Ing Chang-ki (; 23 October 1916 – 27 August 1997) was a Chinese

industrialist A business magnate, also known as a tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur or investor who controls, through perso ...

, Go player, and Go promoter. He was the founder of the

Ing Cup The Ing Cup () is an international Go tournament with a cash prize of over US$400,000. It was created by, and is named after, Ing Chang-ki. The tournament is held once every four years and hence often nicknamed the Go Olympics. In the 7th Ing ...

. He is also known for promoting the Ing rules of Go. He also promoted one of the first digital

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s to support

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, per-move time control.

Biography

Ing Chang-ki was born in Cixi County (currently

Cicheng Cicheng () is a town in the Jiangbei District of Ningbo in Zhejiang. It is an ancient walled city dating from the 8th century when it was renowned for its handicraft A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft ...

Jiangbei District, Ningbo Jiangbei District () is a county-level district under the jurisdiction of Ningbo city in Zhejiang Province of the People's Republic of China. The district's total area is 209 square kilometers, which makes it the largest subdivision in the traditi ...

Zhejiang Province Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangs ...

in 1917. As a young man, Ing worked as a clerk in a bank in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

, where he later became a famous local

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. In 1949, he went to

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

and eventually became an industrial mogul in Taiwan. Ing created the Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation for further promotion of Go, while encouraging the use of the name Goe in an attempt to differentiate its name from the English verb go.See, e.g., Until 2000, he sponsored a tournament and substantial prize for

computer Go Computer Go is the field of artificial intelligence (AI) dedicated to creating a computer program that plays the traditional board game Go. The field is sharply divided into two eras. Before 2015, the programs of the era were weak. The best ...

programs known as the Ing Prize.

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Shanghai Ing Chang-ki Weichi Educational Foundation
including a short biography. 1916 births 1997 deaths Ing, Chang-ki Taiwanese Go players Taiwanese bankers Sportspeople from Ningbo Chinese bankers Chinese Civil War refugees Taiwanese people from Zhejiang People from Cixi {{Taiwan-business-bio-stub

Biography

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