Chester Jones (Earth-One)

Checkmate
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 1950s-2011‎
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Real Name	Chester Jones
Main Alias	Checkmate
Base Of Operations	Gotham City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Citizenship	American
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Origin
Universe	Earth-One · New Earth
Creators	Dave Wood · Sheldon Moldoff
First Appearance	Detective Comics #238 (December, 1956)
Appearance of Death	Detective Comics #238 (December, 1956)

Chester Jones was a criminal known also as Checkmate for his obsession with chess.

History

Checkmate had a number of run-ins with Batman and Robin. After robbing a jewelry store, he escaped from the Dynamic Duo by hiding in a lead-lined contained for radium. Poisoned with radiation, he set a plan into motion before he died. He created an elaborate plan to kill Batman and Robin using fantastic deathtraps. His henchmen failed to avenge Checkmate and they were all eventually captured.

Notes

• This version of Checkmate, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022–2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.

Related

• 3 Appearances of Chester Jones (Earth-One)
• 1 Images featuring Chester Jones (Earth-One)
• Quotations by or about Chester Jones (Earth-One)
• Character Gallery: Chester Jones (Earth-One)

Footnotes

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