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What's Othello?
Othello is a strategy board game. It appeared in England in the late 19th century. Othello is played on an uncheckered board of 64 squares arranged in an 8x8 array. The game begins with four discs already placed on the board, arranged as shown.
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There are many chinese playsites such as YahooGames, Chinagames, Ourgame, Gameabc and so on. |
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Compared with others
Othello is a game which many people know how to play, but very few people know how to play well."A minute to learn,a life time to master."
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History
Othello is a classic strategy board game which was invented by an Englishman in the 19th century and developed by Japanese in 1970's.
2005-10-18d 'Othello' the Shakespeare's tragedy play to rename the game.But why using such a name? Because othello is the name of a man who is the hero in one of the Shakespeare's plays.He was a Negro,and his wife was a white person.It was an unworthy provoked him that he always doubted whether his wife was constant to him.So he killed his wife.In the end,he knew the truth.He felt compunction and suicided.
The game was named since this famous play.And it becomes popular in the world. |
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Othello in China
The game of Othello was introduced to China in 1980s which was played on the Nintendo Entertainment System,but there're very few people still playing it till now.So we only knew it’s name,but didn’t know how to play it.Then Windows 3.0,one of the Microsoft's operating systems,brought the game.However,the computer was very rare that time,so it couldn't be spread out.And in the next version of the Windows OS,Windows 3.1 ,we could no longer see it.
What makes most of us know the Othello? It's WenQuXing,a kind of electronic dictionary.The program of Othello in the WenQuXing is very simply,so people can easily beat it. As a result,many people considered it as a game without challenge to play.
With the development of the Internet in China,a great deal of people play games online.At that time,the Othello becomes popular.More and more people come to play with each other and love the game. |
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China Othello Federation
The main idea of COF is to speed up the development of Othello in China by propagandizing the game and organizing mass and open tournaments.We want Othello to be a popular game in China.
We believe that through our continuous hard work,more and more Chinese will know this game and love it!
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