Nie Weiping
Nie Weiping 聂卫平 | |
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Full name | Nie Weiping |
Born | Shenzhou, Hebei, China | 17 August 1952
Residence | ![]() |
Teacher | Hideyuki Fujisawa |
Pupil | Chang Hao Wang Lei Gu Li |
Turned pro | 1982 |
Rank | 9 dan |
Affiliation | Chinese Weiqi Association |
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Traditional Chinese | 聶衛平 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 聂卫平 | ||||||
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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
[edit]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] Nie authored the book Nie Weiping on Go: The Art of Positional Judgment in 1995.[6]
Promotion record
[edit]Rank | Year | Notes |
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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
[edit]- As of 11 November 2020
Ranks #3 in total number of titles in China.
Domestic | ||
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Titel | Wins | Runners-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) |
Total | 37 | 14 |
Continental | ||
Titel | Wins | Runners-up |
China-Japan Tengen | 1 (1992) | |
Mingyue Shan Cup | 1 (2015) | |
China-Japan-Korea Veterans Tournament | 1 (2018) | |
Nie Weiping Cup | 1 (2019) | |
Total | 1 | 3 |
International | ||
Titel | Wins | Runners-up |
Ing Cup | 1 (1988) | |
Fujitsu Cup | 1 (1990) | |
Tong Yang Cup | 1 (1995) | |
Total | 0 | 3 |
Career Total | ||
Total | 38 | 20 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nie Weiping - 'Go Master'". cctv.cntv.cn. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ "Nie Weiping". gobase.org. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ "China-Japan Supermatch". gobase.org. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ Lee Hongreal. "Episode 1: Pro's Nicknames". gobase.org. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ "Nie Weiping 9p". gogameworld.com. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ "Nie Weiping on Go: The Art of Positional Judgment". www.goodreads.com. Yutopian Enterprises. May 28, 1995.