Stanislav Cifka Explained

Stanislav Cifka
Birth Date:[1]
Residence:Český Krumlov, Czech Republic[2]
Debut:Pro Tour Prague 2006
Nationality:Czech
Winnings:US$126,450[3]
Gt Top 8:0 (3)[4]
Pt Top 8:1 (2)[5]
Lifetime Pro Points:203
Module:
Embed:yes
Id:StanCifka
Game:Artifact
Career Start:2014
Years1:2015
Years2:2015–2017
Years3:2018–2019
Team3:Omnislash
Module2:Chess career
Child:yes
FIDE Master (2006)
Fideid:317349
Peakrating:2439 (July 2008)

Stanislav Cifka is a Czech chess, poker, , Hearthstone, and Artifact player. He is also a FIDE master in chess.[6] His esports alias is simply StanCifka, a contraction or anglicization of his name.

Career

Magic: the Gathering

He was formerly active in Magic: the Gathering before Hearthstone was released. He is best known for winning Pro Tour Return to Ravnica in 2012, which is one of the top-tier tournaments of the game. He lost only one match.[7] He was given a special invitation by Wizards of the Coast to play in an exhibition match in Pro Tour 25th Anniversary due to his achievement outside Magic.[8]

Hearthstone

Cifka started playing the PC collectible card game Hearthstone when it was released.[9] StanCifka was part of Luminosity Gaming for part of 2015.[10] In October 2015 Cifka broke Thijs "ThijsNL" Molendijk's winning streak by winning the StarLadder finals.[11] As of May 2018 he is ranked 1st by gosugamers.net, a site that ranks players worldwide.[12]

In 2017, Cifka led the Czech National Team to a first-place finish in the 2017 Hearthstone Global Games. In January 2018, he joined team Omnislash.[13] He was crowned winner of the event after beating Jason Chan (Amaz) in a "Hearthstone-Players-Finals" in August 2018.[14]

Artifact

In November 2018, Cifka posted a video to YouTube announcing that he would be retiring from Hearthstone to pursue a career in Artifact.[15] Cifka announced in February 2019 that he left team Omnislash, due to the team's focus on Hearthstone over Artifact.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cifka, Stanislav.
  2. Web site: Pro Tour Journey into Nyx: Top 8 Profiles. 17 May 2014. Wizards of the Coast. 5 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208092540/http://archive.wizards.com/magic/magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/ptjou14/top8profiles. 8 December 2015.
  3. Web site: Lifetime Winnings Leaders. 2 October 2014. Wizards of the Coast. 12 October 2014. 13 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140913003521/http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/alltime. dead.
  4. Web site: Lifetime Grand Prix Top 8s. 6 October 2014. Wizards of the Coast. 12 October 2014. 8 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050545/http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/gptop8byplayer. dead.
  5. Web site: Lifetime Pro Tour Top 8s. 12 October 2014. Wizards of the Coast. 12 October 2014. 16 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416180813/http://magic.wizards.com/en/protour/standings/top8byplayer. dead.
  6. Web site: Stanislav Cifka - FIDE Chess Profile. World Chess Federation. 9 December 2015.
  7. Web site: Stanislav Cifka turns to Magic, wins US$40,000. ChessVibes. 9 December 2015.
  8. Web site: Introducing the Silver Showcase. Mike. Rosenberg. 28 June 2018. Magic: The Gathering. 8 August 2018. 2 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180702093441/https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/organized-play/introducing-silver-showcase-2018-06-28. dead.
  9. Web site: MtG champion Stanislav Cifka says Hearthstone is more exciting and complex and less RNG than Magic. Radoslav "Nydra" . Kolev. 12 November 2014. Gosu Gamers. 6 May 2015.
  10. Web site: Luminosity signs Darkwonyx as StanCifka and Ignite depart. Callum . Leslie. The Daily Dot. 12 November 2015. 8 December 2015.
  11. Web site: Thijs' winning streak ends as Cifka takes StarLadder title. Callum . Leslie. . 19 October 2015. 26 October 2015.
  12. Web site: Rankings. 6 May 2018.
  13. StanCifka . Stanislav Cifka . 954434022746312704 . What a nice stream today with even greater news to end it . 19 January 2018 . 13 May 2021.
  14. Web site: SILVER SHOWCASE FINALS. Ray. Walkinshaw. 5 August 2018. Magic: The Gathering. 8 August 2018. 7 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180807185829/https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/pt25a/silver-showcase-finals-2018-08-05. dead.
  15. Czech Magic House . Goodbye HearthStone . 18 November 2018 . 13 May 2021 . Youtube.
  16. StanCifka . Stanislav Cifka . 1094973720886759424 . It was an amazing and life enriching experience to work with such open minded professionals as Omnislash . 11 February 2019 . 13 May 2021.

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