In 1998, in Dresden she shared the first place with in the Women's World Chess Championship zone tournament. Ela Pitam participated in Women's World Chess Championship knock-out tournament in 2000 in New Delhi and lost Ekaterina Kovalevskaya in the 1st round. In 2000 she won the Israeli Women's Chess Championship. In 2001 in Tel-Aviv she shared the third place in the International Women's Chess tournament (won Ildikó Mádl).