List of Checkmate members

Checkmate is a fictional covert operations agency, as published by DC Comics.

The roster of the agency has changed a great deal over the years. These roster lists are of the members during the agency's various incarnations.

The codenames listed under Character are those used during the time frame of the particular iteration. Characters with more than one codename for that period have them listed chronologically and separated by a slash (/). Bolded names in the most recent iteration published are the current agency members.

First appearance is the place where the character first appeared as a member of a particular iteration. It is not necessarily the first appearance of the character in print, nor the story depicting how the character joined the agency.

All information is listed in publication order first, then rank, and finally alphabetical.

Roster during Checkmate!

Character	Real name	Position	First appearance	Notes
Harry Stein	N/A	King	Action Comics #598 (March 1988)
Harvey Bullock		Bishop		Also member of the GCPD.
Grace Guinness		Rook
Amanda Waller		Queen	Checkmate! #1 (April 1988)	Concurrent leader of the Suicide Squad.
Phil Kramer		Bishop
Scott Jameson
John Reed		Pawn / Knight		Promoted to Knight in Checkmate! #6 (August 1988).
Gary Washington		Knight
Winston Churchill O'Donnell			Checkmate! #4 (July 1988)
Kalia Campbell		Rook
Mr. Wing
Jack Wyznowski			Checkmate! #5 (August 1988)
Jake Tyler		Knight
Abe Crane		Rook	Checkmate! #9 (December 1988)
Roger Dayton		Knight
Rene Rockwell		Pawn		Killed in Checkmate! #10 (Winter 1988).
Connie Webb		Knight	Checkmate! #12 (February 1989)
Valentina Vostok		Bishop	Checkmate! #15 (May 1989)	Former member of the Doom Patrol.
Ray Carson		Knight
Jacques Reynard			Checkmate! #17 (June 1989)
Peacemaker	Christopher Smith	Field agent	Suicide Squad #30 (June 1989)	Project Peacemaker integrated into Checkmate following The Janus Directive. Died in Eclipso #13 (November 1993).
Dr. Bridgette D'Abo	N/A	Psychologist		Project Peacemaker integrated into Checkmate following The Janus Directive.
Jerry Blake		Knight	Checkmate! #19 (July 1989)
Conrad Mackay			Checkmate! #21 (October 1989)
Black Thorn	Elizabeth Thorne	Field agent	Between Checkmate! #26 (March 1990) and #28 (June 1990)
Mark Nagoya	N/A	Knight	Checkmate! #30 (August 1990)
Deadshot	Floyd Lawton	Freelance	?	Former member of the Suicide Squad. Later member of the Secret Six.
Deathstroke	Slade Wilson			Later member of: The Society Titans East
Vigilante	Adrian Chase			Died in Vigilante #50 (February 1988).
Vigilante	Pat Trayce
Vixen	Mari McCabe			Former member of the Suicide Squad. Former and later member of the Justice League.

Roster between series

Character	Real name	Position	First appearance	Notes
Phil Kramer	N/A	King	Deathstroke, the Terminator #17 (December 1992)	Promoted from Bishop to King in Deathstroke, the Terminator #17.
Kalia Campbell		Bishop / Queen		Referenced as a Bishop in Who's Who in the DC Universe #7. Promoted to Queen in Deathstroke, the Terminator #17.
Gary Washington		Knight
Jack Wyznowski		Rook	Deathstroke, the Terminator #18 (January 1993)
Arsenal	Roy Harper	Knight		Working with Cheshire in order to infiltrate the Brotherhood of Evil; betrays Cheshire later on. Former member of the Teen Titans. Later member of: The Titans The Outsiders Justice League of America
Winston Churchill O'Donnell	N/A		Deathstroke, the Terminator #19 (February 1993)
David Said		King	Detective Comics #768 (May 2002)
Jessica Midnight		Black Queen's Knight	Detective Comics #773 (October 2002)
Sasha Bordeaux		Black King's Knight
Huntress	Helena Bertinelli	Queen	Gotham Knights #38 (April 2003)	Former member of the Justice League. Later member of: Birds of Prey The Outsiders
Maxwell Lord	N/A	Black King	DC Countdown #1 (May 2005)	Former financier of the Justice League. Died in Wonder Woman vol. 2, #219 (September 2005).
Patricia Grace-Colby		Black Queen	The OMAC Project #2 (July 2005)
Ahmed Samsarra		White King
Oksana Verchenko		White Queen

Roster during Checkmate vol. 2

Character	Real name	Position	First appearance	Notes
Taleb Beni Khalid	N/A	Black King	Checkmate vol. 2, #1 (June 2006)	Seconded from Israeli Defence Forces.
Shen Li Po	N/A	Black King's Bishop		Leave of absence in issue #16 (September 2007).
Fire	Beatriz Bonilla da Costa	Black King's Knight		Former member of: Global Guardians Justice League
Sasha Bordeaux	N/A	Black Queen
Jessica Midnight	N/A	Black Queen's Bishop		British National. Possess some degree of magicks that are kept hidden from the rest of Checkmate, excluding Fire.
Jonah McCarthy	N/A	Black Queen's Knight		Apparent death in issue #1 (June 2006).
Green Lantern	Alan Scott	White King		Concurrent member of the Justice Society of America; forced to resign by UN Security Council in issue #4 (September 2006).
Mister Terrific	Michael Holt	White King's Bishop / White King		Concurrent member of the Justice Society of America.
Thomas Jagger	N/A	White King's Knight
Amanda Waller	N/A	White Queen		Resigned from Checkmate in issue #20 (November 2007).
King Faraday	N/A	White Queen's Bishop		Resigned from Checkmate in issue #20 (November 2007).
Count Vertigo	Werner Vertigo	White Queen's Knight		Current member of the Suicide Squad. Resigned from Checkmate in issue #20 (November 2007).
Mademoiselle Marie	Josephine Tautin	Black Queen's Knight	Checkmate vol. 2, #5 (October 2006)	Former member of the DGSE.
Pawn 502	Lucas Terrel	Pawn	Checkmate vol. 2, #8 (January 2007)	Infiltrated Kobra organization. Died shortly after being lifted when cover was blown in issue #23 (February 2008).
Thinker	N/A	White King's Bishop	Checkmate vol. 2, #9 (February 2007)
August General in Iron	Fang Zhifu	Black King's Bishop	Checkmate vol. 2, #16 (September 2007)	Seconded from the Great Ten.
Master Jailer	Carl Draper	Castellan	Checkmate vol. 2, #17 (October 2007)
Valentina Vostok	N/A	White Queen	Checkmate vol. 2, #21 (December 2007)	Apparently KIA in Final Crisis #4 attempting to retake Blüdhaven from Darkseid's forces.
Bad Samaritan	Zviad Baazovi	White Queen's Bishop	Checkmate vol. 2 #22 (March 2008)	A Georgian National.
Rocket Red #1	Maks Chazov	White Queen's Knight		Member of the Rocket Red Brigade.
Gravedigger	CWO2 Tyson Sykes	Rook	Checkmate vol. 2, #24 (May 2008)	Designation: Rook Alpha.
Cinnamon	N/A			Designation: Rook Beta.
Faust	Sebastian Faust			Checkmate's mystic consultant. Designation: Rook Gamma.
G.I. Robot	J.A.K.E. #6.1			Designation: Rook Delta.
Snapper Carr	Lucas Carr	Pawn	52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen #3 (December 2007)

Roster during Checkmate vol. 3

Character	Real name	Position	First appearance	Notes
Green Arrow	Oliver Queen
Talia al Ghul	N/A
Lois Lane	N/A
Manhunter	Kate Spencer
Mister Bones	Robert Todd
Question	Vic Sage
Steve Trevor	N/A