Michael Artiaga

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Artiaga at the 2023 Heart of Texas Regional
Personal information
Name	Michael Artiaga
Born	(2007-11-20) November 20, 2007 (age 16)
Career information
Games	Classic Tetris
Playing career	2018–present
Career highlights and awards
CTWC champion (2020, 2021) CTWC runner-up (2024)

Michael Khanh Artiaga, known online as dogplayingtetris or simply Dog, is an American Tetris player from Texas. He is best known for back-to-back victories in the 2020 and 2021 Classic Tetris World Championships (CTWC), the former of which led him to set the Guinness World Record for the "Youngest Tetris World Champion" at 13 years old.

From a young age, Michael and his brother Andrew Artiaga experimented in coding, computing, and gaming, alongside their father, who was a web developer. Practicing classic NES Tetris occasionally on their Nintendo Game Boy, both brothers were inspired to pursue the game further after seeing 16-year-old Joseph Saelee's victory against the 37-year-old reigning champion Jonas Neubauer in the 2018 CTWC, marking the beginning of a new generation of Tetris players to the competitive scene. After his victories in the 2020 and 2021 CTWCs, Artiaga has continued to compete in Tetris tournaments, and has started his own titled "Classic Tetris Brawl" (CTB).