She was awarded the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM)[2] in 2006 and International Master (IM) in 2007.
[3] Tairova won the gold medal at the European Youth Chess Championships in the Girls U10 category in 2001, playing for Belarus,[4] and the World Youth Chess Championships in the Girls U14 section in 2005, representing Russia.
Also in 2004, Tairova won the bronze medal at the World Youth Championships in the Girls U14 category.
[10] In July 2007, she finished third in the Queens Woman Grandmasters tournament in Bad Homburg, behind Zhao Xue and Elisabeth Pähtz respectively.
[11][12] 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.