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.
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 Chess Masters: The Endgame Champion.
The five remaining players from the first heat return to the Great Hall to battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
At the end of episode two, two players face each other in the high stakes eliminator before the loser leaves the contest. Enjoy every minute of the game played here in full. Enjoy every minute of episode two’s Eliminator as two players face one another in a high stakes game before the loser leaves the contest.
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 the world number one chess player, Magnus Carlsen.
At the end of episode three, two players face each other in the high stakes eliminator before the loser leaves the contest. Enjoy every minute of the game played here in full.
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.
The five remaining players from the second heat return to the Great Hall to battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals.
The four remaining players from the second heat face a memory puzzle set by chess superstar and world number one Magnus Carlsen.
The three strongest players from both heats come face to face for the first time in the semi-finals. They face child prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan in their toughest challenge yet.
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?
