Nie Weiping (; born 17 August 1952) is a professional
Go player
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Biography
Born in
Shenzhou, Nie began learning Go at the age of nine and won the inaugural
World Amateur Go Championship
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in 1979. Nie was given 9 dan rank in 1982.
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
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He earned the nickname "Steel Goalkeeper" for his ability to string together wins as the last Chinese player left.
Nie won the
Tianyuan twice, in 1991 and 1992.
Nie authored the book ''Nie Weiping on Go: The Art of Positional Judgment'' in 1995.
Promotion record
Titles and runners-up
Ranks #3 in
total number of titles in China.
References
1952 births
Living people
Chinese Go players
Go (game) writers
Sportspeople from Hebei
People from Shenzhou City
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