Career
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 (3,5: 8,5) in Hamburg. 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 (FRG-ch).
Heinicke played for Germany in Chess Olympiads:
In 1936, at eighth board in 3rd unofficial Olympiad in Munich (+8 –0 =10);
In 1952, at fourth board in 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+2 –5 =3). He also represented West Germany in several friendly matches vs Yugoslavia (1951, 1952, 1954, 1956), The Netherlands (1951, 1954), Switzerland (1952), Austria (1953), and in 1st European Chess Team Championship at Vienna 1957.
Awarded the IM title in 1953.