Sharon Ellen Burtman (born 1968) is an American
chess
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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 pre ...
(1994);
Woman International Master
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(1989); New England Women's Champion (1988); and
United States Women's Champion (1995, shared with
Anjelina Belakovskaia
Anjelina Belakovskaia (russian: Анжелина Белаковская, translit=Anzhelina Belakovskaya; born May 17, 1969) is an American chess player holding the FIDE title of Woman grandmaster, Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a three-time U.S. ...
).
Burtman has twice represented the United States in the
Interzonal
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tournaments (1990 and 1995).
In team competition, she was captain of the
Rhode Island College 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.
References
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Woman International Master Sharon Burtmanbio at the USCF website
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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