STEVEN DE LARA WINS YCS CHICAGO 2015!!! (with coverage highlights)

Congratulations to Steven De Lara, who just won YCS Chicago 2015! Although he was originally playing Nekroz throughout the majority of the tournament, players had to switch to Battle Pack 3 Draft format after winning their Top 32 matches. Also, congrats to Barrett Keys for coming in second place; he was also originally playing Nekroz. While the last North American YCS saw Keys earning the victory over De Lara, Chicago created the opposite outcome for the two back-to-back finalists. Continue reading for articles from the event collected below!

A. Top Cut

Top 16: https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20140
11 Nekroz
3 Satellarknight
1 Shaddoll
1 Qliphort

Top 32: https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20117
17 Nekroz
6 Satellarknight
3 Shaddoll
3 Burning Abyss
2 Qliphort
1 Ritual Beast

B. Feature Matches

Round 1: Qliphorts defeat Nekroz [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=19923]

Round 1: Heroes defeat Qliphorts [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=19933]

Round 2: Shaddoll Traptrix ties with Nekroz [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=19944]

Round 2: Ritual Beasts defeat Burning Abyss [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=19951]

Round 3: Burning Abyss defeat Yosenju [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=19948]

Round 3: Nekroz defeat Burning Abyss [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=19965]

Round 4: Nekroz defeat Shaddoll Agents [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=19980]

Round 5: Nekroz defeat Burning Abyss [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=19990]

Round 6: Satellarknights defeat Heroes [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20004]

Round 7: Nekroz defeat Hand Gadgets [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20025]

Round 8: Nekroz defeat Satellarknights [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20042]

Round 8: Nekroz defeat Satellarknights [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20060]

Round 9: Nekroz Mirror Match [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20074]

Round 9: Nekroz defeat Shaddolls [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20067]

Round 10: Shaddolls defeat Nekroz [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20084]

Round 10: Shaddolls defeat Satellarknights [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20094]

Round 11: Shaddoll Dragons (played by a girl!) defeat Shaddoll Artifacts [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20119]

Round 11: Qliphorts defeat Nekroz [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20107]

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Top 32: Nekroz defeat Satellarknights [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20121]

Top 32: Nekroz defeat Ritual Beasts [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20125]

C. Top Tables Updates

Round 5: [https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=19988]
13 Nekroz
3 Shaddoll variants
1 Hero
1 Burning Abyss
1 Qliphort
1 Satellarknight

Round 6: https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20002
14 Nekroz
2 Shaddoll
1 Gadget Hand Traptrix
1 Satellarknight
1 Burning Abyss
1 Qliphort

Round 8: https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20038
12 Nekroz
3 Shaddoll variants
2 Satellarknight
2 Burnng Abyss
1 Qliphort

Round 9: https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20069
13 Nekroz
4 Satellarknight
3 Shaddoll variants

Round 10: https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20096
12 Nekroz
3 Satellarknight
3 Shaddoll variants
1 Qliphort
1 Burning Abyss

Round 11: https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20105
11 Nekroz
4 Shaddoll variants
3 Satellarknight
1 Qliphort
1 Burning Abyss

D. Miscellaneous Updates

Welcome: https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=19920

Favorite April 1 Banlist Changes: https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=19963

Tech Update: https://yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=20142