John Baker: *nod* the start in this way always seems to be the same in the diagonal start
in the straight start i went with the tactic of getting as many 'inner pieces' as possible without creating a frontier (as was explained to me before in a reversi fellowship) .. if i cant find an inner piece i will usually go for a corner stone of the inner sqaure (for example C6) .. which is usually what i end up doing in the diagonal start .. i dont know if thats good though .. it just feels right .. but i try not to build that inner corner into a frontier