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Arjun Erigaisi prize money

$70,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 2 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2023, where Arjun Erigaisi reached the quarter-finals, for $35,000.

FIDE pays every player at a World Cup a fixed sum for the round they go out in. Each figure on this page is that sum, for the round Arjun Erigaisi reached.

PRIZE MONEY $70k
BEST PAYDAY $35k
WORLD CUPS 2
ON THE MONEY LIST 40 of 743

Arjun Erigaisi at each World Cup

Every edition since 2013 in Arjun Erigaisi's draw, in order

2 of 7 played

season running total

Arjun Erigaisi was not in the draw for 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021.

Every World Cup Arjun Erigaisi was paid at

Newest first, with the round reached

World Cup Host Went out Prize
Chess World Cup 2025 Goa Quarter-finals $35,000
Chess World Cup 2023 Baku Quarter-finals $35,000

Where Arjun Erigaisi sits on the money list

Ranked 40 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013

# Player Federation World Cups Prize money
30 Radosław Wojtaszek Poland 7 $96,000
31 Ian Nepomniachtchi FIDE flag 6 $95,000
32 Sam Shankland United States 5 $92,000
33 Aleksandra Goryachkina FIDE flag 3 $90,000
34 Wang Hao China 5 $86,000
35 Anton Korobov Ukraine 5 $81,000
36 Étienne Bacrot France 5 $78,000
37 Nijat Abasov Azerbaijan 4 $77,000
38 Pentala Harikrishna India 5 $77,000
39 Pavel Eljanov Ukraine 3 $72,000
41 Tan Zhongyi China 3 $70,000
42 David Navara Czechia 7 $69,000
43 Vladislav Artemiev FIDE flag 5 $69,000
44 Jeffery Xiong United States 4 $68,000
45 Boris Gelfand Israel 6 $67,000
46 Alexandra Kosteniuk Switzerland 3 $66,250
47 Michael Adams England 5 $62,000
48 Nodirbek Yakubboev Uzbekistan 3 $62,000
49 Samuel Sevian United States 5 $61,000
50 Divya Deshmukh India 3 $60,250

India's players

Everyone paid at a World Cup while playing for India, by what they won for it

$1,043,250 between them

# Player Prize money
01 Vidit Gujrathi $119,000
02 R Praggnanandhaa $113,000
03 Pentala Harikrishna $77,000
04 Arjun Erigaisi $70,000
05 Divya Deshmukh $60,250
06 Adhiban Baskaran $58,000
07 Gukesh Dommaraju $52,000
08 Koneru Humpy $44,500
09 Nihal Sarin $43,000
10 S. P. Sethuraman $38,000
11 Harika Dronavalli $34,750
12 S. L. Narayanan $27,000
13 Vaishali Rameshbabu $25,750
14 Aravindh Chithambaram $23,000
15 Karthik Venkataraman $23,000
16 Karthikeyan Murali $19,000
17 Surya Shekhar Ganguly $19,000
18 Pranav V $17,000
19 P. Iniyan $13,000
20 Diptayan Ghosh $11,000
21 Pranesh M $11,000
22 Krishnan Sasikiran $10,000
23 Padmini Rout $10,000
24 Viswanathan Anand $10,000
25 M. R. Lalith Babu $9,500
26 P. V. Nandhidhaa $8,750
27 Aronyak Ghosh $7,000
28 Raunak Sadhwani $7,000
29 Mary Ann Gomes $6,750
30 Vantika Agrawal $6,750
31 Abhijeet Gupta $6,000
32 Abhimanyu Puranik $6,000
33 Deep Sengupta $6,000
34 G. Akash $6,000
35 Parimarjan Negi $6,000
36 Bhakti Kulkarni $5,000
37 Nutakki Priyanka $5,000
38 Priyanka K $5,000
39 Kiran Manisha Mohanty $3,750
40 Harshavardhan G. B. $3,500

The top 40 of 45. The rest are on the India page.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Arjun Erigaisi won at the Chess World Cup?

$70,000 across 2 World Cups. That is 40th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.

What was Arjun Erigaisi's best World Cup?

The Chess World Cup 2023 in Baku, where Arjun Erigaisi reached the quarter-finals and was paid $35,000.

How much did Arjun Erigaisi win at the Chess World Cup 2025?

$35,000. Arjun Erigaisi reached the quarter-finals in Goa.

How much did Arjun Erigaisi win at the Chess World Cup 2023?

$35,000. Arjun Erigaisi reached the quarter-finals in Baku.

How does Arjun Erigaisi compare with the rest of India?

Arjun Erigaisi won 6.7% of the $1,043,250 paid to India's players at World Cups since 2013, 4th of the 45.

Where to next

The World Cups Arjun Erigaisi played, and the players around them

World Cups Arjun Erigaisi played

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