Elena Tairova (; ; 28 August 1991 – 16 March 2010) was a Belarusian and Russian chess player. She was awarded the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM)"Titles Approved by FIDE Presidential Board, Al Ain 2006". FIDE. 2006-04-24. Retrieved 7 October 2015 in 2006 and International Master (IM) in 2007."List of Titles Approved". FIDE. 2007-06-25. Retrieved 7 October 2015
Biography Tairova won the gold medal at the European Youth Chess Championships in the Girls U10 category in 2001, playing for Belarus,"Jugend-Europameisterschaft U10 Mädchen". chess-results.com. and the World Youth Chess Championships in the Girls U14 section in 2005, representing Russia."World Youth Chess Championship 2005 G14 Belfort, France". chess-results.com. She was the silver medallist in the European Youth Championships in the Girls U12 category in 2003"European Youth Championship Girls - U12". chess-results.com. and the Girls U14 in 2004. Also in 2004, Tairova won the bronze medal at the World Youth Championships in the Girls U14 category."World Youth Chess Championships 2004 Girls U14". chess-results.com.
In 2006, she won the Russian U-20 girls championship and finished second in the Superfinal of the Russian women's championship.
In May 2007, Tairova played board five for the Russian team that won the silver medal in the 1st Women's World Team Chess Championship in Yekaterinburg. In July 2007, she finished third in the Queens Woman Grandmasters tournament in Bad Homburg, behind Zhao Xue and Elisabeth Pähtz respectively."Queen's Chess Internationales Damen-Großmeisterturnier". chess-results.com. In the same year, she participated in the Russia vs China match and tied for first at the Russian Women's Superfinal, beating Nadezhda Kosintseva, among others.
On 16 March 2010, Tairova died from a chronic undisclosed illness at the age of 18.
References
External links Elena Tairova chess games at 365Chess.com Alena Tairova chess games at 365Chess.com
Elena Tairova team chess record at Olimpbase.org