英语新闻丨中国围棋大师聂大师逝世，享年73岁

Chinese Go master Nie Weiping died at the age of 73 in Beijing on Wednesday night, the Chinese Weiqi (Go) Association announced on Thursday.中国围棋协会15日宣布，中国围棋大师聂卫平于14日晚在北京逝世，享年73岁。Born on August 17, 1952, Nie rose to fame in the Go world after leading China to victories at the China-Japan Go Challenge Series in the 1980s, beating several top Japanese players.聂卫平于1952年8月17日出生，在1980年代率领中国队在中日围棋挑战赛中屡获胜利，击败多位日本顶尖棋手，由此在围棋界声名鹊起。In 1988, he was honored as "Go Master" by then-State Physical Culture and Sports Commission of China, the predecessor organization of China's State General Administration of Sport. He was also the honorary president of the Chinese Weiqi Association.1988年，聂卫平被时任中国国家体育委员会（中国国家体育总局的前身）授予“围棋大师”称号，同时担任中国围棋协会名誉主席。