Let's try something a little different...

Puzzle Chess!

Saturday, September 5 - 11:30 am start

Featuring puzzles from Cobble Hill

These tickets are for our Vancouver location inside the International Village (Tinseltown) Mall.

What is puzzle chess?

Puzzle chess is a new format of speed puzzling where every person puzzles solo. You will be competing as an individual, rather than in a pair.

How does a game work?

Each round, you will be assigned a seat and an opponent, and you will be given a new 100-piece puzzle to work on.

You and your opponent will assemble the border together, ensure all remaining pieces are face up, then stop and get a chess clock ready (we recommend a phone app - please download one before the event). You will only need one clock for the two of you.

When everyone is ready, we'll call out "ready, set, go!" and you will start your chess clock. Each player places one piece in the puzzle, then taps the chess clock - that activates the clock for the other player, and they must now place a piece in the puzzle.

You may place your piece anywhere in the puzzle - players do not have designated zones - but the piece must interlock with an existing piece; you cannot place a piece with no connections.

Players continue like this, taking turns placing one single piece at a time, until the puzzle is complete. When the puzzle is finished, the person who has taken less time to finish their half of the puzzle wins!

How does the tournament work?

This is a multi-round tournament!

Each round is single-elimination. That means if you win, you continue competing in the next round. If you lose, you're out of the competition - BUT you are still welcome to continue puzzling for the first 3 rounds!

Round 1: All 32 participants puzzle!
Round 2: The 16 winners from Round 1 puzzle competitively, eliminated players puzzle for fun
Round 3: The 8 winners from Round 2 puzzle competitively, eliminated players puzzle for fun
Round 4: The 4 winners from Round 3 puzzle competitively
Round 5: The 2 winners from Round 4 face off for the title!

Each round is expected to take approximately 45 minutes.

Prizing

The final 4 competitors will each receive a free puzzle from our shelves (up to 1000 pieces, any brand).

All participants will take home at least 1 puzzle used in the competition; most will take home 2.

Event Policies

Lateness Policy

We start our events as close to the listed start time as possible. A late event start means everyone else - players and staff alike - will be held late too, which isn't fair to anyone.

As such, Rain City Games reserves the right to penalize and/or drop players who are late for events without possibility of a refund.

Cancellation / Refund Policy

Attendees can cancel (and be refunded for) event registrations up to 24 hours prior to the listed event start time. If you need to cancel your event reservation, contact the store and we'll sort things out.

That said - this is a privilege that can be revoked. If a person repeatedly purchases tickets to high-demand events, then cancels and refunds on short notice, Rain City Games reserves the right to refund your purchase to store credit.

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