Checkmate (New Earth)

Checkmate is a governmental "spy" agency much like Marvel Comics S.H.I.E.L.D. but with the hierarchy revolving around the pieces in the classic board game, Chess, with Kings & Queens being the leaders, the Bishops oversee missions behind the scenes, the Rooks plan the missions, the Knights carry out the missions and the Pawns are the support staff. The agency was set up by Amanda Waller}Amanda "the Wall" Waller as its first Queen to serve as a branch of Task Force X, which also included the black ops organization called the Suicide Squad. Also designations of Black or White indicate whether their specialty is Operations (Black) or Intelligence (White).

Known current members: Black King: Taleb Beni Khalid, White Kings: Alan Scott, a.k.a. Green Lantern, Michael Holt, a.k.a. Mister Terrific, Black Queen: Sasha Bordeaux, White Queen: Amanda Waller, Black King's Bishop: Shen Li Po, White King's Bishop: Thinker, Black Queen's Bishop: Jessica Midnight, White Queen's Bishop: King Faraday, Black King's Knight: Beatriz Bonilla da Costa. a.k.a. Fire, White King's Knight: Thomas Jagger, Black Queen's Knights: Jonah McCarthy, Josephine Tautin, a.k.a. Mademoiselle Marie, White Queen's Knight: Werner Vertigo, a.k.a. Count Vertigo, Special Adviser: Katherine Armstrong, a.k.a. Spy Smasher

Known former members: Kings: Kalia Campbell, Phil Kramer, David Said, Black Kings: Maxwell Lord, White Kings: Ahmed Samarra, Queens: Helena Bertinelli, a.k.a. Huntress, Black Queens: Patricia Grace-Colby, White Queens: Oksana Verchenko, Black Bishop: Sasha Bordeaux, Jessica Midnight, Rooks: Jack Wyznowski, Knights: Roy Harper, a.k.a. Speedy, Arthur Kendrick, Jacob Lee, Winston Churchill O'Donnel, Graziella Rea, Isobel SanchezGary Washington