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.