Chess Masters: The Endgame Proves That No, Chess Is Not a Spectator Sport
Can a new Sue Perkins-fronted chess competition whip up some The Queen's Gambit-style excitement about the game?
‘I can’t wait to share this with British public’ – Chess Grandmaster David Howell lands new job as BBC presenter
CHESS legend David Howell is set to star in a new BBC series – looking to find the next Grandmaster. Three-time British ...
Lockdown chess fan joins new BBC show
A man who started playing chess to beat boredom in lockdown is to take part in a new BBC show about the game. Chess Masters: ...
Leamington woman to star on new BBC show Chess Masters and says 'incredible'
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Chess Masters: The Endgame cast: who is host and contestants on BBC show
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Could televised chess be the next Bake Off? Over to you Killer Queen, Smiling Assassin and the other nerds with nicknames
The Endgame is a valiant attempt by the BBC to drag chess the way of pottery, sewing and even playing the piano. We’ve had The Great Pottery Throw Down, The Great British Sewing Bee and The Piano, ...
BBC News at One presenter quits role to take on huge new job at corporation
BBC News journalist Ana Foster has excitedly announced her move from presenting the BBC News at One to a high-profile new ...
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Chess Masters: The Endgame; Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway
“Could the BBC succeed in making chess sexy? Not quite but they did make it pretty darned exciting. Chess Masters: The ...
ChessCafe: The venue bringing young people together
Karan Singh co-founded the fortnightly event to recreate a chess club he found while doing an internship in London. "Social ...
Chess: Oxford vs Cambridge almost level after 152 years
In 1929 and 1930, the Cambridge top board lost his queen very early, once to a knight fork and then to a bishop pin. Matches ...
Welsh woman dubbed ‘Killer Queen’ to compete BBC’s latest tense TV competition
Claire, 50, wants to show the middle-aged women out there that it’s never too late to start as she appears on BBC's Chess ...
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‘I can’t wait to share this with British public’ – Chess Grandmaster David Howell lands new job as BBC presenter
It will see "twelve rising stars of the UK’s booming chess community" compete across eight episodes. Howell told the BBC: "[This is a] chance to bring chess to a wider audience. "Hopefully we'll ...