Classic Tetris World Championship
How To Watch The 2026 Classic Tetris World Championship
The 2026 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) is happening on June 5-7, 2026. Here is how you can watch the tournament live. The tournament will be livestreamed on their Twitch and YouTube Channel. However, the Top 8 matches will be streamed exclusively on their Twitch channel. So I would recommend watching the tournament on the […]
Classic Tetris World Championship Will Have A New Qualifying Format For 2026
The Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) will debut a new qualifying format for the 2026 tournament. After experimenting with different qualifying formats across different regionals throughout the years, organizers have picked a qualifying format that reflects the way matches are being played. Ultimately, they went with a qualifier point system, inspired by the “Classic Tetris […]
Alex T Wins The 2025 Classic Tetris World Championship
Alex T wins the 2025 Classic Tetris World Championship, becoming a back-to-back Tetris Champion. Alex Thach (aka Alex T) got 16 maxouts and a 971,440 kicker in the Qualifying Round, to clinch the #1 seed. He broke the previous qualifying record of 16 maxouts and a 649,940 kicker. (Kicker is the highest non-maxout score, used […]
How To Watch The 2025 Classic Tetris World Championship
The 2025 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) is happening this weekend from June 6-8. Here is how you can watch the tournament live. (Update: Tournament is done, here are the videos) The tournament will be live streamed on their Twitch and YouTube channel. Twitch Channels ClassicTetris – Gold Bracket ClassicTetris2 – Gold Bracket Classictetris3 – […]
How To Attend The 2025 Classic Tetris World Championship
The 2025 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) will be at the SoCal Retro Gaming Expo in Pasadena, California. The Tournament is on Friday through Sunday, June 6-8, 2025. When booking flights and hotels, make sure the dates you selected are correct. People have mistakenly booked the wrong months. Registration to enter the tournament is open […]
Alex T Wins The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship
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 […]
How To Watch The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship
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
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 Review
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 […]
How Does A Classic Tetris World Championship Game Work?
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 […]