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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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
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