Nie Weiping is a chess saint known to everyone in the Chinese Go world, his superb chess skills are unmatched, but his uninhibited living habits are also eye-catching.
He often clutches a cigarette in his hand when playing, and his opponents see him as a unique sight.
In addition, Nie Weiping also loves to drink, he often meets friends with wine, and the amount of alcohol is amazing, and his drinking legend has been circulating in the rivers and lakes - he once drank a bottle of Moutai worth millions in one go.
In terms of diet, Nie Weiping is also indulgent, he never resists when he encounters the food he likes, even when he was 61 years old, he was admitted to the hospital because of rectal cancer, but he still did not forget to enjoy life, although the doctor allowed him to continue drinking, but he could only drink two taels at a time.
After adjusting his living habits, Nie Weiping once again devoted himself to his beloved Go career.
People have the impression that Go is an intellectual sport that requires much thought, and Go players are often seen as introverted and quiet people, living a pure-minded life.
However, this is not always the case. Although it is true that most Go players are introverted and have a healthy lifestyle, there are still some top players who are different, they have a cheerful and enthusiastic personality and an uninhibited lifestyle, and Nie Weiping is one of them.
In the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament in the 80s of the last century, Nie Weiping defeated many Japanese super-first-class chess players with his extraordinary strength, and won the first three Sino-Japanese Go Tournaments for China's Go cause, triggering a nationwide upsurge in learning chess.
Nie Weiping was awarded the reputation of "Chess Saint" of Chinese Go for his outstanding contributions to the cause of Go. Although he shines brightly in the chess world, his physical health and uninhibited lifestyle are equally remarkable.
Nie Weiping's performance in the China-Japan Go Tournament was impressive, and he insisted on playing chess while inhaling oxygen. He said that this was because he was born with heart disease, and his brain often did not have enough oxygen, so he could only rely on oxygen cylinders to maintain it when playing chess.
His disease, called atrial septal defect, causes clean blood to mix with dirty blood, affecting the oxygen supply to the brain. As a rule, a person with this disease is unable to engage in heavy physical and mental labor, and playing chess requires mental effort, so his disease has a great impact on playing chess.
During Go matches, Nie Weiping often had a rapid heartbeat of up to 150 to 170 beats per minute due to heart problems, causing a severe lack of oxygen to his brain. As a result, the oxygen bottle became an indispensable tool in his game, and he needed to take oxygen three or four times per game to stick to it.
Even though he was able to use an oxygen cylinder in a match, it still affected his winning rate in the match. Nie Weiping is a talented chess player, and his layout is impressive in the first half of the game.
However, when he gets into the second half of the game, he sometimes makes some low-level mistakes that only amateur players would make, making moves that are called dumb moves in Go terminology, thus squandering the advantage established in the first half of the game.
As the years passed, the probability of Nie Weiping making mistakes on the chessboard gradually increased, and finally gradually faded out of the ranks of first-line chess players. According to Nie Weiping himself, he often made mistakes in the game, which was not unrelated to his heart disease.
Although he used an oxygen cylinder to assist in the game, the disease still made him feel blocked in his thinking, causing him to make frequent mistakes and lose his advantage.
Although Nie Weiping's spirit of insisting on oxygen inhalation under the trouble of heart disease is admirable, in the Go world, there are still some criticisms and doubts about his unhealthy living habits, and some people even believe that Nie Weiping often makes mistakes, not only because he has heart disease, but also because of his smoking habits.
Nie Weiping's love for cigarettes has reached the point of obsession, and he smokes two to three packs of cigarettes every day, which has caused serious harm to his health.
As we all know, excessive smoking can have a negative impact on lung health and reduce lung capacity, so some people believe that Nie Weiping needs frequent oxygen during the competition, not only because of his heart disease, but also because he smokes too much and his lung function is weaker than that of ordinary people.
Nie Weiping's smoking habit even caused some controversy in Go competitions, because in the early rules of Go competitions, whether international or domestic, there was no clear prohibition on players smoking in games.
Since there is no explicit rule, how can Nie Weiping, who is so addicted to smoking, control not smoking?
As a result, every time he plays, from the beginning to the end, he always has a lit cigarette in his hand and takes a puff of enjoyment from time to time, while his opponent can only endure the smoky environment of the game.
This habit has made some opponents somewhat complain. Because in the game of Go, you need to pay full attention, and players who do not have the habit of smoking will definitely feel a little uncomfortable when smelling smoke, which will affect their thinking when playing chess.
A chess player once complained when playing against Nie Weiping, and the situation he played was not bad, but as soon as he was smoked by the smoke of the cigarette in Nie Weiping's hand, he was in chaos, and the already dominant chess was sent out again.
Although there are some complaints about Nie Weiping's habit of smoking when playing chess, after all, Nie Weiping is a hero in the Chinese Go world and has a status that others can't match, so this kind of complaint only occurs occasionally in private.
In competitions, Nie Weiping still habitually holds a lit cigarette, which is also a unique scene in the Chinese chess world. Since ancient times, tobacco and alcohol have not been separated, Nie Weiping not only loves to smoke, but also likes to drink, and the amount of alcohol is not small.
There has always been a legend on the rivers and lakes that he drank a bottle of Moutai worth millions.
This bottle of Moutai was collected by the famous Chinese chess player Nie Weiping, and it has a unique history. At that time, Moutai Distillery found a bottle of the oldest liquor and gave it to ***
** I was very close to Nie Weiping, and knew that he loved to drink, so I gave this precious bottle of wine to Nie Weiping. Nie Weiping cherished this bottle of wine very much and kept it at home.
Someone offered a million to buy the bottle, but Nie Weiping thought it was worth much more than that. In order to celebrate the Chinese men's football team entering the 2002 World Cup, Nie Weiping finally opened the bottle of wine and offered blessings to China's football career.
In addition to being addicted to smoking and drinking, Nie Weiping is also very indulgent in his diet, and his love for food makes him unable to resist the ** of food.
Although such living habits have had a negative impact on Nie Weiping's health, he has insisted on not accepting physical examinations for many years, and is unwilling to participate in the regular physical examinations of his unit every year.
He believes that he is very healthy and does not have any ailments, so he does not need a medical examination. However, this stubborn attitude eventually led to a hidden danger for him.
In 2013, Nie Weiping, who was over the age of six, suddenly lost more than 20 pounds, which made his relatives and friends very worried. For the sake of his health, his wife, children and friends persuaded him to go to the hospital for a comprehensive check-up.
Unexpectedly, the examination results showed that Nie Weiping was diagnosed with rectal cancer. Due to the large size of the tumor, direct surgery is risky, and the tumor needs to be reduced by drugs** before surgery.
However, the optimistic and open-minded Nie Weiping has a stable mentality and firmly believes that he can overcome the disease.
Nie Weiping successfully completed the operation accompanied by his family, and the cancer cells in his body were almost zero, and the chess saint showed strong anti-cancer ability. After the surgery, I adjusted my lifestyle habits slightly and abstained from alcohol according to the doctor's instructions.
After recovering from his illness, Nie Weiping failed to give up his love for wine, but he was still active in the chess world. Although he has withdrawn from the first line, he is still enthusiastic about various Go events, especially some new world championships.
In 2015, the 62-year-old Nie Weiping played in the round of 64 of the second MLILY Dream Lily Cup World Go Open, which was his first appearance on the world stage after cancer, marking his successful victory over cancer.
Although Nie Weiping failed to go further in the tournament, it was a success for a player of his age who had just recovered his health to appear on the World Series stage.
His participation has also attracted more attention to the ongoing Mlily Dream Lily Cup World Go Open.
In recent years, Nie Weiping's main focus has been on promoting and publicizing Go culture, and the Go competitions he participated in were mainly exhibition matches and veteran competitions of the nature of public welfare publicity.
Among them, the China-Japan-South Korea Nie Weiping Cup Go Masters is such an event. The competition was first held in Chengdu in 2019 and has been held annually ever since.
By 2021, it has been successfully held three times. This is the first tournament in the Chinese chess world to be named after a chess player, and it is also a unique example in the history of Chinese Go.
The China-Japan-South Korea Nie Weiping Cup Go Masters held in Chengdu is a Go feast featuring veteran chess players from China, Japan and South Korea. For Nie Weiping, this match has a special significance.
His connection with Chengdu can be traced back to 1965, when he came to the city known as the "City of Chess" to participate in the National Children's Go Competition, where he won his first national children's championship and began his Go career.
Time flies, more than 50 years have passed, Nie Weiping won the championship in Du Fu Thatched Cottage, and now Du Fu Thatched Cottage has become the venue for the Nie Weiping Cup Go Masters, continuing this good story in the chess world.
Nie Weiping Cup Go Masters, this veteran chess player who is close to old chess has played for three consecutive years, although it was held online in 2020 due to the epidemic, he still logged on to the computer to compete with veterans from other countries.
Before the duel with the veteran Japanese chess player Masaki Takemiya, Nie Weiping said that he was most worried about the wrong mouse click, which is the well-known slider in the Go world.
Although Nie Weiping did not seem to be familiar with the Internet during the conversation, he was quite familiar with the Internet and modern technology, and he tried to play online games early on.
In April of this year, the Nie Weiping Dojo he founded joined forces with a sports technology company to jointly develop a new Go ** game platform.
Nie Weiping hopes to use the most cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology and interactive design to provide a new experience of online games for Go enthusiasts across the country.
For the phenomenon of artificial intelligence surpassing humans in the field of Go in recent years, Nie Weiping is very open, and he has publicly said that in the field of Go, artificial intelligence surpasses the top masters of human beings is a good thing for professional chess players, and chess players should have such a mentality, which is also a promotion of their own chess skills.
Nie Weiping, who has loved Go all his life, believes that learning the ideas and moves of artificial intelligence is a very interesting thing.