Sharon Ellen Burtman


Sharon Ellen Burtman is an American chess player. Her titles include National Master ; Woman International Master ; New England Women's Champion ; and United States Women's Champion.
Burtman has twice represented the United States in the Interzonal tournaments.
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 from 1987 through 1991. Burtman was also a member of the "Censure Countergambit" team, which won the U.S. Amateur Team Championship 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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