Walter Niephaus (March 30, 1923 – November 2, 1992, Andernach) was a German chess master.
[5] In 1950, he tied for 14-15th in Bad Pyrmont (the 1st FRG-ch, Unzicker won), and took 3rd in Saarbrücken (Albéric O'Kelly de Galway).
[7] In 1951, he played four matches; lost to Bogoljubow (1 : 5) [8] and Herbert Heinicke (2.5 : 3.5), and won against Schifferdecker (9 : 1) and O'Kelly de Galway (3.5 : 1.5).
[9] Niephaus represented West Germany in 12th Chess Olympiad at Moscow 1956, scoring +5 –2 =3 at first reserve board.
He also played for FRG in friendly matches against Netherlands (1951, 1954, 1957), Yugoslavia (1951, 1954), Switzerland (1952) and Austria (1953), in the Clare Benedict Cup at Bern 1957 and Lugano 1959, and in the European Chess Team Championship at Oberhausen 1961.