Nie Weiping

Nie Weiping (simplified Chinese: 聂卫平; traditional Chinese: 聶衛平; pinyin: Niè Wèipíng; born 17 August 1952) is a professional Go player.

Nie Weiping
聂卫平
Full nameNie Weiping
Born (1952-08-17) 17 August 1952
Shenzhou, Hebei, China
Residence China
TeacherHideyuki Fujisawa
PupilChang Hao
Wang Lei
Gu Li
Turned pro1982
Rank9 dan
AffiliationChinese Weiqi Association
Nie Weiping
Traditional Chinese聶衛平
Simplified Chinese聂卫平

Biography

Born in Shenzhou, Nie began learning Go at the age of nine and won the inaugural World Amateur Go Championship in 1979. Nie was given 9 dan rank in 1982.[1][2] He became famous in the Go world after leading China to victory in the China-Japan Supermatches, beating several top Japanese players including his teacher, Fujisawa Hideyuki.[1][3] He earned the nickname "Steel Goalkeeper" for his ability to string together wins as the last Chinese player left.[4] Nie won the Tianyuan twice, in 1991 and 1992.[5]

Promotion record

Rank Year Notes
1 dan 1982
2 dan 1982
3 dan 1982
4 dan 1982
5 dan 1982
6 dan 1982
7 dan 1982
8 dan 1982
9 dan 1982 Special promotion to 9 dan for past performance.

Titles and runners-up

As of 11 November 2020

Ranks #3 in total number of titles in China.

Domestic
TitleWinsRunners-up
Guoshou 1 (1981)1 (1982)
National Go Individual 6 (1975, 1977–1979, 1981, 1983)1 (1984)
Qiwang 1 (1990)1 (1991)
New Sports Cup 8 (1979–1983, 1988–1990)2 (1984, 1991)
Mingren 1 (1991)
Tianyuan 2 (1991, 1992)3 (1987, 1993, 1995)
Shiqiang 6 (1987-1989, 1991, 1993-1994)1 (1990)
Baosheng Cup 4 (1991-1992, 1994-1995)
Longshan Cup 1 (1995)
CCTV Cup 3 (1987, 1993, 1997)3 (1989, 1992, 1995)
Haitian Seniors Cup 1 (1998)
Weifu Fangkai Cup 1 (2003)
Taiping Shuzhen Cup 4 (2016, 2018-20)1 (2017)
Total3714
Continental
TitleWinsRunners-up
China-Japan Tengen1 (1992)
Mingyue Shan Cup1 (2015)
China-Japan-Korea Veterans Tournament1 (2018)
Nie Weiping Cup1 (2019)
Total13
International
TitleWinsRunners-up
Ing Cup1 (1988)
Fujitsu Cup1 (1990)
Tong Yang Cup1 (1995)
Total03
Career Total
Total3820

References

  1. "Nie Weiping - 'Go Master'". cctv.cntv.cn. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  2. "Nie Weiping". gobase.org. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  3. "China-Japan Supermatch". gobase.org. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  4. Lee Hongreal. "Episode 1: Pro's Nicknames". gobase.org. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  5. "Nie Weiping 9p". gogameworld.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.


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