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Chess Masters: The Endgame Series 1
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In the first of two heats, six talented players from across the UK arrive at Cardiff鈥檚 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鈥檚 booming chess community as they battle it out via a gauntlet of brain-bending puzzles and nail-biting eliminators to be crowned champion.

In the first of two heats, six talented players from across the UK arrive at Cardiff鈥檚 former coal exchange. They face a brain-boggling puzzle and a high-stakes speed chess battle.

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Presenter Sue Perkins
Expert David Howell
Expert Anthony Mathurin
Production Manager Leah Bennett
Series Producer Katy Fryer
Executive Producer Charlie Bunce
Production Company Curve Media Ltd

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Rising chess stars to take on the legendary game of psychology, strategy and intensity.