Reversi strategy: take the corners
Corners are the most valuable squares in Reversi: a disc there can never be flipped. Learn why, and practise grabbing one. Winning ideas · lesson 1 of 4.
The lesson in words
A disc in a corner can never be flipped: there’s no square beyond it to trap it from.
Corners are also anchors. Discs along the edges next to your corner become hard to flip too.
Black has left a corner open for you.
Try it: Take the corner.
A corner is yours for good. Next: the squares that give corners away.
Questions
Can your corner disc ever be flipped back?
Never. Nothing can be placed beyond a corner, so it can’t be trapped.