IM Valeri Lilov, founder of Tiger Lilov's Chess School and www.TigerLilov.com, is a well-known professional chess coach and lecturer from Bulgaria. He is also a strong tournament chess player and currently holds the title of International Master and FIDE rating of 2438 as of Nov 20th, 2016.
IM Lilov is a top-notch personal chess coach who can take your chess to the next level within days. He places a high importance on personalizing his approach to training each of his students by looking at their particular styles of play, strengths and weaknesses, as well as chess psychology.
Often referred to as Tiger Lilov, Valeri has been training students from around the world for over ten years. His unmatched experience and enthusiasm for helping chess lovers improve their play has produced a UK Chess Champion, a US Open winner, many national masters and chess experts, as well as an IM!
Besides, Tiger Lilov is a popular lecturer for ChessBase and other websites including ICC, Chess.com, ChessLecture, and ChessCube to name a few. His prominent work for ChessBase has made him a famous chess lecturer and commentator, known for his insightful style of teaching modern chess theory.
IM Valeri Lilov has recorded a total of 15 ChessBase training DVDs. They include: The Queen's Gambit Accepted, The Sicilian Kan, Unorthodox Chess Openings, and Tactics Volume 1 & 2. IM Lilov has a many lectures published in the ChessBase Magazine, too.
Tiger Lilov offers various chess training services to assist his many students who have different chess backgrounds and exhibit unique strengths and weaknesses. Valeri has the optimal mix of training tools to help each of them quickly improve their chess and have visible results right from the start.
The main tool IM Lilov is using to train his students is the Tiger Lilov's Personalized Chess Training Program, which is a free service. Here, Valeri determines the key steps for him to enhance his students' performance and improve their skills and knowledge selectively.
Now the other training services come in handy! As the student is taking private online lessons with video recordings and free homework assignments, s/he has the option to have her recent games annotated in short lectures and to even receive a whole lecture on her progress and areas to improve next.
Tiger Lilov's students benefit from free 24/7 online support and can reach for their coach at any time with their questions and recent games for feedback. IM Lilov also provides a Personalized Self-Study Program to teach students how to most effectively train on their own in the time between lessons.
Tiger Lilov has many happy successful students from all over the world. Many of them have shared their opinions and criticism on his popular Chess.com profile, which can be viewed by anyone at www.chess.com/coaches. Valeri will be glad to be your chess coach and devote his time to your passion - chess.
| Type | Rating | Best | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 3120 | Best | 3142 (16/Mar/2009) |
| Type | 15-minute | Rating | 1145 | Best | |
| Type | Chess960 | Rating | 1404 | Best | |
| Type | 25-minute | Rating | 1334 | Best |