Welcome to Piece-off #8! 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 (250 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 - 5.30 PM, Saturday, 26th April. 

11 AM: Pairs check-in and briefing.

11.15 AM: Pairs Speed Puzzling.

12.15 PM: Teams check-in and briefing.

12.30-2.00 PM: Teams Speed Puzzling.

3 PM: Individuals check-in and briefing.

3.15-5.15: Individuals Puzzle Chess

RULES:

SPEED PUZZLING - PAIRS AND TEAMS

- Pairs will have 60 minutes (1 hour) to complete a 250-piece jigsaw puzzle from Frank.

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

- Puzzles will come bagged or 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 win puzzles sponsored by Frank Toys and the fastest two Teams win puzzles sponsored by Jigsaw Nation!

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, The Puzzlist!