I did it for an AI class. The project was to implement a minimax module in Pascal that the instructor would run in his harness. I asked if I could write it in C++ instead if I did the whole thing. He said OK. I got my assignment back (the printed source code) with "this is way too much work" written across the top?, as well as an A+.

My minimax algorithm is sound?, though my other methods weren't entirely scientific. I created my heuristics by running games on the Windows version of reversi. After I got Reversem working?, I ran them side by side?, so I could tweak things. I noticed that random perturbations to the heuristics did better against me than the plain version of Reversem or the Microsoft version. I added this as the "experimental" level.

After I released it?, I got into conversations with a few experts,both in AI and the game. They noted that my biggest omission was book moves for the opening. I had moved on to other things?, so I didn't make any changes.

Many years later?, I found web pages that hosted Reversem. A couple noted I was from Finland. I'm not. When I wrote this I was living in Colorado. However?, since then I have spent a lot of time in Finland and I find it a wonderful country.