Irina was born in Belarus, where her parents worked as chess trainers. After
Chernobyl disaster, her family moved to
Arkhangelsk, where at age of eight Irina won the second place in the
Arkhangelsk Oblast Women's Chess Championship. At the age of eleven, she took the third place in the Russian Youth Chess Championship in the U16 age group of girls, and later at the age of thirteen Irina won the Russian Junior Championship in the U20 age group of girls. In 2000, she was second in the Women's Chess Championship, but in 2003 Irina won this tournament. In 2004, she took the 4th place in
European Individual Chess Championship. In 2009, she became the finalist of the Russian Women's Chess Cup, but in 2010 she won this cup. In 2011, she won the Russian Women's Fast Chess Championship. In the 2000s Irina Turova participated in
Women's World Chess Championship by
knock-out system: • In
Women's World Chess Championship 2004 in the first round lost to
Maia Lomineishvili, • In
Women's World Chess Championship 2006 in the first round lost to
Lela Javakhishvili, • In
Women's World Chess Championship 2010 in the first round lost to
Sopiko Khukhashvili. In 2000, she was awarded the FIDE
Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE
Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title one year later. In 2004, she was awarded the FIDE
International Master (IM) title. She is married to Russian
Grandmaster (GM)
Maxim Turov. ==References==