Checkmate (disambiguation)

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 (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 (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