WRONG. usually it's less walls=better. Also corner parity that is shaped by the way the walls are taken is important. The video and the way he is playing is pretty bad

[@iluvatarchem]

That's pretty basic advice and when it comes to edges it's just plain wrong

[@othellobcn5843]

Which program is that?

[@craigeillison9650]

A very bad one.

[@othellobcn5843]

But it's beutiful =)

[@wkhric]

this program is made for Unbalanced Company. You will love it because the highest level (CPU lv 30) can 3:1 win (A.I.( think 8 moves)for human study). The game can adjust handicap(means before starting the game you can put 1 to 4 corners ) I can't grantee win CPU lv 30 when I got 3 corners when starting.

[@chadwick5313]

How does this video have more likes than dislikes..

[@ekkasitkhemnguad4808]

Another April's fool video...

[@pssgamer89]

TEACH ME HOW MORE

[@Virgo2916]

what's the name of program?

[@MrPleers]

How not to win almost every time.

[@OGPimpin]

Lol. Video should be titled 'How to Catch an L Every Single Time'

[@nat7022]

Wait so you're playing a computer? Why are you saying 'he' then?

[@sarahclarkemodel]

I just introduced my LD boyfriend to this game as a board game. Now that we are back in our respective states, he wants to play against me online but I need some strategy! Thank you!

[@KeithGalli]

I recommend watching my newer video on othello strategy, you'll find it more helpful than this one! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iafbhaWgq7Wlibs

[@gauravtiwari8197]

Want to play with me

[@devilproducoes5990]

Someone comes for fancade?

[@Oagnosticismo]

KKKKKKKKK, it's a joke, LOL!

[@wingka927]

More

[@MinhAnhNguyen-nt9do]

That's bot lv 5 lol

[@mangs9940]

thanks . very helpful

[@DuraheLL]

2:20 Why not F1 there?

[@chenhao4491]

He cant cause its not pinching anything

[@DuraheLL]

@@chenhao4491 Hmmm... I don't know the rules. I thought you could place anywhere you wanted as long as it "is adjacent or diagonal" to a piece

[@chenhao4491]

@@DuraheLL no it has to pinch the other team/color so you have to like pinch it by going like white black white to flip black

[@DuraheLL]

@@chenhao4491 Got it, thank you

[@markkeith9055]

I'm on level 14. I deem it impossible to win.

[@jordandale85]

Was watching chess and decided to look up othello. This is the first vid I watched only to learn, I'm far better than you. lol A guy taught me how to play at a bar and I beat him 1st game, 2nd game, then he gave up. I then downloaded it and taught myself strategy. This vid is embarrassing.

[@KeithGalli]

See pinned comment

[@DuraheLL]

4:14 You CAN place a white dot in the up-left corner can you not?

[@chenhao4491]

He can ge the corner though

[@DuraheLL]

@@chenhao4491 That's what I said. H8 is not legal there?

[@chenhao4491]

@@DuraheLL i meant you cant

[@chenhao4491]

Cause he white and he cant pinch anything

[@MyAznMomsSlipper]

play me

[@arnaudhallier6397]

Omg, he's so terrible...

[@mcs351]

ha ha ha ...

[@njerzynek]

how can a computer be male? lol

[@JOHNDOE-bn3lx]

Why do you call reversi othello?

[@DaleC1980]

Why do you call Othello Reversi?

[@themuncher4767]

Nub

[@norabellerose8560]

Basically its like the Japanese version of connect 4.

[@MrGargiit]

Eeerrr

[@MrGargiit]

Ssddd

[@OhplsAndrew]

Make more please.

[@KeithGalli]

What types of videos would you like to see more of? More strategy videos for some different board games? More videos on Othello? Let me know!

[@DaleC1980]

@@KeithGalli Not othello. I would have killed you in that game. If the computer wasn't on a beginner level you would have lost.

[@lemnialemnia9980]

Thanks