Sozonov Award for 2013

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.

In 2013, the Sozonov Award was presented for the first time for children aged 10 to 15 years. Applications for participation in the award competition were accepted from October 20, 2013 to December 12, 2013, the results were announced on December 28, 2013.

38 applications were submitted for participation in the contest, of which boys accounted for 58% of participants, while girls – 42%.

For 2013, the Sozonov Award was awarded to one winner (amount of the prize – 5,000 hryvnias).

The results of the 2013 Sozonov Award competition

Winner

Skorobahatko Karina (Kyiv)

Karina Skorobahatko

(Kyiv, age at the time of receiving the award: 13 years, 1st rank in chess according to the Ukrainian system)
Trainer: Semenov D.

Karina Skorobahatko studies in the 8th grade of the Kyiv specialised school No. 14 with an in-depth study of the German language. In addition, she works on improving his knowledge of English, German, Spanish and Polish. She is engaged in project-research activities at the school within the framework of the “Deutsche Austausch: Partner der Zukunft” project. She has been playing chess for 7 years and has a 1st rank in chess (according to the Ukrainian system). Karina trains in the section of the Tovarysh chess club with trainer Dmytro Semenov. In 2013, she became the champion of the city of Kyiv among girls under 14 years old. Karina is fond of creativity and modern dances, she graduated from the children art school in the direction of decorative and applied arts.

Update from 2023: Karina Skorobahatko graduated with honours from the Faculty of Computer Science and Cybernetics of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University and the Faculty of International Economics of the Vadym Hetman Kyiv National University of Economics. Currently, the girl is completing her master’s degree in Computer Science, specialising in IT Project Management, at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University and works as an Agile Project Manager at the P2H company – a global software development and consulting company focused on complex, high-load and easily scalable web solutions for large businesses and government organisations in various countries.

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Of course, we hoped for Karina’s victory in the contest, but the news that our daughter won was a real New Year’s gift for our large family. Karinka studies well at school, studies foreign languages, draws and dances beautifully. Chess is an amazing game that gives our child the opportunity to develop harmoniously. We thank the UCF “Chess for Children” for such a wonderful initiative!

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Maryna Skorobahatko

mother of the winner

The ceremony for the 2013 Sozonov Award

On January 19, 2014, in the premises of the Chess Center “Tovarysh”, the awarding ceremony was held for Karina Skorobagatko, who became the winner of the competition for the Sozonov Award in 2013. The award was presented by Olena Boytsun, the Founding President of the Chess for Children Charity.

Information about the event is available on the Foundation’s Facebook page here.