United States Othello Association
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The USOA is connected with the (trademarked) game of Othello, which is closely connected with the historical game Reversi
. The following quote appears in an old issue of its journal, the Othello Quarterly
: "Membership in the United States Othello Association (USOA) is available to all residents of the United States. The USOA is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the advancement of the game of Othello in the United States; its activities include conducting, sponsoring, or sanctioning tournaments, maintaining a national rating system for active players, and publishing instructional materials, including OTHELLO QUARTERLY." At the present time, the USOA continues in this state with all of these functions, with the exception of the currently defunct journal. In the previous year (2009), only a small number of tournaments directly giving opportunities to play for the United States team at the official world championship (which was last year held in Ghent, Belgium, and generally moves from place to place annually) were held.
Reversi
Reversi is a board game involving abstract strategy and played by two players on a board with 8 rows and 8 columns and a set of distinct pieces for each side. Pieces typically are disks with a light and a dark face, each face belonging to one player...
. The following quote appears in an old issue of its journal, the Othello Quarterly
Othello Quarterly
The Othello Quarterly was the journal of the United States Othello Association, and was dedicated to the modern version of the game whose generic name is Reversi. It was published from the late 1970s until circa 2007....
: "Membership in the United States Othello Association (USOA) is available to all residents of the United States. The USOA is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the advancement of the game of Othello in the United States; its activities include conducting, sponsoring, or sanctioning tournaments, maintaining a national rating system for active players, and publishing instructional materials, including OTHELLO QUARTERLY." At the present time, the USOA continues in this state with all of these functions, with the exception of the currently defunct journal. In the previous year (2009), only a small number of tournaments directly giving opportunities to play for the United States team at the official world championship (which was last year held in Ghent, Belgium, and generally moves from place to place annually) were held.