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Endgame

"Endgame" is an original drama series centering on brilliant chess master Arkady Balagan. Traumatized by the murder of his fiancée, Balagan has become a prisoner in his luxury Vancouver hotel, terrified to step outside. To pay his bill, Balagan starts to solve mysteries, using an unlikely band of hotel employees and chess fanatics to do his legwork. Arrogant, brilliant, and charismatic, the Russian-born Balagan uses the skills that made him chess champion of the world to solve the crimes that mystify others. He imagines events, interviews the living and the dead, and runs conflicting scenarios--all in his head. Genius is at work as he solves crimes that baffle the police.

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Cast & Crew See All

Shawn Doyle
Arkady Balagan
Patrick Gallagher
Hugo Lum
Katharine Isabelle
Danni

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Opening Moves

44 mins

Agoraphobic chess champion, Arkady Balagan, is on the verge of eviction from the luxury hotel he calls home when the hotel's bartender, Danni, enlists his help to find a missing boy. One of the boy's distraught fathers is willing to pay for Balagan's insights. Unable to leave the hotel, Balagan seeks the help of his number-one fan, grad-student and amateur chess player, Sam, and his savvy chambermaid, Alcina, to help him solve the mystery. Was the boy taken by one of his feuding fathers or was there a more sinister motive for the abduction? He is working against the clock to find the missing boy and collect his payment before he is forced out of the hotel. Meanwhile, Pippa, the sister of Balagan's murdered fiancée, Rosemary, attempts to draw him into investigating her murder. Still grieving, Balagan finds it too painful to pursue.

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Awards

  • 2011 - Gemini - Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series - nominated
  • 2011 - Gemini - Best Dramatic Series - nominated
  • 2012 - Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 11-13 - nominated
  • 2012 - Leo - Best Dramatic Series - nominated

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