Checkmate 체크메이트 is a Korean vertical BL which will premiere on June 11, 2026 on Lezhin Snack. It is adapted from the webtoon of the same name by TAN 탄.
Soo-hyeon, the perennial runner-up overshadowed by the perfect Eun-seong, feels a sense of pleasure watching Eun-seong accidentally crumble…
The drama stars Chun Woo-Jin 천우진 as Soohyeon 수현 & Lee Sung-Shin 이성신 as Eunseong 은성.
Webtoon synopsis:
Soohyeon doesn’t have a “first love,” but he definitely has a “first hate” – his high school classmate Eunseong. A smooth-mannered all-star, Eunseong snaps up first place in everything, leaving Soohyeon always trailing behind in second place. Winning out over Eunseong is the one thing that motivates Soohyeon, but after graduation, Soohyeon contents himself with a dull, mediocre life. One day, Eunseong appears on the news, knee-deep in scandal and, for once, not perfectly at ease… lighting Soohyeon’s inner fires once again. Desperate to see a fallen Eunseong with his own eyes, Soohyeon jumps into the fray as a reporter, and gets Eunseong to strike an outrageous deal with him.
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