President's Cup (chess)

Hosted in part by the United States Chess Federation (USCF), the President's Cup is an annual invitational team championship, open to the top four U.S. schools from the most recent Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship (Pan-Am).

Since 2011, the President's Cup has been sponsored in part by Booz Allen Hamilton.

The governing body for the President's Cup is the College Chess Committee (CCC) of the USCF.

Unlike the Pan-Am, ties for first place are broken (the title is not shared).

The winning school takes possession of the perpetual trophy, created in 2008 using funds from Sun Trust Bank, for one year.

UMBC vs. NYU at 2008 Final Four at UMBC
Presidents Freeman Hrabowski of UMBC and David Daniel of UTD hope to gain possession of the President's Cup at the 2008 Final Four. UTD won in 2008.