150 Clever Chess Team Names That Will Capture Your Attention

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Written By Alice
 

Chess has been around for over a thousand years, starting as an ancient Indian game called Chaturanga. It evolved into the game we know today in the 16th century. By the 19th century, chess sets were standardized which led to organized tournaments.

Whether you’re playing in a school club, local league, or online, coming up with creative chess team names can be a fun challenge. In this post, we offer 150 team names for chess clubs to inspire you. Don’t miss our list inspired by pop culture at the end!

black and white chess board with chess pieces

The Best Chess Team Names

  • Accurate Calculations

  • Angels Of Attack - This is also on our list of golf team names

  • Averting Simplicity

  • Beauty Queens

  • Bishop’s Blockade

  • Blank Checks

  • Calculated Attackers

  • Check, Please

  • Chess Mates

  • Checkmate Kings

  • Checkmate Queens

  • Clear-Sighted

  • Compulsive Thinkers - This is also on our list of math team names

  • Critical Thinkers

  • Dark Knights - This is also on our list of men’s team names

  • Data-Driven

  • Day & Knight

  • Difficult Positions

  • Evading Attacks - This is also on our list of esports team names

  • Exploiting Weakness

  • Fit For A King

  • Fly By Knighters

  • Forethought

  • Grandmasters Of Disguise

  • Grandmaster Minds

  • Hunting Kings

  • Ideal Moves

  • Improving Outcomes

  • Independent Thinkers

  • Justified Conclusions - This is also on our list of study group names

  • Keeping You In Check

  • Knight Lights

  • Knight Owls

  • Knight Shift

  • Knightmare

  • Knights Of Terror

  • Knighty Knight

  • Living Like Kings

  • Logic Masters

  • Long Defense

  • Making Moves

  • Making Sacrifices

  • Mental Gymnastics

  • Mind Over Matter

  • Morning, Noon & Knight

  • Outwitters

  • Pawndemonium

  • Pawntificators

  • Problem Solvers - This is also on our list of student group names

  • Queen Bees

  • Rank & File

  • Rational Minds

  • Reality Check

  • Rook & Roll

  • Rook Alive

  • Rook Before You Leap

  • Rook Out Below

  • Rook, Line & Sinker

  • Rooks Revenge

  • Sacrificial Lambs

  • Shackling Minds

  • Silent Knights

  • Temporary Arrangement

  • The Analysts

  • The Think Tank

  • The Probable Attackers - This is also on our list of debate team names

  • Thought Provokers

 
list of the best chess team names

 

Funny Team Names For Chess

  • Accidental Geniuses

  • Ahoy Mate

  • Alpha Genes - This is also on our list of gamer names

  • Avoiding The Crowd

  • Best Of The Beginners

  • Brain Drain

  • Board Stiff

  • Capturable

  • Check Yo’ Self

  • Checkered Pasts

  • Chessaholics

  • Chessnuts

  • Clever By Comparison

  • Crazy Horses

  • Deez Knights

  • Developing Minds

  • Drag Queens

  • Drama Queens

  • Fatal Errors

  • Grandmasters Of Disaster

  • Hasty Blunders

  • Ice Queens

  • Intellectuals Anonymous

  • Ladies Of The Knight

  • Lazy Kings

  • Let’s Call It A Knight

  • Losing Concentration

  • Mental Block - This is also on our list of Minecraft world names

  • Nerd Herd - This is also on our list of team names for 4 people

  • No Clue Crew

  • No Plan

  • Off The Rook (Off The Hook)

  • One-Knight Stands

  • Overthink Tank

  • Pawnographic

  • Piece Out

  • Quick & Careless

  • Rookie Mistakes

  • ROOKies

  • Rookin’ Good

  • Rushed Decisions

  • Short-Lived Advantages

  • Simple Minds - This is also on our list of funny trivia team names

  • Smart Cookies

  • Table Flippers

  • Team Impulsive

  • The Comeback Kings

  • Thieves In The Knight

  • Tighty Knighties

  • Watch And Learn

RELATED: Amusing Team Names For Different Games

 
list of funny chess team names

 

Chess Club Names Inspired By Pop Culture

Having trouble coming up with a name? Use one of these unique names from popular books, T.V. shows, and movies:

  • All Rooked Up (All Shook Up - Elvis)

  • Dancing Queens (Dancing Queen - ABBA)

  • Dazed And Confused (Movie)

  • Endgame (Avengers: Endgame)

  • Evil Queens (Snow White)

  • Grandmaster Flashes (Grandmaster Flash)

  • Here’s Rooking At You, Kid (Here’s Looking At You, Kid - Casablanca)

  • King Kongs (King Kong)

  • Kings For A Day (King For A Day - Green Day)

  • Kings Of The Hill (King Of The Hill)

  • King’s Landing (Game Of Thrones)

  • Knight Riders (Knight Rider)

  • Knights At The Museum (Night At The Museum)

  • Pawn Fiction (Pulp Fiction)

  • Pawn Stars (TV Show)

  • Pawns Of Anarchy (Sons Of Anarchy)

  • Put A King On It (Single Ladies Put A Ring On It - Beyoncé)

  • Queens Of The Knight (Queen Of The Night - Whitney Houston)

  • Return Of The Kings (The Lord Of The Rings)

  • Revenge Of The Rooks (Revenge Of The Nerds)

  • Rook & Morty (Rick & Morty)

  • Rook What You Made Us Do (Look What You Made Me Do - Taylor Swift)

  • Rook Who’s Talking (Look Who’s Talking)

  • Rooked On A Feeling (Hooked On A Feeling - Björn Skifs & Blue Swede)

  • Smartacus (Spartacus)

  • Smarter Than A Fifth Grader (TV Show)

  • The Brainy Bunch (The Brady Bunch) - This is also on our list of book club names

  • The Dark Knights (The Dark Knight Rises)

  • The Jungle Rook (The Jungle Book)

  • The King’s Move (The King’s Speech)

  • The Knight’s Watch (Night’s Watch - Game Of Thrones)

  • The Lion Kings (The Lion King)

  • Three Kings (Movie)

 
list of pop culture inspired chess tournament names
 

♟️ Which names from our list do you love? Drop a comment below! ♟️

😎 Have an awesome suggestion of your own? Share it in the comments and it might get added to our list! If we choose yours, we’ll reply to let you know 👏

 
Alice

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