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 […]

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 […]