30th August 2022
For the 6th time Senior World Pentamind Champion!
And 6th in the overall ranking, with 8 medals (5/1/2), ahead of incredible players I thought I couldn’t beat anymore. In the podium with me Riccardo Gueci and Piero Zama: three old Italian men proved (with their 207 years and 21 medals) that the is no age limit to enjoy playing and competing against the best players in the world.
Andres Kuusk, from Estonia, won the Pentamind for the 5th time, ahead of Maciej Brzeski and Ankusk Khandelwal.
Italy was 2nd as a country with an astonishing result of 36 medals (13/7/16).
Much more detailed chronicles to follow soon… now a plane to catch.
Dario De Toffoli
19th August 2022
Here we are, after 3 difficult years the MSO are back live, from 21 to 29 August 2022, in the usual JW3 venue in London.
And we’ll be there!
In fact, Italy will participate with a real team, perhaps the most competitive they have ever fielded.
There will be the three relentless old men who are not yet ready for the hospice and will try to compete in as many tournaments as possible: obviously I’m talking about myself, Riccardo Gueci and Piero Zama.
Daniele Ferri will be present to manage his beloved Vegetables and to reaffirm his supremacy in the Rummikub.
There will be Andrea Muzii, super champion of Memory, perhaps accompanied by other exponents of the newborn Italian school.
The abstract specialists, Francesco Salerno and Maurizio De Leo will be present.
There will be Paolo Ciuccatosti with his team of “eurogamers”: Stefano Teatini, Alessandro Calamida, G. Aprea and Eleonora Sisci.
And maybe others will add on later!
In short, without flattering ourselves, there are reasonable hopes for a good haul of medals.
In the meantime, here is the program, registrations will open shortly and – hopefully – the modalities of each individual tournament will be communicated.
Dario De Toffoli
ITALIAN PLAYERS MEDAL TABLE | ||||||
N. | NAME | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL | |
1 | Dario De Toffoli | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
2 | Riccardo Gueci | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
3 | Piero Zama | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
4 | Daniele Ferri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | Paolo Ciuccatosti | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
6 | Francesco Salerno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Stefano Marchetto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | Maurizio De Leo | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
9 | Cosimo Cardellicchio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Daniele Vergine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
11 | Stefano Cavicchi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
TOTAL | 13 | 7 | 20 | 40 |
MEDALS BY EVENT
7 Wonders Duel
Stefano Marchetto
Titouan Grolleau
David Pearce
Abalone
Vincent Frochot
David Pearce
Maurizio De Leo
Acquire
Dario De Toffoli
Georg-Romet Topkin
Ankush Khandelwal
Backgammon Cumulative (best 5)
Martyn Hamer
Mahmoud Jahanbani
Dario De Toffoli
Chess – Atomic
Tim Hebbes
Etan Ilfeld
Riccardo Gueci
Colour Chess WC
Vasil Georgiev
Alain Dekker
Maurizio De Leo
Continuo WC
Matthew Hathrell
Ricardo Jorge Gomes
David Pearce
Maurizio De Leo
Cribbage Pairs
Dario De Toffoli
Piero Zama
Kelda Smith
Roella Smith
Andrea Smith
Paul Smith
Cribbage Singles
Piero Zama
Søren Jensen
Gerald Jacobs
Dominoes 5s & 3s
Martin Thompson
Marc Tastet
Piero Zama
Draughts
Mantas Janavicius
Tony Boyle
Maurizio De Leo
Hive
Francesco Salerno
Alex Freeland
Maurizio De Leo
Memory – Marathon
Ewelina Preś
Susanne Hippauf
Daniele Vergine
Memory – Overall Championship
Ewelina Preś
Susanne Hippauf
Daniele Vergine
Mensa Connections
Daniele Ferri
Matthew Hathrell
James Heppell
Oware
Seth Bonti-Asamoah
Maurizio De Leo
Paul Smith
Patchwork
Matt Tucker
Ricardo Jorge Gomes
Maurizio De Leo
Pentamind (Senior)
Dario De Toffoli
Riccardo Gueci
Piero Zama
Perudo (Liar’s Dice)
Paolo Ciuccatosti
Maciej Brzeski
Alistair Hill
Poker – 7 Card Stud
David Jameson
Riccardo Gueci
Martin Thompson
Poker – Amateur Championship
Riccardo Gueci
Dario De Toffoli
Ali SAFA
Poker – London Lowball
Dario De Toffoli
Tim Hebbes
Riccardo Gueci
Poker – Omaha
Etan Ilfeld
Alain Dekker
Dario De Toffoli
Poker – Texas Holdem
Riccardo Gueci
Tim Hebbes
Martin Hõbemägi
Puerto Rico
Mike Dixon
Emily Dixon
Paolo Ciuccatosti
Rummikub
Dario De Toffoli
Titouan Grolleau
Piero Zama
Stratego Duel WC
Dimitrios Kosmopoulos
Søren Jensen
Riccardo Gueci
Stratego Classic
Dimitrios Kosmopoulos
Søren Jensen
Riccardo Gueci
Trench WC
David Pearce
Andres Kuusk
Madli Mirme
Maurizio De Leo
Twixt WC
Florian Jamain
Cosimo Cardellicchio
Marc Tastet
VEGEtables
Natasha Regan
Daniele Ferri
Paolo Ciuccatosti
Stefano Cavicchi
CHRONICLES FROM THE BOARDS
Mind Sports Olympiad XXVI
LONDON – 21th-29th August 2022
Most of texts are available only in Italian
PHOTOS
VIDEOS
Complete closing ceremony and medals (37′ 30″)
The full Italian podium of Senior Pentamind (2′ 01″)