[2] Ryjanova was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 2000.

In the same year, she won the bronze medal in the Russian Women's Chess Championship in Elista.

[3][4] She has been ranked in FIDE's top 50 highest rated female chess players in the world during the early 2000s.

[5] Ryjanova stopped playing in official competitions in 2003 to work as a chess coach in Qatar, and has been the captain of the Qatari women's chess team since 2008.

[6][7][8][9] In January 2015, Ryjanova tied for fourth place in the Australian Open Chess Championship[10] and won the Australian Women's Masters.