Nie Weiping

Nie Weiping

Nie Weiping, born on August 17, 1952, was born in Shenxian County, Hebei Province (now Shenzhou City, Hebei Province). He is a famous go professional player, an outstanding go coach, vice chairman of China Go Association and director of Technical Committee, and technical consultant of China Chess Academy. In 1982, he was awarded nine pieces by China Go Association. He was awarded the title of "chess sage" in 1988. In 1999, he was rated as "the top ten outstanding figures in New China's chess world". He won 11 consecutive victories in the first four Sino Japanese chess tournament, which has a profound impact on the popularity of weiqi in Chinese mainland. He is the author of "my way to go" and "Nie Weiping's own hundred games".

Life experience

Go Life

Early experience

Nie Weiping was born on August 17, 1952 in Shenxian County, Hebei Province (now Shenzhou City, Hebei Province). When I was a child, I fell in love with go under the influence of my father. I began to learn chess at the age of nine. Under the guidance of Zhang Futian, Lei Benhua, Guo Tiesheng, Chen Zude, Wu Songsheng and other teachers and his own efforts, he has made great progress in chess skills, quick thinking, accurate and flexible calculation. When he was ten years old, he won the championship in Beijing Children's go competition and the National Junior chess competition.

During the cultural revolution, Nie Weiping went to Heilongjiang agricultural reclamation system for six years. Although there are few opportunities to play chess, Nie Weiping thinks that Beidahuang honed the "realm" of go. In the winter of 1966, when the Japanese go delegation visited China, Nie Weiping played chess, winning four games and losing one, showing his level of chess. In the autumn of 1969, Nie Weiping went to Heilongjiang Shanhe farm to "accept re education" and began his career as an educated youth. Although all his work is physical work and his time is limited, Nie Weiping still tries his best to make use of every opportunity to compete with some go enthusiasts and enrich his life. Nearly three years of educated youth life has broadened Nie Weiping's vision, enriched his experience and accumulated a lot of life experience, which is very helpful for him to improve his chess skills.

(photo album source of Nie Weiping's participation)

“

Whirlwind

”

In 1972, Nie Weiping returned to Beijing after finishing his career as an educated youth. After work, he is interested in go as well as go. In 1973, when the Chinese Chess Academy was rebuilt, Nie Weiping was selected into the 30 member go training team, which opened the life of go. In 1974, a delegation from Kansai Chess Academy visited China. Nie Weiping defeated Miyamoto Zhiyi, who won six games in a row. In 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981, he won the Chinese go championship five times. In 1979, he won the first "new sports" Cup (and maintained the "five consecutive championships"), and in the same year, he won the first World Amateur Go Championship. In 1976, in the Sino Japanese go competition, Nie Weiping, who led a delegation to visit Japan, defeated the then Japanese super first-class player Shitian fangfu Jiuduan. With a 6-1 result, he was known as "Nie whirlwind" in Japan, a powerful go country at that time. From 1974 to 1980, he played 30 games with Japanese Jiuduan players, winning 17 games, winning 2 games and losing 11 games. At the same time, most of the domestic chess champions in this period were also taken by Nie Weiping alone. Generally speaking, 1975-1979 is called "the era of Nie Weiping". In 1979, Nie Weiping was awarded the title of "top ten" athletes by the State Sports Commission. In 1981, Nie Weiping awarded the title of Jiuduan chess player.

Peak years

Nie Weiping's peak time was in the 1980s when he was in the go challenge arena between China and Japan. He was elected as the main general of the Chinese team for several consecutive terms and made great contributions to the winning streak of the Chinese team.

In 1985, in the first China Japan go competition, Japanese super class player Kobayashi Guangyi defeated six Chinese players in nine sections. The Chinese team was 5-7 behind the Japanese team. Nie Weiping played as the main player. On August 27 and 29, he successively defeated Kobayashi Guangyi and Seifu Kato, the champion of the throne war, and tied the score to 7-7. In November, fujizawa Xiuxing, who defeated the Japanese champion in Beijing, won the title of "chess sage" for six times, and was awarded the title of "lifelong chess sage", won the challenge competition for China, and achieved a major breakthrough that Chinese chess players defeated Japanese "super first-class" chess players for the first time.

In 1986, in the second China Japan go competition, he defeated five Japanese generals and made the Chinese team win again. In 1987, in the third China Japan go competition, the Chinese team won three games in a row against Japan's main player, Masao Kato. Tsinghua University, Peking University and other students also paraded to celebrate their success. Nie Weiping became a "hero" in China at that time, and his personal reputation reached the peak. At that time, there was an upsurge of learning go in China, including Chang Hao, Zhou Heyang and Luo Xihe, who later became first-class players.

Nie Weiping has been the head coach of China's national go team since 1986. In 1988, he won the third place in the first Fujitsu Cup World Professional Go Championship. In 1989, he won the second place in the first Yingshi Cup World Professional Go Championship. On March 22, 1988, in recognition of Nie Weiping's outstanding contribution to the cause of go, the State Sports Commission and China Go Association awarded him the title of "chess sage".

(Photo Album: Nie Weiping and China Japan go challenge)

The turning point of chess

In the middle of April 1989, the first competition for the champion of five times chess in Ying's Cup started. Cao xunxuan beat Nie Weiping in the fifth set. In the first Ying's Cup final, Nie Weiping's performance in the fifth inning was better than Cao xunxuan's. Since his defeat in this game of chess, his downhill decline is irreparable. On the contrary, Cao xunxuan's victory ushered in a new era of go in South Korea. Nie Weiping said more than once that this game of chess made him regret all his life. After losing Ying's cup, Nie Weiping's game of chess began to turn. Although he entered the finals of Fujitsu cup and Toyo securities cup, he was no exception second. After 1995, he never entered the finals of the world series.

Postoperative competition

On July 7, 2015, the top 64 of the second mlily dream Lily cup world go open started in the Chinese Chess Academy. Nie Weiping, 62, a chess sage, put on his clothes. This is Nie Weiping's first world competition after his cancer surgery. Nie Weiping's opponent is Rong Yi, who is 42 years younger than him.

On November 15, 2016, Xiangcheng District's first "Taiping Shuzhen" cup Chinese go veteran invitational tournament came to an end in Taiping Shuzhen, Xiangcheng District. Nie Weiping, the Chinese go master, defeated Hua Yigang and won the championship in the final.

On January 16, 2021, Nie Weiping and Chang Hao won the legendary national match of go in the 22nd nongxinxin Ramen cup world go team championship.

Life out of chess

Publishing autobiography

Nie Weiping published his autobiography life of go, recording his way of go, including the most important games in his life. Let the players see another real Nie Weiping outside the chessboard.

Love bridge

Nie Weiping learned to play bridge when he was 14 years old, and his first teacher was his go coach. As a go player, he takes part in many bridge competitions every year or is invited to be a guest of the competition to promote bridge. He has become a real bridge player. As for his playing skills, it is said that "in the world of go, bridge is the most powerful, and in the world of bridge, go is the highest.". He usually plays bridge for recreation and relaxation, but once he is on the field, he will devote himself to it and value the outcome very much. As of 2007, Nie Weiping has been playing bridge for 40 years, during which he has played with many people, but the most unforgettable is playing with Deng Xiaoping. From 1984 to 1993, Nie Weiping played bridge with Deng Xiaoping many times. In early 1984, he played bridge for the first time with "old man" (NIE Weiping's honorific name for Deng Xiaoping) in the Great Hall of the people. He partnered with Deng Xiaoping against Hu Yaobang and Ding Guangen. At the same time, as half a bridge player, Nie Weiping is familiar with the players of the National Men's and women's teams.

Three marriages

Nie Weiping experienced three marriages. The first two marriages with Kong Xiangming and Wang Jing also became the focus of public attention because of Nie Weiping's special status at that time.

Nie Weiping's first wife, Kong Xiangming, was a professional eight section go player and once a famous Chinese woman go leader. In March 1980, Nie Weiping married Kong Xiangming and had a son, Kong Lingwen (formerly named Nie Yunxiang). The most direct cause of Nie Weiping's first marriage breakdown was that his affair with Wang Jing "came true through deception". In the end, Kong Xiangming was forced to divorce. Whenever Nie Weiping talks about his first marriage, there is a kind of guilt that is hard to hide.

Nie Weiping's second wife, Wang Jing, is a first-class singer of the General Administration song and dance troupe. Nie Weiping and Wang Jing got married in 1991, then their second son Nie Yunqing was born and divorced eight years later. Their marriage was not happy and they broke up in 2000.

Nie Weiping's third wife is 23 years younger than Nie Weiping. People who have seen her always leave the impression of "young and beautiful, cheerful, tall and fashionable". They married in 2001 and had a daughter, Nie Yunfei, in 2004. After that, his go performance also increased.

(source of Nie Weiping's three wives) Nie Weiping's three wives

Other related

Suffer from congenital heart disease: Nie Weiping has congenital heart disease. He often carried oxygen bottles when he participated in the go competition between China and Japan. According to Nie Weiping himself, at every crucial moment of the game, his heart beat 170 beats per minute, and he would make a mistake when his brain was short of blood supply

Chinese PinYin : Nie Wei Ping