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
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 Enhypen extended play The Sin: Bliss "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 (2024 Indian TV series), an Indian Hindi-language thriller 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)