IT'S CHECKMATE! BEEB'S CHESS TV
Daily Star|April 25, 2024
New series to crown game's king or queen
JAMES CAVEN
IT'S CHECKMATE! BEEB'S CHESS TV

BBC bosses want to make chess their next big hit.

New series Chess Masters will see players competing to be crowned champion.

The Beeb hopes the eight-part series will do for it what Anya Taylor-Joy drama The Queen's Gambit did for Netflix.

This story is from the April 25, 2024 edition of Daily Star.

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