Nie Weiping
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| Nie Weiping | ||
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| Full name | Nie Weiping | |
| Chinese | Trad. 聶衛平 Simp. 聂卫平 | |
| Pinyin | Niè Wèipíng | |
| Date of birth | August 17, 1952 (age 54) | |
| Place of birth |  , China |
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| Residence | China |
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| Turned pro | 1985 (full time) | |
| Rank | 9 dan | |
| Affiliation | Zhongguo Qiyuan | |
Nie Weiping (Traditional: 聶衛平; Simplified: 聂卫平; Pinyin: Niè Wèipíng; born August 17, 1952) in China is a professional Go player.
[edit] Biography
Nie Weiping is a professional Go player who plays for China. He has won many titles, but he's become famous winning China-Japan Supermatches. He's beaten Kobayashi Koichi, Kato Masao, Fujisawa Hideyuki, Kataoka Satoshi, Yamashiro Hiroshi, Sakai Takeshi, Takemiya Masaki, Otake Hideo, Yoda Norimoto, and Awaji Shuzo in the process. For doing this, he was widely regarded as one of the strongest players in the world during the 1980's. He was married to Kong Xiangming. They have a son, Ko Reibun, who plays for the Nihon Ki-in. Chang Hao, Wang Lei and Gu Li are his disciples.
[edit] Titles & Runner Up's
Ranks #4 in total amount of titles in China.
| Title | Years Held |
|---|---|
| Current | 17 |
| Tianyuan |
1991, 1992 |
| CCTV Cup |
1993, 1997 |
| National Go Individual |
1975, 1977 - 1979, 1981, 1983 |
| New Sports Cup |
1979 - 1983, 1988 - 1990 |
| Defunct | 1 |
| Qiwang |
1995 |
| Continental | 1 |
 China-Japan Tengen |
1992 |
| Title | Years Lost |
|---|---|
| Current | 9 |
| Mingren |
1991 |
| Tianyuan |
1987, 1993, 1995 |
| CCTV Cup |
1989, 1992, 1995 |
| New Sports Cup |
1984, 1991 |
| Defunct | 1 |
| Qiwang |
1996 |
| International | 3 |
    Fujitsu Cup |
1990 |
| Ing Cup |
1988 |
| Tong Yang Cup |
1995 |
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