Mathematical games: 2023 final | Tangente

International Mathematical Games Championship: the 2023 French final

After two years without an international final because of the pandemic, the 36th Championship held its final outside France for the first time, in Lausanne, Switzerland, while the final round of the 37th Championship will take place on August 25 and 26, 2023, at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Poland

This 37^th Championship also marks a changing of the guard in the FFJM's leadership, with a new website and improved communication. The number of schools organizing the Championship—with problem sets tailored to elementary, middle and high schools—has increased considerably. New partners, NumWorks and Qwant, have joined Tangente, which has supported the FFJM from the outset, and the Championship has also benefited from the support of the Blaise Pascal Foundation.

This year, the Championship also revived its national final, which had not been held in France for more than fifteen years. It took place simultaneously in six cities—Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg, Rennes, Bordeaux and Marseille—and the announcement of all the results for the 350 finalists was broadcast by video link to all six venues.

The French final standings ----------------------------------

In the high school, university student, and adult categories,

the final standings are already known.

High-school students:

French champion: Martin VIDAL OGER, from Paris (75).

French runner-up: Vico CHE-HE, from Paris (75).

3^rd place: Victor Gounot, from Barcelona, Spain.

Students:

French champion: Émile FRESSON, from Lyon (69).

French runner-up: Tanguy DE WOLF, from Nanterre (92).

3^rd place: Maxence BERGERE, from Le Mans (72).

Adults (General Public):

French champion: Valentin MIAKINEN, from Choisy-le-Roi (94).

French runner-up: Cyril CONTANT, from Magnicourt-en-Comte (62).

3^rd place: Fabien LANGLOIS, from Montjean-sur-Loire (49).

Adults (Elite Competition):

French champion: Rodolfo NIBORSKI, from Paris (75).

French runner-up: Daniel COLLIGNON, from Aix-en-Provence (13).

3^rd place: Timothée VARGENAU, from La Norville (91).

The French Federation of Mathematical Games (FFJM) -----------------------------------------------------

The FFJM is an association founded by Gilles Cohen in 1986, one year before the magazine Tangente. Its aims are:

• to develop mathematics through games;

• to make problem-solving central to teaching;

• to enhance the image of mathematics;

• to share the pleasure of mathematical inquiry.

Every year since the 1986–87 school year, it has organized a Mathematical and Logical Games Championship open to everyone, from elementary-school children to adults of all ages and educational backgrounds. Adults are divided into two categories: General Public (GP) and Elite Competition (HC).

Since 2000, the FFJM has also selected the French team that competes in the World Puzzle Championship and the World Sudoku Championship. It is now the French member of the World Puzzle Federation, which organizes these competitions.