Applications for the 2023 Award named after Evgeniy Sozonov were accepted until December 10, 2023. The Sozonov Award for 2023 is provided in two age categories (10-13 years and 14-16 years). Chess for Children Foundation received 27 applications from various regions of Ukraine.
The results of the 2023 Sozonov Award Competition
Age category from 10 to 13 years:
Winner: Domin Yan (Kyiv)
Runners-up:
Alekseenko Mykhail (Dnipro)
Marusyn Yana (Lviv)
Age category from 14 to 16 years:
Winner: Ivanytska Liudmyla (Ivano-Frankivsk)
Runners-up:
Andriienko Artom (Vinnytsia)
Dehtiarov Roman (Kharkiv)
The Award for 2023 amounts as the following:
The winner in the age category from 10 to 13 years – 16000 hryvnias
The winner in the age category from 14 to 16 years – 16000 hryvnias
Two runners-up in the age category from 10 to 13 years – 3000 hryvnias each
Two runners-up in the age category from 14 to 16 years – 3000 hryvnias each
Chess For Children Foundation thanks to all the participants of the competition. Selecting winners and runners-up each year is a challenging task because all the participants are individuals who work tirelessly to develop their chess skills and put a lot of effort into their studies. In the selection process, a balanced system is used, which takes into account both achievements in chess and the results of studies. We encourage everyone to participate in the coming years as well, as it will enable a more profound examination of the child’s development and achievements over time.
Award named after Evgeniy Sozonov is a private national annual award. It was established by Olena Boytsun in 2013 with the aim of supporting talented children aged between 10 to 16 years old, who show good results in both chess and school studies. Since 2019, the Sozonov Award is provided in two age categories: from 10 to 13 years (inclusive) and from 14 to 16 years (inclusive).
For 2023, the Award was presented for the ninth time.
Detailed information, including statistics and biographies of the winners and prize-winners of the 2023 Sozonov Award, is published on the 2023 Sozonov Award page https://chessforchildren.org/en/sozonov-award-en/. Also on the general page of the Sozonov Award (https://chessforchildren.org/en/sozonov-award-for-2023-en/) there is all information about competitions from 2013 to 2023.
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