Nie Weiping
Nie Weiping (; born 17 August 1952) is a Chinese professional Go (board game), Go Go players, player. Biography Nie was born in Shenzhou City, Shenzhou. He was a childhood friend of future Paramount leader, Chinese leader Xi Jinping. His brother, Liu Weiping, became a general in the People's Liberation Army. 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 (Go), 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 List of top title holders in Go#China, total nu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shenzhou City
Shenzhou () is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hengshui, Hebei province, China. Administrative divisions Towns: *Tangfeng (), Shenzhou Town (), Chenshi (), Yuke (town), Yuke (), Weiqiao, Shenzhou, Weiqiao (), Dadi (town), Dadi (), Qianmotou (), Wangjiajing, Shenzhou, Wangjiajing (), Hujiachi () Townships: *Bingcao Township (), Mucun Township, Shenzhou, Mucun Township (), Dong'anzhuang Township (), Beixicun Township (), Dafengying Township (), Qiaotun Township (), Taiguzhuang Township (), Datun Township, Shenzhou, Datun Township () Climate References External links County-level cities in Hebei Hengshui {{Hengshui-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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China-Japan Supermatches
The China-Japan Supermatches (日中スーパー囲碁) 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 is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), Inte ...; it was held 16 times from 1984 to 2001. The matches were in the knock-out format with 6 to 9 players on each side for the first 11 times (1984-1996). In the later games, each side had 3 players for one-on-one matches. Before the late 1980s top Japanese players were generally considered to be at a higher level than the rest of the world, but in the end, China won 9 times in total. The result has had a great impact on the development of the game in China afterward. Winners References International ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CCTV Cup
The CCTV Cup is a Chinese Go competition. Outline The CCTV Cup is the longest running fast game tournament in China and the sponsor is the Chinese CCTV station. The winner and the runner-up qualify for the Asian TV Cup, where they compete against the winners and runners-up of the Japanese NHK Cup and the South Korean KBS Cup. Each player has 1 hour of main time with one 60-second byoyomi A time control is a mechanism in the tournament play of almost all two-player board games so that each round of the match can finish in a timely way and the tournament can proceed. For turn-based games such as chess, shogi or go, time controls ... period. The time control was changed in 2021 to be much slower than the previous time limit, which was one move every 30 seconds. The winner's prize is 350,000 RMB (as of 2024). Formerly, the winner's prize was 250,000 RMB in 2019, increased to 300,000 RMB in 2020, and further increased to the current 350,000 RMB for the 2023–24 cup. Past wi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Longshan Cup
Longshan may refer to: Counties * Longshan County in Xiangxi, Hunan Districts * Longshan District in Liaoyuan, Jilin Towns * Longshan Town in Zhangjiachuan Hui Autonomous County, Gansu * Longshan Town in Youyi County, Heilongjiang * Longshan Town in Cixi, Zhejiang * Longshan Town in Longkang, Anhui * Longshan Town in Guoyang County, Anhui * Longshan Town in Nanjing County, Fujian * Longshan Town in Ju County, Shandong * Longshan Town in Fogang County, Guangdong * Longshan Town in Gulin County, Sichuan * Longshan Town in Cangxi County, Sichuan * Longshan Town in Zizhong County, Sichuan * Longshan Town in Anlong County, Guizhou * Longshan Town in Longli County, Guizhou * Longshan Town in Majiang County, Guizhou * Longshan Town in Longling County, Yunnan Other * Longshan Temple (other), the name of five temples in Taiwan * Longshan culture The Longshan culture, also sometimes referred to as the Black Pottery Culture, was a late Neolithic culture in t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shiqiang
Shiqiang () is a town in Zoucheng, Jining, in southwestern Shandong province, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after .... References Township-level divisions of Shandong {{Shandong-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mingren
The Mingren () is a Go competition in China organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. The word ''míngrén'' means "brilliant man". The Mingren is equivalent to the Nihon-Kiin's Meijin and the Hanguk Kiwon's Myungin titles. Outline The Mingren is sponsored by the Zhongguo Qiyuan and the ''People's Daily''. It consists of a preliminary tournament in which 32 players compete against one another to determine the challenger to the previous year's winner. The preliminary is a single-elimination format, and the title match is decided in a best-of-three. Prior to 2016, the final of the preliminary tournament was decided in a best-of-three, and the title match was decided in a best-of-five. The winner's purse is ¥400,000 and the runner-up's is ¥200,000, as of 2025. This was increased in 2023 from the previous edition (2019), where the prize money was ¥300,000 and ¥100,000. Past Winners and runners-up See also *Meijin *Myungin The Myeongin (Korean: 명인전, Hanja: 名人戰) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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New Sports Cup
New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1999 * "new", a song by Loona from the 2017 single album '' Yves'' * "The New", a song by Interpol from the 2002 album ''Turn On the Bright Lights'' Transportation * Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, U.S., IATA airport code NEW * Newcraighall railway station, Scotland, station code NEW Other uses * ''New'' (film), a 2004 Tamil movie * New (surname), an English family name * NEW (TV station), in Australia * new and delete (C++), in the computer programming language * Net economic welfare, a proposed macroeconomic indicator * Net explosive weight, also known as net explosive quantity * Network of enlightened Women, an American organization * Newar language, ISO 639-2/3 language code new * Next Entertainment World, a South Korean media company ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Qiwang (competition)
The Weifu Fangkai Cup (), also sometimes known as the Qiwang (not to be confused with the defunct Qiwang), is a Go competition in China. Outline The tournament is sponsored by the Wuxi people government. The tournament began in 2003. Past winners and runners-up References Go competitions in China {{Go-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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National Go Individual
The Chinese Go Championship is a Go competition which determines the national champion of China. Outline The Chinese Go Championship is held with the Swiss system where there are many players who play through 11 rounds. The final two are chosen from whoever has the best 2 records. They then play one game to decide the winner. The komi is 2.75 with Chinese rules. The prize money is 2,500 CY/$300. Past Winners and Runners-up ''The competition was not held in 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967 - 1973, 1976.'' {{Chinese go titles Recurring sporting events established in 1957 Go Go competitions in China References ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Top Title Holders In Go
The lists below comprise the title holders at major international Go tournaments. Competitions Champions Statistics Performance by player Performance by association See also * List of Go players * List of professional Go tournaments This is a list of professional go (game), Go tournaments, for competitors in the board game of ''Go''. The tradition, initiated by the Honinbo, Honinbo Tournament in Japan, is for an event to be run annually, leading up to a title match and the a ... * International Go Federation References External links International Go tournamentsat GoBase {{Go (game) Go top title holders Top title holders in Go * * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |