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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Chinese go player
A.K.A.
Weiping Nie
Gender:
Male
Places:
Work field:
Birth:
17 August 1952(Shenyang)
Family:
Spouse(s):
Kong Xiangming
Children:
Ko Reibun
The details
Biography
Introduction
Nie Weiping (simplified Chinese: 聂卫平; traditional Chinese: 聶衛平; pinyin: Niè Wèipíng; born 17 August 1952) is a professional Go player.
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. 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. He earned the nickname "Steel Goalkeeper" for his ability to string together wins as the last Chinese player left. Nie won the Tianyuan twice, in 1991 and 1992.
Titles and runners-up
Ranks #4 in total amount of titles in China.
| Domestic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Wins | Runners-up |
| Mingren | 1 (1991) | |
| Tianyuan | 2 (1991, 1992) | 3 (1987, 1993, 1995) |
| CCTV Cup | 2 (1993, 1997) | 3 (1989, 1992, 1995) |
| National Go Individual | 6 (1975, 1977–1979, 1981, 1983) | |
| New Sports Cup | 8 (1979–1983, 1988–1990) | 2 (1984, 1991) |
| Qiwang | 1 (1995) | 1 (1996) |
| Total | 19 | 9 |
| Continental | ||
| Title | Wins | Runners-up |
| China-Japan Tengen | 1 (1992) | |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
| International | ||
| Ing Cup | 1 (1988) | |
| Fujitsu Cup | 1 (1990) | |
| Tong Yang Cup | 1 (1995) | |
| Total | 0 | 3 |
| Career total | ||
| Total | 20 | 12 |