Nie Weiping (; 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

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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

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ese players including his teacher,

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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 {{PRChina-Go-bio-stub