Ing Chang-ki (; 23 October 1916 – 27 August 1997) was a Chinese
industrialist
A business magnate, also known as an industrialist or tycoon, is a person who is a powerful entrepreneur and investor who controls, through personal enterprise ownership or a dominant shareholding position, a firm or industry whose goods or ser ...
,
Go player, and Go promoter. He was the founder of the
Ing Cup. He is also known for promoting the
Ing rules of Go. He also promoted one of the first digital
game clocks to support
byoyomi, per-move time control.
Biography
Ing Chang-ki was born in Cixi County (currently
Cicheng, Jiangbei District, Ningbo),
Zhejiang Province
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in 1917. As a young man, Ing worked as a clerk in a bank in
Shanghai
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, where he later became a famous local
banker
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. In 1949, he went to
Taipei
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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.
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Until 2000, he sponsored a tournament and substantial prize for
computer Go programs known as the Ing Prize.
See also
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Chang-ki Cup
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Ing Cup
References
External links
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
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