# WebtoonLib — Checkmate #2

## Series
- title: Checkmate
- slug: checkmate-c0da0e

## Chapter
- number: 2
- release_date: 2025-03-04

### Summary
Lee Soohyun's profound inferiority complex towards his former high school rival, the "effortless genius" Jung Eunsung, has fully metastasized into a life-consuming obsession. After years of post-graduation apathy, Soohyun’s dormant fixation was violently rekindled with sadistic pleasure upon seeing a video of Eunsung collapsing. This has now driven him to take a drastic and self-destructive step: quitting his stable job to dedicate himself entirely to orchestrating Eunsung's complete downfall. This extreme action, born from a decade-old, one-sided grudge, is viewed by readers as pathetic, deeply unhealthy, and stalker-like, especially since Eunsung was never actively malicious and likely does not even remember Soohyun. Having sacrificed his own career and stability, Soohyun is now unmoored, singularly focused on a reckless quest for revenge. His entire existence revolves around the goal of dragging down the man he simultaneously idolized and despised, setting the stage for a volatile confrontation driven by his twisted psychological fixation on an oblivious target.
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## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
Lee Soohyun's profound inferiority complex towards his former high school rival, the "effortless genius" Jung Eunsung, has fully metastasized into a life-consuming obsession.

### Spoiler summary
Lee Soohyun's profound inferiority complex towards his former high school rival, the "effortless genius" Jung Eunsung, has fully metastasized into a life-consuming obsession. After years of post-graduation apathy, Soohyun’s dormant fixation was violently rekindled with sadistic pleasure upon seeing a video of Eunsung collapsing. This has now driven him to take a drastic and self-destructive step: quitting his stable job to dedicate himself entirely to orchestrating Eunsung's complete downfall. This extreme action, born from a decade-old, one-sided grudge, is viewed by readers as pathetic, deeply unhealthy, and stalker-like, especially since Eunsung was never actively malicious and likely does not even remember Soohyun. Having sacrificed his own career and stability, Soohyun is now unmoored, singularly focused on a reckless quest for revenge. His entire existence revolves around the goal of dragging down the man he simultaneously idolized and despised, setting the stage for a volatile confrontation driven by his twisted psychological fixation on an oblivious target.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Checkmate #2](/series/checkmate-c0da0e/chapter-2)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/checkmate-c0da0e

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