| Waltraud Nowarra | |
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| Birth Date: | 14 November 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Köslin, Poland |
| Death Place: | Dresden, Germany |
| Woman International Master (1966) | |
| Peakrating: | 2220 (January 1990) |
Waltraud Nowarra (Schameitat, 14 November 1940 – 27 October 2007) was a German chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1966). She was a seven-time winner the East Germany Women's Chess Championship (1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1968).
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 (1957) and two bronze (1959, 1973) medals.[1] In 1966, Waltraud Nowarra won Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament. In 1967, she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament in Subotica and taken 10th place.[2] 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:[3]
In 1966, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.