Ola Mikael Hansson

<p>I was born in 1974 and have been enjoying abstract games since my childhood.</p> <p>I used to play Othello competitively, and took part in two world championships: Athens 1997 and New York 2001. I also won the Swedish Championship in 1999.</p> <p>I also programmed an Othello program, which was (in different versions) named either Unicorn or Corn, which while good enough to beat me (and most humans), sadly never was one of the top programs. I have also programmed AIs for Checkers, Kalah and Arimaa.</p> <p>My favourite abstracts are:<br> Creeper<br> *Star<br> Project Kell: Sacred Hill<br> Project Kell: High Kings of Tara<br> Santorini<br> Rumis<br> Amazons<br> Othello<br> Mastery<br> ConHex<br> Game of Y<br> Dvonn<br> Guard & Towers<br> Dama (Turkish Checkers)<br> Shogi</p> <p>I also enjoy playing Eurogames, and can be found on Boardgamegeek as unic. Particularly, I enjoy the no-luck and no-hidden information 18xx series of train games.</p> <p>My wife is registered as tinykitty here and I love her dearly and enjoy her company much - even more than I enjoy playing abstract games :)</p> <p>Top ratings achieved here:<br> <table border="1"> <tr><td>WYPS</td><td>1753</td><td>11th July 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>Go</td><td>6.5k</td><td>1st June 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>Hex 13x13</td><td>1613</td><td>19th June 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>Reversi</td><td>2046</td><td>1st June 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>Reversi 10x10</td><td>2050</td><td>27th June 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>Dvonn</td><td>1797</td><td>17th June 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>Amazon</td><td>1795</td><td>10th April 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>Golem Word Game</td><td>1611</td><td>1st June 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>Four in a row</td><td>1656</td><td>1st June 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>Gomoku</td><td>1620</td><td>14th July 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>StreetSoccer</td><td>1713</td><td>13th May 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>Dots and Boxes</td><td>1646</td><td>9th July 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>Lines of Action</td><td>1696</td><td>17th June 2009</td></tr> <tr><td>Havannah</td><td>1753</td><td>27th June 2009</td></tr> </table>