Checkmate is a situation in the game of chess and other activities which results in defeat.

Checkmate or Checkmates may also refer to:

Fiction and drama

  • Checkmate (comics), the title of two series published by DC Comics
  • Checkmate (play), an 1869 farcical play by Andrew Halliday
  • Checkmate, an 1871 novel by Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Checkmates, a 1987 play by Ron Milner
  • Checkmate (Horler novel), a 1930 novel by Sydney Horler
  • Checkmate, a short story from A Twist in the Tale
  • Checkmate, the fourth novel in the Noughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
  • Checkmate, the sixth book in the Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett

Film

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  • Checkmate (1911 film), an American silent short drama film
  • Checkmate (1931 French film), a French mystery film directed by Roger Goupillières
  • Checkmate (1931 film), a German film
  • Checkmate (1935 film), a British film
  • Checkmate (2008 film), an Indian film
  • Checkmate (2010 film), a Ghanaian film
  • Checkmate (2024 film), an Argentine film
  • Checkmate (short film), a short drama film
  • Checkmates (film), a 2024 Spanish comedy film

Music

  • Checkmate (Joe Pass and Jimmy Rowles album), 1981
  • Checkmate (Roger Christian album), 1989
  • Checkmate (B.G. album), 2000
  • Checkmate! (album), 2011
  • Check Mate (Barrabás album), 1975
  • Checkmate (EP), 2022 EP by Itzy
  • "Checkmate" (Jadakiss song), 2005
  • "Checkmate" (Jung Yong-hwa and JJ Lin song), 2015
  • "Checkmate" (Conan Gray song), 2019
  • "Checkmate" (Rod Wave song), 2023
  • "Checkmate", a song from the Cypress Hill album Cypress Hill IV
  • "Checkmate", a song from the Gryphon album Red Queen to Gryphon Three
  • "Checkmate", a song from the Xdinary Heroes extended play Deadlock
  • Checkmate (rapper), Canadian hip hop artist
  • Checkmates, Ltd., American R&B group

Television

  • Checkmate (American TV series), the title of a 1960–1962 American mystery series
  • Checkmate (Indian TV series), an Indian Bengali-language series
  • Checkmate (Nigerian TV series), a Nigerian soap opera
  • Chhal – Sheh Aur Maat (), a 2012 Indian series
  • "Checkmate" (The Prisoner), 1967 series episode
  • "Checkmate" (The Prisoner 2009), 2009 miniseries episode inspired by the 1967 episode
  • "Checkmate" (The Tudors), 2008 episode
  • "Checkmate", 2017 series episode of Arrow season 5
  • "Checkmate", 2015 series episode of Adventure Time season 7
  • "Checkmate", fourth episode of the 1965 Doctor Who serial The Time Meddler
  • "Checkmate", 1991 series episode, see list of Twin Peaks episodes

Other

  • Checkmate (ballet), the music for ballet by British composer Arthur Bliss
  • Checkmate pattern
  • Check-mate system, a ship identification protocol used by the Royal Navy in World War II
  • Sukhoi Checkmate, a fifth generation Light Tactical Aircraft by Sukhoi
  • Chess Champion 2175, a chess video game, also known as Checkmate

See also

  • Check (disambiguation)
  • Operation Checkmate (disambiguation)
  • Jaque Mate (disambiguation)