Nie Weiping

Nie Weiping
Full name Nie Weiping
Chinese Trad. 聶衛平 Simp. 聂卫平
Pinyin Niè Wèipíng
Born 17 August 1952 (1952-08-17) (age 59)
Shen, Hebei, China
Residence China
Teacher Fujisawa Hideyuki
Pupil Chang Hao,
Wang Lei,
Gu Li
Turned pro 1982
Rank 9 dan
Affiliation Zhongguo Qiyuan

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

Biography

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]

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

References