In China, when it comes to Go, many people's first reaction will be Nie Weiping. In the field of Go, Nie Weiping's achievements and status, looking at the country, no one can beat him.
Of course, Go does not receive much attention in China, and compared with some popular sports, Go has a smaller audience. Moreover, Go is a very brain-testing competitive sport.
In Nie Weiping's decades of Go career, his achievements are obvious to all. In the 80s of last century, in the nationally watched China-Japan Go Tournament, Nie Weiping, as the main player of the Chinese team, led the team to defeat the Japanese team for three consecutive years, and Nie Weiping also became a well-deserved national hero.
Many people may not understand why Nie Weiping's victory over Japan has such great influence. In fact, in those days, China and Japan had always been fighting openly and secretly. Go has always been Japan's strength, and the fact that the Chinese team can beat their opponents in this area is also a testament to China's strength to some extent.
Of course, in addition to Go, so did volleyball after that. The Chinese team defeated Japan, and that night, the whole country jubilated, and the masses spontaneously gathered to applaud and cheer for the Chinese team. Therefore, in that era, Nie Weiping's popularity and attention in China reached its peak.
Nie Weiping has experienced a total of three marriages, one wife Kong Xiangming, once also a famous Go player in China, the direct cause of the breakdown of their marriage is that Nie Weiping and Wang Jing's scandal became true, and finally, Kong Xiangming was forced to divorce.
The two gave birth to a son named Nie Yunqian in 1980. After the divorce, Nie Yunqian changed his name to Kong Lingwen and went to Japan with his mother to change to Japanese nationality. And Nie Weiping's second wife is Wang Jing. The marriage lasted 8 years, and in 2000, the two divorced.
According to rumors, this marriage was not happy, and the two often broke out conflicts and conflicts. Nie Weiping's third wife, named Lan Liya, is 23 years younger than Nie Weiping.
It is undeniable that Nie Weiping has made outstanding contributions to the development of China's Go cause. But Nie Weiping, who is outside of Go, is controversial. At the Beijing Olympics, when Lang Ping led the team to defeat the Chinese team as the head coach of the United States team, Nie Weiping bombarded Lang Ping and questioned the latter.
Of course, I have to admit that Nie Weiping is really temperamental. Dare to love and hate is very free, firm in heart, and will not be swayed by external gossip. Today, Nie Weiping is still the vice president of the China Go Association, and still attends some public events to contribute to the cause of Go in China.