Valeri Lilov

IM Valeri Lilov, better known as Tiger Lilov, is a professional chess coach and lecturer renowned for his personalized approach to training students and professional players from all over the world. Born in 1991 in Varna, Bulgaria, Valeri first learned to play chess at the age of three. Having been an active tournament player all his life, he has won many international open tournaments and championships including the European Individual School Chess Championship U10 (Moscow, 2000) and the Kulaga Memorial International Open (Minsk, 2007). His achievements to date have earned him the International Master title, as well as an official FIDE rating of 2438. IM Valeri Lilov’s chess training career started over a decade ago when he was first giving lessons in Bulgarian and then in English over the internet. He is now a popular personal trainer and professional lecturer with many publications with ChessBase, Chess.com, ICC, ChessLecture.com, and ChessCube.com among many others. His ChessBase DVDs are especially popular in Germany and the U.S., while his ChessLecture.com videos are viewed by thousands every day.