Harald Schneider-Zinner

Harald Schneider-Zinner, born in Vienna in 1968,
is an Austrian International Master, chess coach, educator and author.
After working as a teacher for several years,
he increasingly focused on professional chess coaching from 2005 onwards
and earned the International Master title in 2009.
His best-known students include grandmasters Felix Blohberger and Valentin Dragnev.
Schneider-Zinner also coached the Austrian women’s national team,
which achieved one of its best results at the 2015 European Team Chess Championship
and finished second at the 2018 Mitropa Cup.
From 2010 to 2021, he headed the Austrian Chess Federation’s coach education programme.
Today, he works as an independent chess coach, mental coach, organiser and ChessBase author.
His training courses include the Strategy School and Tactics School series.