Nie Weiping

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

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Nie.

Nie Weiping (simplified Chinese: 聂卫平; traditional Chinese: 聶衛平; pinyin: Niè Wèipíng; born 17 August 1952) in Shenzhou, 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. 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. 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.

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