Nie Weiping

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Nie Weiping
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Full name Nie Weiping
Chinese Trad. 聶衛平 Simp. 聂卫平
Pinyin Niè Wèipíng
Date of birth August 17, 1952 (1952-08-17) (age 55)
Place of birth Flag of the People's Republic of China, China
Residence Flag of the People's Republic of China China
Turned pro 1985 (full time)
Rank 9 dan
Affiliation Zhongguo Qiyuan

Nie Weiping (Traditional: 聶衛平; Simplified: 聂卫平; Pinyin: Niè Wèipíng; born August 17, 1952) in China is a professional Go player.

[edit] Biography

Nie Weiping is a professional Go player who plays for China. He has won many titles, but he became famous winning China-Japan Supermatches. He has beaten Kobayashi Koichi, Kato Masao, Fujisawa Hideyuki, Kataoka Satoshi, Yamashiro Hiroshi, Sakai Takeshi, Takemiya Masaki, Otake Hideo, Yoda Norimoto, and Awaji Shuzo in the process. For doing this, he was widely regarded as one of the strongest players in the world during the 1980s. He was married to Kong Xiangming. They have a son, Ko Reibun, who plays for the Nihon Ki-in. Chang Hao, Wang Lei and Gu Li are his disciples.

[edit] Titles & Runner Up's

Ranks #4 in total amount of titles in China.

Title Years Held
Current 17
Flag of the People's Republic of China Tianyuan 1991, 1992
Flag of the People's Republic of China CCTV Cup 1993, 1997
Flag of the People's Republic of China National Go Individual 1975, 1977 - 1979, 1981, 1983
Flag of the People's Republic of China New Sports Cup 1979 - 1983, 1988 - 1990
Defunct 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China Qiwang 1995
Continental 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China Flag of Japan China-Japan Tengen 1992
Title Years Lost
Current 9
Flag of the People's Republic of China Mingren 1991
Flag of the People's Republic of China Tianyuan 1987, 1993, 1995
Flag of the People's Republic of China CCTV Cup 1989, 1992, 1995
Flag of the People's Republic of China New Sports Cup 1984, 1991
Defunct 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China Qiwang 1996
International 3
Flag of Japan Flag of South Korea Flag of the People's Republic of China Flag of the Republic of China Flag of Europe Flag of the United States Fujitsu Cup 1990
Flag of the People's Republic of China Flag of South Korea Flag of Japan Flag of the Republic of China Ing Cup 1988
Flag of the People's Republic of China Flag of South Korea Flag of Japan Flag of the Republic of China Tong Yang Cup 1995

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