150 Clever Chess Team Names That Will Capture Your Attention
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!
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
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
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)
