Championship

The Italian Open is an official Championship approved by the IAM, l’International Association of Memory.

The Open format provides the participation of competitors from any nation and a double award ceremony (with trophies and prize money): podium for the Italian competitors and podium for the Open category, therefore without distinction of nationality.

They will take place in the National format meaning with 10 events with length between 5 and 15 minutes of memorization, the shortest of the 3 formats of the classical competitions and therefore also the best for beginners.
Here are the 10 events:

• 5-minute Numbers (2 attempts)
• 5-minute Binary
• 5-minute Images
• 5-minute Names
• 5-minute Words
• 5-minute Dates
• 10-minute Cards
• 15-minute Numbers
• Spoken Numbers (3 attempts)
• Speedcards (2 attempts)

For the rules please read the IAM RULEBOOK.

It will be a digital competition meaning every competitor must bring their own PC. The software that will be used is the IAM Competition Software, you can train with it at the following link.
The only event to take place without the PC will be Speedcards (memorization of a deck of cards as fast as possible) for which there are 2 attempts and for which each competitor must bring their own decks of cards, 4: 2 for the first attempt (memorization and recall), 2 for the second.

This does NOT mean that it’s a remote championship, attendance is mandatory as in every official IAM event.

You can bring up to 2 people with you that are not competitors but we don’t recommend it (and in that case you need to specify the names in the registration form).

To take part in the competition (as well as to spectate and see the award cerimony) it’s mandatory to have the full green pass (vaccination – with 3rd dose or 2nd if less than 6 months old – or recovery, testing is not enough to access the university).

Also be sure that you can enter Italy from your country, click here to see the current regulations.

For every question you can reach us at campionati.memoria@gmail.com
By clicking here you can reach the Facebook event.

Schedule

Sunday, 2 April

Arrival and registration 10:00

Names 10:30-10:50
5 min numbers 11:05-11:25
Dates 11:40-12:00
5 min numbers 12:15-12:35

Lunch 12:35-14:10

Images 14:10-14:30
10 min cards 14:40-15:20
Binary 15:35-15:55
Spoken 100 16:10-16:20
Spoken 300 16:35-16:55

End of day one 17:00

Sunday, 3 April

Arrival 9:45

Spoken 550 10:00-10:35
Words 10:50-11:10
15 min numbers 11:20-12:05
Speedcards 1 12:20-12:40
Speedcards 2 13:00-13:20

Awards cerimony 14:30-15:30

We hope to see many of you taking part in the competition!