Josef Noa
Number of games in database: 137
Years covered: 1880 to 1896
Overall record: +37 -69 =31 (38.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Ruy Lopez (25)      C67 C65 C77 C61 C70  Giuoco Piano (13)      C50  Sicilian (11)      B30 B40 B45 B34 B43  French Defense (7)      C11 C01  French (4)      C11	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (35)      C01 C11 C13 C02 C15  French (14)      C11 C13 C00 C12 C10  French Winawer (4)      C15  Ruy Lopez (4)      C65 C66 C78

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Noa vs Mackenzie, 1883 1/2-1/2
   Von Gottschall vs J Noa, 1892 0-1
   J Noa vs Sellman, 1883 1-0
   Zukertort vs J Noa, 1887 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Berlin (1881)
   Vienna (1882)
   London (1883)
   Hamburg (1885)
   Budapest (1896)

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JOSEF NOA (born Oct-21-1856, died Jun-01-1903) Hungary [what is this?] Joseph Noa was a Hungarian Master who was a judge by profession. Although an amateur he played in a number of tournaments throughout the 1880's and 1890's and defeated some of the famous players of his time. He played at Berlin 1881 drawing with Louis Paulsen and beating Wilfried Paulsen. In Vienna 1882 he defeated Mikhail Chigorin, James Mason and Joseph Henry Blackburne amongst others. At London 1883 he beat Henry Edward Bird twice and at Frankfurt am Main 1887 he was victorious over Johannes Zukertort and the tournament winner George Henry Mackenzie. At Budapest 1896 he defeated Geza Maroczy and drew with the tournament winner Chigorin. Wikipedia article: Josef Noa

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 137  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Schwarz vs J Noa   ½-½ 31 1880 Graz C46 Three Knights 2. J Noa vs Max Weiss 0-1 50 1880 Graz C67 Ruy Lopez 3. J Minckwitz vs J Noa   ½-½ 37 1880 Graz C66 Ruy Lopez 4. J Noa vs E Schallopp   0-1 27 1880 Graz C61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense 5. J Noa vs J N Berger 1-0 69 1880 Graz C67 Ruy Lopez 6. J Noa vs A Schwarz   0-1 26 1880 Graz C01 French, Exchange 7. Wittek vs J Noa   1-0 49 1880 Graz C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 8. E Schallopp vs J Noa 1-0 30 1881 Berlin C22 Center Game 9. Paulsen vs J Noa   ½-½ 64 1881 Berlin C02 French, Advance 10. J Noa vs Winawer ½-½ 66 1881 Berlin C50 Giuoco Piano 11. J Noa vs C F Schmid 1-0 25 1881 Berlin C67 Ruy Lopez 12. J Noa vs J N Berger   0-1 43 1881 Berlin C11 French 13. J Noa vs F Riemann 0-1 63 1881 Berlin C50 Giuoco Piano 14. J Noa vs Wemmers 0-1 58 1881 Berlin C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 15. J Noa vs H Von Schuetz   1-0 41 1881 Berlin C50 Giuoco Piano 16. J Noa vs Chigorin   0-1 45 1881 Berlin C67 Ruy Lopez 17. J Noa vs Wittek 1-0 36 1881 Berlin B40 Sicilian 18. J Mason vs J Noa   1-0 37 1881 Berlin A47 Queen's Indian 19. J Schwarz vs J Noa   1-0 36 1881 Berlin C49 Four Knights 20. Zukertort vs J Noa ½-½ 46 1881 Berlin A35 English, Symmetrical 21. W Paulsen vs J Noa   0-1 51 1881 Berlin C22 Center Game 22. J Minckwitz vs J Noa 1-0 21 1881 Berlin B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 23. J Noa vs Winawer   0-1 59 1882 Vienna C67 Ruy Lopez 24. Chigorin vs J Noa 0-1 36 1882 Vienna C01 French, Exchange 25. V Hruby vs J Noa   0-1 33 1882 Vienna D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 137

May-11-05    soberknight: Did he play in Noa's ark? May-11-05    WannaBe: he might have popularized the Noah's Ark move in Ruy Lopez... 8-)) Jul-03-05    Honza Cervenka: Josef Noa (1856-1903) was a Hungarian master. May-04-06    DeepBlade: All his creations? E34= Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation E35= Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation, 5. cxd5 exd5 E36= Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation, 5. a3 E37= Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation, Main line, 7.Qc2 Aug-20-06    mandy64: He died in 1903, and years covered 1880 to 1937 ??? Nov-19-07    whiteshark: Dr. Joseph Noa born in Groß-Becskerek died in Budapest Jan-29-08    whiteshark: Chairman Noa is watching you! Oct-21-09    AnalyzeThis: This guy was playing the Nimzo-Indian while Nimzovich was still in diapers. Oct-21-09    xenophon: < AnalyzeThis: This guy was playing the Nimzo-Indian while Nimzovich was still in diapers. > which games-i can only find one in the data base and that was by transposition Oct-21-09    WhiteRook48: which one was that? Oct-21-09    whiteshark: Player of the Day Picture http://www.newinchess.com/Common/Im... Jun-24-10    YoungEd: As a judge, he once ruled against a minor child seeking emancipation because neither the mother nor father exhibited physical cruelty. That is now known in legal circles as the Noa Parent Reason. Oct-21-12    brankat: Despite the Noa Parent Reason, the judge did play some real good games. R.I.P. Mr.Noa. Oct-21-12    waustad: Just because we only see Englisch vs J Noa, 1887 doesn't mean that he didn't do a lot of work on the Nimzo. For example, we don't have a singel example of Maroczy playing the e4 c4 complex against the Sicilian here. Feb-21-13    Wyatt Gwyon: Quite a list of scalps for an amateur.

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