Jonas Neubauer
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Jonas Neubauer was an American Tetris player, seven-time champion at the Classic Tetris World Championship, Twitch streamer, and a taproom manager. Neubauer is widely considered to be one of the greatest Tetris players of all time.
Neubauer (right) at CTWC 2010, playing against Harry Hong
Neubauer after winning CTWC 2010
Neubauer with Harry Hong (foreground) at the CTWC 2013 final
Neubauer faces Alex Kerr at CTWC 2015.
The Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) is a video game competition series, hosted by the Socal Gaming Expo. The competition launched in 2010, during the filming of Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters to determine the world's greatest Tetris player. Since 2021, the champion of each tournament has received the Jonas Neubauer Memorial Trophy, named after the seven-time record setting champion who died in 2021. In its first two years, the competition was held in Los Angeles, California, but was moved to Portland, Oregon, in 2012, and was held there annually through 2023. The 2024 edition will be held in Pasadena, California.
The champion is presented with the Jonas Neubauer Memorial Trophy, which is shaped like a J-tetromino.
A special cartridge given to supporters of the event in 2013
The CTWC 2010 semifinals at the Downtown Independent
Jonas Neubauer (left) and Joseph Saelee (right) posing with their trophies