2024 Classic Tetris World Championship Regional Tournament: Timestamps
The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship Regional Tournaments. The list of events can be found here. The winners of the Regional tournaments were awarded prize money that can be used to fund their trip to the 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) main event. One of the main appeals of these events is the social […]
2024 Classic Tetris World Championship Regional Tournament Dates
The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) Regional tournaments will be happening throughout the World. Compete against other NES Tetris players in your area. Besides the competition, you will have the chance to meet some of the players that you have watched compete at the Annual CTWC. The winners of the Regional tournaments will win […]
2023 Classic Tetris World Championship – Silver Bracket: Timestamps
The 2023 Classic Tetris World Championship: Silver Bracket featured players that ranked 49-80 in the Qualifying round. (These are the Silver Bracket Timestamps, the Gold Bracket timestamps can be found here) Silver Bracket is a completely different tournament from the main bracket. The Silver tournament was created to give more players a chance to participate […]
Fractal Wins The 2023 Classic Tetris World Championship
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 […]
2023 Classic Tetris World Championship: Timestamps
The 2023 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) took place at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo from October 13-15. In tournament matches, a Level 39 Super Killscreen was added, where the pieces fall at double the speed of Level 29. This was added to prevent Rollers from playing forever. The rest of the tournament format was […]
Adam Cornelius and Trey Harrison have retired as organizers of Classic Tetris World Championship
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 […]
2023 Classic Tetris World Championship will have a Super Killscreen
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 […]
2022 Classic Tetris World Championship – Silver Bracket: Timestamps
The 2022 Classic Tetris World Championship: Silver Bracket featured players that ranked 49-80 in the Qualifying round. (These are the Silver Bracket Timestamps, the Gold Bracket timestamps can be found here) Silver Bracket is a completely different tournament from the main bracket. The Silver tournament was created to give more players a chance to participate […]
2022 Classic Tetris World Championship: Timestamps
The 2022 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) returned as an in-person event at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. In the Qualifying round, they removed the part where players waited in line to play a game. Instead, players signed up for a 2-hour session where they played an unlimited amount of games within that time period. […]
2021 Classic Tetris World Championship – Bronze Bracket: Timestamps
The 2021 Classic Tetris World Championship Bronze Bracket featured players that ranked 97-128 in the Qualifying round. In reality, it ranged from 100-134 because some people dropped out of the tournament. (This is for the Bronze Bracket, the Gold Bracket timestamps can be found here) The Bronze bracket was created to give additional players an […]