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Ing Prize
    Keywords: Culture & History

A prize of 1,400,000 $ [1] for the first computer program that succeeds in beating a Chinese-Taipei Go Professional. The prize was donated by Ing Chang-Ki. After Mr Ing's death, the Ing Foundation continued the contest until the end of 2000. Professor Chen [2] reported that the son of Mr Ing agreed to continue the Ing contest for a further ten years. This has yet to be confirmed officially.

[1] The amount in US$ varies: the official amount is 40,000,000 New Taiwan (NT) dollars.

[2] Professor Chen is the author of the computer program Handtalk.



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