July 2019 Updates

We are back with monthly updates from the IAM Board for July 2019.

1. WMC 2019
   We are very close to finalizing the WMC 2019 and are awaiting few final confirmations and we expect to be ready for a formal announcement anytime now. Tentatively, it should happen in end of November or start of December.
2. Staff Updates
   Tansel Ali has left the IAM board. The board has appointed Corinna Draschl as a new member to fill his place.
3. Past tournaments
   German Memo Open 2019 was held on 26-27 July in Tuttlingen and witnessed many records. Please visit this page with a nice tournament report by Ben Pridmore for more details.
4. Upcoming tournaments
   The Indian Memory Championship will be held on 2 October, 2019 in Mumbai, India. Please visit the competition page for more details and the events page for a list of all upcoming competitions.
5. Rankings Update
   As of 31 July 2019, Alex Mullen who was ranked 1st in the active rankings has not competed thrice in the past 3 years and has lost his top spot. Congratulations to Munkhshur Narmandakh for being ranked 1st in the world. This is also the first time that a female athlete is leading the world rankings.
6. IAM Levels
   Our Software team has finally integrated the IAM levels into the statistics website. If you visit your competitor page, you’ll see a colored badge showing your level (from 1 to 30). You can also see your IAM Level for each discipline (it appears in bold if it’s included in your best 10). We have published a list of all competitors’ IAM Levels under Rankings > Levels classification (iam-stats.org/levels-classification.php). We hope to add a Levels calculator very soon.
7. Volunteering and Feedback
   We are always open for volunteer applications and feedback. Feel most welcome to write to volunteers@iam-memory.org or info@iam-memory.org or privately contact any board member.