Welcome to Piece-Off #5, the fifth edition of our jigsaw puzzle competitions in Bengaluru! Come solo, bring a partner or join a team and try your hand at speed puzzling - the top performers in each category go home with a prize! 

Categories and format: 

* Individuals (solo): Puzzle Chess (1-v-1, multiple rounds, 80-150 pieces, no elimination, top 3 ranks win), 

* Pairs (group of 2): Speed Puzzling (250 pieces, fastest 3 finishers win), 

* Teams/Family (group of upto 4): Puzzle Challenge (250+100+50 pieces, fastest team to finish wins). 

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 the Team must buy a ticket. 

Time and Schedule:

Individuals - Puzzle Chess: 

- There will be 4 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 80-200 pieces. Borders will be constructed off the clock before the match begins.

- Top 3 players win prizes from JigsawNation!

Pairs - Speed Puzzling:

- Competitors have 75 minutes (1.25 hours) to complete a 250-piece jigsaw puzzle from Frank’s catalogue. 

- Puzzles will come bagged, 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 a Pair has 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 - Pairs take their puzzle home!

- The fastest three finishers win puzzles sponsored by Frank Toys!

Teams/Family - the Puzzle Challenge:

- Each Team has 75 minutes to complete a 250-piece puzzle, a 100-piece mini-puzzle, and a 50-piece puzzle. 

- All four puzzles must be worked on simultaneously!

- Teams must choose one member to solve the 50-piece puzzle and one to solve the 100-piece mini-puzzle. The remaining two members solve the 250-piece puzzle. Once the smaller puzzles have been completed, all four team members can work on the larger puzzle together. 

- The fastest team to complete all three puzzles wins a prize from Jigsaw Nation!