4 May 2023: here we are, on Saturday 6 May the Italian Mental Calculation Championship will take place in Udine, in collaboration with Università di Udine, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, AcegasApsAmga, Mensa Italia and Olimpiadi della Matematica. Over 100 competitors who will compete!
April 2023: we are happy to announce that a selection of games from the bautiful exhibition The Game - The role of Emergency, will also participate in the Premio Archimede 2023. The games were created by the students of the Communication Design course at the IUAV.
April 2023: the terms of participation are definitely closed, and the Premio Archimede has marked a new incredible record: the number of prototypes for the 2023 edition are 238!
16 March 2023: entries for the 2023 Archimede Prize will expire on March 31st, but only for those present at the IDEAG National Meeting (scheduled for 1-2 April in Parma), it will be possible to register directly on site and by way of derogation!
9 March 2023: we are pleased to announce that the next Italian Mental Calculus Championship will take place on 6 May 2023 in Udine, in collaboration with Università di Udine, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, AcegasApsAmga, Mensa Italia.
11 April 2022: the final ranking of the Italian Mental Calculation Championship has been published, together with the story and photos of this extraordinary event.
4 April 2022: there are only a few days left to the live final of the Italian Mental Calculation Championship, which will take place on Saturday 9 April at the Luiss University in Rome. Find out the details!
6 aprile 2022: Italy is Backgammon World Champion, having beaten the Japanese squadron in the final, in the beautiful venue of the Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido of Venice.
5 April 2022: La Gazzetta di Parma talks about our Grande libro del calcolo veloce e mentale (Great book of fast and mental calculation) in a beautiful review signed by Cesare Pastarini.
25 March 2022: did you design a game and would like to show it to the most important publishers and have it published? The notice of competition for Premio Archimede 2023 is now online, with all the information you need to participate to the biggest Italian contest for unpublished board games!
12 October 2021: we are pleased to announce that the next Italian Mental Calculation Championship will take place on 9th April 2022 in Rome, at the LUISS University and in collaboration with Kangourou.
3 October 2021: OverbooKing by Filippo Landini wins the Premio Archimede 2021! The ranking with 17 finalists and the winners of other prizes is online. Provisional video of the announcement is also available, excellent directed by Marco Mion.
29 September 2021: the Premio Archimede is in its final stages! These days the international jury is testing the finalist games. The announcement of the winners will be broadcast premiered on YouTube on Sunday 3 October at 9 pm. Meanwhile, we are publishing the first photos and videos.
9 September 2021: during the next weeks the final jury will gather to play and vote for the finalist prototypes. Sunday 3 October the Premio Archimede 2021 will finally come to an end with the announcement of the winners.
11 August 2021: here we are! Friday 13th August, the XXV Mind Sports Olympiad will start, and for sure Dario’s "Chronicles from the boards” arrives as well.
7 July 2021: it's now online the exhibition showcasing the 110 games that passed the first selection of Premio Archimede 2021 and that have been admitted entered the Long-list. The competition is heating up!