Shannon Burns [#017] at NSC 2002

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Shannon Burns [#017] at NSC 2002

Congratulations to our new National Champion, Joel Sherman!

See also: video clip 1 (2 MB), video clip 2 (2 MB). (video courtesy Roger Cullman)

Background Information
	Given name(s): Shannon Surname(s): Burns Home: Calgary, AB, Canada Age: 31 Awards: Member of the National Cartoonists Society Occupation: Artist/graphic designer

Rank Diagram

[rank diagram]
See Legend

Round-by-Round
High score: 485 Average for: 394 Average against: 363
Round 1		Burns played #111 Sally Ricketts (New York, NY) and won 446 to 351 (a spread of 95) . Current ranking: #19. Current record: 1-0, +95.
Round 2		Burns played #066 Elisabeth Jordan (Santa Monica, CA) and lost 377 to 441 (a spread of -64) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 1-1, +31.
Round 3		Burns played #096 Kit Morehead (Berkley, MI) and won 414 to 401 (a spread of 13) . Current ranking: #51. Current record: 2-1, +44.
Round 4		Burns played #138 John Viloria (Yonkers, NY) and lost 399 to 410 (a spread of -11) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 2-2, +33.
Round 5		Burns played #014 Doug Brockmeier (Yorba Linda, CA) and won 436 to 368 (a spread of 68) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 3-2, +101.
Round 6		Burns played #124 Rebecca Soble (Naples, NY) and lost 337 to 462 (a spread of -125) . Current ranking: #74. Current record: 3-3, -24.
Round 7		Burns played #118 Laura Scheimberg (Littleton, CO) and won 378 to 373 (a spread of 5) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 4-3, -19.
Round 8		Burns played #100 Ember Nelson (Buffalo, NY) and lost 321 to 382 (a spread of -61) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 4-4, -80.
Round 9		Burns played #024 Joseph Connelly (Moorpark, CA) and lost 389 to 405 (a spread of -16) . Current ranking: #91. Current record: 4-5, -96.
Round 10		Burns played #093 Stephen Moniz (Manchester, NH) and won 409 to 323 (a spread of 86) . Current ranking: #66. Current record: 5-5, -10.
Round 11		Burns played #023 Woody Chen (Flushing, NY) and won 388 to 305 (a spread of 83) . Current ranking: #52. Current record: 6-5, +73.
Round 12		Burns played #010 Walter Blue (St. Paul, MN) and won 363 to 300 (a spread of 63) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 7-5, +136.
Round 13		Burns played #086 Charles Merlis (West Hartford, CT) and won 485 to 379 (a spread of 106) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 8-5, +242.
Round 14		Burns played #075 Noel Livermore (Easton, PA) and lost 282 to 549 (a spread of -267) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 8-6, -25.
Round 15		Burns played #009 Paul Beusterien (Alameda, CA) and won 475 to 253 (a spread of 222) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 9-6, +197.
Round 16		Burns played #090 Stan Miranda (Albuquerque, NM) and won 355 to 329 (a spread of 26) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 10-6, +223.
Round 17		Burns played #089 Vivian Minden (Dundas ON) and lost 402 to 434 (a spread of -32) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 10-7, +191.
Round 18		Burns played #067 Joan Kelly (Middletown, NY) and lost 326 to 378 (a spread of -52) . Current ranking: #47. Current record: 10-8, +139.
Round 19		Burns played #075 Noel Livermore (Easton, PA) and won 437 to 283 (a spread of 154) . Current ranking: #34. Current record: 11-8, +293.
Round 20		Burns played #142 Charlene White (Kearny, NJ) and won 411 to 401 (a spread of 10) . Current ranking: #30. Current record: 12-8, +303.
Round 21		Burns played #144 Pat Yarnell (Arcadia, CA) and won 354 to 279 (a spread of 75) . Current ranking: #25. Current record: 13-8, +378.
Round 22		Burns played #081 Rob Matthews (Winter Springs, FL) and won 466 to 266 (a spread of 200) . Current ranking: #14. Current record: 14-8, +578.
Round 23		Burns played #055 Greg Heidler (Waialua, HI) and tied at 400 . Current ranking: #18. Current record: 14.5-8.5, +578.
Round 24		Burns played #036 Christine Economos (New York, NY) and lost 365 to 395 (a spread of -30) . Current ranking: #22. Current record: 14.5-9.5, +548.
Round 25		Burns played #138 John Viloria (Yonkers, NY) and lost 346 to 400 (a spread of -54) . Current ranking: #29. Current record: 14.5-10.5, +494.
Round 26		Burns played #124 Rebecca Soble (Naples, NY) and won 436 to 280 (a spread of 156) . Current ranking: #23. Current record: 15.5-10.5, +650.
Round 27		Burns played #073 Richard Lauder (Madison, WI) and won 460 to 359 (a spread of 101) . Current ranking: #16. Current record: 16.5-10.5, +751.
Round 28		Burns played #087 Alan Meyer (Newberg, OR) and won 348 to 347 (a spread of 1) . Current ranking: #11. Current record: 17.5-10.5, +752.
Round 29		Burns played #052 Thomas M Hall (Carlisle, PA) and won 372 to 319 (a spread of 53) . Current ranking: #9. Current record: 18.5-10.5, +805.
Round 30		Burns played #094 Lee Moore (Mexico) and won 406 to 351 (a spread of 55) . Current ranking: #7. Current record: 19.5-10.5, +860.
Round 31		Burns played #072 Bill Lapinski (Lake Forest, CA) and won 427 to 339 (a spread of 88) . Current ranking: #6. Current record: 20.5-10.5, +948.
After the Tournament		Burns is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Burns is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

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