EricICX wins the 2022 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC), becoming the 5th person to pull off the victory. Eric discovered the CTWC in 2018 after watching videos such as the 2017 Finals. He then started playing Tetris casually in mid-2018 before taking it seriously in late 2019.  From there, he competed at CTWC in 2020 […]

The 2022 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) returns to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. It will be an in-person event on October 14-16. The format for the 2022 CTWC is similar to the 2019 tournament, which was the last in-person event. There will be a qualifying round, with the Top 48 advancing to the playoffs. […]

The Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) unveiled the Jonas Neubauer Trophy to honor the Original Tetris Champion. At the beginning of January 2021, Jonas Neubauer had suddenly passed away. Jonas Neubauer Tributes Afterward, tributes came pouring in. Dani Sharkey wrote an amazing piece that details her experience with Jonas as a friend. CTWC organizer, Adam […]

Michael “Dog” Artiaga entered the 2021 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) as a defending champion. After qualifying with 12 Max-Outs, he became the #1 Seed. In his journey to get to the Top 8, he defeated 2 Rollers. The most notable game was the one where Dog managed to win by beating Pokenerd’s 1.3 Million […]

Over 200 people had registered for the 2021 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC). Players had 2 hours to qualify and post their highest scores. The Top 64 were distributed into 8 separate double-elimination brackets. The winners of each bracket advanced to the Top 8. They were placed in a single-elimination bracket and were reseeded based […]

On the 21st of October 2011, “Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters” premiered at the Austin Film Festival. Eventually, it received the Audience Award in that event. The film has also been highly praised on G4’s Attack of the Show. This documentary film tracks down the journey of a group of Tetris Masters as they […]

On the 16th of October 2011, the 2nd Annual Tetris World Championship began in the Bovard Auditorium at the University of Southern California (USC). This event was hosted by Chris Tang and Chris Dreyer. For this event, there were four separate tournaments. NES Tournament PlayStation 3 Tournament PlayStation 3 Team Tournament Tetris Link Tournament NES […]

The 2021 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) will be an online tournament with the same format as 2020. The only difference is that the tournament will start about a month sooner compared to the previous year. Despite not having an in-person audience, the CTWC continues to be an exciting event that thousands will look forward […]

Dog discovered the CTWC after watching the 2018 Finals. In the summer of 2019, he started playing NES Tetris himself. He later founded Classic Tetris Brawl (CTB) in November 2019. The CTB is an online server that hosts monthly divisional tournaments and events. To learn more about it, join their Discord. On December 2019, he got […]

Over 100 people had registered for the 2020 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC). Players had 2 hours to qualify and post their highest scores. The Top 64 were distributed into 8 separate double elimination brackets. The winners of each bracket advanced to the Top 8. They were placed in a single-elimination bracket and were reseeded […]