Kangourou 2017
May 2017: the 1st Italian Challenge of Mental Calculation, organized by Dario De Toffoli together with Kangourou Italia, took place in Cervia.
Events
17° Città di Jesolo
April 27th-May 1st 2017: Our Dario Zaccariotto, National Adviser of CNB (Circuito Nazionale Backgammon), organized and supervised, together with Alfonso Sara and Cesare Nanti, the 17° Backgammon Tournament Città di Jesolo. 120 participants for a real celebration of backgammon!
Premio Archimede 2018 – Giury
April 2017: two more publishers are now supporting Premio Archimede 2018: Kosmos and Queen games!
Premio Archimede 2018 – Notice
April 2017: tender notice and participation form to the next edition of Premio Archimede are now online!
Casino Campione Challenge
January 2017: the German player Julian Becker wins the first "Casino Campione Challenge" International Backgammon Tournament, beating in a tense final the Russian player Nodar Gagua.
Premio Archimede 2016 – Final ceremony
October 2016: the Playlist with the 7 videos of the final ceremony of the Premio Archimede 2016 is online.
Premio Archimede 2016
October 2016: The Premio Archimede 2016 has been won by the game Tergste by Eric Orel! Second place to Monster Evolution by Guido Albini. Third place to Heinrich IV by Christian Scheibner. In the next days pictures, videos and comments about the Final Day.
Premio Archimede 2016 – Interview
September 2016: click here to watch the 20 little interviews that we improvized during the Premio Archimede.
Casino Campione Challenge
The schedule of the "Casino Campione Challenge" is online. The CCC will take place in 2017 from January 27 to 29 and is organized by studiogiochi in collaboration with CNB (Circuito Nazionale Backgammon) and WBA (World backgammon Association). The participation fee is reasonable and the atmosphere very friendly (although strict in its rules): we are all looking forward to play with old and new backgammon friends!
Premio Archimede 2016: the program
September 2016: the program of the final ceremony of the Premio Archimede 2016 is online. The Event will take place on October 1st at the San Leonardo Hall of Venice.
Premio Archimede 2016: the long-list
September 2016: finally here the long-list of the 84 games (with photos) of the Premio Archimede 2016 that have been selected for the final competition, that will take place on October 1st in Venice.
Premio Archimede 2016
July 2016: New record for the Premio Archimede 2016! It is official, the registered games are 164, a new record after the 146 participant games of the 2012 Edition.
Premio Archimede 2016
May 2016: the Prize is recognized by GioNa (Associazione Nazionale delle Città in Gioco) and by UISP (Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti), for its social and cultural value; Furio Honsell, GioNa Presidente and Mayor of the city of Udine will join the Event.
Premio Archimede 2016
May 2016: it is official, the final ceremony of the Premio Archimede will take place on October 1st, at the San Leonardo Hall in Venice, thanks to the collaboration and support of the Municipality of Venice-Murano-Burano.
16th Città di Jesolo
21-25 April 2016: Dario Zaccariotto has been reconfirmed councillor of the national organization CNB (Circuito Nazionale Backgammon) and collaborated with Alfonso Sara and Cesare Nanti for the organization of the 16th Tournament "Città di Jesolo", with some good results of the studiogiochi team and some old acquaintances.
Premio Archimede 2016 – The jury
April 14 2016: here we are! The complete list of our Premio Archimede 2016 jury members! We are happy and proud to get every year more attention.
Carrara Show 2015: Games and Gambling
30 May 2015: during the event Carrara Show, Uisp, GioNa and studiogiochi presented the meeting "Game and gambling. A talk about the problems of gambling". Dario De Toffoli introduced and coordinated the meeting.
Carrara Show: Archivio Italiano dei Giochi
1 June 2015: during the Carrara Show, Dario De Toffoli and Furio Honsell (Mayor of Udine and GioNa President) presented and talked about the project "The idea of the Italian Archive of Games".
Carrara Show: Premio Archimede 2016
Sunday May 31, 03:30 p.m. - VERSO IL PREMIO ARCHIMEDE 2016
During the Carrara Show, Leo Colovini presented the 2016 Edition together with the Jury President Niek Neuwahl.
Carrara Show: Zoch
Sunday May 31, 03:00 p.m. - ZOCH, A GERMAN EDITORIAL PHENOMENON
Conversation with its founder Albrecht Wernstein, with Leo Colovini and Niek Neuwahl.