Airing
Chess Masters: The Endgame
2025– · BBC Two · 30 min · 1 season
Latest episode
S01E08 · Episode 8
Tue, 29 Apr, 5:00 am
About
Sue Perkins hosts this high-stakes chess contest, following 12 rising stars of the UK's booming chess community as they battle it out via a gauntlet of brain-bending puzzles and nail-biting eliminators to be crowned champion.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Tue, 11 Mar· 30 minIn 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.
- E02
Episode 2
Tue, 18 Mar· 30 minThe five remaining players from the first heat return to the Great Hall to battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
- E03
Episode 3
Tue, 25 Mar· 30 min - E04
Episode 4
Tue, 1 Apr· 30 min - E05
Episode 5
Tue, 8 Apr· 30 min - E06
Episode 6
Tue, 15 Apr· 30 min - E07
Episode 7
Tue, 22 Apr· 30 min - E08
Episode 8
Tue, 29 Apr· 30 min
Cast
Sue Perkins
Presenter