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Chapter 1 / Introduction
Beginner tutorial
Learn the flow of placing a disc, bracketing and flipping, passing, and counting discs at the end.
Reversi
Beginner
Reversi Basics
Practice the basic controls right here
Choose a step in the inline tutorial below to review the flow.
Reversi
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Learning
Flipping Discs, Passing, and Determining the Winner
Learn to Enclose and Flip, Pass When You Cannot Move, and Count Discs at the End
2Modules
10Items
Reversi Basics
Beginner
/ 4min
Place discs to enclose opposing discs between your own, flip the enclosed discs, and decide the winner by the final disc count.
- Article Finish with More Discs of Your Color
- Position puzzle Place a Disc to Enclose the Opponent
- Move sequence Flip the Enclosed Discs
- Multiple choice You Cannot Play Where No Discs Are Enclosed
- Multiple choice The Player with More Discs Wins
Practical tutorial
Beginner
/ 7min
Learn to make decisions about corners, edges, and opening patterns using mobility, stable discs, and parity.
- Article Reduce the Opponent's Legal Moves and Secure the Last Move
- Article Prioritize Mobility over Disc Count
- Article Distinguish Corners, Edges, X-Squares, and C-Squares
- Article Design the final turn with parity
- Article Learn Opening Shapes, Not Just Their Names
Reversi
Beginner
Reversi Basics
Practice the basic controls right here
Choose a step in the inline tutorial below to review the flow.
Placement and flipping rules
Open it only when you need to check something.
Reversi reference
Bracketing and winning
Move record and board coordinates
Standard human-readable notation
d3
The upper-left square is A1.
Place
A square that brackets an opponent You may play only where the new disc brackets at least one opposing disc.Flip
Vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines Flip every line of opposing discs bracketed between the disc you played and one of your existing discs.Pass
When there is no legal move Pass only when there is nowhere you can play.Winner
The player with more discs at the end Count the discs when neither player can move or the board is full.
Play only where you can bracket
Check every vertical, horizontal, and diagonal direction
Corners are difficult to flip
Pass only when no move is available
The color with more discs at the end wins
Legal moves
- Play where a continuous line of opposing discs will lie between the new disc and one of your discs.
- Bracketing in even one direction makes the move legal, and a single move can flip multiple directions.
End of game
- The game ends when neither player can move or the board is full.
- The color with more discs on the board wins.
Next step
Choose after the tutorialOnce you are comfortable moving pieces, review anything that was unclear or practice your decisions with a short problem.
Learn: Your first three minutes
Briefly review the objective of Reversi and the first action to take.
Web tutorial
Learning: Rules quick reference
Review how to move, capture, and win on one screen whenever you are uncertain.
CMS guide
Training: Short problems
After reviewing the basics, reinforce your decision-making with short problems.
Practice before a match
Mastery: Maxims and competitive philosophy
Read about strategy, whole-board vision, decisions, and competitive philosophy unique to Reversi in a practical guide.
Reading