Surprise Checkmate: Difference between revisions

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* One issue of ''[[Black Panther]]'' has him facing off against the Kingpin in chess, using the game as a metaphor for their coming conflict. Kingpin gets him in check and talks about how he'll always be several steps ahead, and is then immediately checkmated. When this appeared on ''Scans Daily'' a suggestion for followup dialogue was given.

'''T'Challa:''' Indeed. You will find that I [[Badass Boast|do not play by your rules.]] }}

* Though not a checkmate, an example between [[Iron Man|Tony]] and [[Fantastic Four|Reed]] during [[Marvel Civil War|Civil War]] came close enough. The two are having a debate whilst playing chess on 10 different boards or so, and at the end of the conversation, Reed's been put into check on all 10 boards ''simultaneously''.

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==

* ''[[FoxTrot]]''. Roger loves chess and invariably loses, despite his eternal hope that he'll win next time. Crowning example: he lets Jason have the first move, and Jason proceeds to rattle off a winning string of notation (The ''[[Press Start to Game Over|four-move Scholar's Mate]]'', [[Genius Bonus|if you're paying attention]]) without Roger setting up the board.

** The exact surprise can vary. For one Sunday comic, Roger spends multiple panels realizing the game is over no matter what he does. Andy wearily says, "Face it, Roger -- you win." He begs for one more game anyway.