Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I muri i te wawahanga o te Soviet Union i roto i nga whakataetae taatai i tohu ia i a Kazakhstan. I te tau 1995, i uru a Elvira Berend ki te Whakataetae Whakataetae Whakataetae o te Ao mo nga Wahine
i Chişinău i noho ai ki te 14 o nga waahi. I te tau 1997, i Athens ka wini ia i te European Women's Fast Chess Championship, me te wikitoria i te whakataetae taatai a-ao i Luxembourg City.