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

Checkmate or Checkmates may also refer to:

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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" (The Prisoner), 1967 series 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

• 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

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