Iago

Iago is a Othello playing program. The player and the program take turns placing their black or white pieces on the board. Enclosed pieces in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal role change color. The goal is to claim the largest part of the board before the board is full.

Iago played on the Northwestern Man-Machine Othello Tournament in June 1980 and finished fifth out of eight. It did manage to win a match against world champion Hiroshi Inoue. An improved iteration of the program competed again in the Santa Cruz Open Machine Othello Tournament in January 1981 and won all matches played.