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Chess Masters: The Endgame

Chess Masters: The Endgame

★ 3.0/10•2025•29m•Reality
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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.

StatusReturning Series
Runtime29m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 10, 2025

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E129m

Episode 1

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.

Mar 10, 2025

Episode 2 - Episode 2E229m

Episode 2

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

Mar 17, 2025

Episode 3 - Episode 3E329m

Episode 3

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 realise an innovative challenge awaits - a memory test set by world number one chess player Magnus Carlsen.

Mar 24, 2025

Episode 4 - Episode 4E429m

Episode 4

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 most powerful pieces.

Mar 31, 2025

Episode 5 - Episode 5E529m

Episode 5

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

Apr 7, 2025

Episode 6 - Episode 6E629m

Episode 6

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

Apr 14, 2025

Episode 7 - Episode 7E729m

Episode 7

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

Apr 21, 2025

Episode 8 - Episode 8E829m

Episode 8

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?

Apr 28, 2025

Actors

Sue Perkins

Sue Perkins

Self - Presenter

David Howell

Self - Commentator

Anthony Mathurin

Anthony Mathurin

Self - Commentator

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