Sharon Ellen Burtman (born 1968) is an American

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

player. Her titles include

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(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 Anjelina Mikhailovna Belakovskaia (born May 17, 1969) is an American chess player holding the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a three-time U.S. women's champion, with victories in 1995, 1996, and 1999. Biography Belakovskaia grew ...

). Burtman has twice represented the United States in the

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

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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. Burtman was twice awarded the Paul M. Albert, Jr. Brilliancy Prize. The first time was for her Round 7 win over Mary Kuhner at the 1987 U.S. Women's Championship in Estes Park, CO; the second for her Round 4 victory over Elizabeth Neely at the 1991 U.S. Women's Championship in Highland Beach, FL.

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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 American chess players Chess Woman International Masters Chess players from Boston Rhode Island College alumni 21st-century American women 20th-century American sportswomen