Alex Thach, who goes by Alex T, was a top contender going into the 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship. He had multiple World Records in separate categories and became the 4th player to crash the game. Going For The High Seeding Rank The qualifying round was the same as last year, where players raced against […]

The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) is happening this weekend from June 7-9. Here is how you can watch the tournament live. (Update 6/11/2024: Tournament is done, here are the videos) The tournament will be live streamed on their Twitch and YouTube channel. YouTube Channels Classic Tetris Twitch Channels ClassicTetris – Gold Bracket ClassicTetris2 […]

Tetris creator, Alexey Pajitnov, will attend the 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) in Pasadena, California. Henk Rogers (Founder of the Tetris Company) and Maya Rogers (CEO of the Tetris company) will also be at the event. They were all featured in The Pop Insider last week. It is unknown what day they will be […]

Best of Five: The Classic Tetris Champions is a documentary series that covers the 2014 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC). Where players compete head-to-head on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version of Tetris. Jonas Neubauer had won the last 4 tournaments and entered the 2014 CTWC as the defending champion once more. It will not […]

At the Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC), players compete one-on-one. In each match, both players play on separate NES consoles and separate CRT Televisions. The judge or commentator does a countdown for the players to start their game at the same time. How do you win a game at CTWC? At the end of each […]

Before the Tetris matches start on the last day of the Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC), someone performs the Tetris anthem. Which is the Tetris theme song that everyone is familiar with. Traditionally, everyone stands up right before the anthem is played. After having 7 annual Tetris tournaments, the organizers decided to have an anthem. […]

The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) will be at the SoCal Retro Gaming Expo in Pasadena, California on June 7-9. In a surprise announcement, the Classic Tetris World Championship has relocated from Portland, Oregon to Pasadena, California. From 2012-2019 and 2022-2023, the tournament was held at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo in Portland, Oregon. […]

Fractal wins the 2023 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) in his fourth appearance at the tournament. He made his debut appearance in 2020 where he made the Top 16. Returned in 2021, determined to make the Top 8 only to finish in the Top 16 again. By 2022, he had mastered the Rolling technique and […]

Two of the long-time organizers, Adam Cornelius and Trey Harrison, announced on the CTWC Discord server that they have retired from their roles as CTWC organizers. While Vince Clemente remains involved as the sole organizer. In a Discord post, Adam Cornelius writes: “Hey everybody, we want to share some news: Trey and I are hanging […]

The 2023 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) will be on October 13-15 at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. (Update 10/16/2023: The tournament has finished. Watch all of the matches) The format of the tournament is the same as last year. Players will be given 2 hours to play as many games as they want during […]