Waltraud Nowarra
Waltraud Nowarra was a German chess player who held the title of Woman International Master. She was a seven-time winner the German [Chess Championship|East Germany Women's Chess Championship].
Biography
In the 1960s, Nowarra was one of the leading chess players in the East Germany. She won the East Germany Women's Chess Championships seven times: 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1968 and 1968, and also won silver and two bronze medals. In 1966, Waltraud Nowarra won Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament. In 1967, she participated in the Women's [World Chess Championship 1969|Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament] in Subotica and taken 10th place. In 1970, she shared with Valentina Borisenko first place in the International Women's Chess tournament in Halle, but in 1972 she won the first place in the International Women's Chess tournament in Piotrków Trybunalski.Nowarra played for East Germany in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
- In 1963, at second board in the 2nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Split and won the team bronze medal and the individual bronze medal,
- In 1966, at second board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Oberhausen and won the team bronze medal,
- In 1969, at first board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin,
- In 1972, at first board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje.