Can You Pause Your Chess Match?

### Location(s):

Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom → Geneva, Switzerland → Chamonix, France

## Subpages

**Can You Pause Your Chess Match?** is the third episode of *TSM The Amazing Race 10: Best of the Best*.

## Story

Leg 3 (Based off Leg 4 of The Amazing Race 28)

The race resumes at St Ninian's Isle.

Poet & Chic will depart 1st.

**Route info:** Teams must fly to Geneva, Switzerland. Upon arrival, teams must search for the Jet d'Eau to find their next clue.

**Abi:** "We survived the leg since we amazing."

**Amy:** "Last leg, we got lost. The other team that did got eliminated, but we're still here."

**Poet:** "Last time we went to Switzerland, we gave up our Save, so we're hoping this leg is good to us."

**Halcy:** "Me and Pie still have our second express pass. Our strategy is to give it to someone strategically to gain allies."

All teams are on the same flight.

Flight Lands.

**War:** "Run!"

**Amy:** "It's slippery, be careful."

**Katie:** "Hmm... I don't know which way to go."

Poet & Chic find the clue currently in 1st place.

**Route Info:** Teams must make their way on foot to Chocolats Rohr to find their next clue. Once there, must sign up for a time to enter the store in the morning.

**Halcy:** "Ugh, where are we!"

**Clara:** "This way Abi, we got this."

**Mega:** "We're the first ones here!"

Mega & Cloud take number 1.

**Peanut:** "Hmm... where."

**Cloud:** "OVER HERE!"

Peanut & Amy take number 2

Poet & Chic take number 3.

**Abi:** "Clara, here it is!"

Abi & Katie take number 4

Clara & Nemo take number 5

Halcy & Pie take number 6

Jenn & Etoille take number 7

Micky & Abe take number 8

White & War take number 9

Alex & Wilted take number 10

Teams stay overnight.

**Abi:** "So when are we gonna make this alliance official?"

**Clara:** "It's official now."

**Katie:** "Yes queen!"

**Jenn:** "You know who I think is hot?"

**Etoille:** "Who?"

**Jenn:** "Micky."

**Micky:** "Why is she getting closer to me Abe?"

**Abe:** "I think someone's got a race girlfriend."

**Micky:** "No!"

**Alex:** "So we've had rough starts before, but we've always clawed our way back and that's what we're gonna do."

**Cloud:** "I just want to keep our lead and win this leg."

Next morning.

Mega & Cloud depart 1st.

**Detour:** Work Bench or Bench Work?

**Choice A:** *Work Bench*
Teams must travel to Victorinox Flagship Store to help piece together a Swiss army knife. Once they have all 27 pieces in the correct order they will receive their next clue.

**Choice B:** *Bench Work*
Teams must travel to Promenade de la Treille and determine how many people can sit on the longest bench in the world. If they are within the specified range of 190-197, they will receive their next clue.

Mega & Cloud are doing Work Bench

Peanut & Amy are doing Bench Work

Poet & Chic are doing Bench Work

Abi & Katie are doing Bench Work

Clara & Nemo are doing Bench Work

Halcy & Pie are doing Work Bench

Jenn & Etoille are doing Work Bench

Micky & Abe are doing Bench Work

White & War are doing Bench Work

Alex & Wilted are doing Bench Work

**Cloud:** "This is fun."

**Mega:** "Hmm, that."

**Cloud:** "Mega, that's the wrong step."

**Clara:** "We're lost."

**Abi:** "This isn’t even fair!"

**Abe:** "Um, person, can you pause your chess match?"

**Amy:** "These people think we're idiots moving around the bench."

**Peanut:** "Honestly, are they wrong?"

**Poet:** "Hmm, let's get it checked."

**Chic:** "212!"

**Clue Guy:** "WRONG!"

**Poet:** "We were probably super close."

**Wilted:** "Finally, we're here."

**Clara:** "Ugh, how did Alex beat us here."

**Jenn:** "Hmm, this is hard."

**Cloud:** "It's kind of nice not having any teams here because I can focus without hearing Clara yell NEMO, U SUCK, U PEASANT, UGH I HATE ALEX."

**Abe:** "187?"

**Clue guy:** "No!"

**Amy:** "196!"

**Clue guy:** "Yes!"

Peanut & Amy finish detour currently in 1st place.

**Route info:** Teams must travel on foot, bus, or train to the Broken Chair to find their next clue.

**Clara:** "TELL ME THE ANSWER, AFTER ALL, YOU UTURNED ME IN SEASON 1."

**Peanut:** "No."

**Clara:** "We're getting them out."

**Nemo:** "....."

Jenn & Etoille finish detour currently in 2nd place.

Clara & Nemo finish detour currently in 3rd place.

Abi & Katie finish detour currently in 4th place.

**Abe:** "Abi, what's the answer."

**Katie:** "192!"

**Abi:** "Don’t tell them!"

**Micky:** "We have to finish it though, ugh!"

**Alex:** "206!"

**Clue Guy:** "No!"

**Alex:** "How is that not right? That's twice!"

**Wilted:** "Oh my gosh, we're so screwed."

Micky & Abe finish detour currently in 5th place.

Mega & Cloud finish detour currently in 6th place.

**Mega:** "Hey Clara!"

**Clara:** "Nice to see you. Who's still at that task?"

**Mega:** "Halcy."

**Clara:** "Good, she can go home."

Peanut & Amy find the clue.

**Roadblock:** The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock would have to find the founding members' flags of the United Nations outside of the Palace of Nations to receive their next clue.

Peanut is doing the RB

White & War finish detour currently in 7th place.

Halcy & Pie finish detour currently in 8th place.

Poet & Chic finish detour currently in 9th place.

**Alex:** "189!"

**Clue Guy:** "No!"

**Alex:** "I’m going to kill you."

Nemo is doing the RB

Abi is doing the RB

Cloud is doing the RB

Alex & Wilted finish detour currently in Last place.

Jenn is doing the RB

Abe is doing the RB

**Abi:** "Nemo, it's that. we got 13, 14!"

**Nemo:** "Make sure it's the right flags, maybe write down the country."

White is doing the RB

**Jenn:** "I tried working with Abe on all this so we can get this done. Maybe I can kiss Micky afterwards."

Pie is doing the RB

Peanut finishes the RB currently in 1st place.

**Route info:** Teams must travel on train to Chamonix, France and find the Place du Triangle de l'Amitié to check in. The last team to check in may be eliminated.

Chic is doing the RB

**Pie:** "Hmm, that."

**Clara:** "Nemo, faster please!"

**Micky:** "Abe, amazing job."

**White:** "I know this flag, look, it's red white and blue, it must be Germany. It has 50 stars and 13 lines."

**Jenn:** "We got it Abe!"

Abe finishes the RB currently in 2nd place.

Jenn finishes the RB currently in 3rd place.

Alex is doing the RB

**Alex:** "Nice! Last time we had a United Nations task, we won the whole race. This is where we make up time!"

**Wilted:** "See if you can trick someone into working with you."

**Alex:** "Anyone want to help?"

**Abi:** "If Alex thinks I'm helping her, that's a big NOPE."

**Chic:** "Nope, sorry, not after you uturned us."

**Peanut:** "So we're on our own train, and hopefully we will make it to the pit stop first."

**War:** "Cow is so slow we could have got 1st if I did the RB" - ☀️

**White:** "Hmm... this flag, ugh! I don’t get it. There's Abi’s work, let me copy it."

**Abi:** "Stop peeking you cheater! I think it's good let's get it checked, Nemo"

Abi finishes the RB currently in 4th place.

Nemo finishes the RB currently in 5th place.

**Pie:** "Hey White, let's get this done quickly."

**Alex:** "Pie, what do you have for that one."

**Pie:** "I’m just guessing."

**Alex:** "I’m hurt like why do none of you want to help me!"

**Wilted:** "I see Alex trying to get sympathy, hopefully, that works."

**Abi:** "So our train is leaving, it's us, Clara & Nemo, Micky & Abe, and Jenn & Etoille."

**Cloud:** "Check!"

**Judge:** "No!"

**Cloud:** "There were two flags that looked practically identical, so I couldn’t tell the exact difference."

Pie finishes the RB currently in 6th place.

White finishes the RB currently in 7th place.

**White:** "Ew, not France again!"

**War:** "We're good, France will treat us better this time!"

**Alex:** "Cloud, want to work together."

**Cloud:** "Of course lets knock this out."

**Peanut:** "This next train is leaving in 10 minutes, we don’t know if any other teams are going to get on."

Chic finishes the RB currently in 8th place.

**Cloud:** "I told Alex a false flag since we were the last two teams and we need someone to beat."

**Alex:** "How was I wrong?!"

Cloud finishes the RB currently in 9th place.

**Nemo:** "Our train arrived."

Train leaves

**Amy:** "NO ONE ELSE GOT ON IT!"

**Chic:** "So this train includes Halcy & Pie, White & War, and Mega & Cloud. We are probably the last four teams except for Alex & Wilted. We hope they go out."

Alex finishes the RB currently in Last place.

**Alex:** "I’m disappointed that Cloud, of all people, saw through what we were doing."

**Wilted:** "Well here's our train!"

**Poet:** "Our train is leaving in two minutes and we still don’t know if Alex & Wilted will make it."

**War:** "I see them!"

**Cloud:** "GUYS, HIDE, LITERALLY, HIDE!"

**Alex:** "This way."

**Cloud:** "I just know if it comes down to a foot race, I’m the slowest runner here."

Train leaves

**Chic:** "Yes!"

**Alex:** "We missed the train, dang it!"

**Wilted:** "We are definitely doomed."

**Abe:** "There's everyone it seems."

**Clara:** "Let me count. Mhm! YES! WOO! EVERYONE BUT ALEX & WILTED! THOSE LOSERS, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Peanut & Amy, you are team number 1! You have won 5,000 dollars each.

**Clara:** "The train's leaving in a minute, woo hoo!"

**Alex:** "I think we're arriving."

**Abe:** "As long as they don’t come on, we're fine."

**Wilted:** "I see it!"

**Abi and Clara:** "LEAVE LEAVE LEAVE LEAVE LEAVE."

Train Leaves.

**Wilted:** "NOOOOOO!"

**Alex:** "AGAIN! And the next train doesn't leave until 30 minutes from now!"

**Clara:** "YESSSSS! GET GONE!"

**Katie:** "BUH BYE!"

**Poet:** "I could not be happier about that after what they did to us."

**Abe:** "Must suck for them, I've never seen them perform this poorly before."

**Alex:** "It's over... It's really over."

**Abe:** "Time for an epic foot race!"

**White:** "Let's do this!"

Train arrives

EPIC FOOT RACE!

Halcy & Pie check in 2nd!

Poet & Chic check in 3rd!

Micky & Abe check in 4th!

Clara & Nemo check in 5th!

White & War check in 6th!

Jenn & Etoille check in 7th!

Abi & Katie check in 8th!

Mega & Cloud check in 9th!

WOW, SO MANY TEAMS!

**Clara:** "We're having fun and we can celebrate since the worst team is out."

**Wilted:** "I can't believe after our amazing performance last time that this is how it ends for us."

**Alex:** "I think it's hard because we've made so many mistakes this leg. We don’t really have an excuse."

Alex & Wilted, you are the last team to arrive. I'm sorry to tell you that you have been eliminated from the race.

**Alex:** "It ended for us way too soon and it sucks because we're much better than that."

**Wilted:** "We started out strong, just had a bad leg today."

**Alex:** "I guess we can still be proud of the fact that we set all kinds of records that are still ours, it just sucks that we won't be able to set anymore this time."

## Route Markers

* Pit Start
* Route Info 1
* Route Info 2
* Detour
* Route Info 3
* Roadblock
* Route Info 4 and Pit Stop
 The order of departure from St Ninian's Isle are as follows:

1. Poet & Chic
2. Alex & Wilted
3. Micky & Abe
4. Halcy & Pie
5. Clara & Nemo
6. White & War
7. Jenn & Etoille
8. Peanut & Amy
9. Mega & Cloud
10. Abi & Katie
 Teams must fly to Geneva, Switzerland. Upon arrival, teams must search for the Jet d'Eau to find their next clue.

 Teams must make their way on foot to Chocolats Rohr to find their next clue. Once there, must sign up for a time to enter the store in the morning.

**Choice A:** *Work Bench*
Teams must travel to Victorinox Flagship Store to help piece together a Swiss army knife. Once they have all 27 pieces in the correct order they will receive their next clue.

Halcy & Pie, Jenn & Etoille, and Mega & Cloud chose this task.

**Choice B:** *Bench Work*
Teams must travel to Promenade de la Treille and determine how many people can sit on the longest bench in the world. If they are within the specified range of 190-197, they will receive their next clue.

Abi & Katie, Alex & Wilted, Clara & Nemo, Micky & Abe, Peanut & Amy, Poet & Chic, and White & War chose this task. Teams must travel on foot, bus, or train to the Broken Chair to find their next clue.

 The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock would have to find the founding members' flags of the United Nations outside of the Palace of Nations to receive their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

* Abi & Katie
* Alex & Wilted
* Clara & Nemo
* Halcy & Pie
* Jenn & Etoille
* Mega & Cloud
* Micky & Abe
* Peanut & Amy
* Poet & Chic
* White & War
 Teams must travel on train to Chamonix, France and find the Place du Triangle de l'Amitié to check in.
For coming in first place, Peanut & Amy each won $5,000.

## Leaderboard

**Legend:**
     First Place •      Eliminated •      Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg•      Saved from elimination by the Salvage Pass or The Save •      Season winner •      Season 2nd place •      Season 3rd place • **►** Used the Fast Forward • **ϵ** Used the Express Pass• **⊂** User of the first Double U-Turn slot • **⊃** Recipient of the first Double U-Turn slot • **⋐** User of the second Double U-Turn slot • **⋑** Recipient of the second Double U-Turn slot

 **1st place**

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