from the end of the 1980s to the end of the 1990s tsagaan battsetseg was one of the leading mongolian female chess players. she eight times won mongolian women's chess championship: in 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997. in 1990, tsagaan battsetseg participated in women's world chess championship interzonal tournament in azov where ranked 15th place.