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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
- Checkmates, a 1989 play with Vanessa L. Williams
- Checkmate (Sydney 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
- 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 (short film), a short drama film
Music
- Checkmate (Joe Pass and Jimmy Rowles album), 1981
- 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 (rapper), Canadian hip hop artist
- Checkmates, Ltd., American R&B group
Television
- Checkmate (American TV series), the title of a 1960–1962 American mystery television series
- Checkmate (Indian TV series), a Bengali television series
- Checkmate (Nigerian TV series), a Nigerian soap opera
- "Checkmate" (Arrow), an episode of Arrow
- "Checkmate", 211th episode of Adventure Time
- "Checkmate", fourth episode of the 1965 Doctor Who serial The Time Meddler
- "Checkmate" (The Prisoner), a 1967 episode of The Prisoner
- "Checkmate" (Twin Peaks), a season two episode of the cult series, Twin Peaks
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
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