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The second edition of Math4Fun took place on Saturday, November 15, 2025, in Lausanne. Twenty-four mixed teams competed for an hour to solve as many problems as possible. About fifty problems for four levels were made available. Each participant solved one problem at a time and received the next one when the answer was correct.…

The 40th international championship has begun. All the information can be found on our online site. A new set of problems is being presented to all our participants. After the semi-final on Saturday, March 14, and the Swiss final on Saturday, May 30, the best Swiss competitors will be invited to the international final on…

On August 23 and 24, 59 Swiss competitors took part in the international final held in Mahdia, Tunisia. We came home with several podium finishes. The results are available here.See you in mid-November for the start of the 40th championship. Around 15 countries took part in the international final, with approximately 400 participants. The organizers…

On August 25 and 26, Paris played host to the international final of the 38th championship of mathematical and logic games at the prestigious École polytechnique de Paris. In a festive and competitive atmosphere, 65 Swiss finalists, aged from 9 to 51, had the honor of meeting other mathematics enthusiasts from all over the world.…

The first qualifying round is fast approaching, especially for the Mathematical Olympiad and Physics Olympiad. The Mathematics Olympiads offer students a unique opportunity to share their enthusiasm for mathematics with other young people from all over Switzerland. In addition, workshops and camps are organized to enable them to further develop their knowledge and skills. Participation…

Several media outlets reported on the semi-finals of the Championship. Canal9 and Rhône FM covered the regional center in Sion. The Freiburger Nachrichten published an article on the semifinal in Fribourg.

A look back at a successful Celebration of Math held at EPFL’s Rolex Center on November 23. The FSJM took part in the interactive mathematics exhibition and presented the questions of the 38th championship of mathematical and logical games, and offered puzzles to math enthusiasts! The event was well attended and a real success!

The international final of the mathematical games 2023 was successfully held in Wrocław. After two days of intense competition, the 161 Swiss finalists put in an outstanding performance, winning 4 gold medals and one bronze in the 8 categories represented. Detailed rankings are available on the Polish organization’s website. Wrocław fulfilled its mission by hosting,…

The young Jurassian won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Mathys is also a regular at the FSJM, with numerous participations in the international finals of the Championship of mathematical games. He was also part of the Swiss delegation at Euromath. The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) was held at the beginning of July…

Additional qualifications according to score have been made. Congratulations to the 62 qualifiers for the international final. The questions and solutions are available. Photos of the final will be published soon in the gallery. An article was published in La Liberté and the GVJM was interviewed on Rhône FM.

Cesco Reale, a long time participant to the Championship, organizes two days on mathematical games at the Swiss Museum of Games in La Tour-de-Peilz. All information is available on the website of the Swiss Museum of Games.

Several media outlets reported on the semifinals of the championship. Canal9 visited the semifinals center in Sion. The semifinals were held on the same day in the other countries participating in the championship, including France. The person in charge of the semifinal in Yverdon was interviewed by La Région.

Register until March 9 for the Kangaroo Competition 2023. To all teachers,March 16 will be held the 2023 edition of the Kangaroo Competition, which since 2003 gathers every year more than 40’000 students.There is still time to register if you haven’t already done so, as the deadline for registration is March 9.You can find more…

The list of individual non-school participants who are qualified for the semifinal on the 18th of March is now available. To ensure discretion, and because we also like to play, full names are not shown.Instead, each person is represented by their initials (first name, last name) and the number created by adding their postal code…

The Groupement Valaisan des Jeux Mathématiques was invited yesterday on the local radio. This group organizes the quarter and semi-finals of the Championship in the canton. The interview can be found on the website of the radio.

Official photos of the international final are now available. They can be found here.

A big bravo and merci to everyone for your contribution to this beautiful event. All rankings have been published. Questions, solutions and video explanations (RAMA) of both days are available on our Archives page. Here are also some statistics of the results of the first day, of the second day and combined. See you soon…

Here are the intermediate documents. The rankings have been uploaded. Questions, solutions and the video of the RAMA (explanations of the questions) are available on the Archives page. We also provide the solution statistics of the questions for each category. Congratulations for your results on the first day, and good luck tomorrow!

The general planning of the international final of the 36th Championship has been published. It can be found on the dedicated page.

It was a beautiful day under the Zurich sun. Dear friends of mathematics, 600 people took part this Saturday, May 14, 2022 in the Swiss final of the 36th International Championship of Mathematical and Logical Games, which went magnificently well at the ETH Zurich. The questions and solutions are available. Among the participants, a good…

The Swiss national final takes place on May 14 in the main building of ETH Zurich, with the welcome desk opening at 12pm. The invitations were sent on April 5 via postal mail or email, depending on the contact information at our disposal. The participants who did not receive anything are kindly asked to contact…

3630 people took part in the semi-final of the 36th Championship of Mathematical and Logical Games on Saturday, March 19, 2022. We are in the process of publishing the rankings of the semi-finals. The questions and solutions will follow in a few days. Update 28.03.2022: and here are the questions and the solutions. Update 03.04.2022:…

The list of individual non-school participants who are qualified for the semifinal on the 19th of March is now available. To ensure discretion, and because we also like to play, full names are not shown.Instead, each person is represented by their initials (first name, last name) and the number created by adding their postal code…

Cesco Reale, a long time participant to the Championship, organizes an “exhibition-workshop” on games and math. Tuesday to Friday from 4 to 6 PM, Saturday from 2 to 6 PM. Flyer of the exhibition-workshop

We are very pleased with the success of the first OWMC, which took place on 28 August 2021 and gathered 2500 participants from more than 50 nations! We are particularly happy about the massive involvement in German-speaking Switzerland and the support of ETH Zürich!Article of the ETHZ: https://inf.ethz.ch/news-and-events/spotlights/infk-news-channel/2021/08/world-math-contest-2021.html The questions (DE, EN, FR, IT, AR,…

The Swiss final of the 35th Championship of Mathematical and Logical Games took place online on Saturday, May 8, 2021 and was huge success with 93% participation, despite a sunny day that did not encourage to do mathematics all afternoon. The 615 qualified people present at this final had to use their brains to solve…

More than 3000 people took part in the semi-final of the 35th Championship of Mathematical and Logical Games on Saturday, March 20, 2021. The participation was so high that our mail servers could not cope with the shock, creating some stress for many of you, but rest assured, all the answers have been recorded. Congratulations…

The list of individual non-school participants who are qualified for the semifinal on the 20th of March is now available. To ensure discretion, and because we also like to play, full names are not shown.Instead, each person is represented by their initials (first name, last name), followed by the number created by adding their postal…

The International Final of the Championship of Mathematical and Logical Games should have taken place during August 2020 in Lausanne. Following the cancellation of the Championship, the involved federations endorsed us in the organization of the next edition. Switzerland will thus have the pleasure to host its first International Final at EPFL in 2021. As…

The timed rankings of the Swiss final are available. Congratulation to everyone for your participation. CE – CM – C1 – C2 – L1 – L2 – GP – HC Update: and here are the rankings “for fun”: CE – CM – C1 – C2 – L1 – L2 – GP – HC The questions…

Following the great success of the online semifinal, the FSJM organizes the Swiss final of the championship in the same format. Qualified participants, as well as everyone in Switzerland or elsewhere, can participate to the Swiss final of the current championship on Saturday, the 9th of May 2020 at 2 p.m., at home on www.fsjm.ch.

Congratulation to everyone for your participation. You can review the questions in German, English, French and Italian. Answers are available as well. The ranking of “timed” participants mentions qualifiees for the swiss finals on May 9. The ranking “for fun” will be published soon. Update: and here is the ranking “for fun”.

Following the cancellation of this 34th Championship, an email is sent to all participants who have paid their participation fee, with instructions for a possible refund. If you have not received it, please contact the treasurer at tresorier@fsjm.ch.

The continuation of the 34th International Championship for Mathematical and Logical Games is CANCELED IN SWITZERLAND. However, we’ll be waiting for you on our website on Saturday, March 21 at 2pm: everyone, qualified or not for the semifinals, from Switzerland and other nations, is invited to take part in this semifinal for the pleasure to…

The FSJM committee closely keeps an eye on the news concerning the coronavirus and will keep you regularly informed about its incidence on the semifinals of Saturday 21 March.

The list of individual participants who are qualified for the semifinals on the 21st of March is now available. To ensure discretion, and because we also like to play, full names are not shown.Instead, each person is represented by their initials (first name, last name), followed by the number created by adding their postal code…

Here’s how to participate. You can find some general information about the championship on the dedicated page. The steps to participate online individually are as follows: Good luck and have fun!