The development of Hong Kong Othello... detail in Chinese
Yip
HKOA
HKOA president and founding member Tsoi Chun Yip.
Time Machine
Sheep
HKOA
Founding member Wong Ka Hang Kevin. Also the creator of Mimosa (GUI client for GGS server).
Disco
HKOA
Founding member Mak Wai Tung Thomas.
Current HKOA
Current HKOA
(香港黑白棋會)
Current Hong Kong Othello Association was founded in 1999 by Wong Ka Hang Kevin (Sheep), Tsoi Chun Yip (Yip) & Mak Wai Tung Thomas (Disco).
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Former HKOA
Former HKOA
(香港奧賽羅棋協會)
Former Hong Kong Othello Association was established on 1st August 1995 by Mr. Wong Chi Wah.
80s-90s
80s to 90s
News Clipping
by Wong Chi Wah
Clip 1: 奧賽羅
Clip 2: 蘋果棋
AppleChess
Apple Chess
Othello became popular in Hong Kong after the promotional board game "Apple Chess" which was used in an advertising campaign for Apple jeans in 1977 .
OthelloGoro
Othello
The game of Othello was defined and patented by Goro Hasegawa in Japan in 1971.
Reversi
Reversi
Image from FFO
Englishmen Lewis Waterman and John W. Mollett both claim to have invented the game of Reversi in 1883.