| Official Rules | The Best Rules |
| II. TOURNAMENT FORMAT 5. Pairings when a Swiss system is used 5.2. Second and subsequent rounds ... vii) Players should alternate colours from round to round. | This rule is no need. Line: BWWBBWWBB … is more good than line: BWBWBWBWB … Do pairings more free! |
| IV. CONDUCT AND SCORING OF INDIVIDUAL GAMES 2.… If, during the game, a player is left without discs, the table official shall arrange for a sufficient number of discs to be transferred from the player's opponent. To do that he is allowed to stop the clocks for the time required. | A pass is a virtual move. If player passes, he must transfer one disc from the opponent (near clocks). This procedure is real fixation of pass. Players want to have Othello discs always! Do not stop the clocks for the time required! Do not distract players! |
| 6. … The defaulting player is given two extra minutes. The game is then continued with the true final score standing, save that the non-defaulting player is guaranteed at least a 33-31 win. If the defaulting player's flag falls a second time, the game is scored 64-0. If the flag of the non-defaulting player falls, he too is given an extra two minutes, and the true score stands, unless his flag falls a second time. In this last case, the game is scored as a 33-31 win for the non-defaulting player. | The defaulting and non-defaulting players are given two extra minutes simpleously. The game is then continued with the true final score standing, save that the non-defaulting player is guaranteed at least a 33-31 win. If the defaulting player's flag falls a second time, the game is scored 64-0. If the flag of the non-defaulting player falls, the game is scored as a 33-31 win for the non-defaulting player. Do not distract players! when the flag of the non-defaulting player falls. |