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Nie Weiping
Chinese Go player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 Chinese professional Go player.
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Biography
Nie was born in Shenzhou. He was a childhood friend of future Chinese leader Xi Jinping.[1] His brother, Liu Weiping, became a general in the People's Liberation Army.[1]
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.[2][3] 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.[2][4] He earned the nickname "Steel Goalkeeper" for his ability to string together wins as the last Chinese player left.[5] Nie won the Tianyuan twice, in 1991 and 1992.[6] Nie authored the book Nie Weiping on Go: The Art of Positional Judgment in 1995.[7]
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Titles and runners-up
- As of 11 November 2020
Ranks #3 in total number of titles in China.
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