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Nie Weiping, Chinese Go master known for dramatic victory over Japanese rival, dies at 73

The win catapulted him to national icon status and sparked a fever for the board game across China Nie Weiping, a legendary Go master in China, died in Beijing at the age of 73 on Wednesday. Nie is ...
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Nie Weiping, the ‘Wild Warrior’ Who Restored China’s Confidence in Go

In December 1974, Go player Nie Weiping wasn’t having a great run of matches. He’d won one and lost two, all against middling competition. For his next game, he would take on Japan’s Miyamoto Naoki, a ...