Welcome to Piece-off #9! Come solo, bring a partner or a team, and try your hand at speed puzzling - the top performers in each category go home with prizes! 

CATEGORIES AND FORMAT: 

•⁠ ⁠Individuals (solo): Puzzle Chess (3 rounds, 1-v-1, no elimination, top 3 ranks win),

•⁠ ⁠Pairs (group of 2): Speed Puzzling (500 pieces, fastest 3 finishers win), 

•⁠ ⁠Teams (group of 4): Speed Puzzling (500 pieces, fastest 2 finishers win)

You can register under multiple categories as they will take place at different times. For Pairs, only one person from each group needs to purchase a ticket for the Pair. For Teams, each person in a team needs a ticket.

TIME AND SCHEDULE:

11 AM: Teams check-in and briefing.

11.15 AM - 12.45 PM: Teams Speed Puzzling.

12.45 PM: Pair check-in and briefing.

1 PM - 3 PM: Teams Speed Puzzling.

3.45 PM: Individuals check in and are briefed.

4 PM - 6 PM: Individuals Puzzle Chess

RULES:

A. SPEED PUZZLING - PAIRS AND TEAMS

•⁠ ⁠Teams will have 90 minutes (1.5 hours) to complete a 500-piece puzzle from Jigsaw Nation. 

•⁠ ⁠Pairs will have 120 minutes (2 hours) to complete a 500-piece puzzle from Jigsaw Nation. 

•⁠ ⁠Puzzles will come boxed, with an image for reference.

•⁠ ⁠Only letter openers, keys or other non-sharp objects may be used to open the plastic that covers the puzzle; sharp objects like scissors or box cutters are not permitted.

•⁠ ⁠If, once the time period has elapsed, competitors have not finished the puzzle, we will count the number of placed pieces, adding only lots of 3 or more pieces correctly joined together. Competitors will be ranked by the least number of unplaced pieces.

•⁠ ⁠If pieces are missing/misplaced at the end of the puzzle, 10 seconds for each lost piece will be added to the final time. If there are 2 or more adjacent and missing pieces, no penalty will be applied as it is considered a manufacturing error.

•⁠ ⁠Tickets include registration and the cost of the competition puzzle - competitors take their puzzle home!

•⁠ ⁠The fastest three Pairs and fastest two Teams win puzzles sponsored by Jigsaw Nation!

B. PUZZLE CHESS - INDIVIDUALS

•⁠ ⁠There will be 3 rounds of 1-v-1 matches. There will be a gameplay demo before rounds start.

•⁠ ⁠Matches and rankings will follow the Swiss format - this means there will be no player elimination and all players will play the same number of matches.

•⁠ ⁠Matches will be played in the “Puzzle Chess” format: Players will take turns to place one piece at a time in the puzzle, using a chess clock to track the time taken to do so. The player with the most time remaining on the clock at the end of the match wins.

•⁠ ⁠Puzzles will range from 80-150 pieces. Borders will be constructed off the clock before the match begins.

•⁠ ⁠Top 3 players win prizes from our sponsor, Jigsaw Nation!