Representing the side of mankind were two first-level boy players: nine-year- old Hsia Hsien-yu and 13-year-old Ku Ch'ung-ming, who, to give Tu Kuei-ch'ung's computer a better chance, spotted it handicaps of seven and 17 stones, respectively.
人腦派出的代表是兩位棋力初段的小棋士，九歲的夏銜譽和十三歲的顧崇銘；為表示泱泱大「類」的風度，分別讓七子與十七子，和杜貴崇的九路、十九路電腦程式，捉對廝殺。