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Cuba Chess World Cup prize money

$161,250 won by 14 players playing for Cuba at the Chess World Cup since 2013, 1.1% of everything FIDE paid. Leinier Domínguez won the most, $32,000.

PRIZE MONEY $161k
PLAYERS PAID 14
WORLD CUP TITLES 0
SHARE OF ALL MONEY 1.1%

Cuba's players by prize money

Everyone paid at a World Cup while playing for Cuba

14 players

Leinier Domínguez $32k Lázaro Bruzón $30k Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez $16k Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera $16k Yuri González Vidal $12k Yerisbel Miranda Llanes $11k Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés $10k
Ermes Espinosa Veloz $6,000
Yasser Quesada $6,000
Yuniesky Quesada $6,000
Yusnel Bacallao Alonso $6,000
Yaniela Forgas Moreno $3,750
Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason $3,500
Luis Ernesto Quesada Pérez $3,000
# Player Overall Best finish Prize money
01 Leinier Domínguez 29th Quarter-finals, 2023 $32,000
02 Lázaro Bruzón 118th Round 2, 2013 $30,000
03 Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez 210th Round 2, 2013 $16,000
04 Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera 222nd Round 1, 2019 $15,750
05 Yuri González Vidal 276th Round 1, 2017 $12,000
06 Yerisbel Miranda Llanes 284th Round 1, Women's 2021 $11,250
07 Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés 314th Round 2, Women's 2021 $10,000
08 Ermes Espinosa Veloz 437th Round 1, 2015 $6,000
09 Yasser Quesada 506th Round 2, 2021 $6,000
10 Yuniesky Quesada 508th Round 1, 2015 $6,000
11 Yusnel Bacallao Alonso 509th Round 1, 2017 $6,000
12 Yaniela Forgas Moreno 642nd Round 1, Women's 2023 $3,750
13 Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason 658th Round 1, 2025 $3,500
14 Luis Ernesto Quesada Pérez 722nd Round 1, 2023 $3,000

Cuba at each World Cup

All ten editions since 2013, open and women's, in order

World Cup Players Went furthest Prize money
Chess World Cup 2013 3 Leinier Domínguez Round 3 $36,000
Chess World Cup 2015 5 Leinier Domínguez Round 3 $44,000
Chess World Cup 2017 3 Lázaro Bruzón Round 2 $22,000
Chess World Cup 2019 2 Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera Round 1 $12,000
Chess World Cup 2021 2 Yasser Quesada Round 2 $9,750
Women's Chess World Cup 2021 2 Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés Round 2 $8,750
Chess World Cup 2023 2 Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera Round 2 $9,000
Women's Chess World Cup 2023 3 Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés Round 2 $12,500
Chess World Cup 2025 1 Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason Round 1 $3,500
Women's Chess World Cup 2025 1 Yerisbel Miranda Llanes Round 1 $3,750

$25,000 of the total came from the three Women's World Cups and $136,250 from the open event.

Cuba against the other federations

All 113 federations with a player paid at a World Cup since 2013

# Federation Players Prize money
01 Russia 67 $2,229,500$2.2m
02 India 45 $1,043,250
03 United States 38 $998,750
04 China 37 $954,500
05 Ukraine 21 $630,750
06 Azerbaijan 22 $613,000
07 Poland 21 $464,250
08 France 14 $447,500
09 FIDE flag 26 $424,750
10 Armenia 14 $388,250
11 Uzbekistan 12 $349,250
12 Germany 13 $308,250
13 Norway 8 $286,000
14 Georgia 13 $236,250
15 Iran 12 $231,500
16 Hungary 12 $224,500
17 Netherlands 7 $218,500
18 Egypt 12 $171,000
19 Israel 8 $171,000
20 Cuba 14 $161,250
21 Vietnam 7 $160,750
22 Bulgaria 8 $155,000
23 Spain 11 $154,750
24 Argentina 14 $151,500
25 Serbia 8 $148,000
26 Peru 9 $146,750
27 Kazakhstan 14 $134,000
28 England 6 $123,000
29 Turkey 9 $121,250
30 Czechia 6 $117,000
31 Brazil 10 $112,500
32 Canada 13 $109,750
33 Romania 6 $105,500
34 Italy 5 $87,500
35 Croatia 5 $81,500
36 Australia 8 $74,750
37 United Arab Emirates 4 $69,250
38 Sweden 2 $64,750
39 Greece 6 $62,500
40 Mongolia 10 $61,750
41 Bangladesh 10 $59,500
42 Mexico 8 $59,250
43 Chile 3 $58,000
44 Philippines 9 $57,000
45 Slovenia 8 $56,000
46 Belarus 5 $50,500
47 Indonesia 7 $49,250
48 Austria 4 $49,000
49 Paraguay 4 $45,750
50 Algeria 8 $44,500
51 Colombia 9 $44,000
52 Latvia 4 $39,250
53 Singapore 4 $36,000
54 South Africa 5 $33,500
55 Moldova 4 $33,250
56 Venezuela 3 $29,250
57 Nigeria 5 $28,250
58 Malaysia 5 $27,500
59 Uruguay 4 $27,250
60 Estonia 2 $25,250
61 Lithuania 4 $23,750
62 Switzerland 2 $23,500
63 Zambia 3 $22,250
64 Belgium 2 $20,750
65 Slovakia 3 $20,750
66 Turkmenistan 4 $20,750
67 Kyrgyzstan 4 $20,000
68 Tajikistan 4 $20,000
69 Sri Lanka 3 $17,000
70 Morocco 3 $16,250
71 Tunisia 2 $16,250
72 Faroe Islands 1 $15,750
73 New Zealand 4 $14,750
74 Montenegro 3 $13,750
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 $13,000
76 Uganda 2 $12,750
77 Madagascar 1 $12,500
78 Iceland 2 $12,000
79 Angola 3 $11,000
80 Iraq 2 $11,000
81 Ecuador 2 $10,500
82 Libya 3 $10,250
83 Zimbabwe 2 $10,250
84 North Macedonia 1 $10,000
85 Costa Rica 2 $9,750
86 Denmark 2 $9,750
87 Barbados 2 $7,250
88 Lebanon 2 $6,750
89 Myanmar 2 $6,750
90 Syria 2 $6,750
91 Yemen 1 $6,750
92 Japan 1 $6,500
93 Namibia 2 $6,500
94 South Korea 2 $6,500
95 Thailand 1 $6,500
96 Luxembourg 1 $6,000
97 Papua New Guinea 1 $6,000
98 Finland 1 $3,750
99 Guam 1 $3,750
100 Jordan 1 $3,750
101 Malawi 1 $3,750
102 Portugal 1 $3,750
103 Hong Kong 1 $3,500
104 Monaco 1 $3,500
105 Palestine 1 $3,500
106 Saudi Arabia 1 $3,500
107 Andorra 1 $3,000
108 Botswana 1 $3,000
109 Chinese Taipei 1 $3,000
110 Ethiopia 1 $3,000
111 Nepal 1 $3,000
112 Panama 1 $3,000
113 South Sudan 1 $3,000

Frequently asked questions

How much Chess World Cup prize money have Cuba's players won?

$161,250 since 2013, shared by 14 players. That is 1.1% of everything FIDE paid at the World Cup, 20th of 113 federations.

Who has won the most for Cuba?

Leinier Domínguez, with $32,000, 20% of the total.

What was the best World Cup for Cuba's players?

The Chess World Cup 2015, where 5 players took $44,000 between them.

How far has a player from Cuba gone at the World Cup?

Leinier Domínguez reached round 3 at the Chess World Cup 2013, which paid $16,000.

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