{"id":24646,"date":"2026-10-05T12:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2026\/?page_id=24646"},"modified":"2026-10-05T12:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:27:35","slug":"mathematical-games-tournament","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2026\/mathematical-games-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematical Games Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1289.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Mathematical Games Tournament<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>With Cesco Reale<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Cesco Reale is a scientific communicator that deals with games, languages and maths.<\/p>\n<p>He will be leading a Mathematical Games Tournament during Maths Week 2026.<\/p>\n<p><b>Audience: <\/b>5th \/ 6th Primary (10-12 years old), 60 players in each Tournament.<\/p>\n<p><b>About<\/b>:  Tables will be set up with a different strategy games to be played. People will participate in teams of 3-6 people. Games chosen will be easy to learn.<\/p>\n<p>Each tournament includes a Swiss style tournament that includes 4 rounds, each round 1 hour (20&#8242; + 20&#8242; per player as byoyomi), and teams of 3-6 people.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"524\" title=\"*\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cesco-Reale.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-24648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cesco-Reale-200x109.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cesco-Reale-400x218.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cesco-Reale-600x328.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cesco-Reale-800x437.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cesco-Reale.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b style=\"color: rgb(25, 25, 25); font-family: 'Fira Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Tournament Dates:<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thursday 15 October | Cork<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Friday 16th October | Dublin (DCU)<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; --fontSize: 17; line-height: 1.76; --minFontSize: 17;\" data-fontsize=\"17\" data-lineheight=\"29.92px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\"><b>The Games:<\/b><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Games chosen will be easily learned. The type strategy games played will include games from Asia, Africa, America and Europe: <b>Gomoku, Hex, Lines of Action, Breakthrough, Konane, Amazons, Slither, Oware, Chinese Checkers, Halma, Vierka, Domineering, Reversi &#8211; Othello, Quoridor, Neutreeko<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Learn more about Cesco Reale at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cescoreale.com\/matematica\/\">https:\/\/www.cescoreale.com\/matematica\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":611,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24646","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mathematical Games Tournament &#8211; MATHS WEEK IRELAND<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maths Week will take place from 11 - 19 Oct. 2025. 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