The Week contest: Chess team

This week's question: Employees of Silicon Valley and Wall Street giants, including Google and Goldman Sachs, recently faced off at a chess match, with teams aiming to prove their employer's intellectual superiority. If you could name the chess team for a major corporation, what would you call it? 

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RESULTS:

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THE WINNER: Dairy Queen's Gambit

Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

SECOND PLACE: GM's GMs

Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts

THIRD PLACE: Papa John's Sicilian Opening

Andy Ross, Hatfield, Pennsylvania

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

The White Castlers

Rich Wolf, Westminster, Maryland

BlackRooks

Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California

The Goldman Sackers\

Jeff Goodrich, Andover, New Hampshire 

The Knights of Nvidia

Gerald Lasin, Deerfield, Illinois

Grandmasters of the Universe

Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts

The Pawn Brokers

Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma

Chairmen of the Board

Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania

The Movers and Takers

Carlson M. Simmons, Albuquerque, New Mexico

The Pay-Paladins

Ed Raymond, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Prudential's Rooks of Gibraltar

John Smigelsky, Holmdel, New Jersey