This game of Othello ended with white making four, might’ve been five, straight turns, as I, black, had no legal moves at all.
I had white on the run for most of the game, and white was often kept to 3 or 4 pieces total. The game developed to the right hand side of the board, and I took first the lower right corner and then the upper right corner.
I don’t recall exactly how it happened, but I got the lower left corner, white had three or four pieces, I could make one move to place a piece on the left hand column, and then white made move after move as I had no legal moves whatsoever.
It was a strange ending. All I could do was watch it unfold and see where it landed. I thought of it as “the car crash ending.” It was out of my hands. 🙂
Published by Allyn Gibson
A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over fifteen years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.
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