Ing Chang-ki

Ing Chang-ki
Ing Chang-ki
Chinese	Trad. 應昌期 Simp. 应昌期
Born	October 23, 1916; Cicheng, Ningbo, China
Died	August 1997 (aged 80)
Residence	China ; Taiwan
Affiliation

Ing Chang-ki (Chinese: 應昌期; pinyin: Yīng Chāngqī; 23 October 1916 – August 1997) was a Chinese industrialist, Go player, and Go promoter. He was the founder of the Ing Cup.^[1] 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 in 1917.^[2] As a young man, Ing worked as a clerk in a bank in Shanghai, where he later became a famous local banker. In 1949, he went to Taipei 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.^[3]

Until 2000, he sponsored a tournament and substantial prize for computer Go programs known as the Ing Prize.