Itte Dojo
一手道場

Reversi openingsNamed lines, move by move

Openings are standard move orders for the first moves of the game. Step through each named line on the board.

The first two moves

Black has four first moves — f5, d3, c4, e6 — but they are the same position turned or mirrored. This site writes lines from f5 (some English lists start from c4, the board turned 180 degrees).

White has three replies, and each has a name.

NameMovesMain lines
Perpendicular openingf5 d6Tiger, Cat, No-Cat, Rabbit
Diagonal openingf5 f6Cow, Heath, Buffalo, Snake
Parallel openingf5 f4—

All openings on this site

OpeningMovesPage
Tigerf5 d6 c3 d3 c4Tiger
Leader's Tigerf5 d6 c3 d3 c4 f4 e6Tiger
Comp'Othf5 d6 c3 d3 c4 f4 f6 f3Tiger
No-Kungf5 d6 c3 d3 c4 f4 f6 g5Tiger
Rose-Billf5 d6 c3 d3 c4 f4 c5 b3 c2Tiger
Catf5 d6 c4 d3 c5Cat and No-Cat
No-Catf5 d6 c4 g5Cat and No-Cat
Swallowf5 d6 c4 g5 c6Cat and No-Cat
Rabbitf5 d6 c5 f4 e3Rabbit and Rose
Rosef5 d6 c5 f4 e3 c6 d3 f6 e6 d7Rabbit and Rose
Cowf5 f6 e6 f4 e3Cow and the diagonal lines
Rose-v-Tothf5 f6 e6 f4 e3 c5 c4Cow and the diagonal lines
Heathf5 f6 e6 f4 g5Cow and the diagonal lines
Buffalof5 f6 e6 f4 c3Cow and the diagonal lines
Snakef5 f6 e6 f4 g6Cow and the diagonal lines

In the dojo

When you play in the Reversi dojo, the move list shows which opening you are in. Games that start from another first move are turned around and matched the same way.

In the opening drill you can play these lines as Black or White from memory; lines you get wrong come back for review.

How the names and moves were checked

Names and move orders were checked against the two references below. The English list starts from c4, so its lines were turned 180 degrees to start from f5. A test on this site checks that every line is legal.