Herbert Heinicke


Herbert Heinicke was a German chess master.

Biography

He, like Carlos Otto Junge and Klaus Junge, left South America for Hamburg, Germany.
In 1930, he took 2nd, behind Heinrich Wagner, and lost a match to him in Hamburg. In 1931, he won a match against Heinrich Reinhardt in Hamburg. In 1932, he took 3rd, behind Alfred Brinckmann and Kurt Richter, in Kiel, and won in Hamburg–Altona. In 1933, he won in Hamburg–Bahrenfeld, and took 3rd in Swinemünde.
He tied for 4-6th at Bad Aachen 1934 ; tied for 2nd-3rd with Ludwig Rellstab, behind Efim Bogoljubow, at Bad Saarow 1935; tied for 6-7th at Bad Nauheim 1936 ; tied for 4-5th at Bad Harzburg 1938 ; tied for 2nd-4th at Bad Elster 1939, and tied for 6-9th at Bad Oeynhausen 1939.
During World War II, he took 3rd at Berlin 1940 ; tied for 6-9th at Bad Oeynhausen 1940, shared 1st with Klaus Junge at Hamburg 1941, and shared 1st with Karl Poschauko at Graz 1941.
After the war, he tied for 2nd-3rd at Bad Harzburg 1946 ; tied for 4-5th at Hamburg 1947 ; took 5th at Essen 1947 ; tied for 3rd-4th at Lüneburg 1947 ; tied for 2nd-3rd at Oldenburg 1948 ; won at Hamburg 1949; tied for 3rd-4th at Oldenburg 1949, and shared 6th at Bad Pyrmont.
He took 2nd, behind Lothar Schmid, at Travemünde 1951; shared 1st at Hagen 1952; tied for 2nd-3rd at Hamburg 1952; tied for 2nd-3rd, behind Wolfgang Unzicker, at Berlin 1953.
Heinicke played for Germany in Chess Olympiads:
He won team bronze medal and individual silver medal at Munich 1936.
He also represented West Germany in several friendly matches vs Yugoslavia, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, and in 1st European Chess Team Championship at Vienna 1957.
Awarded the IM title in 1953.