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France Chess World Cup prize money

$447,500 won by 14 players playing for France at the Chess World Cup since 2013, 3.2% of everything FIDE paid. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the most, $247,000.

PRIZE MONEY $448k
PLAYERS PAID 14
WORLD CUP TITLES 0
SHARE OF ALL MONEY 3.2%

France's players by prize money

Everyone paid at a World Cup while playing for France

14 players

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave $247k Étienne Bacrot $78k Laurent Fressinet $32k Pauline Guichard $16k Maxime Lagarde $13k Deimantė Cornette $10k Jules Moussard $10k
Sophie Milliet $8,750
Marie Sebag $6,750
Alireza Firouzja $6,000
Andrei Istrățescu $6,000
Romain Édouard $6,000
Almira Skripchenko $5,000
Paul Velten $3,500
# Player Overall Best finish Prize money
01 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2nd Third place, 2019 $247,000
02 Étienne Bacrot 36th Quarter-finals, 2021 $78,000
03 Laurent Fressinet 110th Round 2, 2013 $32,000
04 Pauline Guichard 229th Round 3, Women's 2021 $15,500
05 Maxime Lagarde 249th Round 2, 2025 $13,000
06 Deimantė Cornette 302nd Round 2, Women's 2023 $10,000
07 Jules Moussard 309th Round 3, 2023 $10,000
08 Sophie Milliet 355th Round 2, Women's 2023 $8,750
09 Marie Sebag 402nd Round 3, Women's 2021 $6,750
10 Alireza Firouzja 155th Round 3, 2019 $6,000
11 Andrei Istrățescu 425th Round 1, 2013 $6,000
12 Romain Édouard 485th Round 1, 2015 $6,000
13 Almira Skripchenko 516th Round 2, Women's 2021 $5,000
14 Paul Velten 685th Round 1, 2025 $3,500

France 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 4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Semi-finals $76,000
Chess World Cup 2015 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Quarter-finals $51,000
Chess World Cup 2017 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Semi-finals $66,000
Chess World Cup 2019 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Third place $60,000
Chess World Cup 2021 3 Étienne Bacrot Quarter-finals $66,000
Women's Chess World Cup 2021 3 Marie Sebag Round 3 $18,500
Chess World Cup 2023 5 Étienne Bacrot Round 4 $48,000
Women's Chess World Cup 2023 3 Deimantė Cornette Round 2 $15,000
Chess World Cup 2025 4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Round 4 $34,500
Women's Chess World Cup 2025 3 Deimantė Cornette Round 2 $12,500

$46,000 of the total came from the three Women's World Cups and $401,500 from the open event.

France 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 France's players won?

$447,500 since 2013, shared by 14 players. That is 3.2% of everything FIDE paid at the World Cup, 8th of 113 federations.

Who has won the most for France?

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, with $247,000, 55% of the total.

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

The Chess World Cup 2013, where 4 players took $76,000 between them.

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

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave reached third place at the Chess World Cup 2019, which paid $60,000.

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