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United States Chess World Cup prize money

$998,750 won by 38 players playing for United States at the Chess World Cup since 2013, 7% of everything FIDE paid. Wesley So won the most, $123,000.

PRIZE MONEY $999k
PLAYERS PAID 38
WORLD CUP TITLES 0
SHARE OF ALL MONEY 7%

United States's players by prize money

Everyone paid at a World Cup while playing for United States

38 players

Wesley So $123k Fabiano Caruana $111k Hikaru Nakamura $102k Sam Shankland $92k Jeffery Xiong $68k Leinier Domínguez $66k Samuel Sevian $61k Alexander Onischuk $42k Gata Kamsky $41k Ray Robson $39k Levon Aronian $25k Awonder Liang $23k Carissa Yip $18k Varuzhan Akobian $18k Aleksandr Lenderman $16k Timur Gareyev $13k Yaroslav Zherebukh $12k Irina Krush $12k Abhimanyu Mishra $11k
Gregory Kaidanov $9,000
# Player Overall Best finish Prize money
01 Wesley So 15th Semi-finals, 2017 $123,000
02 Fabiano Caruana 13th Third place, 2023 $111,000
03 Hikaru Nakamura 28th Quarter-finals, 2015 $102,000
04 Sam Shankland 32nd Quarter-finals, 2021 $92,000
05 Jeffery Xiong 44th Quarter-finals, 2019 $68,000
06 Leinier Domínguez 29th Quarter-finals, 2023 $66,000
07 Samuel Sevian 49th Round 5, 2025 $61,000
08 Alexander Onischuk 77th Round 3, 2017 $42,000
09 Gata Kamsky 83rd Quarter-finals, 2013 $41,000
10 Ray Robson 89th Round 4, 2023 $39,000
11 Levon Aronian 4th Winner, 2017 $25,000
12 Awonder Liang 144th Round 4, 2025 $23,000
13 Carissa Yip 185th Round 3, Women's 2021 $18,500
14 Varuzhan Akobian 190th Round 1, 2015 $18,000
15 Aleksandr Lenderman 204th Round 3, 2017 $16,000
16 Timur Gareyev 253rd Round 3, 2021 $13,000
17 Yaroslav Zherebukh 275th Round 1, 2017 $12,000
18 Irina Krush 280th Round 3, Women's 2023 $11,750
19 Abhimanyu Mishra 291st Round 2, 2025 $10,750
20 Gregory Kaidanov 346th Round 1, 2013 $9,000
21 Jennifer Yu 352nd Round 2, Women's 2021 $8,750
22 Andy Woodward 379th Round 2, 2025 $7,000
23 Grigoriy Oparin 146th Round 3, 2021 $7,000
24 Hans Niemann 386th Round 2, 2025 $7,000
25 Alejandro Ramírez 419th Round 1, 2013 $6,000
26 Alexander Shabalov 423rd Round 1, 2013 $6,000
27 Conrad Holt 431st Round 1, 2013 $6,000
28 Elshan Moradi 436th Round 2, 2021 $6,000
29 Larry Christiansen 461st Round 1, 2013 $6,000
30 Alice Lee 515th Round 2, Women's 2025 $5,000
31 Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova 305th Round 2, Women's 2021 $5,000
32 Tatev Abrahamyan 540th Round 2, Women's 2021 $5,000
33 Thalia Cervantes Landeiro 541st Round 2, Women's 2025 $5,000
34 Andrew Tang 557th Round 1, 2021 $3,750
35 Robert Hungaski 621st Round 1, 2021 $3,750
36 Kirk Ghazarian 674th Round 1, 2025 $3,500
37 Christopher Yoo 705th Round 1, 2023 $3,000
38 Josiah Stearman 715th Round 1, 2023 $3,000

United States 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 9 Gata Kamsky Quarter-finals $110,000
Chess World Cup 2015 9 Hikaru Nakamura Quarter-finals $129,000
Chess World Cup 2017 9 Wesley So Semi-finals $142,000
Chess World Cup 2019 6 Jeffery Xiong Quarter-finals $111,000
Chess World Cup 2021 13 Sam Shankland Quarter-finals $122,250
Women's Chess World Cup 2021 4 Carissa Yip Round 3 $21,750
Chess World Cup 2023 11 Fabiano Caruana Third place $167,000
Women's Chess World Cup 2023 3 Irina Krush Round 3 $15,500
Chess World Cup 2025 12 Sam Shankland Quarter-finals $158,500
Women's Chess World Cup 2025 4 Carissa Yip Round 3 $21,750

$59,000 of the total came from the three Women's World Cups and $939,750 from the open event.

United States 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 United States's players won?

$998,750 since 2013, shared by 38 players. That is 7% of everything FIDE paid at the World Cup, 3rd of 113 federations.

Who has won the most for United States?

Wesley So, with $123,000, 12% of the total.

What was the best World Cup for United States's players?

The Chess World Cup 2023, where 11 players took $167,000 between them.

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

Fabiano Caruana reached third place at the Chess World Cup 2023, which paid $60,000.

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