Champion mikem (NZL) Mike McManaway ITM |
The 10th World Tantrix Championship ("WTC") has been won by Tantrix inventor Mike McManaway ITM (NZL), the no. 9 seed, at his 10th attempt. He beat no. 4 seed Yoseph Phillips ITM (ISR) in a very close Final after knocking out four-time world champion Matt Peek TGM (NZL), the no. 1 seed, who eventually came 3rd. Gábor Chikán (HUN) won the Plate.
This year's WTC started out with 172 entrants from 25 countries. The 65 highest Elo-rated entrants qualified for the knockout phase automatically, while 63 of the remaining 107 players managed to fight their way through 21 groups to join them in the draw for the last 128.
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