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Heinz Nowarra
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<p>Heinz Nowarra (1897–1945?) was a German <a href="/facts/Chess/47ykvkHF">chess</a> master. </p><p>Nowarra tied for 4-6th in <a href="/facts/Berlin_City_Chess_Championship/YKU1ekI6">Berlin City Chess Championship</a> in 1938 (<a href="/facts/Kurt_Richter/NUCDhg6P">Kurt Richter</a> won), shared first with <a href="/facts/Berthold_Koch/8vYwUfHm">Berthold Koch</a> and <a href="/facts/Paul_Mross/IoGzVMGd">Paul Mross</a> at Berlin 1938 (GER-ch qual), tied for 15-16th at Bad Oeynhausen 1938 (the fifth <a href="/facts/German_Chess_Championship/WCYCjcC1">GER-ch</a>, <a href="/facts/Erich_Eliskases/9hzJUo15">Erich Eliskases</a> won), tied for 9-10th at Berlin 1939 (Franz Mölbitz won), and took 10th at Berlin 1940 (<a href="/facts/Efim_Bogoljubow/IeFFrtJU">Efim Bogoljubow</a> won), </p><p>During <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>, Nowarra played in several tournaments under the auspices of <a href="/facts/General_Government/GePzLlpq">General Government</a> (occupied central Poland). He finished fifth in 1941 (Dr Walcker won) and second, behind Mross, in 1942 in the Kraków City championships, tied for 10-12th at Kraków/Warsaw 1941 (the second <a href="/facts/General_Government_chess_tournament/7dpf5RIm">General Government-ch</a>, <a href="/facts/Alexander_Alekhine/37I5jUKd">Alexander Alekhine</a> and <a href="/facts/Paul_Felix_Schmidt/W7D6E3bF">Paul Felix Schmidt</a> won), tied for 7-8th at Krynica 1943 (the fourth GG-ch, <a href="/facts/Josef_Lokvenc/tg4hKCEr">Josef Lokvenc</a> won), took seventh at Radom 1944 (the fifth GG-ch, Bogoljubow won), and finished fifth in Kraków in May 1944 (<a href="/facts/Rudolf_Teschner/EBP6crtj">Rudolf Teschner</a> won). </p><p>Nowarra took also part in <a href="/facts/Correspondence_chess/8P2VEh45">correspondence chess</a> tournaments. In December 1944, his game against <a href="/facts/Klaus_Junge/bfh8UaNb">Klaus Junge</a> had to be declared a draw, when Junge left for the front. As <a href="/facts/Lud%25C4%259Bk_Pachman/FVBHj7Yf">Luděk Pachman</a> wrote, Nowarra probably shared the fate of his opponent, who died in the final days of World War II. To this day, there is no news about the fate of Nowarra. </p>