Nie Weiping in Shen

Shen County

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, Hebei

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, China

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) is a professional Go

Go (board game)

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 player

Go players

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Biography

Nie began learning Go at the age of nine and won the inaugural World Amateur Go Championship

World Amateur Go Championship

The World Amateur Go Championship is an international tournament for amateur Go players, held once a year since 1979. The organising body is the International Go Federation . Each participating country sends one player, although in the beginning of the contest there were multiple players from the...

 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

China-Japan Supermatches

The China-Japan Supermatches was a Go competition.-Outline:The China-Japan Supermatches were a series of team competition between China and Japan in the board game of Go. The tournament was hosted by NEC; it began in 1984, and has been held 13 times until 1997. It was held one last time in 2000...

, beating several top Japan

Japan

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ese 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 Mingren Mingren , literally translated, means "Brilliant Man," i.e., meijin in Japanese, and myungin in Korean. It the name of a Go competition in China, which is the Chinese equivalent of the Nihon-Kiin's Meijin.-Outline:...		1 (1991)
Tianyuan Tianyuan Tianyuan , literally meaning center or origin of heaven, is the center point on a Go board, i.e., tengen. It is also the name of a Go competition in China, which is the equivalent to the Nihon Ki-in's Tengen in Japan, and the Hanguk Kiwon's Chunwon...	2 (1991, 1992)	3 (1987, 1993, 1995)
CCTV Cup CCTV Cup The CCTV Cup is a Zhongguo Qiyuan Go competition.-Outline:The CCTV Cup is the longest running fast game tournament in China and the sponsor is the Chinese CCTV station. 64 players play in a single knockout format. The time limit is one move every 30 seconds. The title holder and the runner up get a...	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 Qiwang The Qiwang is a Go competition in China.-Past winners and runners-up:...	1 (1995)	1 (1996)
Total	19	9
Continental
Title	Wins	Runners-up
China-Japan Tengen China-Japan Tengen The China-Japan Tengen is a professional gocompetition.-Outline:The China–Japan Tengen is a tournament where the current Tengen/Tianyuan title holders from China and Japan play each other in 3 matches.-Past winners:...	1 (1992)
Total	1	0
International
Ing Cup Ing Cup -Outline:The Ing Cup is sponsored by Ing, Yomiuri Shimbun, the Nihon-Kiin, and Kansai-Kiin, and held every 4 years. The competition has its own rules and an 8 point komi. The time allotment is 3.5 hours for each player, while players are available to buy an extra 35 minutes for an additional 2...		1 (1988)
Fujitsu Cup Fujitsu Cup - Outline :The Fujitsu Cup is an international competition. Fujitsu and Yomiuri Shimbun host the oldest international Go competition. The players are picked as follows:* The top 3 players from the previous year's competition* 7 players from Japan...		1 (1990)
Tong Yang Cup Tong Yang Cup The Tong Yang Cup was a Go competition. The Tong Yang Cup was sponsored by Tong Yang Investment Bank of South Korea. The tournament was run from 1990 to 1998, with players from South Korea, Taiwan, the United States, Japan, China and European countries.-Past winners:...		1 (1995)
Total	0	3
Career total
Total	20	12