Heinz Nowarra was a German chess

Chess

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 master.

He tied for 4-6th in Berlin City Chess Championship

Berlin City Chess Championship

The Berlin Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament in Germany. The first unofficial Berlin Chess Championship was held in 1853, and Jean Dufresne won a match against Max Lange.Since 1904, official Berlin championships have taken place...

 in 1938 (Kurt Richter

Kurt Richter

Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter was a German chess International Master and chess writer.- Chess achievements :...

 won), shared 1st with Berthold Koch

Berthold Koch

Berthold Koch was a German chess master and journalist.Born in Berlin, he won four times the Berlin Championship in 1927, 1933 , 1946, and 1951...

 and Paul Mross

Paul Mross

Paul Mross was a Polish–German chess master.-Biography:...

 at Berlin 1938 (GER-ch qual), tied for 15-16th at Bad Oeynhausen 1938 (the 5th GER-ch

German Chess Championship

The German Chess Championship has been played since 1861, and determines the national champion.Prior to 1880 three different federations organized chess activities in Germany: the Westdeutscher Schachbund , the Norddeutscher Schachbund and the Mitteldeutscher Schachbund . Each one organized its...

, Erich Eliskases

Erich Eliskases

Erich Gottlieb Eliskases was a chess Grandmaster of the 1930s and 1940s, who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition....

 won), tied for 9-10th at Berlin 1939 (Franz Mölbitz won), and took 10th at Berlin 1940 (Efim Bogoljubow

Efim Bogoljubow

Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russo-German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world championship.-Early career:...

 won),

During World War II

World War II

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, he played in several tournaments in General Government

General Government

The General Government was an area of Second Republic of Poland under Nazi German rule during World War II; designated as a separate region of the Third Reich between 1939–1945...

 (occupied central Poland). He took 5th in 1941 (dr Walcker won) and 2nd, behind Mross, in 1942 in Krakow City championships, tied for 10-12th at Krakow/Warsaw 1941 (the 2nd General Government-ch

General Government chess tournament

General Government chess championships were held during World War II:- Participants :*Alexander Alekhine /*Efim Bogoljubow /*Paul Felix Schmidt /*Klaus Junge /*Karl Gilg /*Josef Lokvenc /*Hans Müller /...

, Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...

 and Paul Felix Schmidt

Paul Felix Schmidt

Paul Felix Schmidt was an Estonian chess International Master, chess writer, and chemist.- Biography :In June 1935, he won, ahead of Paul Keres, at Tallinn. In May 1936, he drew a match against Keres at Pärnu. In 1936, he won the 8th Estonian Championship at Tallinn. In December 1936, he placed...

 won), tied for 7-8th at Krynica 1943 (the 4th GG-ch, Josef Lokvenc

Josef Lokvenc

Josef Lokvenc was an Austrian chess master.In 1925, he was awarded the Chess Master title in Braunau. In 1926, he took 3rd in Vienna. In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in Vienna . In 1938, he tied for 6-7th in Bad Harzburg...

 won), took 7th at Radom 1944 (the 5th GG-ch, Bogoljubow won), and took 5th in Krakow in May 1944 (Rudolf Teschner

Rudolf Teschner

Rudolf Teschner was a German chess master and writer.Teschner was seven times Champion of Berlin. In 1948, he won an East-Zones Championship in Bad Doberan, and later in 1951 took the German Championship .Teschner was leading member of the German Chess Olympic team in 1952 and 1956...

 won).

Nowarra took also part in correspondence chess

Correspondence chess

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 tournaments. In December 1944, his game against Klaus Junge

Klaus Junge

Klaus Junge was one of the youngest German chess masters.-Biography:...

 had to be interrupted as a draw, when Junge left for the front. As Luděk Pachman

Ludek Pachman

Luděk Pachman was a Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, he was allowed to emigrate to West Germany...

wrote, Nowarra shared probably the fate of his opponent, who died in the final days of World War II. Until today, there are no news about what occurred to Nowarra.

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