Sue Perkins
Self - Presenter
Chess Masters: The Endgame (2025)
Series 1
Twelve rising stars of the UK’s booming chess community battle it out.
Released March 10, 2025
Episode 29 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.chess-tournament, tmdb.grandmaster, tmdb.chess-match, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.game-show, imdb.chess
Production Companies: Curve Media
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
March 10, 2025, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
March 17, 2025, midnight
S1E3 - 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.
March 24, 2025, midnight
S1E4 - 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.
March 31, 2025, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
April 7, 2025, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
The four remaining players from the second heat face a memory puzzle set by chess superstar and world number one Magnus Carlsen.
April 14, 2025, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
Six semi-finalists face child prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan in their toughest challenge yet.
April 21, 2025, midnight
S1E8 - 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?
April 28, 2025, midnight
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BBC Two
29 min/ep
232 min
March 10, 2025
April 28, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
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