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Chess Masters: The Endgame

Chess Masters: The Endgame (2025)

March. 10,2025

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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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Chess Masters: The Endgame

2025

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.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2025

8 Episode

Episode 1 - Episode 1

March. 10,2025

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.

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Episode 2 - Episode 2

March. 17,2025

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 - Episode 3

March. 24,2025

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.

Episode 4 - Episode 4

March. 31,2025

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.

Episode 5 - Episode 5

April. 07,2025

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 - Episode 6

April. 14,2025

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

Episode 7 - Episode 7

April. 21,2025

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

Episode 8 - Episode 8

April. 28,2025

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?

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.