USATE – BEST TEAM NAME WINNERS 1973 – 2015
YEAR
Winning Team Name
2015
Legalize Caruana
2014
NSA is Perpetually Checking
2013
Rg3 Offensive Rook of the Year
2012
Team Romney We Play Both Sides of the Board
2011
Chilean Defense: No Minor Pieces Trapped
2010
None Reported – Top team name was deemed inappropriate for Chess Life.
2009
I Can See Russians from My Board
2008
No Longer Searching for Bobby Fischer
2007
e2 Brute?
2006
Dick Cheney Attack: Bird’s Variation
2005
King of Pop perpetually Touches Minor Pieces
2004
USCF Unstable Cash Flow
2003
Trent Lott Says Black is O.K.
2002
Enron’s 401K Plan – No Perpetual Check
2001
Harry Patzer and the Poisoned Pawn
2000
Does Your Peter Leko
1999
Forking Geniuses
1998
Mr. Clinton Your Piece is Hanging
1997
Tickle Me ELO
1996
Hickory, Dickory, Doc, We’re Going to Win a Clock
1995
1994
Two way tie Searching for Bobby Stitcher AND Searching for Bobbit’s Bishop
1993
White Pawns Can’t Jump
1992
1991
My Flag is Falling and I Can’t Get Up
1990
We Don’t Ivanchuk a Pawn
1989
Two Knights, Let it Be Lowenthal
1988
Little Karpov Horrors
1987
You Rook Mahvelous
1986
Baked E Lasker
1985
No Pawn Intended
1984
Tahlstoy’s War and Pieces
1983
Saemisch Usual
1982
Buenas Nochess (Good Knight)
1981
Tarrasch Collectors
1980
No outright winner was listed. Seven teams were noted, thus: “…innovations and originality over the chess board were matched by names of some of the teams.”