Sharon Ellen Burtman (born 1968) is an American

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player. Her titles include

National Master A chess title is a title regulated by a chess governing body and bestowed upon players based on their performance and rank. Such titles are usually granted for life. The international chess governing body FIDE grants several titles, the most pres ...

(1994);

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(1989); New England Women's Champion (1988); and United States Women's Champion (1995, shared with Anjelina Belakovskaia). Burtman has twice represented the United States in the

Interzonal Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by the World Chess Federation FIDE from the 1950s to the 1990s. They were a stage in the triennial World Chess Championship cycle and were held after the Zonal tournaments, and before the ...

tournaments (1990 and 1995). In team competition, she was captain of the

Rhode Island College Rhode Island College (RIC) is a public college in Providence, Rhode Island. The college was established in 1854 as the Rhode Island State Normal School, making it the second oldest institution of higher education in Rhode Island after Brown Un ...

chess team, leading them to the Best College prize at each U.S. Amateur Team Championship (East) from 1987 through 1991. Burtman was also a member of the "Censure Countergambit" team, which won the U.S. Amateur Team Championship (West) in 1999.

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Woman International Master Sharon Burtman
bio at the USCF website {{DEFAULTSORT:Burtman, Sharon Ellen 1968 births Living people American female chess players Chess Woman International Masters Place of birth missing (living people) Rhode Island College alumni 21st-century American women