Career
He was awarded the Soviet Master title in 1960. Heuer has played for Estonia five times in the Soviet Team Chess Championships (1953, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1975), and once played for the Estonian team "Kalev" in the Soviet Team Chess Cup (1966). Valter Heuer graduated from University of Tartu with a degree in Estonian philology.
Many years he worked as sports journalist in various magazines.
He was a co-author of the Estonian book about 1964 Summer Olympics - "Tokyo 1964". In 1977 Heuer published his biographical book about the legendary Estonian chess master Paul Keres - "Meie Keres" ("Our Keres").