Career
Berezina has a degree in Chess Coaching from Kiev Institute of Physical Culture and Sport. Berezina gained the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1993 after coming equal first in the 1993 Asian Women"s Zonal Championship in Jakarta. In 1999 Berezina gained the open International Master (IM) title after scoring 6 points from 9 games, and coming equal second, in the inaugural 1999 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship held on the Gold Coast, Australia.
In 2005 Berezina was accredited as a FIDE Trainer by the World Chess Federation, FIDE. Berezina competed in the knock-out format Women"s World Chess Championship 2006 in Ekaterinburg, Russia where she was eliminated in round 1 by Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi from India.
She also competed in the Women"s World Chess Championship 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia where she was eliminated in round 1 by Marie Sebag of France. Berezina has also played on board one of the Australian Women's Chess Team at six Chess Olympiads in 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006.
