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The first Swedish Memory Championships Announced.
The time has come to crown The Best Memory Champion in Sweden when the first Swedish Memory Championships, SMC, is launched on the 26th of September at the Universeum in Gothenburg. The event is the initiative of Idriz Zogaj, co-founder of The Swedish Memory Sports Council. As well as around ten Swedish participants, several international mental athletes are expected to take part.
At the end of 2008 the Swedish Memory Sports Council, SMSC, was founded and registered with the World Memory Sports Council. This year the National Swedish Memory team was founded and Idriz is putting a great deal of effort in trying to get others to compete in memory. One of the last pieces of the puzzle is the The Swedish Memory Championships, that will take part on Saturday the 26th of September at the Universeum in Gothenburg.
For full information see the Latest News page.
BEN PRIDMORE retains the title of World Memory Champion at the conclusion of the 18th World Memory Championships in London
 After three days of intense competition, the 18th World Memory Championship had a nail biting finish on Saturday 14th of November, which could not have been closer. However, reigning Champion Ben Pridmore from the UK, emerged victorious, making this his third World Memory Champion title.
Over the ten disciplines, which took place over the three days of the competition, Ben's cummulative Championship points were 7,854. Runner up was Johannes Mallow from Germany with 7,321 Championships points followed, in third place by fellow German Simon Reinhard with 7,137.
Despite achieving a higher score than last year, previous World Memory Champion Dr Gunther Karsten had to settle for forth place with 6,958 - only 28 points less than what it took him to win the Championships in 2007 - a sure sign of the increasing achievments of top competitors year by year.
CONGRATULATIONS to Junior Memory Champion Dorothea Seitz and also to the Kids Memory Champion Song Xiatong.
FULL SCORES http://www.worldmemorychampionships.com/2009_Results_Day_Three.asp
See videos of Ben and other highlights from the competition on the Official Memory Blog website www.memory-sports.com
Ben Pridmore's previous achievement in Memory http://web.aanet.com.au/memorysports/competitor.php?id=29
To compare the results of previous Championships http://web.aanet.com.au/memorysports/championships.php
Johannes Mallow memory achievments http://web.aanet.com.au/memorysports/competitor.php?id=189
Simon Reinhard's memory achievements - http://web.aanet.com.au/memorysports/competitor.php?id=371
Read the article in the Sunday INDEPENDENT newspaper - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/an-unforgettable-memory-contest-1820956.html
LONDON TIMES ARTICLE FROM FRIDAY http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6914846.ece
CBS Evening News http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5651392n
BBC Radio 4 http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/today/hi/today/newsid_8358000/8358650.stm
BBC - Dominic O'Brien explains the technique memory athletes use to remember number sequences < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/today/hi/today/newsid_8358000/8358650.stm >
Gunther broke the first World Record in the 2009 Championships in the Abstract Images. A new world record in the One Hour Number discipline was set by both Wang Feng and Su Ruiqiao also from China, Johannes Mallow from Germany broke the world record in Historic Dates by recalling 118 dates in 15 minutes.
MEDAL TABLE 2009
| Position |
Discipline |
Name |
Raw Score |
Posn |
| Gold |
Abstract Images |
Dr. Gunther Karsten |
318 |
1 |
| Silver |
Abstract Images |
Guo Chuanwei |
250 |
2 |
| Bronze |
Abstract Images |
Boris Konrad |
218 |
3 |
| Gold |
Binary Numbers |
Ben Pridmore |
4105 |
1 |
| Silver |
Binary Numbers |
Johannes Mallow |
3485 |
2 |
| Bronze |
Binary Numbers |
Dr. Gunther Karsten |
3138 |
3 |
| Gold |
Names and Faces |
Simon Reinhard |
164 |
1 |
| Silver |
Names and Faces |
Boris Konrad |
157 |
2 |
| Bronze |
Names and Faces |
Dorothea Seitz (J) |
150 |
3 |
| Gold |
One Hour Numbers |
Su Ruiqiao |
2080 |
1 |
| Silver |
One Hour Numbers |
Wang Feng |
1984 |
2 |
| Bronze |
One Hour Numbers |
Ben Pridmore |
1756 |
3 |
| Gold |
5 Minute Numbers |
Johannes Mallow |
377 |
1 |
| Silver |
5 Minute Numbers |
Ben Pridmore |
360 |
2 |
| Bronze |
5 Minute Numbers |
Cornelia Beddies |
294 |
3 |
| Gold |
Historic & Future Dates |
Johannes Mallow |
118 |
1 |
| Silver |
Historic & Future Dates |
Ben Pridmore |
92 |
2 |
| Bronze |
Historic & Future Dates |
Boris Konrad |
81 |
3 |
| Gold |
Random Words |
Dorothea Seitz (J) |
244 |
1 |
| Silver |
Random Words |
Simon Reinhard |
243 |
2 |
| Bronze |
Random Words |
Boris Konrad |
236 |
3 |
| Gold |
One Hour Cards |
Ben Pridmore |
1144 |
1 |
| Silver |
One Hour Cards |
Simon Reinhard |
1040 |
2 |
| Bronze |
One Hour Cards |
Dr. Gunther Karsten |
939 |
3 |
| Gold |
Spoken Numbers |
Dr. Gunther Karsten |
118 |
1 |
| Silver |
Spoken Numbers |
Johannes Mallow |
108 |
2 |
| Bronze |
Spoken Numbers |
Boris Konrad |
100 |
3 |
| Gold |
Speed Cards |
Wang Feng |
967.117988 |
1 |
| Silver |
Speed Cards |
Ben Pridmore |
950.871632 |
2 |
| Bronze |
Speed Cards |
Yuan Wenkui |
809.061489 |
3 |
The competitors taking part represent the top mental athletes in the world. They all have spent the last few months practicing their memorisation techniques for the 10 Memory Disciplines that make up the three long days of the competition. The World Memory Championships are indeed the most comprehensive test of memory in the world! The countries represented are Ukraine, Lithuania, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Malaysia, China, India, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, England, Wales, Ireland, USA, and Oman.
The joint founders of the competition, Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene OBE were present, alongside Chief Arbiter Phil Chambers, and eight times World Memory Champion, Dominic O'Brien.
The top competitors will win an all expenses paid trip to China including flights and a luxury hotel suite for the 2010 Championships in Guangzhou China, sponsored by New Mind Education. Gold, Silver and Bronze medalists will be awarded a free hotel suite plus return air tickets to the 19th memory championship in Guangzhou 2010 also courtesy of New Mind Education - Places 4-10 inclusive for 2009 - will receive a free hotel room for the 2010 championships in Guangzhou.
The prize fund for 2010 has been confirmed as $92,000-00 ( US dollars) in total, the biggest ever prize fund for a World Memory Championships - again courtesy of New Mind Education, Guangzhou China.
The top three prizes on offer in 2010 for gold silver and bronze will be as follows:
$20,000-00 us dollars for overall gold medal winner in 2010
$10,000-00 for silver $6000-00 for bronze
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