Russian Woman Grandmaster (1989), International Master (1993). World Champion U16 in 1987 and U20 in 1988. Russian Women Champion in 1997, 2009 and 2010. Twice unfortunate finalist at the Women World Championship, in 1999 she lost the final match to Xi-Jun 8,5-6,5 and in 2006 to Xu Yuhua 2,5-0,5.
As a member of the national team between 1990 and 2000 and back in 2010 she won five team medals and four individual medals at the Women Olympiads.
In 1997 she won the Women Candidates Tournament.
She was married for several years to Vasily Ivanchuk.