Chess Masters: The Endgame
Sue Perkins hosts this high-stakes chess contest, following 12 rising stars of the UK’s booming chess community as they battle it out to be crowned champion.
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Twelve rising stars of the UK’s booming chess community battle it out.
1.Episode 1
10-03-202529mIn the first of two heats, six talented players from across the UK arrive at Cardiff’s former coal exchange. They face a brain-boggling puzzle and a high-stakes speed chess battle.
2.Episode 2
17-03-202529mThe five remaining players from the first heat return to the Great Hall to battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
3.Episode 3
24-03-202529mThe four remaining players from the first heat return to the Great Hall to battle it out for a coveted place in the semi-finals. They are faced with a giant projection screen, and...
4.Episode 4
31-03-202529mIn the second heat, six new players face a gruelling game of speed chess and a puzzle called 'the raging rook', which allows the players to showcase their mastery of one of the mos...
5.Episode 5
07-04-202529mThe five remaining players from the second heat return to the Great Hall to battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
6.Episode 6
14-04-202529mThe four remaining players from the second heat face a memory puzzle set by chess superstar and world number one Magnus Carlsen.
7.Episode 7
21-04-202529mSix semi-finalists face child prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan in their toughest challenge yet.
8.Episode 8
28-04-202529mThe four finalists return for the last time to the Great Hall, ready to be put through their chess-playing paces like never before. Who will lift the winner’s trophy?
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