Nie Weiping

Nie Weiping
聂卫平
Full name Nie Weiping
Born (1952-08-17) 17 August 1952
Shenzhou, Hebei, China
Residence China China
Teacher Hideyuki Fujisawa
Pupil Chang Hao
Wang Lei
Gu Li
Turned pro 1982
Rank 9 dan
Affiliation Chinese Weiqi Association
Nie Weiping
Traditional Chinese 聶衛平
Simplified Chinese 聂卫平

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.[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 26 November 2017

Ranks #3 in total amount of titles in China.

Domestic
TitleWinsRunners-up
National Go Individual 6 (1975, 1977–1979, 1981, 1983)1 (1984)
New Sports Cup 8 (1979–1983, 1988–1990)2 (1984, 1991)
Guoshou 1 (1981)1 (1982)
Shiqiang 6 (1987-1989, 1991, 1993-1994)1 (1990)
CCTV Cup 3 (1987, 1993, 1997)3 (1989, 1992, 1995)
Qiwang 1 (1990)1 (1991)
Mingren 1 (1991)
Tianyuan 2 (1991, 1992)3 (1987, 1993, 1995)
Baosheng Cup 4 (1991-1992, 1994-1995)
Longshan Cup 1 (1995)
Haitian Seniors Cup 1 (1998)
Weifu Fangkai Cup 1 (2003)
Total3314
Continental
TitleWinsRunners-up
China-Japan Tengen1 (1992)
Total10
International
TitleWinsRunners-up
Ing Cup1 (1988)
Fujitsu Cup1 (1990)
Tong Yang Cup1 (1995)
Total03
Career Total
Total3417

References

  1. 1 2 "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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