The Tournament of Towns is an international mathematical Olympiad for school students of grades 8-11. The peculiarity of the Tournament is dedication not at a sport success, but at a deep consideration of pr­oblems. It helps to develop qualities necessary for scientific research. The Tournament is held annually since the spring 1980. Starting from 1982/83 it has two rounds: Fall and Spring, both with two levels — O-level (basic) and A-level (advanced). The A-level is comparable in its difficulty with the All-Russian and International Mathematical Olympiads, the O-level is somewhat simpler. It is not obligatory to participate in all rounds or levels. Each level is held separately for Jun­iors (grades 8-9) and Seniors (grades 10-11). Any school student of any grade can participate in the Tournament for his grade or higher. For e­ach parti­cipant, three best marks for problems are taken into account on each level of each round (if a problem has separate parts then the marks for them are summed up). The score of a participant is the sum of points for these three problems. The final result is detected as the maximum on the results of each level of each round.

In Almaty in a A-level of the Autumn tour was attended by about 100 students, who were selected from more than 300 participants in the O-level. Among the participants of 8-9 classes distinguished students of the Lyceum 165, TEFMSH, NIS FMN. Among the 10-11 graders the best results among schoolchildren of RPMS, 134 lyceums, KTL.

The main driving force in the organization of the Tournament of the city is the enthusiasm of mathematicians, students and teachers. To all of them thank you very much!