Chess Masters: The Endgame
Chess Masters: The Endgame
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Chess Masters: The Endgame

3.0 / 10
2025
1 season
8 episodes
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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.

  • Episode 1

    1.Episode 1

    10-03-202529m

    In 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.

  • Episode 2

    2.Episode 2

    17-03-202529m

    The five remaining players from the first heat return to the Great Hall to battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

  • Episode 3

    3.Episode 3

    24-03-202529m

    The 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...

  • Episode 4

    4.Episode 4

    31-03-202529m

    In 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...

  • Episode 5

    5.Episode 5

    07-04-202529m

    The five remaining players from the second heat return to the Great Hall to battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals.

  • Episode 6

    6.Episode 6

    14-04-202529m

    The four remaining players from the second heat face a memory puzzle set by chess superstar and world number one Magnus Carlsen.

  • Episode 7

    7.Episode 7

    21-04-202529m

    Six semi-finalists face child prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan in their toughest challenge yet.

  • Episode 8

    8.Episode 8

    28-04-202529m

    The 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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