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Ukraine Chess World Cup prize money

$630,750 won by 21 players playing for Ukraine at the Chess World Cup since 2013, 4.5% of everything FIDE paid. Vasyl Ivanchuk won the most, $108,000.

PRIZE MONEY $631k
PLAYERS PAID 21
WORLD CUP TITLES 0
SHARE OF ALL MONEY 4.5%

Ukraine's players by prize money

Everyone paid at a World Cup while playing for Ukraine

21 players

Vasyl Ivanchuk $108k Anton Korobov $81k Pavel Eljanov $72k Anna Muzychuk $52k Alexander Areshchenko $48k Ruslan Ponomariov $38k Mariya Muzychuk $35k Yuriy Kuzubov $28k Anna Ushenina $24k Alexander Moiseenko $22k Yuriy Kryvoruchko $22k Yuliia Osmak $21k Andrei Volokitin $18k Martyn Kravtsiv $16k Inna Gaponenko $10k Yuri Vovk $10k
Nataliya Buksa $8,750
Sergey Fedorchuk $6,000
Anastasiya Rakhmangulova $5,000
Vitaliy Bernadskiy $3,000
# Player Overall Best finish Prize money
01 Vasyl Ivanchuk 24th Quarter-finals, 2017 $108,000
02 Anton Korobov 35th Quarter-finals, 2013 $81,000
03 Pavel Eljanov 39th Semi-finals, 2015 $72,000
04 Anna Muzychuk 65th Third place, Women's 2023 $51,750
05 Alexander Areshchenko 66th Round 3, 2013 $48,000
06 Ruslan Ponomariov 93rd Round 4, 2023 $38,000
07 Mariya Muzychuk 102nd Round 4, Women's 2021 $34,500
08 Yuriy Kuzubov 120th Round 3, 2017 $28,000
09 Anna Ushenina 138th Round 3, Women's 2021 $24,500
10 Alexander Moiseenko 153rd Round 3, 2013 $22,000
11 Yuriy Kryvoruchko 165th Round 3, 2013 $22,000
12 Yuliia Osmak 172nd Round 4, Women's 2025 $21,250
13 Andrei Volokitin 186th Round 1, 2013 $18,000
14 Martyn Kravtsiv 214th Round 2, 2017 $16,000
15 Inna Gaponenko 307th Round 2, Women's 2021 $10,000
16 Yuri Vovk 328th Round 2, 2015 $10,000
17 Nataliya Buksa 353rd Round 2, Women's 2021 $8,750
18 Sergey Fedorchuk 491st Round 1, 2013 $6,000
19 Anastasiya Rakhmangulova 521st Round 2, Women's 2023 $5,000
20 Vitaliy Bernadskiy 737th Round 1, 2023 $3,000
21 Vladimir Baklan 738th Round 1, 2023 $3,000

Ukraine 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 11 Anton Korobov Quarter-finals $158,000
Chess World Cup 2015 8 Pavel Eljanov Semi-finals $120,000
Chess World Cup 2017 6 Vasyl Ivanchuk Quarter-finals $79,000
Chess World Cup 2019 2 Anton Korobov Round 2 $16,000
Chess World Cup 2021 4 Anton Korobov Round 4 $38,000
Women's Chess World Cup 2021 6 Anna Muzychuk Fourth place $51,250
Chess World Cup 2023 7 Vasyl Ivanchuk Round 5 $69,000
Women's Chess World Cup 2023 6 Anna Muzychuk Third place $56,750
Chess World Cup 2025 1 Vasyl Ivanchuk Round 2 $7,000
Women's Chess World Cup 2025 5 Mariya Muzychuk Round 4 $35,750

$143,750 of the total came from the three Women's World Cups and $487,000 from the open event.

Ukraine 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 Ukraine's players won?

$630,750 since 2013, shared by 21 players. That is 4.5% of everything FIDE paid at the World Cup, 5th of 113 federations.

Who has won the most for Ukraine?

Vasyl Ivanchuk, with $108,000, 17% of the total.

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

The Chess World Cup 2013, where 11 players took $158,000 between them.

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

Pavel Eljanov reached semi-finals at the Chess World Cup 2015, which paid $50,000.

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